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* |
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| 2022 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - No chemical substitution is known. |
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| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S31: Instituted better labeling, testing, or other inventory management practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - Use of waste product as a fuel. |
| 2020 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - No substitute chemical for MIBK is known for the production of 6ppd. |
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| 2017 |
Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - Ketone residue containing MIBK sent to Green America is used for fuel. |
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| 2016 |
Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas
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Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - MON FFFF requirements included the installation of a thermal oxidizer to control air emissions and a steam stripper to control water discharges that go directly to the POTW. Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - The site will continue to use Green America to have waste ketone utilized as a fuel at their facility. The site does not provide any on-site energy recovery. |
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| 2009 | Other Environmental Practices - 2009 was the first year that both the thermal oxidizer and steam stripper installed in May 2008, operated for the entire year. This resulted in less emissions to the environment and greater capture of those pollutants. In 2009 the facility started sending those captured pollutants to a solvent recycler and was able to recycle 272,823 pounds of material rather than having it treated for energy recovery. The facility expects to recycle a much greater amount in 2010. | ||
| 2008 |
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
Other Environmental Practices - The facility began operation of a Thermal Oxidizer and a Steam Stripper in May 2008. The thermal oxidizer has a >99% destruction efficency to treat the point sources of air emissions at the facility and the steam stripper recovers organics out of the wastewater prior to discharge. The recovered organics from the steam stripper are transferred to Holcim US Inc. Geocycle LLC for energy recovery. In addtion the facility began using actual LDAR testing data to calculate fugitive air emissions rather than AP42 emission factors. |
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.
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- 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")