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Published: Monday, December 5, 2005 - 22:00 DynMcDermott received registration to ISO 14001 in 2000, and the rigorous emergency environmental planning required by the standard helped the company quickly recover from the hurricane, says environmental manager William Bozzo. The oil company sustained damages at five of its six Gulf Coast facilities, yet had no reportable petroleum leaks as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Just two days after the storm passed and emergency workers allowed people back into the damaged area, DynMcDermott restarted operations, says Bozzo. Re-opening the facilities required a lot of planning before the storm, says Bozzo. The company’s ISO 14001 emergency plan includes the complete stabilization of its storage tanks, emptying containment levees to hold storm water and closing operations completely, Bozzo reports. A company Storm Watch team stayed on-site until it was no longer safe, then evacuated for higher ground. After the storm, DynMcDermott used trailers and other temporary housing to shelter its workers who were displaced because of the hurricanes. Pre-permitted generators allowed the company to provide power to its facilities. “ New Orleans was hit hard, and we were too, but it could have been worse,” Bozzo says. “Ongoing efforts to utilize environmental-management systems helped us to prevent harmful environmental incidents during the hurricane.” For more information, visit www.dynmcdermott.com. Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads. So please consider turning off your ad blocker for our site. Thanks, For 40 years Quality Digest has been the go-to source for all things quality. Our newsletter, Quality Digest, shares expert commentary and relevant industry resources to assist our readers in their quest for continuous improvement. Our website includes every column and article from the newsletter since May 2009 as well as back issues of Quality Digest magazine to August 1995. We are committed to promoting a view wherein quality is not a niche, but an integral part of every phase of manufacturing and services.Rising From (Near) Ruin
Although five of its six facilities bore damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, without compliance to ISO 14001, recovering from the storms could have been a lot worse for DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations. The company, a 2005 Baldrige Award recipient, is the sole management and operations contractor for the federal Department of Energy’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the United States’ emergency oil stockpile and the largest emergency petroleum supply in the world. Its headquarters are in New Orleans, which dramatically flooded after the storm, leaving much of the city underwater.
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