TRI Pollution Prevention Report for ALON USA-BIG SPRING REFINERY and Benzo[g,h,i]perylene

Facility ID: 79721FNLNDIS20E

Facility Name and Address:
ALON USA-BIG SPRING REFINERY
IH 20 AT REFINERY RD
BIG SPRING, TX 79720

Parent Company: ALON USA LP

Industry: Petroleum Refineries (324110)
Chemical: Benzo[g,h,i]perylene

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*
2014	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2013			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This chemical is a contaminant in crude oil and is passed through to other processing units during heating, catalytic action, and cooling. Because it is naturally occurring at low ppm levels, source reduction technology is not available.

*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.