TRI Pollution Prevention Report for BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT and Ethylene oxide

Facility ID: 29662QNTMC2GOLD

Facility Name and Address:
BASF CORP MAULDIN PLANT
1520 OLD STAGE RD
MAULDIN, SC 29662

Parent Company: BASF CORP

Industry: Surface Active Agent Manufacturing (325613)
Chemical: Ethylene oxide

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*
2022	Source Reduction:: S14: Other product modifications made	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2021	Source Reduction:: S44: Other improvements to operating practices and training	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2020	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W52: Modified equipment to reduce potential leaks and releases.
2019	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2018	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2017	Source Reduction:: W15: Introduced an in-line product quality monitoring or other process analysis system	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2016	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W14: Reduced washes by increase production campaigns.
2015	Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	W36: Additional inspection programs implemented Source Reduction - Employee recomendation
2014	Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2013	Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	Source Reduction - LDAR program increased.
1995	Source Reduction:: W89: Other product modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1994	Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1992	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1991	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other

*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.