PPG Industries, Inc. Transportation of Dangerous Goods Management System

Noel Pacheco Global Product Stewardship Manager, PPG Aerospace

PPG Industries • Global manufacturer of glass, fiberglass, and coatings • Operations in over 70 countries; 42,000 employees • Strategic Business Units:

Architectural Coatings Automotive OEM Automotive Refinish Industrial Flat Glass Fiberglass Optical Industrial Coatings Protective and Marine Coatings Aerospace

PPG Aerospace • Headquartered in Los Angeles, California • Manufacturer of sealants, coatings, and transparencies for

both commercial and military airplanes • 23 sites in 12 countries (U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, France,

Italy, China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Australia, UAE) • 2,600 Employees • Boeing, Airbus, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin, Northrop

Grumman, Delta Air Lines, Gulfstream, Triumph, etc. • Aerospace accounts for about 90% of all air shipments of

Dangerous Goods within PPG Industries.

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Management System

Dangerous Goods Regulations

Model TDG Regulations

International Maritime

Dangerous Goods Code

(IMDG)

Sea Transport

International Civil Aviation

Organization (ICAO)

Air Transport

International Air Transport

Association (IATA)

Air Transport

Hazardous Material

Regulations 49CFR

US DOT

Europe Dangerous Goods

Regulations

Europe ADR

Canada Dangerous Goods

Regulations

Transport Canada

Australia Dangerous Goods

Code

Australia ADG

All Other Domestic

Regulations

Domestic

Domestic Transport Regulations International Regulations

• Rules are 85% Harmonized – Key is knowing the differences important to PPG

• SBU – Ship anything, anywhere, anytime

Introduction PPG EHS Management System

PSITs Product Stewardship Implementation Tools

PSIT3 Transportation of Dangerous Goods

PSIT’s Product Stewardship Implementation Tools

PSIT Title

PSIT-1 PS Prioritization

PSIT-2 PS Organization & Management Review

PSIT-3 Transportation of Dangerous Goods

PSIT-4 Product Regulatory Compliance

PSIT-5 Raw Material Introduction

PSIT-6 Product Introduction

PSIT-7 Customer Stewardship

PSIT-8 Contract Manufacturing, Re-Packaging & Warehousing

PSIT-9 Product Hazard Communication

PSIT3 Executive Summary Primary Objectives:

• Ensure Transport Safety and Compliance / Minimize Liability • Create Strong Management System with Accountabilities • “One-Stop Shopping” for PPG-Specific Policies • Provide Assessment Tools

Primary Tasks of the SBUs and Locations:

• DG Inventory Template (and Assign Accountabilities) • Develop a site-Specific Compliance Matrix • Identify Applicable DG Regulations and PPG Requirements • Verify Compliance (Assessment Tools)

PSIT3 – Process • Step 1 Inventory Template

Complete an annual inventory of all TDG activities and ensure someone has accountability for compliance

PSIT3 – Process • Step 2 Regulatory Compliance

Develop compliance verification plan to audit DG activities Identify and correct gaps

PSIT3 – Process • Step 3 PPG Mandatory Practices (PPG Requirements)

Review applicable PPG Mandatory Practices and complete compliance checklist

Identify and correct gaps

PSIT3 - steps • Step 4 MOC, Training and Information

Incorporate business changes into your compliance and review plan

• Step 5 Assessment Complete a Management System assessment every 3 years

• Step 6 Repeat Process

Complete PSIT3 Review every 3 years

Objective Self assessment • PSIT3 Transport of Dangerous Goods

Continuous Improvement Cycle Assessments are the Checking stage Where are we? What are best practices? Where are the gaps? How do we close the gaps? How do we prevent future gaps? How effective are our PSIT Systems?

Our Bottom Line • With the added increase in Transportation of Dangerous

Goods regulatory requirements around the world; and with the added complexities of our business, PPG has decided to go beyond the simplistic approach of providing regulatory training to our shippers.

• A strong management system to assign accountabilities at all levels, including the development of PPG-specific policies, PPG has been able to minimize our liability worldwide.

• For PPG Aerospace, we have shipped over 200,000 air shipments of DG with only one NOV in the last 12 years.