TRI Pollution Prevention Report for CLARIANT CORP CRITTENDEN DRIVE FACILITY and Cobalt compounds

Facility ID: 40213NTDCT4900C

Facility Name and Address:
CLARIANT CORP CRITTENDEN DRIVE FACILITY
4900 CRITTENDEN DR
LOUISVILLE, KY 40209

Parent Company: CLARIANT CORP

Industry: Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (325180)
Chemical: Cobalt compounds

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*
2020	Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2019	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W19: yield improvement project
2018	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2017	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)	W19: improved reuse of off-spec materials into the process Source Reduction - kaizen event for the production process
2016	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)	W19: implemented a new tableting system in late 2016. The new system should reduce material losses. Source Reduction - Developed during a kaizen event Other Barriers to Source Reduction - No source reduction activities identified for the manufacturing process/equipment used in 2016
2015	Source Reduction:: W33: Installed overflow alarms or automatic shutoff valves[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2011	Source Reduction:: W89: Other product modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2010	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2009	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2008	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2004	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2003	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2001	Source Reduction:: W24: Instituted better labeling procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T07: State government technical assistance program
2000	Source Reduction:: W24: Instituted better labeling procedures Source Reduction:: W24: Instituted better labeling procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1998	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
1997	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	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.