TRI Pollution Prevention Report for BAKER PETROLITE and Methanol

Facility ID: 93308BKRPT5135B

Facility Name and Address:
BAKER PETROLITE
5135 BOYLAN ST
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308

Parent Company: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC

Industry: Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (424690)
Chemical: Methanol

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*
2013	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2012	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)	W19: Reduce inventory to order blends
2011	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2010	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2009	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2008	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	Source Reduction - The corporate environmental department has refined the tracking method for all Baker Petrolite facilities. The reduction is numbers is due to the new system which better tracks the needed data for the TRI Report...
2007	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2006	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2005	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2004	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W25: Instituted clearinghouse to exchange materials that would otherwise be discarde	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2003	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W55: Changed from small volume containers to bulk containers to minimize discarding	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2002	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
2001	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
2000	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
1999	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
1998	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)

*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.