SET Proactive Asset Management

Proactive Asset Management

Process flow to avoid facility liabilities

Mark J. SydlowskiDirector of Cylinder Remediation

& Asset Management ServicesSET Environmental, Inc.

508-789-3798

Facility Liabilities -Cylinders

Unknown Cylinders

Non-DOT shippable cylinders

Excessive Idle Inventory

Unknown Gas Cylinders Unknown gas cylinders with no indicators

Lecture Bottles / 110 valves, rust, no markings or labels

Unknown gas cylinders with indicators

Cylinders with various identifiable CGA valves Cylinders with identifiable PRD’s Cylinders with a DOT label on the shoulder Cylinders with other indicators, stenciling.

Unknown Cylinder Liabilities

Is it an inert gas or a Zone A toxic If known, can we have it on the property? If known, does it comply with our permit? Identifying the gas requires analytical. Can we perform analytical on site? Unknowns are monetarily costly. Unknowns can be permit costly.

Non-DOT Cylinders

Valve CorrosionDents, evidence of fire or heat damageCylinders used incorrectly (drug lab)Cylinders without DOT or ICC stampingCylinders with valves that do not meet

DOT Specification (old Zone A gases)Cylinders not meeting DOT specifications

for transportation in commerce

Managing Non-DOT Cylinders

Require salvage vessels to be moved, or they need to be managed on site such as acetylene.

High pressure gases in high pressure vessels Low pressure gases in any salvage vessel Lecture Bottles can be shipped in Lecture Packs Each scenario above has an added cost Each scenario represents a facility liability.

Salvage Vessel Example

Non-DOT Transportable Cylinders

Excessive Idle Inventory Accumulation of returns that can be drained

using on-site equipment. Accumulation of returns that can not be drained

on site. Inventories that can not be sold. Cylinders where packaging specifications have

changed. Cylinders that have inoperable valves. Cylinders with gases that can create a hazard

over time (Hydrogen Fluoride / Hydrogen Bromide)

An Asset Should not remain Idle

Idle assets can:

Accumulate quickly. Become unnoticed in the facility. Start to physically deteriorate. Start to have labels and markings fade. Develop slow leaks without being noticed. Start to rust which can deteriorate markings.

Proactive Asset Management

An asset should:

Not remain idle. Have a direction Have a timeline to its destiny Be of known contents Have a future status Not be allowed to accumulate.

Customer Returns

Client Returns(route immediately)

Drain using internalcapabilities

Drain using futureInternal

capabilities

Drain using externalremediationcontractors

Monthly, Quarterlyor bi-annually?

Asset to be returned?Asset to be scrapped?

When will internalCapabilities beimplemented

Date set for internalDraining?

Asset to be scrapped?Asset to be re-used?

Existing On-Site Inventory

IdleOn-Site Inventory

Does it requireDraining?

Can it be sold or Recycled?

Is it off spec or in a package no longer

usable?

Can it be transferredto a usable package?

If it can, when can that step be taken?

If yes, internally orExternally?

Asset to be scrapped?Asset to be re-used?

Points to consider

Client returns need a defined routeIdle assets on site need to be definedIdle assets need to be a priorityTimelines should be set for all activity

Being Pro-Active will:Allow one to know what is “actually on site”reducing the chance for on site liabilities.

An Idle Asset is a Liability

It is not generating revenueIt could become an unknownIt could become non-DOTIt could leak

It needs Proactive Direction to minimize its negative potential.