TRI Pollution Prevention Report for GEMINI COATINGS INC. OF GRAND PRAIRIE and Certain glycol ethers

Facility ID: 75050SRGRD23501

Facility Name and Address:
GEMINI COATINGS INC. OF GRAND PRAIRIE
2350 114TH ST
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75050

Parent Company: GEMINI INDUSTRIES INC

Industry: Paint and Coating Manufacturing (325510)
Chemical: Certain glycol ethers

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2015

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*
2022	Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	S21: Gemini is incorporating flush solvents back into batches to reduce product waste. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Gemini is incorporating flush solvents back into batches to reduce product waste.
2021	Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Gemini is incorporating flush solvents back into batches to reduce product waste.
2020	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Gemini incorporates flush solvent into batches to reduce product waste.
2019	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Gemini is starting to incorporate flush solvents back into batches to reduce produced waste.
2018	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2017	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2016	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-15-24%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W19: Gemini continues to re-work off-spec product back into batches and Gemini also installed a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer to reduce air emissions from the process environment. Other Environmental Practices - Gemini continues to re-work off-spec product back into batches and Gemini also installed a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer to reduce air emissions from the process environment.
2015	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-15-24%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W19: Re-using surplus product generated from the production process in an other usable batch as opposed to wasting the product. Source Reduction - Re-using surplus product generated from the production process in an other usable batch as opposed to wasting the product. Other Environmental Practices - Re-using surplus product generated from the production process in an other usable batch as opposed to wasting the product.

*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.