get a grip on your chemical inventory

Get a Grip on Your

Chemical Inventory

Chemical Inventory Programs

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Triumvirate Environmental presents:

Meet the Presenter

Schuyler Stuart,

Account Manager• 6 years at Triumvirate

Environmental

• Managed rollout and

implementation of chemical

inventory programs for clients

• Works with life sciences,

biotech and pharmaceutical

firms

Learning Objectives

Regulatory Drivers

Financial and Operational

Drivers

Improve Onsite Safety and

Compliance and Reduce Costs

Chemical Inventory Life

Cycle

Plan and Strategy

Development

Poll Question

What is your greatest

challenge when it

comes to managing

your chemical

inventory?

Agenda

Regulatory Landscape

Organizational Drivers

Program Launch

Managing Your Inventory

Review & Optimization

Q&A

Regulatory Landscape

EPCRA (Emergency Planning Right to Know ACT)

Hazard Communication

Local Authorities

• Fire Department

• Waste Water Agencies

CFATS (Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards)

EPCRA – Codified in 40 CFR

Parts 355, 370 and 372

• Part 355 – Emergency Planning

and Notification

• Part 370 – Hazardous Chemical

Reporting: Community Right-to-

Know

• Part 372 – Toxic Chemical

Release Reporting: Community

Right-to-Know

OSHA – Employee Right to Know

• Hazard

Communication

Standard 1910.1200

• Lab Standard

1910.1450

“Employers must develop

systems to identify chemicals

and the associated hazards in

the work place, which must be

communicated to employees”

DHS CFATS (6 CFR Part 27)November 20, 2007

Purpose of Rule:• Gain information about facilities

possessing specific chemicals.

• Identify high-risk chemical facilities based on risk-based-performance standards

• Improve Security of High Risk chemical facilities

http://www.dhs.gov/chemical-security-assessment-tool

Flammable Permits• Facilities must maintain

flammable levels at or

below permit levels

• State building codes

provide specific parameters

on volumes and locations of

flammable materials:

– Flammable class

– Control zones

• Waste counts!

CWA and Discharge

Permits

• NPDES Permits

(EPA)

• Discharge Permits

to POTW

• Local authorities

Agenda

Regulatory Landscape

Organizational Drivers

Program Launch

Managing Your Inventory

Review & Optimization

Q&A

Organizational Drivers

Purchasing R&D

Manufacturing EH&S

The Chemical Inventory Life Cycle

Purpose

Process

LaunchManagement

Review

Purpose

Create a Chemical Inventory Project Team

Identify Program Goals and Objectives

Process• Types of chemicals

• Logistics– Centralized vs. decentralized

– Size/number of buildings, rooms, storage areas

– Purchasing

• Departmental users– Chemistry

– Biology

– Facilities

– EHS

– Purchasing

– Shipping/Receiving

Process Inventory SoftwareExamples:

• Microsoft Excel

spreadsheet

• CisPro/ChemSW

• MSDS Online

• CambridgeSoft

• SciQuest (ERM/Site

Hawk)

• Chemical Safety

• Internally Developed

System

Agenda

Regulatory Landscape

Organizational Drivers

Program Launch

Managing Your Inventory

Review & Optimization

Q&A

Launch

Ready, Set, GO!Assign responsibilities

Data collection and management strategy

LaunchInventory Map

Create a Strategy to collect data• Identify what is to be inventoried

• Create location guide

• Notify lab personnel

• Prepare equipment and supplies

• Create a sustainable plan to

inventory new chemicals as they

arrive onsite

Launch Stakeholders

Communicate your

implementation

strategy

Agenda

Regulatory Landscape

Organizational Drivers

Program Launch

Managing Your Inventory

Review & Optimization

Q&A

Poll Question

How often do

you inventory

your chemicals?

Managing Your

Inventory• Need a sustainable

system for tracking

chemicals

• Identify the correct

stakeholders to

manage the data

• Routine management

• Chemical inventory

reconciliation

Managing Your Inventory• Track chemicals

– Inventory materials upon arrival

– Reassign locations as

chemicals move

– Remove chemicals from the

system when disposing

• Utilized to organize chemical clean

outs

– Expired

– High haz

– P-listed

• Manage flammable control zones

Chemical Reconciliation

• Performed at least

annually

• Rolling process or

snap shot

• Prepare a schedule

• Expect the

unexpected

Agenda

Regulatory Landscape

Organizational Drivers

Program Launch

Managing Your Inventory

Review & Optimization

Q&A

Review and Optimization

Written Plans Training

Onsite Chemical

Management

Ordering Chemicals

Agenda

Regulatory Landscape

Organizational Drivers

Program Launch

Managing Your Inventory

Review & Optimization

Q&A

QUESTIONS?

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Schuyler Stuart

sstuart@triumvirate.com

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1-888-834-9697

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