7/19/05 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,620. PENALTY PAID.
VIOLATIONS:
1. FAILURE TO DOCUMENT AND COMPILE AS PART OF THE PROCESS SAFETY INFORMATION:
INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE PROCESS:
(a) A BLOW FLOW DIAGRAM OR SIMPLIFIED PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM;
(b) MAXIMUM INTENDED INVENTORY (WASTE WATER PLANT ONLY);
(c) SAFE UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS FOR SUCH ITEMS AS TEMPERATURE, PRESSURES, FLOWS, AND COMPOSITIONS (WATER WATER PLANT ONLY); AND
(d) AN EVALUATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF DEVIATIONS.
2. FAILURE TO PERFORM THE PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS (PHA) USING A TEAM WITH EXPERTISE IN ENGINEERING AND PROCESS OPERATIONS WHICH INCLUDED ONE MEMBER KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE SPECIFIC PHA METHODOLOGY THAT WAS USED.
3. FAILURE TO DEVELOP A WRITTEN SCHEDULE OF WHEN PHA ACTION ITEMS WERE TO BE COMPLETED.
4. FAILURE TO DEVELOP WRITTEN OPERATING PROCEDURES WHICH ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING:
STEPS FOR EACH OPERATING PHASE:
(a) EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN IS REQUIRED, AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF SHUTDOWN RESPONSIBILITY TO QUALIFIED OPERATORS TO ENSURE THAT EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN IS EXECUTED IN A SAFE AND TIMELY MANNER (WASTE WATER PLANT ONLY).
(b) NORMAL SHUTDOWN (WASTE WATER PLANT ONLY), AND
(c) STARTUP FOLLOWING A TURNAROUND, OR AFTER AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN (WASTE WATER PLANT ONLY).
OPERATING LIMITS:
(a) CONSEQUENCES OF DEVIATION (WASTE WATER PLANT ONLY), AND
(b) STEPS REQUIRED TO CORRECT