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Facility ID: 55311BSTNS2SCIM

Facility Name and Address:
 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WEAVER LAKE CAMPUS
2 SCIMED PL
MAPLE GROVE, MN 55311

Parent Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP

Industry: Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112)
Chemical: Nitric acid

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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*
2024 Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency

Source Reduction:: S24: Modified or updated equipment or layout

Source Reduction:: S25: Other process modifications made

Source Reduction:: S35: Other improvements to inventory and material management

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
S21: Improved daily execution and follow up which resulted in a variety of scrap codes improving. Equipment failure, Strut Width Out of Spec, ID Protrusions, and Bends all improved.
S24: Replace existing cathode ferrules with more robust design. Reduce Etch/EP Tank alarms by 26%
S25: The equipment is designed for all the condensate inside the modules drain back into the process tanks and the ventilation inside the modules is negative to outside, so when the room humidity goes up the moisture condenses inside the equipment and dilutes the chemistry (increases the conductivity). Because our process is constant voltage control, the power supplies have to increase the current to offset the increase in conductivity leading to elevated power supply faults. Which gets mitigated by changing the chemistry more often.
S35: Removal of first in first out software constraints on Wet lines. Improved Wet line Utilization by 5.5% for Promus/Premier Stents and 16.1% for Synergy Stents
2023 Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency[-0-4%]
Source Reduction:: S33: Improved containment or material handling operations[-0-4%]
Source Reduction:: S35: Other improvements to inventory and material management[-0-4%]
Source Reduction:: S41: Improved scheduling, record keeping, or procedures for operations, cleaning, and maintenance[-0-4%]
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
S21: Better processing resulting in less chemistry use on bad product
S33: Improved equipment components that eliminate leaks/ spills
S35: Reduction in inventory resulting in quicker signals. Less badproduct processed.
S41: Improved maintenance resulting in lesswaste from bad product
2022 Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency[-0-4%]
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
S21: Increased output of parts though improved utilization of chemistry
2021 Source Reduction:: S11: Reformulated or developed new product line

Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency

Source Reduction:: S23: Implemented new technology, technique, or process

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2020 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
W19: Implement a list of improvements to software to reduce downtime and increase utilization of available process entities.
W58: Improved upstream processing to eliminate downstream chemical etching.
2019 Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations

Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials

Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications

Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
W41: Improved material specifications to ensure incoming raw material performance is optimized.
W49: Raw material specifications evaluated and modified to ensure consistent processing.
W52: Line reconfiguration to optimize chemical usage.
2018 Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications

Source Reduction:: W56: Reduced or eliminated use of an organic solvent

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
W58: Changing the mechanical movement of parts within the etch tank & optimizing reshape recipes.
2017 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-50-99%]

Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control[-50-99%]

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications[-50-99%]

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
W19: Redesign and error proofing of the tote chemical handling units.
W29: Repurposed and extended shelf life of chemistry with the vendor for use in production
W58: Improve process to utilize all material in chemical totes before wasting.
2016 Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control

Source Reduction:: W55: Changed from small volume containers to bulk containers to minimize discarding

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
W29: Repackaged materials into totes to utilize existing drum inventory in new tote delivery units rather than scrapping.
W55: Implemented use of chemical totes rather than drums to minimize generation of empty containers for disposal.
W58: Converted from manual chemical to automated chemical handling.
*Classifications of Optional Pollution Prevention Information shown in brackets are provided by EPA.