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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: 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: T04: Participative team management
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S21: A process was modified to use less cyclohexane per batch with successful results. Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from production, regulatory, and R&D. A target was found and waste reduction was successful. |
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 cyclohexane use reduction were found in 2021. |
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2020 |
Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis
Source Reduction:: W56: Reduced or eliminated use of an organic solvent |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
W50: Higher reaction loading reduced the amount of cyclohexane needed for an intermediate process step. W56: An intermediate process step was determined to be able to be run without cyclohexane. Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee meets on a regular basis. The committee has representation from engineering, production, regulatory, and R&D. |
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 cyclohexane use reduction were found in 2019. |
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2018 |
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 - Further reducing cyclohexane use in existing processes is not feasible. 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 cyclohexane use reduction were found in 2018. |
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2017 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Additional reductions in cyclohexane may affect product quality requiring additional purification, resulting in poor economics to manufacture the product. 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 cyclohexane were found in 2017 |
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2016 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Additional reductions in cyclohexane may affect product quality requiring additional purification, resulting in poor economics to manufacture the product. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis. The committee has representation from production, engineering, regulatory, and R&D. No feasible targets for cyclohexane reduction were found in 2016. |
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2015 |
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 - Additional reductions in cyclohexane beyond previous reduction activities may affect product quality and require additional purification, resulting in poor economics to manufacture the product. Other Environmental Practices: Source Reduction - A waste reduction committee continues to meet on a regular basis to determine feasible targets for waste reduction. The committee has representation from production, engineering, R&D and the regulatory department. |
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2014 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W58: Processes reviewed to eliminate unnecessary solvent extractions. Source Reduction - Waste reduction committee composed of members from production, engineering, R&D, and regulatory. |
2013 |
Source Reduction:: W56: Reduced or eliminated use of an organic solvent
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W56: 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. |
2012 |
Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis
Source Reduction:: W56: Reduced or eliminated use of an organic solvent |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
W50: Overall goal to increase yields and maximize equipment loading across processes requiring solvent usage. W56: Overall goal to increase yields and maximize equipment loading across processes requiring solvent usage. Source Reduction - A process review committee made of various departments exists to review processes for safety, yield, and efficiency. |