TRI Pollution Prevention Report for AMETEK SPECIALTY METAL PRODUCTS and Nickel

Facility ID: 15330MTKNCRT519

Facility Name and Address:
AMETEK SPECIALTY METAL PRODUCTS
1085 RT 519
EIGHTY FOUR, PA 15330

Parent Company: AMETEK INC

Industry: Powder Metallurgy Part Manufacturing (332117)
Chemical: Nickel

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2019

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*
2019	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	W49: Increased levels of production involving nickle content Source Reduction - Work with vendor to re-use material
2018	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Work with vendor to re-use material
2017	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	W49: All waste from baghouse, sweepings etc. can now be re-melted by vendor and sold back to site in form of ingot. Source Reduction - Vendor can re-melt all waste material for re-use
2016	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	W49: All waste metal is now recycled into ingots Source Reduction - Vendor can re-melt all waste material for re-use Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - All waste from bag house, sweepings etc. can now be re-melted by vendor and sold back to site in form of ingot
2014	Source Reduction:: W15: Introduced an in-line product quality monitoring or other process analysis system	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - A plant team is working to reduce off quality issues

*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.