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From: Stuart, Ralph <Ralph.Stuart**At_Symbol_Here**KEENE.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Regulations for Snorkels
Date: Feb 26, 2019 14:43 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
In-Reply-To: [DCHAS-L] Regulations for Snorkels
> >Are there any flow or testing regulations (ANSI or otherwise) for lab snorkels. Any best practice guidelines?
>
I'm not aware of any. At some campuses, I have monitored the "face" velocity annually to try to detect a system failure before such failures were detected due to odor or other problems. Other campuses I have worked on have too many of these to try to maintain this approach.
These devices only have a capture zone of a few inches, so the best practice is to get the snorkel as close to the source as possible to get as much capture as possible.
- Ralph
Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859
ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu
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