{"id":1075,"date":"2013-05-06T20:49:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T20:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?page_id=1075"},"modified":"2022-08-13T17:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T17:06:59","slug":"hazardous-substance-consents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?page_id=1075","title":{"rendered":"Hazardous Substance consents."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/toxic-tick-tock.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7415\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/toxic-tick-tock.png\" alt=\"toxic tick tock\" width=\"169\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>MODERN DAY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CONSENTS AT TRINITY STREET<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/S9840011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14277\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/S9840011-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/S9840011-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/S9840011-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/S9840011-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/S9840011.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0Regulating Hazardous Substances<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In order to regulate and upgrade the use of dangerous substances in industry, the UK Government enacted the <a title=\"COMAH\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/comah\/background\/comah99.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 <\/b>and the <b>Amendment Regulations 2005<\/b><\/a>, commonly referred to as <b>COMAH. <\/b>These regulations amended the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1992.<\/p>\n<p>COMAH regulations and related guidance supposedly aims to prevent major accidents involving dangerous substances and to limit the consequences to people and the environment of any that do occur. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identifying installations that store or use a threshold amount of hazardous substances (Lower tier and Top tier)<\/li>\n<li>Providing guidelines on the prevention of accidents through the control of substances (Major Accident Prevention Plans, Safety reports)<\/li>\n<li>Providing guidance on mitigating the effects of hazards, including the effect on the environment and neighbouring sites, through the development of emergency plans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the European Union Material Safety data sheets have been made an integral part of the system of Regulation (EC) No 1907\/2006 (REACH).<\/p>\n<p>The SDS follows a 16 section format which is internationally agreed and for substances especially, the SDS should be followed with an Annex which contains the exposure scenarios of this particular substance.The SDS must be supplied in an official language of the Member State(s) where the substance or mixture is placed on the market, unless the Member State(s) concerned provide(s) otherwise (Article 31(5) of REACH).<\/p>\n<p>These \u00a0are\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identification of the substance\/mixture and of the company\/undertaking<\/li>\n<li>Hazards identification<\/li>\n<li>Composition\/information on ingredients<\/li>\n<li>First aid measures<\/li>\n<li>Firefighting measures<\/li>\n<li>Accidental release measures<\/li>\n<li>Handling and storage<\/li>\n<li>Exposure controls\/personal protection<\/li>\n<li>Physical and chemical properties<\/li>\n<li>Stability and Reactivity<\/li>\n<li>Toxicological information<\/li>\n<li>Ecological information<\/li>\n<li>Disposal considerations<\/li>\n<li>Transport Information<\/li>\n<li>Regulatory information<\/li>\n<li>Other information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Risk and safety statements,\u00a0also known as <b>R\/S statements<\/b>, <b>R\/S numbers<\/b>, <b>R\/S phrases<\/b>, and <b>R\/S sentences<\/b>, is a system of hazard codes and phrases for labeling dangerous chemicals and compounds. The R\/S statement of a compound consists of a risk part (R) and a safety part (S), each followed by a combination of numbers. Each number corresponds to a phrase. The phrase corresponding to the letter\/number combination has the same meaning in different languages. An explanation of these Risk and safety phrases can be found <a title=\"risk\/safety phrases HSE\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/chip\/phrases.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much information can be gleaned from these sources of information concerning hazardous substances used at establishments such as that at Trinity Street. Unfortunately\u00a0this information was not available to local residents over many decades of hazardous chemicals being released into the environment from this site.<\/p>\n<p>Though the hazardous substances at the plant and the effluents produced have not changed that greatly, the new legislation meant that Albright and Wilson more latterly Rhodia , and now Solvay have had to declare and apply for consents to store certain \u201chazardous substances\u201d at the site. The legislation assured an exclusion zone or <strong>CONSULTATION ZONE<\/strong> of 2km around the works had to be introduced within which there were restrictions on schools, hotels and businesses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Solvay-consultation-zone.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7492\" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Solvay-consultation-zone.png\" alt=\"Solvay consultation zone\" width=\"777\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some applications previously came under the influence of The Black Country Development Corporation, given that Trinity Street lay within its area,\u00a0but are now decided by the local authority, Sandwell Council. Though the Health and Safety Executive (HSE, Environment Agency (E.A) and West Midlands Fire Service are consulted on such matters, these organisations appear to have offered little in the way of considered responses, judging by the associated replies available on Sandwell Council\u2019s Public Access website. Additional quantities of hazardous substances applied for appear only to question the basis of whether the increase would substantially increase the risk to off site receptors. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It should perhaps be noted that ANY existence let alone increase of such dangerous chemicals are already putting people at risk- let alone a cocktail of all of them going up in flames.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though the applications themselves have to be \u201cpublicly advertised\u201d, there is nothing in the way of detailed description, and Rhodia appear to do little more than the minimum to satisfy this criteria.\u00a0An example of a hazardous substance consent <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HS\/034<\/span><\/strong> buried in the Express and Star classifieds can be found <a title=\"buried like bad news\" href=\"http:\/\/webcaps.sandwell.gov.uk\/publicaccess\/files\/5955FDEE75613EBED21AD83F9D292D96\/pdf\/HS021-NOTICE__EXPRESS___STAR-163816.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a> Note that members of the public are invited to contact the the HSE\u00a0manager at\u00a0Rhodia directly, rather than making any informed investigations to the planning authority for the application. Is it really in the interests of the business applicant to tell people living locally that these are <strong>&#8220;very dangerous chemicals&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Summary of hazardous substance consents and amended consents stored and used at the Trinity Street Plant in chronological order is explained on these pages. These are important to understanding the products made at the site, and the subsequent waste generated from these activities.\u00a0\u00a0We hope that residents living locally to the Trinity Street site can get a better flavour of what lies on their own doorstep, and also appreciate that much of this cocktail ended up being mixed and blended in the effluent treatment plant with the next stop being Rattlechain lagoon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The current list and amount able to be stored at the site is as follows.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.honeywell.com\/sites\/docs\/D5A9G5Q9KLOG7PPCOK2TL3RYO4HKUBEZU0803114619616.pdf\">HYDROFLUORIC ACID\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong>0.56<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Waste distillate ex <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enviromsds.com\/enviromsds\/MSDS_formats\/psmsd-37a%20(eu%20Ghs).pdf\">VINYL PHOSPHONIC ACID<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>\u00a0 20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmloveridge.com\/cosh\/Phenol%20Liquefied.pdf\">PHENOL\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/u><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencestuff.com\/msds\/C1147.html\">ACETONITRILE<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>\u00a020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/summary\/summary.cgi?cid=7751#x332\">ETHYL MONOCHLOROACETATE (EMCA)<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>25<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lookchem.com\/Product_812816\/CasNo_867-13-0\/Triethyl-phosphonoacetate.html\">TEPA STRIPPINGS (FROM TRI-ETHYLPHOSPHONO-ACETATE (TEPA) )<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>35<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icis.com\/Articles\/2007\/08\/06\/9050162\/chemical-profile-1-octene.html\">OCTENE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/u><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/hazard.com\/msds\/mf\/baker\/baker\/files\/s3722.htm\">SODIUM FLUORIDE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/u><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>100<\/strong><\/span> A safety data sheet is available \u201con request\u201d from them. It contains\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/hexavalentchromiumdangers.com\/\">Hexavalent chromiuim.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>WASTE\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/hazard.com\/msds\/mf\/baker\/baker\/files\/p4138.htm\">PHOSPHORUS TRICHLORIDE\u00a0<\/a><\/u><\/strong><strong>WASHINGS <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">150<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/ntp.niehs.nih.gov\/ntp\/htdocs\/Chem_Background\/ExSumPdf\/4067-16-7.pdf\">PENTAETHYLENE HEXAMINE<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hpa.org.uk\/webc\/HPAwebFile\/HPAweb_C\/1203084373261\">TOXIC WHITE PHOSPHORUS P4!!!!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/u><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>800<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cameochemicals.noaa.gov\/chemical\/17084\">BIS-HEXAMETHYLENE TRIAMINE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong>(B.H.M.T)\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"> 50<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuprichem.com\/MSDS.htm\">COPPER SULPHATE<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>40<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hpa.org.uk\/webc\/HPAwebFile\/HPAweb_C\/1219908741042\">(FORMALDEHYDE)<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">100<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.celticfueloils.co.uk\/gas-oil\/\">GAS OIL<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>200<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.methanex.com\/products\/documents\/MSDS_USenglish.pdf\">METHANOL<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amosenterprise.com\/pdf\/cna.pdf\">NITRIC ACID 98%<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>50<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemcas.com\/material\/cas\/archive\/770-12-7_v1.asp\">PHENYL DICHLORO PHOSPHATE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencelab.com\/msds.php?msdsId=9927697\">PHOSPHORUS TRICHLORIDE<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>730<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencelab.com\/msds.php?msdsId=9927394\">PHOSPHORUS OXYCHLORIDE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>680<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/alemis.us.airliquide.com\/ChemSafe\/MSDS\/Image\/127652_1.PDF\">RED AMORPHOUS PHOSPHORUS<\/a><\/strong><strong>\/\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmloveridge.com\/cosh\/Phosphoric%20Acid%2085w.w.pdf\">PHOSPHORIC ACID\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong>MIXTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>200<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>TOLCIDE C80\u00a0<\/strong>Also known as\u00a0<strong>(benzothiazol-2-ylthio)methyl thiocyanate. THPC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/HS032-TOLCIDEPS.pdf\">HS032 TOLCIDEPS<\/a>7.5\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>1000<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>solution of\u00a0<strong>tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium sulphate. (THPS)<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>1000<\/strong><\/span><u><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/HS21.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/HS032-TOLCIDE.pdf\">HS032 TOLCIDEMBT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This biocide is based on\u00a0<strong>methylene bisthiocyanate<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>50<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/docs\/2003-154\/pdfs\/5046.pdf\">TETRAKIS (HYDROXYMETHYL) PHOSPHONIUM CHLORIDE (THPC)<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> 15<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marketed by Rhodia as PROBAN CC, Tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium Chloride<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/webcaps.sandwell.gov.uk\/publicaccess\/files\/4AE3363DB9574CCD6EEA0D0C5E6B4252\/pdf\/HS034-SAFETY_DATA_SHEET__PROBAN_R_STI_-326963.pdf\">ProbanSti<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">1000<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/HS034-DIISOBUTYLENE.pdf\">HS034 DIISOBUTYLENE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/compound\/heptane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HEPTANE<\/a>\u2013 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">20\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/compound\/diisopropylamine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIISOPROPYLAMINE<\/a>\u2013 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">5<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Potassium_permanganate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">3\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemsrc.com\/en\/cas\/33494-80-3_224766.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DI-T-BUTYL PHOSPHATE POTASSIUM SALT IN HEPTANE<\/a>\u2013 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">30<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Next time you look up to read the time at the main entrance, perhaps save some time to consider what lies on the doorstep of Langley, and ponder just who allowed it to be there.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As they say in these parts, &#8220;It ay saif ah kid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1827\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130502-163859.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1827\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1827 \" src=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130502-163859.jpg\" alt=\"20130502-163859\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HAZ SUBSTANCE Chemical H.Q Trinity Street<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; 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