TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON SOLVENT EXTRACTION PLANTS MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: Technical Committee on Solvent Extraction Plants R. P. Benedetti DATE: May 2, 2012 SUBJECT: Agenda for Conference Call ROC Meeting May 7, 2012 Gentlemen: Attached is the Agenda for the conference call for the Report on Comments (ROC) meeting of the Technical Committee on Solvent Extraction Plants, to be held Monday, May 7, 2012,beginning at 11:0 AM Eastern Time. If you have additional items for the Agenda, they can be brought up under the New Business portion of the Agenda. rpb/ cc SOL Meeting Folder SOL/NM
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON SOLVENT EXTRACTION PLANTS AGENDA Technical Committee on Solvent Extraction Plants Conference Call Monday, May 7, 2012, 11:00 AM Eastern Time Toll-Free Number: 877-320-2367 Participant PIN: 2010225 1. Call to Order. 2. Introduction of Participants. Update of Committee Roster. [Attachment A1] 3. Approval of Minutes of Last Meeting. [Attachment A2] 4. Report of Committee Chair. 5. Report of Staff Liaison. Technical Committee Scope. [Attachment A3] Technical Committee Membership Status. [Attachment A3] - Need for Alternates - Need for Enforcing Officials Revision Schedule for Fall 2012 Cycle. [Attachment A4] 6. Review and Action on Comment to proposal 36-3 of the F2012 Report on Proposals (ROP) [Attachment A5] 7. Recent Correspondence. [Attachment A6] 8. Other Old Business. (NONE) 9. New Business. Proposals to NFPA 1 and NFPA 5000 to Exempt NFPA 36-compliant Facilities. Items for Future Consideration. [Attachment A7] 10. Schedule Next Meeting(s). 11. Adjournment.
Address List No Phone Solvent Extraction Plants 05/02/2012 Robert P. Benedetti Richard H. Barton Chair N. Hunt Moore & Associates, Inc. 436 East South Street, Suite 101 Collierville, TN 38017 SE 4/4/1997 George E. Anderson Crown Iron Works Company 2500 West County Road C PO Box 1364 Minneapolis, MN 55440-1364 M 1/1/1981 Michael Beaver Cargill, Inc. 15407 McGinty Road West Wayzata, MN 55391 Corn Refiners Association Inc. U 7/28/2006 Brian L. Eklow Aon Risk Services 200 East Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601 NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section I 7/28/2006 Jerry G. Fawbush Fawbush Enterprises Inc. 13111 Madden Road Churubusco, IN 46723 SE 1/1/1995 John E. Heilman Heilman Consulting Group 1658 Pinon Glen Circle Colorado Springs, CO 80919-4802 SE 1/1/1971 William E. Janz XL Global Asset Protection Services 301 Pine Ridge Drive Washington, IL 61571 I 7/16/2003 Timothy G. Kemper Desmet Ballestra North America, Inc. 450 Franklin Road, Suite 170 Marietta, GA 30067 M 1/18/2001 Jeffrey K. Rogers Ag Processing Inc. PO Box 2047 Omaha, NE 68103-2047 International Oil Mill Superintendents Assn. U 7/23/2008 Eugene F. Smith Archer Daniels Midland Company 1001 North Brush College Road Decatur, IL 62521 National Cottonseed Products Association U 1/1/1996 Douglas D. VanMeter Consolidated Grain & Barge Company PO Box 2781, Bluff Road Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 National Oilseed Processors Association Alternate: James E. Norris U 3/15/2007 James E. Norris Alternate Bunge North America 11720 Borman Drive PO Box 28500 St. Louis, MO 63146-1000 : Douglas D. VanMeter U 03/05/2012 Robert P. Benedetti Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 1
ATTACHMENT A2 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON SOLVENT EXTRACTION PLANTS Minutes of Web Conference Meeting Technical Committee on Solvent Extraction Plants Friday, June 17, 2011 I. Attendance R. H. Barton, N. Hunt Moore & Associates, Inc., CHAIR M. Beaver, Cargill, Incorporated (Rep. Corn Refiners Association) B. L. Eklow, Aon Risk Services (Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section) J. G. Fawbush, Fawbush Enterprises, Inc. J. E. Heilman, Heilman Consulting Group W. E. Janz, XL Global Asset Protection Services T. G. Kemper, Desmet Ballestra North America, Inc. E. F. Smith, Archer Daniels Midland Company (Rep. National Cottonseed Products Association) D. A. Toliver, Bunge North America (Rep. National Oilseed Processors Association) D. D. VanMeter, Consolidated Grain and Barge Company (Rep. National Oilseed Processors Association) R. P. Benedetti, NFPA, STAFF LIAISON II. Minutes 1. The web conference was called to order by Technical Committee Chair Rich Barton at 10:40 AM. 2. Participants introduced themselves. The Staff Liaison asked participants to email to him and changes in contact information. The current roster is attached. [Attachment M1] 3. The minutes of the last meeting (September 2007, by conference call) were una nimously approved as submitted. 4. The Technical Committee Chair briefly summarized the meeting agenda. 5. The Staff Liaison reported on the following Technical Committee Scope. No changes were deemed necessary to the Scope of the Technical Committee.
Technical Committee Membership Status. The Staff Liaison was directed to continue to solicit new members in the interest categories of Insurer, Enforcing Official, Installer/Maintainer. Technical Committee members were also asked to do same. Revision Schedule for Fall 2012 Cycle. The Staff Liaison reviewed the Fall 2012 document revision schedule. 6. The Technical Committee reviewed and took action on all proposals to amend the 2009 edition of NFPA 36. The Technical Committee voted to direct the Staff Liaison to prepare and circulate the Report on Proposals (ROP) letter ballot. 7. There was no correspondence requiring the Technical Committee s attention. 8. There was no old business requiring the Technical Committee s attention. 9. The Technical Committee discussed one item of new business: a suggestion to provide, in Section 4.8 of NFPA 36, minimum design criteria for sprinkler systems, foam-water sprinkler systems, and deluge systems, as well as recommendations on which systems should be used in different applications. The Technical Committee determined that these were design considerations that will vary from situation to situation and that the reference to NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, was sufficient, 10. The Technical Committee decided to hold its Report on Comments (ROC) meeting in conjunction with the 2012 American Oil Chemists Society Expo, in Long Beach CA. The Technical Committee selected May 2, 2012 as its meeting date, with exact time to be selected later. The Staff Liaison was directed to contact Jeff Newman of AOCS to arrange for a meeting room and conference call access. 11. The web conference adjourned at 2:00 PM.
ATTACHMENT A3 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON SOLVENT EXTRACTION PLANTS SCOPE STATEMENT This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on safeguarding against the fire and explosion hazards associated with the design, construction, and operation of solvent extraction plants. Responsible for NFPA 36, Standard for Solvent Extraction Plants. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP BALANCE Members: 11 M: 2 (18%) U: 4 (36%) Voting Alternates: 0 I/M: 0 L/C: 0 Alternates: 1 R/T: 0 E: 0 Non-Voting: 0 I: 2 (18%) SE: 3 (28%) Emeritus: 0 Task Group: 0 Hold List: 2 Balance: Users overbalanced
2012 FALL REVISION CYCLE ATTACHMENT A4 PROCESS DATES DATES STAGE PROCESS STEP FOR TC FOR TCC 1 PRELIMINARY 1.0 Notification of intent to enter cycle 1/7/11 1/7/11 COMPLETIO N DATE VERIFY MATERI AL IN FILE 2 3 4 REPORT ON PROPOSALS (ROP) REPORT ON COMMENTS (ROC) TECH SESSION PREPARATION & ISSUANCE OF CONSENT DOCUMENTS 2.1 Proposal closing date 5/23/11* 5/23/11* 2.2 Final date for ROP meeting 8/26/11 8/5/11 2.3 Final date for mailing TC ballots 9/16/11 8/19/11 2.4 Receipt of (TC) ballots by staff liaison 10/21/11 9/9/11 2.5 Receipt of TC recirculation ballots 11/4/11 9/16/11 2.6 Final date for TCC meeting 10/14/11 2.7 Final date for mailing TCC ballots 10/21/11 2.8 Receipt of TCC ballots 11/11/11 2.9 Receipt of TCC recirculation ballots 11/18/11 2.10 Final copy (w/ ballot statements) to Secretary, Standards Council 11/11/11 11/25/11 2.11 Completion of Reports 11/18/11 12/2/11 2.12 ROP Published and Posted 12/23/11 12/23/11 3.1 Comment closing date 3/2/12 3/2/12 3.2 Final date for ROC meeting 5/4/12 4/6/12 3.3 Final date for mailing TC ballots 5/18/12 4/20/12 3.4 Receipt of (TC) ballots by staff liaison 6/1/12 5/11/12 3.5 Receipt of TC recirculation ballots 6/8/12 5/18/12 3.6 Final date for TCC meeting 6/15/12 3.7 Final date for mailing TCC ballots 6/22/12 3.8 Receipt of TCC ballots 7/13/12 3.9 Receipt of TCC recirculation ballots 7/20/12 3.10 Final copy (w/ ballot statements) to Secretary, Standards Council 6/22/12 7/27/12 3.11 Completion of Reports 7/13/12 8/3/12 3.12 ROC Published and Posted 8/24/12 8/24/12 4.1 Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) Closing Date 10/5/12 10/5/12 4.2 Posting of Filed NITMAM 11/2/12 11/2/12 4.3 Appeal Closing Date for Consent Documents 11/27/12 11/27/12 4.4 Council Issuance Date for Consent Documents 12/12/12 12/12/12 5 TECHNICAL SESSION 5.0 Association Meeting for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 6/3-6/13 6/3-6/13 6 APPEALS & ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENTS W/ CAMS 6.1 Appeal closing date for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 6.2 Council issuance for Documents with Certified Amending Motions 6/26/13 6/26/13 7/25/13 7/25/13 * Proposal Closing Dates may vary according to documents and schedules for Revision Cycles may change. Please check the NFPA website (www.nfpa.org) for the most up-to-date information on proposal closing dates and schedules.
Report on Comments November 2012 NFPA 36 36- Log #2 Jeffrey K. Rogers, Ag Processing Inc. 36-3 Revise text to read as follows: Maintenance operations involving the use of power and ferrous hand tools that can produce sources of ignition shall be prohibited except as provided for in Sections 67 and 68. Adding ferrous hand tools to Section 4.11.1 would prohibit using these tools in the controlled and restricted areas of the facility. Sometimes ferrous tools must be used to safely complete maintenance operations in the restricted area. Also, some plants have vapor walls at the 50' mark and the prep building is in the controlled area. Adding a restriction on using ferrous tools would require non ferrous use in prep buildings in the controlled area. I believe an appendix addition supporting the use of non ferrous tools in the controlled area and allowing the use of ferrous tools with management approval would be better. Also, some mention of allowing power and ferrous tools in the controlled area of prep with a vapor wall should be included. Printed on 4/30/2012 1
From: Benedetti, Bob Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 2:32 PM To: presupuestos@vernassa.com.ar Subject: FW: inquiry: NFPA 36 FILE: SOL/NM ATTACHMENT A6 Sr. Romero: You are correct that NFPA 36, Standard for Solvent Extraction Plants, applies to a solvent extraction process using hexane. As you will see in NFPA 36, in Subsection 4.8.1 requires the extraction process equipment and the building in which it is located to be protected with a water spray system, a deluge fire protection system, or a foam-water system, or a combination of these. These should be designed and installed in accordance with NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, NFPA 15, Standard for Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection, or NFPA 16, Standard for the Installation of Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water Spray Systems. NFPA 36 does not specify the exact design criteria, i.e., it does not specify a particular rate of coverage in terms of liters per minute per square meter. This will vary from facility to facility. You might wish to secure the services of a design engineer who specializes in solvent extraction plants who can review the facility and recommend specific design criteria. If you need assistance in this, please reply and I will try to help. R. P. Benedetti cc 36/IFI SOL/NM Notice: The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Robert Benedetti immediately by replying to the message or by calling (617) 984-7433. Please delete this message and any attachments from your system. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: VERNASSA Pimiaci S.A. [mailto:presupuestos@vernassa.com.ar] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:58 AM To: Duval, Bob Cc: hagman@vernassa.com.ar; romero@vernassa.com.ar Subject: Query - NFPA To whom it may concern, We are members of NFPA, over 15 years ago. An now we need to know, through this email, if you could tell us which time of water reserve recomends NFPA for a extinguishing system of spray-sprinklers. We need to protect a solvent extraction plant (hexane). As we could see, in NFPA 36 we couldnt find such requirement. I dont know if Im sending this email to the right person. If not, please foward to a person or area indicated. We look foward to hear from you soon. Thanks from now. Sincerely Ing. Sergio A. Romero Gerente de Ingeniería VERNASSA Superí 3135/41 CABA ( (11 54) 4542-3011/7043 PIMIACI S.A. * romero@vernassa.com.ar
NFPA 36 Items for Next Document Revision Cycle Attachment A7 1. Revise construction types referenced in 6.2.1 and 7.3.1 to correlate with NFPA 220. 2. Add a provision for fail-safe detection systems for the finished oil systems. 3. Address regenerative thermal oxidizers. 4. Add specific design criteria for deluge systems. 5. Add provisions for handling deluge system discharge. 6. Correlation of 6.4.2 and 6.4.3 with 8.4.2 of NFPA 61. 7. New outlines for Chapters 6 and 7, so they track with each other. 8. From Lou Kingsbaker: Revise 7.10.2* by removing the words be permitted to in the second sentence and by removing the words Where such a detection system is used in the last sentence of this paragraph. 7.10.2* would then read, Provisions shall be made for monitoring the atmosphere in areas where flammable vapors can present a hazard. Monitoring shall be accomplished by installing an approved combustible detection system with audible and visual alarms. This system shall be tested and maintained in good working order in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions. REASON: As Paragraph 7.10.2* now reads, the installation of a fixed approved combustible gas detection system is not required, it is only recommended. I feel that such a system must be required. These systems are now reliable and enhance safety for both the plant personnel and the plant itself. The installation of portable combustible gas detectors is required as stated in Paragraph 7.10.1, but using a fixed system will monitor the entire extraction plant during its operation, while the portable monitoring unit is used primarily while the plant is stopped. 9. From Lou Kingsbaker: Add a new item (6) to A.7.10.2 (Areas where routine sampling has been found desirable include the following:) (6) Vent gas discharge from the plant vent system to the atmosphere. REASON: Many plants use this location, since they can observe the LEL level of solvent in this stream. They can use this location reading to prevent excessive loss of solvent and pollution of the atmosphere. NFPA36 - Items for Next Cycle.doc - 5/2/2012