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Facility ID: 21921CLNLM505BL
Facility Name and Address: COLONIAL METALS INC 505 BLUE BALL RD ELKTON, MD 21921 Parent Company: Industry: All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (325998) Chemical: Chlorine 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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2022 |
Source Reduction:: S11: Reformulated or developed new product line
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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Source Reduction - OPERATIONS STOPPED |
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 - Established process with engineering controls that cannot be changed |
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2020 |
Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. |
W35: Improved scrubbing capacity and increased frequency of changing out the sump solution Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Process is locked-in and as a result we can't change it. However, we can manage its use to minimize (or eliminate) exposure to humans and the environment. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Environmental audits due to ISO14001 certification |
2019 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Reduce the amount of cylinders on our site at any given point in time. Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Use of Chlorine is a critical raw material for our products |
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2018 |
Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) |
W35: Built mini-scrubbers at point of use. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Designed an alternate process synthesis that do not use chlorine gas. |
2016 |
Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas
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Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Our facility is now ISO14001 certified Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - Adequate scrubbing capabilities are implemented for the activity levels in our facility |
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2012 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping Source Reduction:: W89: Other product modifications |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
Source Reduction - We as a company have re-evaluated numerous processes that use Chlorine. We made changes to the procedures and equipment that utilize Chlorine in our products to make it safer and more efficient. |
1996 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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1992 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance |