TRI Pollution Prevention Report for W R GRACE & CO and Hydrogen fluoride

Facility ID: 16686QLTYCINDUS

Facility Name and Address:
W R GRACE & CO
2858 BACK VAIL ROAD
TYRONE, PA 16686

Parent Company: W R GRACE & CO

Industry: All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199)
Chemical: Hydrogen fluoride

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2020

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:: S41: Improved scheduling, record keeping, or procedures for operations, cleaning, and maintenance	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	S41: The production schedule is developed to minimize equipment and material changes. Source Reduction - Prior to the start of the campaign that utilize this chemical, the process equipment andprocedures are reviewed by the members of the process team.
2021	Source Reduction:: S42: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and material changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	S42: A chemical manufacturing campaign assoicated with this chemical was extended to minimize equipment and material changes. Source Reduction - Prior to the start of a campaigns that is assoicated with this chemical, the process equipment and procedures are reviewed by the members of the process team.
2020	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - Process Review prior to each campaign
2019	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - Perform process review prior to each campaign
2018	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - Perform process review prior to each campaign
2017	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2016	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2015	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2014	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2013	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2012	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2011	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W14: Production and marketing determined how many pounds of product was needed for the year. As a result it was determined that 1 campaign was needed. Source Reduction - An end of campaign meeting was held to discuss possible improvements to future campaigns
2010	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management

*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.