TRI Pollution Prevention Report for COLDSPRING and Copper

Facility ID: 56320CLDSP17434

Facility Name and Address:
COLDSPRING
17482 GRANITE W RD
COLD SPRING, MN 56320

Parent Company: COLDSPRING

Industry: Other Nonferrous Metal Foundries (except Die-Casting) (331529)
Chemical: Copper

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		Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.	Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - When less copper is used quality goes down
2021	Source Reduction:: S05: Modified content, grade, or purity of a chemical input	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Recycle more waste.
2020			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - All excess metals are being recycled.
2019			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - All Metals that can be recycled are.
2018		Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.	Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - If less Lead or Copper is used the product suffers. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - All Metals that can be recycled are.
2017			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - All metals not used are recycled Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - Add Binder so waste does not go out as hazardous. Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - Keep heat energy from production inside the building.
2016			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Most of the material is recycled and can be reused. Do not want to lower product quality. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We recycle all the copper that can be.

*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.