Alkali BulletinAlkali Bulletin(For Restricted Circulation) June 2018Volume XL No. 06

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Dear Reader

The World Environment Day (WED) was observed on 5th June with India playing the global host this year. The theme for this year’s edition of WED was “Beat Plastic Pollution”, which undoubtedly generated a lot of interest. The world came together to voice their concern and take a unified stand on combating single-use plastic pollution.

Plastics are considered one of the most useful inventions of the century with its versatility making life easier for everyone. It is difficult to imagine a world without plastics – it is difficult to find a facet of life untouched by plastics. Yet for all its usefulness, plastics have generated concern for the way they are disposed off after use, earning notoriety. Of particular concern are single-use plastics which are difficult to dispose off.

Some alarming statistics about plastics have brought undue attention to the material: every year the world uses 500 billion plastic bags; each year, at least 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans, the equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute; in the last decade, we produced more plastic than in the whole last century; 50 per cent of the plastic we use is single-use or disposable; we buy 1 million plastic bottles every minute; Plastic makes up 10% of all of the waste we generate. Adding to the concern are rumours that gain currency through social media and which aid in projecting plastics as an evil. Many of these are based on perceptions and unverified information. A famous example is the fanciful figure of 500 million straws being thrown away by Americans daily – a scary figure conjured up by a 9-year old in 2011 and which reappeared in the media this year. This figure had no basis.

Plastics per se do not cause harm – it is the way we use and dispose off that cause concern. To label every form of plastic as harmful will be unfair.

We all owe it to our environment and to the future generations to ensure that plastics are disposed off or recycled responsibly, that plastic waste is discarded with proper care. While the usefulness of plastics is universally acknowledged, we also need to decide whether to project plastics as a friend or foe – something that is entirely in our hands and the way we would like the world to believe.

K. Srinivasan Secretary General

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I. ARTICLES & FEATURES 22nd World Chlor-Alkali Conference organised by ICIS & Tecnon Orbichem at Singapore on 1 21-22 June 2018 – A Report by Harjeet Kaur Anand, Joint Director (Tech.), AMAI

Corrosion Management-Economics and Principles of Corrosion - Dr. S.K. Chakravorty, 15 Consultant (Plant Engineering)

Overview of GPS Central Control Tower (CCT) – D.K. Chaubey, Grasim Industries Ltd. 23 (Chemical Division Nagda)

Chlor-Alkali Industries observed 46th World Environment Day on 5th June 2018 – A Report 24

Orient Paper Mills – Caustic Soda Unit, Anuppur, awarded with Greentech Environment Platinum 28 Award 2018 on 31.05.2018

GHCL bags Dun & Bradstreet Corporate award in chemicals category 29

Incident Report No.95: Accident of a Truck Transporting Chlorine Tonners 30

Incident Report No.96: Bleach Cargo Tank Landing Gear Failure 31

Beacon-Messages for Manufacturing Personnel 32

II. NEWS DIGESTBEE: Raising AC setting by 1° C can save 6% power 34

Industries need not share their emission data - CPCB 34

Gujarat to scale up use of treated wastewater 34

India among the top five countries in e-waste generation 35

After three decades, truck axle load to be hiked by 20-25% 35

To meet WTO norms, India may have to withdraw popular export schemes by next fiscal 36

Power Minister plugs prepaid smart meters 36

By 2022, India vows to stop single-use plastics 37

Grasim eyes Rs. 1,200-cr. additional revenue from chemical expansion 37

Depreciated power assets must result in tariff reduction, proposes new tariff policy 38

III. NOTIFICATIONS/PRESS RELEASES/ MEMORANDA

Press Release - Shri S. Ramesh takes over as Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs 38

IV. UPCOMING SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPSIHS Markit to organise World Chlor-Alkali Conference on 12 September 2018 at Bordeaux, France 41 (Training Workshop on 11 September 2018) – AMAI is Association Partner

Chlorine Emergency Response Network Toll free no. 1800-11-1735

Alkali Bulletin June, 2018

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Orient Paper Mills – Caustic Soda Unit Honoured with 18th Annual Greentech Environment Award 2018

Mr. S. S. Tyagi, Sr. Manager (Q.A. & E.P.) receiving the Greentech Environment Platinum Award 2018

Orient Paper Mills – Caustic Soda Unit, Anuppur, M.P. have been awarded with Greentech Environment Platinum Award 2018 in Chemical Sector on 31.05.2018.

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Did You Know? The work permit did not warn the

maintenance crew about the nitrogen purge. As soon as the maintenance crew decided to

remove the roll of tape by reaching into the vessel, the scope of the job changed. The original permit did not consider the need to remove anything from inside the vessel. A new permit should have been issued, considering potential confined space entry to remove the tape.

In this case, a confined space entry permit was required, even for a person to reach into the vessel to remove the tape. When any part of the body of a person breaks the plane of an opening large enough to allow full entry, a confined space permit is required. This is the position of US OSHA and other authorities.

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Work Permits – Understand the Scope of WorkA contractor maintenance crew was preparing to install a

section of pipe at the top of a vessel in an oil refinery (1,2). A work permit (3) was issued for the job, with the expectation that no confined space entry was required. The scope of work was only to install the pipe section. The permit indicated that “Nitrogen Purge or Inerted” was N/A (Not Applicable) although the vessel was being purged with nitrogen (4).

Workers noticed that a roll of tape had been left inside the vessel (5) and decided to try to remove it before installing the pipe (6). They were unable to remove the tape using a long wire. At this point, a worker tried to get closer to remove the tape and was overcome by the oxygen depleted atmosphere near the opening and fell into the vessel. It is also possible that he may have climbed into the vessel to remove the tape, planning to quickly climb back out. The worker collapsed inside the vessel, and, to make the tragedy worse, a co-worker entered the vessel in a rescue attempt and also collapsed in the nearly pure nitrogen atmosphere. Both workers died from nitrogen asphyxiation.

This incident has been discussed in other Beacons – June 2012 about nitrogen hazards, and April 2015 on the importance of work permit procedures. But there is another lesson – the importance of recognizing a change in scope of work for any job which requires a work permit. The change might introduce additional hazards which require additional safeguards.

If you issue a work permit, be sure that:o Hazards are identified and explained to the people doing the work.o Required safety procedures are specified and understood.o Personal protective equipment is available and used.o The people doing the work clearly understand the scope of work,

and the need to stop work and contact you before they do anything not included the initial job scope.

If you are working on a job requiring a work permit:o Understand the hazards, safety procedures, and protective

equipment.o Understand the job scope.o As you do the job, ensure for every step that you recognize any

change in the scope of work. Stop the job and consult the person who issued the permit before you do anything not included in the initial job scope!

o If you are not sure if the job scope has changed, stop and ask the person who issued the permit.

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