TRI Pollution Prevention Report for VALLEY PLATING WORKS INC and Nickel

Facility ID: 90040VLLYP5900S

Facility Name and Address:
VALLEY PLATING WORKS INC
5900 SHEILA ST
COMMERCE, CA 90040

Parent Company: VALLEY PLATING WORKS INC

Industry: Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring (332813)
Chemical: Nickel

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2014

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*
2021		Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible	Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - Required component in manufacturing. No alternatives have been found.
2020	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-5-14%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W13: Team meetings to review use of chemicals and waste generation. Source Reduction - Team meetings to review use of chemicals and waste generation. Source Reduction - Team meetings to review use of chemicals and waste generation.
2017		Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas	Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - Reduce and Reuse of contaminated rinse waters.
2016		Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas	Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - Previously implemented changes are continuing. No feasible alternatives available for further reduction.
2014	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-5-14%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2013			Source Reduction - Improved Dragout control of the metal from the plating tanks.
2000	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)

*Classifications of Optional Pollution Prevention Information shown in brackets are provided by EPA.

TRI Pollution Prevention Glossary

The Waste Management Hierarchy

The waste management hierarchy established by the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) guides waste generators toward the best options for managing wastes. The preferred option is to prevent pollution at its source, but for waste that is generated, the preferred management methods are recycling, followed by burning for energy recovery, treatment and, as a last resort, disposing of the waste.

Source Reduction includes activities that eliminate or reduce the generation of chemical waste.
Recycling includes the recovery of a toxic chemical in waste for reuse.
Energy Recovery includes the combustion of toxic chemicals in waste to generate heat or electricity.
Treatment includes the destruction of a toxic chemical in waste.
Disposal or Other Releases includes toxic chemical quantities entering the environment.

The PPA requires facilities to provide the following details about each chemical they report to TRI:

A breakdown of production-related waste managed. This includes all amounts of the chemical released directly to the environment or otherwise managed as waste, other than waste generated by one-time events not associated with normal production processes (e.g., fires or remedial actions).
A production ratio or activity index to provide context for reported toxic chemical quantities. For example, if a chemical is used in the manufacture of refrigerators, the production index would track the number of refrigerators produced and could be used to help gauge how much of the chemical is being released per unit of production.
Any newly implemented source reduction activities, reported using "W-codes" (e.g., "W41: Increased purity of raw materials")

Facilities may also provide optional Pollution Prevention Information describing their source reduction, recycling, or pollution control activities.