Process waste assessment guidance for pollution prevention planning

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6560607

Pemberton, S E

The Kansas City Division (KCD) of Allied Signal Inc. has developed a comprehensive Pollution Prevention Program that focuses on the elimination or minimization of all material releases to all environmental media. One of the tools to achieve waste minimization goals 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. This document is a guidance used by the KCD to perform PWAs. 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, what is sent to waste management, and what is released to the air (fugitive or point source). 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 the release of hazardous and nonhazardous wastes. The PWA Guidance discusses each major step in the PWA process and provides a completed example for reference.

• Research Organization: Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (United States). Kansas City Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00613
• OSTI ID: 6560607
• Report Number(s): KCP-613-5130; ON: DE93009904
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
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540320 -- Environment
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990100* -- Management
FABRICATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
JOINING
KANSAS CITY PLANT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PROCESSING
RECYCLING
SOLDERING
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WELDING