Practical Aspects of Thorough and Effective Inspections Reasons
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Practical Aspects of Thorough and Effective Inspections
Reasons for Thorough and Effective Inspections • • • Identify problems Assess compliance with regulations Evaluate the potential for problems
Pre-inspection Activities • Define the inspected facility’s processes • Determine the types of products manufactured or produced
• Determine the types of equipment utilized in the processes • Use or raw materials and cleaning solvents
• Determine waste streams • Obtain process flow diagram and plant layout
• Review requirements of permits and permit applications • Determine applicable regulations, limits based on the type of industry or individual operations within facility
• Compliance history ( Caution, not pre-judgment) • Problem areas (Noncompliance history)
• Residential area- potential source of complaints due to odors, visible emissions, fugitive dust and noise. • Area Surveillance
• Other industrial/commercial sites in area – may contribute or be true source of emissions or odors as part of a complaint investigation. • Observe and sketch diagram of stack and wall exhausts.
Onsite and Entrance Meeting Activities • Discuss inspection with involved personnel. • Discuss preliminary assessment of facility based on pre-inspection information gathered.
Onsite and Entrance Meeting Activities (Cont’d. ) • Resolve question related to stacks. Exhausts points, emissions or odors observed and permits.
• Request what information you need for later review (i. e. Raw material usage, material safety data sheets, records regarding compliance or required by permit conditions).
• Finally, “most important” discuss safety issues. • What types of safety equipment are required or needed ? • Areas of particular caution ?
• Finally, “most important” discuss safety issues (continued). • Emergency rescue evacuation locations? • Meteorological (i. e. precipitation, lighting, heat, cold, etc. ) related issues for outdoor inspections?
Facility Inspection Tour • Process-flow tour of facility • Start with receiving and raw material storage (i. e. tank identity, capacity and stored material).
Facility Inspection Tour Cont’d. • Material preparation areas (i. e. cutting, grinding cleaning, degreasing, etc. ).
• Formulation areas (reactors, mixing vessels, heat treating spraying, lamination, baking coating, etc. ).
• Assembly areas (welding, soldering, gluing, etc. ) • Product storage, loading and packing • Identify waste streams
Facility Inspection Exit Meeting • Discussion of inspection observations • Resolve questions regarding exhaust points, observed emissions, process equipment, control equipment, storage activities and detected odors
Facility Inspection Exit Meeting Cont’d. • Review records and information requested during entrance meeting
• Compare equipment identified on permits with equipment observed during the inspection and resolve differences and the need for additional permit applications
• Conduct one last area surveillance and return to facility to resolve any questions or concerning stacks, control equipment, emissions, odors, etc. and return to facility if necessary
Inspection Report • Review all the information (notes observations, data, calculations, etc. ) gathered about the facility
Inspection Report Cont’d. • Start with a draft, complete as much of the report as possible, even if all the data is not yet available • Remember the purpose of the inspection in writing the report
• Include other observations, information, findings and conclusions that may not be directly related to original purpose, but which have a direct impact on facility compliance issues
Final Comments • Remember, the most important aspect of conducting a thorough and effective inspection is to develop an organized plan of approach
Final Comments Cont’d. • Starting and focal points of strategy is the purpose of the inspection • Avoid tunnel vision; be observant and cover as many aspects of the facility as possible
• Take notes, do not rely on memory of what you have seen, questions you may want to ask and points you want to cover. • Having notes and diagrams can make a complicated inspection more manageable and effective
Additional Training Resources • U. S. EPA Education and Outreach Group http: //www. gov/oar/oaqps/eog • U. S. EPA Compliance and Enforcement http: //www. gov/compliance • LADCO - http: //64. 27. 125. 175/ • Other Consortiums’ Training Courses
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