TRI Pollution Prevention Report for ROHM & HAAS CHEMICALS LLC - KNOXVILLE SITE and Acrylic acid

Facility ID: 37921RHMND730DA

Facility Name and Address:
ROHM & HAAS CHEMICALS LLC - KNOXVILLE SITE
730 DALE AVE
KNOXVILLE, TN 37921

Parent Company: DOW INC

Industry: Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211)
Chemical: Acrylic acid

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*
2013 Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Additional reduction is not technically and/or economically feasible at this time.

2012 Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Further reduction of this material is not technically feasible at this time.

1991 Source Reduction:: W33: Installed overflow alarms or automatic shutoff valves
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:
Facilities may also provide optional Pollution Prevention Information describing their source reduction, recycling, or pollution control activities.