Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-67 - Safety standards for process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals › Part A › Section 296-67-005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Atmospheric tank" means a storage tank which has been
				  designed to operate at pressures from atmospheric through 0.5 p.s.i.g. (pounds
				  per square inch gauge, 3.45 Kpa).
"Boiling point" means the boiling point of a liquid at a
				  pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute (p.s.i.a.) (760 mm.). For the
				  purposes of this part, where an accurate boiling point is unavailable for the
				  material in question, or for mixtures which do not have a constant boiling
				  point, the 10 percent point of a distillation performed in accordance with the
				  Standard Method of Test for Distillation of Petroleum Products, ASTM D-86-62,
				  may be used as the boiling point of the liquid.
"Catastrophic release" means a major uncontrolled emission,
				  fire, or explosion, involving one or more highly hazardous chemicals, that
				  presents serious danger to employees in the workplace.
"Facility" means the buildings, containers, or equipment
				  which contain a process.
"Highly hazardous chemical" means a substance possessing
				  toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive properties and specified by WAC
				  296-67-001(2)(a).
"Hot work" means work involving electric or gas welding,
				  cutting, brazing, or similar flame or spark-producing operations.
"Normally unoccupied remote facility" means a facility which
				  is operated, maintained, or serviced by employees who visit the facility only
				  periodically to check its operation and to perform necessary operating or
				  maintenance tasks. No employees are permanently stationed at the facility.
				  Facilities meeting this definition are not contiguous with, and must be
				  geographically remote from all other buildings, processes, or persons.
"Process" means any activity involving a highly hazardous
				  chemical including any use, storage, manufacturing, handling, or the on-site
				  movement of such chemicals, or combination of these activities. For purposes of
				  this definition, any group of vessels which are interconnected and separate
				  vessels which are located such that a highly hazardous chemical could be
				  involved in a potential release shall be considered a single process.
"Replacement in kind" means a replacement which satisfies the
				  design specification.
"Trade secret" means any confidential formula, pattern,
				  process, device, information, or compilation of information that is used in an
				  employer's business, and that gives the employer an opportunity to obtain an
				  advantage over competitors who do not know or use it. See WAC
				  296-901-14030, Appendix
				  E-Definition of "trade secret." (Which sets out the criteria to be used in
				  evaluating trade secrets).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040, and
					 49.17.050. 01-11-038, §
					 296-67-005, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01. Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17
					 RCW. 93-21-075 (Order 93-06), § 296-67-005, filed 10/20/93, effective
					 12/1/93; 92-17-022 (Order 92-06), § 296-67-005, filed 8/10/92, effective
					 9/10/92.