The engineers at Quest have many years of experience in the development and use of hazardous fluid release models. We maintain a comprehensive set of models - CANARY by Quest® - that we use to determine the extent of hazards due to accidental fluid releases.
Quest personnel have performed consequence analyses for many types of industries, including petrochemical facilities, chemical plants, LNG import and export terminals, LPG facilities, gas plants, pipelines, road and rail transport, and offshore platforms. This experience allows us to better evaluate and model the most appropriate accident scenarios for the USEPA Risk Management Program's (RMP) worst case and alternative release scenarios.
Our combination of advanced modeling and industry experience provides a significant advantage over using the USEPA's look-up tables or public-domain models. This results in a more realistic insight into the risks a facility poses on the surrounding community. It also provides assurance to community representatives that the hazard analysis was done with some of the best tools available.
The information derived in a hazards analysis can be used to develop an emergency response program. Establishing the proper responses can be a very difficult task. The worst case or alternative releases presented in a facility's Risk Management Plan may not be the most appropriate scenarios for emergency response. The specific hazards at a facility, the characteristics of the surrounding community, and the capabilities of local responders all must be evaluated.
Quest has performed several analyses which model the many possible accidents and reduce them into a select set of scenarios. This allows quick decisions to be made and provides a basis for response guidelines that are easy to follow. Quest also offers a Community Response Guidelines product that presents chemical-specific response cards in a small notebook. This system provides responders and facility personnel with the information needed to make quick and appropriate decisions when faced with a hazardous event.
The USEPA has incorporated most of the OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) elements into the RMP Prevention Program, simplifying the RMP compliance work of many facilities. Quest has extensive experience in conducting process hazards analyses, writing technical and/or procedural manuals, and developing a total program for the OSHA PSM standard. This experience will apply directly to helping non-PSM facilities with the RMP requirement, as well as in revalidation of established PSM programs.
At Quest, we believe that we provide the best combination of experience, knowledge, and advanced hazard modeling to our clients. This translates into a superior ability to produce a complete, accurate, and concise RMP document.
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