TRI Pollution Prevention Report for SOLVAY USA INC and Chloromethane

Facility ID: 70821STFFRAIRLI

Facility Name and Address:
SOLVAY USA INC
1275 AIRLINE HWY
BATON ROUGE, LA 70805

Parent Company: SOLVAY HOLDING INC

Industry: All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199)
Chemical: Chloromethane

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical


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    Waste Management Comparison - 2020



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*
2021 Source Reduction:: S04: Substituted manufacturing aid, processing aid, or other ancillary chemical[-25-49%]
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
S04: Site consumed less chloromethane and more chloroethane due to product demand.

2020 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
W19: Site implemented better control on vents system ensuring purge of lines following unloading are closed after unloading to prevent excess nitrogen sweep to incinerator.
W52: Site added chilled water cooling to vent knock out pot thus reducing the volatility of chloromethane and percent emitted to incinerator.

2002 Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
1995 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1994 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1993 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1992 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
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:
Facilities may also provide optional Pollution Prevention Information describing their source reduction, recycling, or pollution control activities.