TRI Pollution Prevention Report for AIR PRODUCTS LLC and Ammonia

Facility ID: 7480WRPRDC541UP

Facility Name and Address:
AIR PRODUCTS LLC
5401 UP RIVER RD
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78407

Parent Company: AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC

Industry: Industrial Gas Manufacturing (325120)
Chemical: Ammonia

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: Methods to Identify Activity	Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information*
2020	Barriers: B5-Barriers to P2 B5 - Specific regulatory/permit burdens.	Barriers to P2: B5 - Specific regulatory/permit burdens. - The site's TX NSR Permit requires use of the ammonia to control NOx to allowable emission limits.
2019		Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - The amount of ammonia otherwise used each year is dictated by the site's Texas Air Permit conditions for controlling NOx emissions from the Steam Methane Reformer that produces Hydrogen product for pipeline customers.
2018	Barriers: B5-Barriers to P2 B5 - Specific regulatory/permit burdens.	Barriers to P2: B5 - Specific regulatory/permit burdens. - Mandated use of Ammonia by state of Texas TCEQ to control total NOx emissions from the site's Steam Methane Reformer used to produce Hydrogen for pipeline customers.
2017	Barriers: B5-Barriers to P2 B5 - Specific regulatory/permit burdens.	Barriers to P2: B5 - Specific regulatory/permit burdens. - NSR Air Permit requires destruction of NOx emissions which requires the use and release of ammonia to partially control NOx emissions.

*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.