TRI Pollution Prevention Report for ALLNEX USA INC. WALLINGFORD CT SITE and Methanol

Facility ID: 06492MRCNCSOUTH

Facility Name and Address:
ALLNEX USA INC. WALLINGFORD CT SITE
528 SOUTH CHERRY STREET
WALLINGFORD, CT 06492

Parent Company: ALLNEX USA INC

Industry: Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211)
Chemical: Methanol

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2016

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	Source Reduction:: S24: Modified or updated equipment or layout	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	S24: Pump MF stills back to distillate feed tanks on shutdown instead of draining to WWTP
2020	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	Source Reduction - Stills drain collection
2019	Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	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	W35: 2nd layer of Balls on EQ W39: Tankwagon loading stalls spill containment controls W51: Capturing the 4th wash on NF2000 to reuse in next batch
2018	Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W39: B6B/C trench gates, 5BTF Containment system Source Reduction - Altered NF2000 distillate treatment method
2017	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	W52: Completed installation of containment measures and other spill prevention engineering controls. Added M/F drain protection to ensure a M/F drain valve is not left open. Finished adding press valves to B6 presses to prevent misdirected flow. W58: Reduced double filtering in B6 Reactors - less cleanouts B6 resins
2016	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2015	Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2014	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W58: Use of bag filters and centrifuge to replace use of plate and frame filterpress
2013	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Other Environmental Practices - Instituted campaigning to reduce the frequency of washouts. Installed automatic valve routing to reduce likelihood of diversions to the industrial sewer.
2010	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
2009	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2008	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
2007	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
2006	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2005	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
2004	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2003	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2002	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2001	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2000	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1999	Source Reduction:: W54: Instituted better controls on operating bulk containers to minimize discarding	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1998	Source Reduction:: W54: Instituted better controls on operating bulk containers to minimize discarding	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1992	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications Source Reduction:: W68: Improved rinse equipment operation	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)

*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.