Optima Chemical Group, LLC
places the highest priority on
safety programs throughout the
facility. Our commitment to safety
is evidenced by our record. Our
plant has completed over 5 years of
operation with only one OSHA Lost Time incident and our
OSHA recordable rate is well below
the industry average over the same
period of time.
Optima has been recognized for
exceptional Safety, Health, and
Environmental performance awards
over the last ten years:
• Georgia Department of Labor,
Safety Engineering Division – “Award
of Excellence in Safety” received in
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005,
2006, 2007.
• Most Improved Safety Program Award
for the State of Georgia for the
years 2000-2005 awarded by the
Georgia Department of Labor in 2005.
• Safety, Health, and Environmental
Achievement Award for 2002, 2003, &
2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 -
awarded by the Synthetic Chemical
Manufacturers Association (SOCMA).
• SOCMA Environmental, Health,
Safety, and Security Performance
Improvement Award Recipient – 2007,
2008, & 2009.
• Certified as a Drug Free Workplace
for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006 -Georgia Board of Workers
Compensation.
Optima participates in the OSHA
Voluntary Compliance Program,
conducted by the Georgia Institute
of Technology, for the State of
Georgia. This program involves a
comprehensive audit of the facility
every 3 years by OSHA experts. If
any compliance issues are discovered
during these inspections, they are
immediately and voluntarily remedied
by the company.
Additionally many of our contract
manufacturing customers conduct
audits of our site as well. Since
2006, we have hosted ~20 of such
audits. We encourage these audits
and consider them valuable as
another “outside” assessment of how
we are operating our plant and part
of our commitment for continual
improvement in our safety systems.
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Likewise, our Environmental
performance has been exceptional
as well. No audits over the last 8
years have yielded any violations of
our permits. Routine unannounced
inspections are conducted by the
permitting authorities listed below:
• The Georgia Environmental
Protection Division issues and
administers the Synthetic Air
Emissions Permit for the facility.
Pollution control equipment under
this permit includes: Flare system
for emergency relief, cryogenic (-70
degrees C) process vent recovery
system, baghouse filter for
particulate removal, and scrubbers
for individual processes.
• The Georgia Environmental
Protection Division issues and
administers the Hazardous Waste
Handling Permit for the facility.
Under this permit the facility is
allowed to generate hazardous waste,
store it up to 90 days, and ship it
for disposal.
• The Georgia Environmental
Protection Division issues and
administers the Stormwater Discharge
Permit for the facility.
• The City of Douglas (POTW) issues
and administers the Wastewater
Discharge Permit for the facility.
This permit allows facility
wastewater to be discharged to the
local POTW under strict guidelines.
• The Federal Department of Treasury
issues and administers the Alcohol
(ethanol) User Permit for the
facility.
• The Federal Department of
Transportation issues and
administers the Hazardous Materials
registration.
As with our Safety and Health
programs, many of our contract
manufacturing customers have
conducted Environmental audits as
well with no adverse findings.
In summary, our customers find our
Safety, Health, Security, and
Environmental performance more than
satisfactory to support our
relationships. Although we take
pride in that aspect, our most
important motivation is the
responsibility we have for the
protection of our employees and
local community.
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