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Point Comfort Ambient Air Monitoring Systems (FTIR and SUMMA)

Point Comfort Ambient Air Monitoring Systems (FTIR and SUMMA). FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer). Continuously monitors the ambient air for seven compounds (VCM, EDC, 1, 3 Butadiene, Ethylene, Benzene, Hydrogen Chloride, and Ethylene Oxide).

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Point Comfort Ambient Air Monitoring Systems (FTIR and SUMMA)

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  1. Point Comfort Ambient Air Monitoring Systems (FTIR and SUMMA)

  2. FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer) • Continuously monitors the ambient air for seven compounds (VCM, EDC, 1, 3 Butadiene, Ethylene, Benzene, Hydrogen Chloride, and Ethylene Oxide). • Alerts Environmental On-call pager and Shift Safety pager should any of the seven compounds be detected in the ambient air exceeding the 5-minute and/or 30-minute alarm levels. Pager indicates a different code for each alarm level (5-minute alarm level shows ‘333333333’ on the pager and the 30-minute alarm level shows ‘123456789’ on the pager). • FTIR calls the SUMMA Computer located at the FPC-TX EHS Building and activates the PC Plant Site and School Site SUMMA Canisters to sample for 1-hour.

  3. SUMMA Canister System • 3 SUMMA canister sampling sites are located in Pt. Comfort, Texas (City Hall, City Park, and School Sites) and 1 SUMMA canister sampling site is located adjacent to the PC Plant Administration Building (PC Plant Site). • City Hall, City Park, and School SUMMA canister sampling sites sample every 6 days for 24-hours. • PC Plant SUMMA canister sampling site samples every other day for 24-hours. • Canisters are sent to a third-party independent laboratory for analysis. • Canisters are analyzed for VCM, EDC, 1, 3 Butadiene, Ethylene, and Benzene.

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