TRI Pollution Prevention Report for BEKAERT CORP and Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

Facility ID: 40065BKRRT100IS

Facility Name and Address:
BEKAERT CORP
2000 ISAAC SHELBY DR
SHELBYVILLE, KY 40065

Parent Company: BEKAERT CORP

Industry: Steel Wire Drawing (331222)
Chemical: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

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 - NO NEW PROJECTS WERE STARTED FOR HCL SOURCE REDUCTION. OUR USE OF A CHEMICAL TO REDUCE USAGE OF HCL CONTINUES AND RESULTS ARE MONITORED AND CONTINUE TO BE REVIEWED, HOWEVER, SUCCESS IN REDUCING ACID CONSUMPTION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED.
2012	Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	Source Reduction - Fully deployed use of a chemical agent to extend the life of the HCL in the pickling bath. This has reduced consumption.
1996	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
1995	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
1994	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
1993	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1992	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
1991	Source Reduction:: W33: Installed overflow alarms or automatic shutoff valves Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process Source Reduction:: W67: Improved rinse equipment design	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits

*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.