Process waste assessment methodology development to improve waste minimization

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10178809

Pemberton, S E

This project was initiated to determine the methodology of process waste assessments (PWAS) and to develop departmental Pollution Prevention Plans at the Kansas City Division of Allied-Signal Inc. A process waste assessment is a systematic approach to perform material balances around processes which generate waste (hazardous and nonhazardous); to identify waste minimization opportunities; to evaluate those opportunities for technical, safety, and cost feasibility, to establish a baseline to monitor the progress of waste minimization; and to accumulate data to satisfy federal, state, and local Environmental, Safety, and Health (ES&H) reporting requirements. Implementation of Pollution Prevention (PP) and PWA activities at the KCD was organized through six major business units. To establish the PWA methodology, eight pilot projects were selected for completion and evaluation. The evaluation of the pilot PWAs resulted in the following accomplishments: lessons learned, PWA Guidance and worksheet revisions, final report format and minimum requirements, identification of training needs, suggestions for an activity index to normalize the waste data to production, ``De minimis`` criteria, PWA approach in laboratories, and independent audit of the pilot PWAs and Guidance. Also, the PWA team activities led to the development of a Model Departmental Pollution Prevention Plan for a manufacturing department This plan was distributed to other business units to satisfy a requirement from DOE Order 5400.1.

• 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: 10178809
• Report Number(s): KCP--613-4831; ON: DE93001257
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120
540220
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
DATA ACQUISITION
EVALUATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
KANSAS CITY PLANT
METALLURGICAL FLUX
OPTIMIZATION
POLLUTION CONTROL
REGULATIONS
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
SAFETY
SOLDERING
WASTE MANAGEMENT