TRI Pollution Prevention Report for GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS TRIMET PRODUCTS GROUP and Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

Facility ID: 18104PTMNMNORTH

Facility Name and Address:
GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS TRIMET PRODUCTS GROUP
2409 N CEDAR CREST BLVD
ALLENTOWN, PA 18104

Parent Company: GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC

Industry: All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199)
Chemical: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

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*
2016	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-100%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W42: Ammonium Nitrate was replaced with Urea. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Ammonium Nitrate has been replaced with Urea (CAS# 57-13-6)
2015			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Necessary to maintain a healthy aeration tank biomass.
2014			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Nitrate compounds are used as a nutrient to allow the bacteria in the aeration tank to break down waste in the effluent treatment process.

*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.