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Best Practices for Chemical Management

Introduction The costs of managing chemicals are far more than just the product price, but the life-cycle management of chemicals can be optimized to cut these peripheral costs. By adopting best practices, the chemical management process is more integrated into the business process, becoming a strategic advantage to the organization, raising efficiency on a number of fronts, decreasing legal ...

May 31, 2000

By Chemical Safety Software

Chemical Engineering Magazine Article: Chemical Lifecycle Management

Chemicals in production and laboratory environments alike have three distinct lifecycle phases: the first is procurement and inventory storage; the second is use in a manufacturing process or research program; and the third is post-use, including onsite handling, removal and beneficial reuse, recycle or disposal. A number of considerations including regulations, safety, material utilization ...

Nov. 30, 2010

By Clean Harbors

Leveraging Chemical Data to Manage Risk

Even if chemicals aren’t central to your business, their hazards are likely pervasive across your supply chain. In fact, chemicals are one of the primary drivers of environmental, health and safety risk in virtually every organization. Both EPA and OSHA provide regulatory guidance based on the types and quantities of chemicals present at your facility. The Department of Transportation and ...

Jul. 7, 2011

By Safetec Compliance Systems Inc.

Chemical management the North American way

With so much attention focused on the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations, US domestic manufacturers may be less aware than they should be of regulatory efforts in North America. In August 2007, the United States, Canada, and Mexico entered into a regional agreement for assessing and managing potential chemical risks. The new ...

Apr. 23, 2008

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Integrating MSDS with chemical inventory management

In June 2011, Lab Manager Magazine, along with ChemSW Inc. and 3E Company, hosted a “Product Showcase” webinar on “How to Seamlessly Integrate MSDSs with Chemical Inventory Management.” An expert from each company gave a brief presentation on inventory and data management challenges and best practices for implementing an integrated Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) system. ...

Sep. 25, 2011

By Verisk 3E

2011 Predictions for U.S. Chemicals Management

The trends established by the Obama administration will continue despite the Congressional midterm elections in November, says Lynn L. Bergeson. The elections’ impact, notably the new Republican majority in the House and the razor thin Democratic majority in the Senate, will nonetheless have an important, but uncertain impact on the US Environmental Protection Agency. Early indications are ...

Jan. 31, 2011

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Managing compliance: Understanding the basics of chemical emergency response management

A stellar record of safety and compliance in demanding fields such as chemical emergency response is not easily obtained or managed. Successful programs are strategically developed, well defined, data-driven, process oriented, tactically deployed, implemented at all levels of the organization, well funded, routinely audited and revised and facilitated by experienced and dedicated professionals. ...

Nov. 9, 2011

By Verisk 3E

Webinar - Best Practices in Chemical and MSDS Management

Companies face many hurdles today when it comes to chemical management. This 45-minute webinar will discuss the factors, tools, and techniques to minimize the burden of chemical data management and boost the impact of compliance, safety, and regulatory reporting initiatives. Led by chemical management specialists from SiteHawk and Compliance Optimizers, this webinar will outline a best ...

May 3, 2011

By SiteHawk

Environmental data management support for a chemical site

Client: Ford Consulting Ltd Location: Lancashire, UK Services: Groundwater and Environmental Data Management, Geographical Information Systems Issue: Support for data migration and environmental data management system Summary: ESI provided data migration and environmental data management solutions ...

Oct. 6, 2011

By ESI Consulting Ltd

Environmental Data Management Support for a Chemical Site

Project: Environmental Data Management Support for a Chemical Site Client: Ford Consulting Ltd Location: Lancashire, UK Services: Groundwater and Environmental Data Management, Geographical Information Systems - Support for data migration and environmental data management system Summary: ESI provided data migration ...

Oct. 29, 2013

By EarthSoft, Inc

Shell Chemicals Streamsline Environmental Management with opsEnvironmental

The Company Shell Chemicals, a part of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, is one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world, with a multi-billion dollar annual turnover. Shell Chemicals employees carry out operations in 37 countries and four continents. The company produces the petrochemical building blocks used in everything from cars to computers. The Challenge New certifi ...

Nov. 9, 2005

By IHS Markit

Management and risk assessment of a chemical spill: engineering facility

Project: Management and Risk Assessment of a Cleaning Effluent Spill Client: Confidential Services: Spill response, environmental sampling, risk assessment, regulator liaison Summary: Proportionate risk assessment and pollution management to safeguard local surface waters and satisfy regulator requirements ...

Oct. 6, 2011

By ESI Consulting Ltd

Empowering academic research in chemical risk assessment and management

Mar. 25, 2015

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Management of chemical exposure: the limitations of a risk-based approach

Risk assessment and risk-based management approaches are becoming incorporated into a wide range of disciplines as frameworks for use in critical decision-making pathways. During its rapid expansion, many of the assumptions, subjective judgements and irreducible uncertainties inherent within the risk paradigm are becoming increasingly overlooked. This paper provides a critical review of the ...

Feb. 9, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Facility safety management - MC Technologies spurs innovation in hazardous chemical management

Hazard Controls for Chemical Use Just MSDSs Are Not Enough to Protect Workers More than 20 years after the Employee Right to Know Act gave new rights to employees who work in facilities that store hazardous chemicals, individuals in the workplace are still being critically injured, still being diagnosed with terminal illness, and still dying from exposure to hazardous chemicals. ...

Jul. 31, 2004

By MAXCOM - a division of Haas Group International, Inc.

Quaker Chemical Case Study - Raw Material MSDS Management

Quaker Chemical Corporation, with revenues of $450 million, is a leading global provider of process chemicals, chemical specialties, services, and technical expertise to a wide range of industries — including steel, automotive, mining, aerospace, tube and pipe, coatings, and construction materials. As Quaker continues to expand worldwide, their existing outsourced material safety data sheet ...

Dec. 14, 2007

By UL - The WERCS

Japan’s new era of chemical management - coming up this April

2010 and 2011 will be challenging years for companies manufacturing, importing or handling chemical substances in Japan. Major amendments 20 May 2009 to the “Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc” (or Chemical Substances Control Law), sometimes referred to as Japanese REACH, will soon come into effect in two phases: 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2011. ...

Apr. 5, 2010

By Enhesa - Global EHS & Product Compliance Assurance

Enhancing chemical management within the framework of existing TSCA regulations

Since its promulgation in 1976, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which is administered by EPA, has focused on human health and the environment, with the overarching goals of evaluating risks and assessing human health and environmental effects before a chemical is introduced into commerce. In May 2010, EPA added 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 facilities to the Envirofacts database, which is ...

Mar. 16, 2011

By Verisk 3E

Sustainable Development and the Importance of Chemicals Management in the 21st Century: An Overview

A&WMA’s international specialty conference Sustainable Development and the Importance of Chemicals Management in the 21st Century, which was held December 7–9, 2004, in Ottawa, Ontario, focused on both the positive and negative aspects of managing chemicals from the points of view of human health, the environment, and industry. This issue of EM includes three of the papers presented at the ...

Mar. 7, 2006

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

Chemical Company - Environmental

One of the world’s top chemical producers, with major operations in the Houston area, needed to deploy a real-time environmental management application to meet local, state and federal regulatory requirements for NOx and HRVOC, and take advantage of the new emissions trading programs. It sought a solution that would leverage its existing IT infrastructure and support a multi-site emissions ...

Dec. 8, 2008

By Rockwell Automation, Inc.

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