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Facility ID: 06810BDKNRFINAN
Facility Name and Address: BEDOUKIAN RESEARCH INC. 21 FINANCE DR DANBURY, CT 06810 Parent Company: BEDOUKIAN HOLDINGS INC Industry: All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199) Chemical: Formic acid Reports: View TRI Facility profile report for this facility View TRI Form R submissions by this facility |
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Pollution Prevention Activities for Selected Chemical
| Reporting Year | Section 8.10: Newly Implemented Source Reduction Activity | Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity | Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information* |
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| 2024 |
Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible
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Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from production, regulatory, and R&D. No reduction opportunities for this TRI chemical were identified. |
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| 2023 |
Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible
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Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - We have changed our waste broker such that most of our waste is Incinerated (thermal destruction other than for fuel) vs Incinerated via fuel blending. Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from production, regulatory, and R&D. No reduction opportunities for this TRI chemical were identified. |
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| 2022 |
Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible
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Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from production, regulatory, and R&D. No feasible targets for formic acid use reduction were found in 2022. |
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| 2021 |
Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible
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Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from engineering,production, regulatory, and R&D. No feasible targets for formic acid use reduction were found in 2021. |
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| 2020 |
Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible
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Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from engineering,production, regulatory, and R&D. No feasible targets for formic acid use reduction were found in 2020. |
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| 2019 |
Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible
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Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from engineering, production, regulatory, and R&D. No feasible targets for formic acid use reduction were found in 2019. |
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| 2018 |
Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas
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Source Reduction: Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from engineering, production, regulatory, and R&D. No feasible targets for formic acid use reduction were found in 2018. Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - Further reducing formic acid use in existing processes is not feasible. |
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| 2017 |
Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas
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Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - It was not feasible to further reduce formic acid amounts in processes previously examined. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from engineering, production, regulatory, and R&D. No feasible targets for formic acid were found in 2017 |
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| 2016 |
Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
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W50: Able to reduce formic acid amounts without affecting throughput in certain reactions. Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from production, engineering, regulatory, and R&D. New formic acid reductions were found in 2016. |
| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
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W50: New processes are reviewed to optimize the amount of formic acid required. Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee with representation from production, engineering, R&D and the regulatory department continues to review new and existing processes for reduction of formic acid use. |
| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
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W50: Many processes utilizing Formic acid were optimized to the amount of Formic needed in the reaction. Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee with representation from production, engineering, R&D and the regulatory department determined that many processes could be optimized to reduce formic acid use. |
| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W43: Substituted a feedstock or reagent chemical with a different chemical
Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
W43: Where possible, the waste reduction team is looking at replacing Formic acid with different reagents W50: A waste reduction committee was instituted in 2013 to focus on waste minimization and increased reaction efficiency. Source Reduction - Waste reduction team includes key personnel from the production, engineering, R&D, and regulatory departments. Source Reduction - Waste reduction team has determined aqueous acidic waste streams as a major opportunity for waste minimization and process improvements. |
| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W50: The processes utilizing formic acid have been key in maintaining a competitive position on products we manufacture. Maximizing loading and improving process efficiency has been ongoing since the introduction of these reactions. Source Reduction - A process review committee made of various departments exists to review processes for safety, yield, and efficiency. |