Howard Marks: Environmental, Health & Safety Challenges for the Asphalt Industry
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Transcript of Howard Marks: Environmental, Health & Safety Challenges for the Asphalt Industry
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Cal-APA Fall Asphalt Pavement Conference
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Presentation Overview
NAPA partners
Overview of NAPA’s EH&S program
Health & Safety issues
Environmental issues
Upcoming events
Questions
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NAPA and NAPA Partners
NAPA / SAPA relationship
Incoming Chairman
Priorities
Highway Funding
Competition with Concrete
Regulatory Issues
Sustainability
Membership
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NAPA EH&S Program
Two Committees: Health & Safety / Environmental
Environmental Survival Fund
EPA Delisting
Fumes Issue
Ongoing Compliance Assistance
Regulatory and Legislative Intertwined
An extension of your EH&S / other staff
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Crystalline Silica Rule
Known hazard
Top priority of OSHA
Draft Rule issued
Respirators required during roadway milling
We have a better solution
Participated in all aspects of rulemaking process
Milling Machine Partnership
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Milling Machine Partnership
Agency-Labor-Industry Partnership
10 years of dust control verification
New Machines (starting 2017): vacuum & spray systems
Existing machines (up to 5 yrs old): retrofit spray made avail.
NIOSH to publish guidance: systems will meet Standard
No milling respiratory protection; checking other activities
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Updating (M)SDSs
May cause cancer.
Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child.
May cause damage to organs . . .
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Updating (M)SDSs
Requires standardizing and updating SDSs by June ‘15
Warnings are front-and-center
(M)SDSs typically used by activists to generate concern
Opportunity for industry to address product hazard
Likely to be “non-labeled”
Consistent hazard language
Developing guidance
May cause cancer.
Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child.
May cause damage to organs . . .
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WZS: intrusion prevention
More than 37,000 WZ crash injuries annually & 600+ fatalities
Most relevant to asphalt paving operations on live lanes
State DOTs have authority / means to implement protection but associated cost / payment and public egress is an issue
NAPA & stakeholders developing best practices with FHWA
NAPA Care Fund
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Safety Benchmarking
OSHA 300 logs required for worksite / job injuries
OSHA pushing for electronic reporting
NAPA continues to request Member information
2012 rate at 2.9 injuries per 100 FTE (one-third reporting)
vs. 4.4 for general highway construction
Focus on causation & prevention best practices
Slips/trips/falls & over-exertion with material handling
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Trucking “Hours of Service” (HOS)
Electronic logging proposal
“Short Haul” exemption to 30-min mandatory break
NAPA / stakeholders successful in bid to remove break
100 air-mile radius: start & return w/in 12 hrs
10 consecutive hrs off duty
Adhere to other FMCSA regs and record log when need
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Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Climate Change and CO2 Reduction
Transportation sector is a large CO2 contributor
EPA regulating larger sources (e.g., Power Plants) now . . .
“Cap-and-Trade” . . . not yet at federal level
Some state GHG reporting required for asphalt mix plants
NAPA’s GHG Calculator is useful
Recognizing “carbon credit” for certain practices
Concrete industry advocates pavement deflection / reflectivity
NAPA responding with valid science
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How to use it:
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Waters of the US . . .
EPA proposing broad definition
Real potential for asphalt plant impact
• certainly quarries
House voted to limit EPA’s authority
NAPA working with stakeholders
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Waters of the US . . .
EPA proposing broad definition
Real potential for asphalt plant impact
• certainly quarries
House voted to limit EPA’s authority
NAPA working with stakeholders
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Spill prevention (SPCC) and petrol. storage
NAPA provides guidance on writing SPCC plans
Additional guidance on asphalt tank inspections forthcoming
Understand what is being stored on property
asphalt rejuvenators
Anti-strips
WMA modifiers
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Alphabet soup is here to stay even though process broken
Green Construction Codes
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Green Construction Codes
Alphabet soup is here to stay even though process broken
Affecting product selection decisions now. . . and more into the future
Calif. probably more aware than others
Concrete industry advocating pavementdeflection / reflectivity
NAPA working to dispel myths and promote real science
Life cycle assessment and Env. Product Declarations
Contact Heather Dylla, Dir. Sustainable Engineering
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Community Activism
Perception vs. reality
Addressing community concerns
RAP, leachate, emissions
Community open houses
Tours for elected officials
NAPA brochures
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Upcoming NAPA meetings
NAPA Annual Meeting: January 25-28, Marco Island FL
Session on Regulatory Issues
EH&S Committees meet
World of Asphalt: March 17 -19, Baltimore MD
EH&S Compliance Workshop
Work Zone Safety Conference
Milling Machine Partnership Recognition
TCC Legislative Fly-In: April 14-15, Washington DC