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

Facility ID: 49707BTBPR416FO

Facility Name and Address:
DECORATIVE PANELS INTERNATIONAL
416 FORD AVE
ALPENA, MI 49707

Parent Company: AMERICAN STANDARD BRANDS CO

Industry: Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing (321219)
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 - 2021

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*
2015			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Emissions of HCL will decline with the conversion of the coal boilers to natural gas firing in 2016
2014			Other Environmental Practices - Emissions of HCl will decline with the conversion of the coal boilers to natural gas firing in 2016
2013	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2012	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2011	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - HCL is generated primarily from firing coal in the boilers. DPI has some flexibility in supplementing the coal with other fuels such as wood and natural gas. Due to price changes, DPI has maximized wood firing and burned more natural gas, resulting in lower HCL emissions.
2010	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Other Environmental Practices - HCL is primarily generated by the firing of coal in the boilers. DPI has some flexibility to use other fuels to supplement the coal firing. Due to price changes, DPI has looked to maximize wood co-firing in the existing boilers as well as using more natural gas.

*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.