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Tuesday, April 27, 2021–The Big Freeze: Plant Experiences, Lessons Learned, Best Practices, What Plants Will Do Differently
PCAC asked member plants to describe their experiences in Winter Storm Uri, the lessons learned, best practices for future deep, sustained freezes, and any changes they plan to make. In the big freeze, PCAC plants suffered damage primarily from frozen pipes, just as residents did.
Read MoreThursday, March 25, 2021–Harris County’s New Community Air Monitoring Program
Matt VanVleck of Harris County Pollution Control Services described the county’s new Community Air Monitoring Program (CAMP), covering the following topics and others as needed: whether it includes routine air monitoring and/or air monitoring after a major event, location of monitors, how the sites were chosen, whether any are in or close to Pasadena, whether…
Read MoreTuesday, February 23, 2021 – Annual Report on Worker Safety in PCAC Plants
PCAC presented the OSHA recordable injury and illness data for the 18 PCAC plants, covering both employees and contractors. The report contained details about each plant plus summaries showing the totals for all plants and the trends.
Read MoreTuesday, January 26, 2021–PCAC’s 30th Anniversary
Review of PCAC’s history and its mission and purposes
Read MoreThursday, December 3, 2020–Innovations in the Safety of Pipeline Transportation of Hazardous Materials
Tuesday, October 27, 2020–Annual Report on Emissions from PCAC Plants (Video Conference)
Ana Partin of INEOS Phenol presented the annual report on PCAC plant air emissions. (PCAC plants rotate serving as the presenter.) The annual report derives its data from two annual inventories: the Air Emissions Inventory (EI), which plants submit to the TCEQ, and the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which plants submit to the EPA. The…
Read MoreTuesday, September 22, 2020–Recent and Upcoming Technology to Improve the Safety of Truck Transportation of Plant Raw Materials and Products. (Video Conference)
Thursday, August 27, 2020– CANCELLED Recent and Upcoming Technology to Improve the Safety of Truck Transportation of Plant Raw Materials and Products. (Video Conference)
Update on technology of the last 5 years and possible improvements in the next 5 years on the safety of transporting raw materials into plants and products out of the plant. Frank Scheaffer of Heniff Transportation will speak.
Read MoreTuesday, May 26, 2020: An Interim Report: How Has COVID-19 Affected Your Plant? What Lessons Have You Learned So Far (Video Conference)
2 minutes from each plant, focusing on Lessons Learned that are affecting what you are doing now and how you will plan for future pandemic interruptions or other hopefully rare situations. Lessons Learned include what is working and should be repeated and where improvements are needed. COVID-19 is not over, but enough months have passed…
Read MoreTuesday, April 28, 2020: Chemical Industry Hurricane Preparedness Video Conference
Chemical Industry Hurricane Preparedness Michael Shirey of Oxy Vinyls Pasadena will describe how the chemical industry prepares for hurricanes. Topics will include priorities, hazards, facility protective measures, construction, planning, storm modeling, preparation before the storm, preparation when the storm is in the Gulf, preparation when landfall is predicted, storm forecasting, operations, industry status board, monitoring,…
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