Benefits for the Environment. It is estimated that 3 to 7 tons of emissions reductions per day of VOCs may be realized under this project. Because 40 percent of the emissions capacity allowed under the CAA will be retired after reductions in actual emis sions are achieved, this project may result in an estimated 1.2 to 2.8 tons of VOC reduction per day. • On October 1, 2000, the City of Chicago banned all small incinerators from burning Project Status and Results waste and ordered they cease operation by January 1, 2001. Twenty-seven small incin erators were closed in the city and resulted in the following emissions reductions: 0.015 tons per day of VOCs; 0.022 tons per day of NOx;
Benefits for the Environment. The city expects declines in subbasin pollut ants by 10 to 20 percent. There should be a reduction in mass and concentration of influ ent, effluent, and biosolids. • Pollutant releases at a majority of businesses will be expected to decline where pollution prevention promotion has been addressed. • The project should result in overall water con servation by industrial users. • Stormwater runoff quality improvements will be expected as more businesses implement stormwater pollution prevention plans. • Increased public awareness of the importance of pollution prevention will be a tangible re xxxx of increased promotion and education ef forts. • The city will be able to shift limited resources from certain less productive requirements, such as monitoring industries that have excellent or very good records of compliance, to more pro- active pollution reduction strategies, such as focusing on sewer system subbasins at key manholes to learn if it is possible to identify where in the city certain pollutants predomi nate.
Benefits for the Environment. The exemption of the copper plating process at this IBM facility reduces the amount of de- fined hazardous waste generated by the facil- ity. This, in turn, results in a reduction of the amount of waste to be transported and placed in RCRA-regulated hazardous waste landfills. • Implementation of the copper metallization process results in reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The use of PFCs, which are green- house gases, as chamber cleaning agents in the manufacturing process is minimized in the copper metallization process. • The new copper metallization process is 30 to 40 percent more energy efficient than alumi- num vapor chemical deposition. The new tech- nique produces semiconductor chips that are 25 percent more energy efficient. • IBM is voluntarily channeling its cost savings from the reclassification of the sludge as non- hazardous to supplement an additional volun- tary effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its other chamber cleaning operations.
Benefits for the Environment. The PEMS model, once fully developed, will be able to forecast and prevent air emission exceedances before they occur at the Androscoggin Mill plant. • The ability to predict emissions from a com- plex, saturated stack on a continuous basis is significant to IP and other facilities. There has been very limited application of PEMS for complex stacks with high moisture content. This project will help demonstrate if this tech- nology can be transferred to complex boilers, kilns, and incinerators. The goal is to have PEMS-generated information used by opera- tors to decrease emissions while maximizing production. 110 Project Status and Results • IP has been active in engaging stakeholders from the local community and non-governmen- tal organizations. Most noteworthy is IP’s in- volvement with the Town of Xxx High School, which is encouraging students to be interested in science and environmental technologies with this project. The IP project manager has given presentations to the Xxx High School Science Club regarding the project, and in turn a student presented information on the project to the Androscoggin Watershed Council. The students have also had the opportunity to ob- serve work conducted during the testing at the mill. • Currently under the Clean Air Act, IP is re- quired to conduct continuous emissions moni- toring (CEM) for applicable pollutants. This project will provide IP with flexibility to re- move the CEM requirement for SO2 and NOx. If the PEMS implementation is successful, it will provide continuous monitoring for all of the WFI pollutants, thereby eliminating the need for CEM. • If PEMS proves to be successful, IP can imple- ment PEMS to monitor SO2, NOx, and PM and replace the requirement to stack test for PM emissions every two years. The testing re- quired by IP would then be an annual test of the PEMS.
Benefits for the Environment. In 1997, the company reported that the effort to develop easier-to-follow work instructions had led to continuous improvement in envi- ronmental performance by reducing incidences of minor environmental violations. • The elimination of the 88-acre spray field re- moved an odor problem. • Treated industrial wastewater produced by the facility was reused to irrigate a 1,400-acre sec- tion of citrus xxxxxx.
Benefits for the Environment. The Clermont XLC project will help improve the EFLMR aquatic habitat through implemen- tation of a comprehensive watershed manage- ment plan that will improve surface water quality throughout the county.
Benefits for the Environment. The use of CNG-powered vehicles in place of gasoline-powered vehicles will contribute to reduced CO, NOx, non-methane organic gases, PM, and CO2 emissions for Elmendorf. Ve hicles will be tested before and after conver- sion to ensure that emissions are reduced. • Elmendorf AFB has implemented a base-wide switchover to high-solids/low-VOC paints where technically feasible. These paints have significantly lower levels of HAC solvents, such as toluene, xylene, and methyl ethyl ke- tone. • Elmendorf AFB has purchased an automatic paint gun washer that recycles cleaning sol- vents otherwise released to the atmosphere. • Elmendorf AFB is undertaking a number of P2 opportunities with the cost savings associ- ated with this project. • The use of CNG-powered vehicles at Elmendorf AFB will demonstrate to the gen- eral public that this level of technology is achievable and beneficial. Elmendorf AFB has also had discussions with Anchorage and the State of Alaska about the possibility of the two governments’ CNG vehicles using the CNG infrastructure on the base. • Regular meetings of the Restoration Advisory Board inform community members of pollu- tion prevention activities resulting from this project. • Elmendorf AFB will experience $1.5 million in cost savings as a result of the regulatory flex- ibility that decreases total monitoring, record keeping, reporting, and overall management costs by about 80 percent. • Elmendorf AFB is able to leverage the con- struction of a CNG fueling station on base for the acquisition of additional new CNG-capable vehicles.
Benefits for the Environment. The conversion to natural gas has reduced to- tal criteria air pollutant emissions for the pow- erhouse by approximately 1,300 tons per year. The conversion has also virtually eliminated lead emissions and reduced the emissions of the hazardous air pollutants, hydrogen chlo- ride, and hydrogen fluoride. • The facility-wide cap will limit total emissions of criteria air pollutants to levels 20 percent below baseline levels, SO2 emissions to levels 25 percent below baseline levels, NOx emis- sions to levels 10 percent below baseline lev- 138 els, and particulate matter to levels approximately equal to baseline levels. These caps became effective on November 9, 2000, when Merck notified VADEQ that its emis- sions had been reduced below the caps. The first 12 months of operation after the conver- sion to natural gas resulted in an 87 percent reduction of total criteria emissions. • A comprehensive monitoring, record keeping, and reporting program will increase in strin- gency as actual criteria pollutant emissions ap- proach the cap. This provides an incentive for Merck to minimize air emissions. • This XL project has the potential to improve air quality and visibility in the Shenandoah National Park and vegetation damage in the park should be lessened by reducing SO2 and NOx air emissions. • Merck will assess the air quality impacts in Shenandoah National Park if VOC emissions reach specified levels.
Benefits for the Environment. The use of CNG-powered vehicles in place of gasoline-powered vehicles will contribute to re- duced CO, NOx, non-methane organic gases, particulate matter, and CO2 emissions for Elmendorf. Vehicles will be tested before and after conversion to ensure that emissions are reduced. • Elmendorf AFB has implemented a base-wide switch-over to high solids/low volatile organic compound paints where technically feasible. These paints have significantly lower levels of HAC solvents, such as toluene, xylene, and methyl ethyl ketone. • Elmendorf AFB has purchased an automatic paint gun washer that recycles cleaning sol- vents otherwise released to the atmosphere. • Elmendorf AFB has also purchased 12 new high-volume/low-pressure spray guns to reduce the amount of paint required per unit of cover- age. • The use of CNG-powered vehicles at Elmendorf AFB will demonstrate to the gen- eral public that this level of technology is achievable and beneficial. • Regular meetings of the Restoration Advisory Board inform community members of pollu- tion prevention activities resulting from this project. XxXx¬➢ v v6 tfro¿➢ct Statzs aud {➢szLts • Reduced administrative and regulatory costs associated with the management of Elmendorf AFB’s Title V permit are resulting in the imple- mentation of pollution prevention activities across the base. • Elmendorf AFB is able to leverage the con- struction of a CNG fueling station on base for the acquisition of additional new CNG-capable vehicles.
Benefits for the Environment. Emissions of the ozone precursor, NOx, have been reduced by retrofitting or replacing those boilers with the highest potential for emission reductions. • Emissions of the ozone precursors, VOCs, have been reduced by zero-VOC paint and coating substitution, paint booth consolidation, and construction of a wastewater reclamation system adjacent to a satellite launch facility. • Reduction of ozone precursor emissions may help to prevent Santa Xxxxxxx County from being reclassified as an ozone nonattainment area.
