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Bay Area <br />Air Liquide <br />Baytank <br />Calgon <br />Celanese <br />Celanese Bayport <br />Terminal <br />Celanese Polymers <br />Chemical Research & <br />Licensing <br />Dianal America <br />Dixie Chemical <br />DuPont Bayport <br />Engelhard <br />Eisai <br />Fina Bayport <br />Haldor Topsoe <br />Huntsman <br />Lonza <br />Lyondell Chemical <br />Nisseki Chemical <br />PetroUnited Terminals <br />Velsicol <br />Baytown <br />Advanced Aromatics <br />Amoco -Cedar Bayou <br />Bayer -Baytown <br />Chevron Chemical <br />El Dorado Nitrogen <br />Engineered Carbons <br />Enichem Elastomers <br />Exxon: <br />Chemical Plant <br />Olefins Plant <br />Refinery <br />Houston Lighting & <br />Power <br />Natural Gas Odorizing <br />Rhodia <br />Texas Petrochemicals <br />Deer Park <br />Delta Chemical <br />Services <br />Geon <br />Global Octanes <br />GNI Group <br />Hampshire Chemical <br />Intercontinental <br />Terminals <br />Lubrizol <br />OxyChem <br />Paktank <br />Praxair <br />Rohm & Haas <br />Lone Star <br />Rohm & Haas Texas <br />RohMax <br />Safety-Kleen <br />Shell Chemical <br />Shell Deer Park <br />Refining <br />Houston <br />Goodyear <br />LYONDELL-CITGO <br />Mobil Chemical <br />Rhodia <br />Texas Brine <br />Texas Petrochemicals <br />Valero Refining <br />Air Liquide <br />Air Products <br />Akzo Nobel <br />Battleground <br />Akzo Nobel Bayport <br />Aristech <br />BASF <br />Baker-Petrolite <br />Dow Chemical <br />DuPont <br />Enron Clean Fuels <br />Equistar Chemicals <br />Fina Oil <br />FMC <br />Geon <br />Goodyear <br />Lubrizol -Bayport <br />Lyondell Chemical <br />Millennium <br />Petrochemicals <br />Montell USA <br />Noltex <br />OxyChem <br />PPG Industries <br />Praxair <br />Rohm & Haas Bayport <br />Solvay Polymers/ <br />Interox <br />Southern Ionics <br />Zeon <br />How to Read a Scenario Map <br />Part 3 of the Community Guide includes maps to show the EPA -defined <br />worst -case or alternative release scenario. <br />I <br />Footprint or plume - Calculations <br />of an area that could be affected by <br />an accidental release. Toxic releases <br />generally go in the direction of the <br />wind and may go many miles over <br />several hours. The greater the <br />distance from the release, the more <br />time there is to take protective action. <br />Those outside the plume are not <br />expected to be affected seriously. <br />The effects of,llammable releases <br />are limited to areas much closer to <br />the release point and could affect the <br />"full circle" but are over very quickly. <br />Those outside the circle are not <br />expected to be affected seriously. <br />Endpoint distance - The distance to the point at <br />which chemical concentrations or fire/explosion <br />energy levels are low enough that effects on the <br />community are no longer expected. <br />���^N <br />Foot f int <br />or plume / <br />// <br />Release point <br />Wind direction <br />Endpoint distance <br />Endpoint - The level of severity of a toxic <br />or flammable release below which no harm <br />should come to the community. For <br />toxics, the endpoint is the chemical <br />concentration in the air to which a person <br />can be exposed for up to an hour without <br />serious health effects. For flammables, <br />the endpoint is a fire or explosion that <br />could begin to damage buildings or hurt <br />people. <br />Scenario circle . Scenario circle - A circle extending from the <br />♦,` 0 / release point to the endpoint distance. Used <br />.� "00 by local officials for emergency planning. <br />j Industry Working Together <br />Through EHCMA <br />i <br />EHCMA — the East Harris County Manufacturers <br />Association — is made up of more than 110 chemical <br />manufacturers, refineries and related plants in the Houston <br />Ship Channel/Galveston Bay area. EHCMA is the largest <br />i plant network of its type in the world. <br />In preparation for EPA's RMP rule, EHCMA initiated <br />an RMP project in the fall of 1994. The purpose of the <br />project is to facilitate a consistent, coordinated, consensus - <br />based approach to both regulatory compliance and <br />i <br />communication with the community. A project team of <br />nearly 100 volunteers is composed of industry and <br />i., community representatives who serve on technical and/or <br />communications committees. In addition, planning teams <br />have been formed in the seven EHCMA outreach areas to <br />coordinate plans and make arrangements for local RMP <br />communication events and activities. <br />See Part 3, provided by each EHCMA plant, for <br />specific plant and chemical information. <br />Local Emergency Officials <br />Each of the EHCMA outreach area communities is <br />served by a Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). <br />The LEPCs assist in developing and coordinating a <br />community emergency response plan and collecting <br />information about chemical hazards in support of the <br />community's right -to -know. LEPCs are comprised of <br />representatives from local government, law enforcement, <br />emergency medical and fire services, hospitals, schools, <br />civic and environmental groups, industry, and the media. <br />Citizen Involvement <br />From the start, active citizen involvement has been an <br />important feature of the EHCMA RMP project. Dozens of <br />community members from throughout the EHCMA area <br />have participated on project committees and have provided <br />valuable input into all aspects of the project. Many of these <br />citizens also participate on citizens advisory councils or <br />panels in EHCMA-area communities. These CACs or <br />CAPs consist of citizens with diverse backgrounds and <br />views who meet regularly with plant managers to discuss <br />community issues, provide feedback, improve <br />communication and understanding, and bring about changes <br />in response to community concerns. <br />6 <br />3 <br />
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