TRI Pollution Prevention Report for ULTRA YIELD MICRONUTRIENTS and Zinc compounds

Facility ID: 98936BYZNC301WC

Facility Name and Address:
ULTRA YIELD MICRONUTRIENTS
213 W MOXEE AVE
MOXEE, WA 98936

Parent Company: CAMERON CHEMICAL INC

Industry: Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (325320)
Chemical: Zinc compounds

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*
2022	Source Reduction:: S44: Other improvements to operating practices and training	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	S44: continue to evaluate use of purchased zinc sulfate liquid to blend with in-house liquor to reduce amount of zinc fines used in production of product. Source Reduction - work with management to evaluate cost and availability of raw materials with less impurities.
2020	Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials[-15-24%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	W41: use of liquid raw material with less impurities allowed for reduction in amount of filter cake produced in manufacturing process. This allowed for reduction in material sent to landfill. Source Reduction - experiments in blending of liquid raw material with liquor produced at plant allowed for process change in production.
2019		Barriers: B1-Barriers to P2 B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat	Barriers to P2: B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat - Ultra Yield Micronutrients evaluated several processing options to reduce amount of zinc fines needed for production, but still needs more experimentation to confirm production criteria will be continuously meet. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - a change in production process was experimented, with some success, but further testing and evaluation is needed.
2018	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - with assistance from UYM and Cameron Chemical personnel, developed process to reduce amount of Zinc fines to make final product. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - new process to use less zinc fines to make final product
2017			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - UYM is looking into process to reduce the amount of zinc in filter cake, however this will take time and resources to finalize procedures and process.
2014	Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W41: Facility used more liquid raw material resulting in less solid waste material to landfill.
2013	Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2012	Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - We were able to obtain better raw materials and improved production efficiency.
1991	Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other

*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.