Pollution prevention at the Kansas City Division through process waste assessments

Conference · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10123005

Pemberton, S E

Allied-Signal Inc., is committed to the hazardous waste minimization requirements set forth under RCRA. To assure compliance with these regulations, the KCD has developed a comprehensive Pollution Prevention Program which focuses on the elimination or minimization of all material releases to all environmental media. The ownership of waste minimization is given to all of the waste generators through Departmental Pollution Prevention Plans. These plans include tools to achieve the waste minimization goals. One of these tools is the process waste assessment (PWA). A PWA is a planned procedure with the objective of identifying opportunities and methods to reduce or eliminate waste. A material balance is performed around a specific process which qualifies and quantifies the materials entering and exiting the process. These materials are further defined to the hazardous component level. The exiting materials are separated into what goes into the product, sent to waste management, and what is released to the air (fugitive or point source). Next, opportunities are identified and evaluated for the ability to eliminate or minimize the waste streams exiting the process. Therefore, the PWA provides the basic tool for the creation of a comprehensive process baseline and identification of opportunities to eliminate/minimize wastes. Included in the update will be a brief overview of the lessons learned from the methodology development and completion of pilot PWAs, cost analysis of the pilot PWAs, estimation of the time required for future PWAs, current total of processes requiring PWAs at the KCD, implemented waste minimization options from the PWA activity, current objectives of the PWA/Pollution Prevention team, and information on the current issues involved in the PWA program. These issues include relating process waste assessment data to production activity and the different approach required by non-manufacturing versus production departments.

• Research Organization: Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (United States). Kansas City Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00613
• OSTI ID: 10123005
• Report Number(s): KCP--613-4793; CONF-920307--18; ON: DE92008024
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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