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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2012. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13385.
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Appendix E

Meeting Agendas

Inherently Safer Chemical Processes:
The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
The National Academy of Sciences
Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 100
Washington, DC 20001

AGENDA

February 9, 2011

10:30 a.m.

Welcome

•   Elsa Reichmanis, Committee Chair

10:35 a.m. Overview of the National Academy of Sciences Study

•   Kathryn Hughes, National Research Council

10:50 a.m. Context of the Study and Overview of CSB Investigation

•   Amy McCormick and Lucy Sciallo-Tyler, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Study Sponsors)

11:30 a.m. Lunch

•   Lunch available in the Keck Center Atrium on the 3rd floor

12:30 p.m. Overview of the use of MIC at Bayer CropScience

•   Steven Smythe, Bayer CropScience

2:30 p.m. Overview of Inherently Safer Chemical Processes and Practices

•   Scott Berger, Center for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE

•   Randall Sawyer, Contra Costa County

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2012. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13385.
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3:20 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Defining Inherently Safer Processes at DHS

•   George Famini and George Emmett, DHS Chemical Security

•   Analysis Center

4:00 p.m. Public Comment Session

•   Please sign up to speak during the public comment session

•   All comments limited to 3 minutes

4:30 p.m. Transition to Just-in-Time Production of MIC

•   John Carberry, Carberry EnviroTech

5:15 p.m. Adjourn Open Session

Inherently Safer Chemical Processes:
The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
West Virginia State University
Alumni Center
Institute, WV 25112

AGENDA

March 21, 2011—WVSU Alumni Center

6:15 p.m. Public Comment Session

•   Please sign up to speak during the public comment session

•   All comments limited to 3 minutes

Welcome

•   Elsa Reichmanis, Committee Chair

Overview of National Academy of Sciences Study

•   Kathryn Hughes, National Research Council

8:15 p.m. Adjourn Open Session

•   Note: May adjourn earlier if no additional comments

March 22, 2011—WVSU Alumni Center

11:20 a.m. Presentation—Bayer CropScience

•   EHS and Training Procedures and Policies

12:30 p.m. Adjourn Open Session
Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2012. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13385.
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Inherently Safer Chemical Processes:
The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
National Academies Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW, Room 100
Washington, DC 20001

AGENDA

May 24, 2011—Keck Center, Room 105

9:30 a.m. Kanawha Putman Emergency Planning Committee (via telephone)

•   Matthew Blackwood et al.

10:15 a.m. Overview of the EPA Risk Management Program (tentative)

•   Craig Mattheisson, EPA

Inherently Safer Chemical Processes:
The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
National Academies Jonsson Center
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

AGENDA

August 8, 2011

11:00 a.m. Patrick Ragan, Bayer CropScience

•   Vice President Quality, Health, Safety and Environment, North America

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The use of hazardous chemicals such as methyl isocyanate can be a significant concern to the residents of communities adjacent to chemical facilities, but is often an integral part of the chemical manufacturing process. In order to ensure that chemical manufacturing takes place in a manner that is safe for workers, members of the local community, and the environment, the philosophy of inherently safer processing can be used to identify opportunities to eliminate or reduce the hazards associated with chemical processing. However, the concepts of inherently safer process analysis have not yet been adopted in all chemical manufacturing plants. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience presents a possible framework to help plant managers choose between alternative processing options-considering factors such as environmental impact and product yield as well as safety- to develop a chemical manufacturing system.

In 2008, an explosion at the Bayer CropScience chemical production plant in Institute, West Virginia, resulted in the deaths of two employees, a fire within the production unit, and extensive damage to nearby structures. The accident drew renewed attention to the fact that the Bayer facility manufactured and stores methyl isocyanate, or MIC - a volatile, highly toxic chemical used in the production of carbamate pesticides and the agent responsible for thousands of death in Bhopal, India, in 1984. In the Institute accident, debris from the blast hit the shield surrounding a MIC storage tank, and although the container was not damaged, an investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found that the debris could have struck a relief valve vent pipe and cause the release of MIC to the atmosphere.

The Board's investigation also highlighted a number of weaknesses in the Bayer facility's emergency response systems. In light of these concerns, the Board requested the National Research Council convene a committee of independent experts to write a report that examines the use and storage of MIC at the Bayer facility. The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience also evaluates the analyses on alternative production methods for MIC and carbamate pesticides preformed by Bayer and the previous owners of the facility.

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