TRI Pollution Prevention Report for AIR LIQUIDE FREEPORT HPU PLANT and Zinc compounds

Facility ID: 77541RLQDFFM523

Facility Name and Address:
AIR LIQUIDE FREEPORT HPU PLANT
5005 E HIGHWAY 332
FREEPORT, TX 77541

Parent Company: AMERICAN AIR LIQUIDE HOLDINGS INC

Industry: Industrial Gas Manufacturing (325120)
Chemical: Zinc compounds

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2018

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	Source Reduction:: S41: Improved scheduling, record keeping, or procedures for operations, cleaning, and maintenance	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	S41: We are actively sampling our process for signs of the end of life of the material. This allows us to maximize the useful life and minimize disposal. Source Reduction - We are actively sampling our process for signs of the end of life of the material. This allows us to maximize the useful life and minimize disposal. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - We are actively sampling our process for signs of the end of life of the material. This allows us to maximize the useful life and minimize disposal.
2021			Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - We are actively sampling our process for signs of the end of life of the material. This allows us to maximize the useful life and minimize disposal.
2020			Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - We are actively sampling our process to detect the end of life of the material. This allows us to maximize the useful life and minimize disposal.
2019			Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - We are actively sampling our process to detect the end of life of the material. This allows us to maximize the useful life and minimize disposal.
2018	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-5-14%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W19: Continued process monitoring to track performance of material in service to maximize useful life. Source Reduction - Continued process monitoring to track performance of material in service to maximize useful life. Source Reduction - Continued process monitoring to track performance of material in service to maximize useful life.
2017	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-5-14%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W19: Continued process monitoring to track performance of material in service to extend life. Source Reduction - Continued process monitoring to track performance of material in service to extend life. Source Reduction - Continued process monitoring to track performance of material in service to extend life.
2014		Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.	Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - One time use absorbent requiring occasional disposal. Recycling not available.
2013			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This material is used as a process absorbent to remove impurities. It does not regenerate and must be replaced every 3 to 5 years. It is used in two production trains and both trains had the material replaced in 2012. 100% of the material on site was replaced in 2012. The earliest likley year for further disposal is 2015.
2012			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This material is used as a process absorbent to remove impurities. It is does not regenerate and must be replaced every 3 to 5 years. It is used in two production trains and both trains had the material replaced in 2012. 100% of the material on site was replaced in the reporting year. Further disposal is not expected for 3 to 5 years.

*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.