Exemptions: | This chapter does not apply to any of the following: |
• Liquids, vapors, mixtures in containers or pipelines, and gas in natural gas processing plants when benzene content is 0.1% or less. | |
• Gasoline and other fuels containing benzene once they leave the final bulk wholesale facility and are being: | |
– Transported; | |
– Sold; | |
– Distributed; | |
– Stored; | |
– Dispensed either: | |
■ Outdoors; or | |
■ Indoors four hours or less a day. | |
– Used as a fuel. | |
• Oil and gas drilling, production, and servicing operations. | |
• Solid materials that contain only trace amounts of benzene. | |
• Coke ovens. |
If employees do any of the following: | Then the only requirements in this chapter that apply to those tasks are: | |
Load and unload benzene at bulk storage facilities that use vapor control systems for all loading and unloading operations. | • | The labeling requirement found in Preventive practices, WAC 296-849-11010. |
Perform tasks around sealed transport pipelines carrying gasoline, crude oil, or other liquids containing more than 0.1% benzene. | • | This requirement found in Training, WAC 296-849-11050: |
– | Make sure training and information includes specific information on benzene for each hazard communication training topic. For the list of hazard communication training topics, go to WAC 296-901-14016, Employee information and training. | |
Work with, or around, sealed containers of liquids containing more than 0.1% benzene. | • | Emergency requirements found in Medical evaluations, WAC 296-849-12030. |
• | Requirements found in Medical records, WAC 296-849-12080. | |
• | Respirator requirements found in Respirators, WAC 296-849-13045. |
If employee exposure monitoring results are: | Then continue to follow the basic rules, and these additional requirements: | ||
• | Above the TWA8 or STEL | • | Exposure and medical monitoring, WAC 296-849-12010 through 296-849-12080; and |
• | Exposure control areas, WAC 296-849-13005 through 296-849-13045. | ||
• | At or below the TWA8 or STEL; | • | Exposure and medical monitoring, WAC 296-849-12005 through 296-849-12080. |
AND | |||
• | At or above AL | ||
• | Below the AL and STEL | • | No additional requirements apply. |