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Facility ID: 42303WRGRC5525U
Facility Name and Address: DARAMIC LLC 5525 HWY 2830 OWENSBORO, KY 42303 Parent Company: POLYPORE INTERNATIONAL LP Industry: Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing (326113) Chemical: Cyclohexane 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:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
S21: Continued effort to reduce the amount of cyclohexane utilized for web production oil extraction on a grams per square meter basis. |
2021 |
Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
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2019 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
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2018 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
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2017 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
W13: We now use a FLIR camera to document internal solvent vapor leaks and also do targeted repairs based on a severity ranking. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Systematic review and reduction of in-plant vapor leaks from solvent containing systems. |
2016 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) |
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2015 |
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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W13: The facility hired a Maintenance Planner in 2015 - this has helped with our maintenance systems and has helped to ensure equipment is being maintained properly. |
2014 |
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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2013 |
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Other Environmental Practices - The facility is always looking for opportunities to improve on solvent recovery and reduce solvent usage. There are projects in place in 2014 designed to improve in this area. |
2005 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials 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: 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: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
Source Reduction - Changed solvent type in 2005 from a mixture that contained 65% n-hexane to a mixture that contains 45% n-hexane and 14% cyclohexane. |