Title: Trends Under New Jersey
1Trends Under New Jerseys Pollution Prevention Act
- Alan Bookman
- Office of Pollution Prevention
- Right to Know
- NJDEP
- September 29, 2005
- 2005 Northeast Environmental Summit
- Providence, Rhode Island
2New Jersey Pollution Prevention Act
- Signed into law August 1991
- Adopted the concept of Nonproduct Output (NPO) as
all hazardous substances or wastes generated
prior to storage, recycling, treatment, control
or disposal that are not intended for use as a
product
3New Jersey Pollution Prevention Act
- Goal was to reduce hazardous substance NPO
generation by 50 achieve a significant
reduction in use over the next five years,
calculated on the basis of 1987 amounts - Covered all facilities required to submit TRI
Forms - SICs 26,28,30,33 and 34 required to prepare P2
plans by 7/1/94 26-Paper and Allied Products
28-Chemicals and Allied Products 30-Rubber and
Miscellaneous Plastic Products 33- Primary Metal
Products 34 Fabricated Metal Products
4Planning process is key
- Identification of processes and sources at the
facility is the first step in a detailed process
audit and materials accounting of current
practices described in the P2 Plan.
5New Jersey Worker and Community Right to Know Act
- Signed into law August 1983
- Required facilities to report detailed materials
balance information (quantity produced, brought
on site, consumed, shipped off site as or in
product, environmental releases) - All TRI reporters must also submit the NJ Release
and Pollution Prevention Report
6Pollution Prevention
- Changes in production technologies, raw materials
or products that result in the reduction of the
demand for hazardous substances per unit of
product manufactured and the creation of
hazardous products or Nonproduct Output (NPO)
7Definition of NPO (NJ P2 rule)
- NPO Recycled out of process and reused on site
Destroyed through treatment on site Destroyed
through energy recovery on site Stack air
emissions Fugitive air emissions POTW
discharges Surface water discharges
Groundwater discharges On-site land disposal
Off-site transfers Ending inventory (as NPO) -
Beginning inventory (as NPO)
8Industrial Pollution Prevention Trends in New
Jersey
- December 1996
- Michael Aucott, Debra Wachpress, Jeanne Herb
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10Findings
- Extrapolating back to 1987 indicated that it is
very likely that the Statewide Goal of 50
reduction for NPO was achieved - Compliance with NJ P2 rules was about 85
11Trends Report 1994-2001
- Bill Lowry
- Steve Anderson
- Ken Ratzman
- Fu Grand Lin
- Andy Opperman
12Trends Report 1994-2001
- Used Production Index from Form R to adjust for
production - PI Quantity of Products from Current Year/
Quantity of Products from Previous Year - Weighted average (by Use) of all production
indices - Used Core original chemicals and facilities
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14On-Site Releases - Stack and Fugitive Air,
Surface Water, Groundwater, On-site Land
Disposal On-Site Management - Recycled and Reused
On Site, Destroyed On Site, Energy Recovery On
Site Off-Site Transfers - Total Waste Transferred
Off Site, includes POTW Discharges
15NPO for Five SICs
16Trends 1994 - 2004(Unadjusted for Production)
17Use Consumed Shipped as or in product NPO
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19USE
- Use by petroleum refineries represents 60-78 of
the total Use - If the top ten facilities were excluded from the
analysis, the total Use decreased by about 10 - Industries such as refineries and metal
fabrication account for over 90 of toxics in
products
20Findings from 2004 report
- Overall, NJ facilities achieved substantial
reductions statewide for NPO - Adjusted for production, NPO fell 33
- Adjusted levels of Use of the hazardous chemicals
only decreased by 2 - Trends in Use were driven by a few large
facilities
21Cabinet ConfidentialTom Natan, National
Environmental Trust2004
- For every pound of neurotoxins, carcinogens or
reproductive or developmental toxins that
facilities reported as released to air, water or
land, another 42 pounds of these chemicals were
found in the same type of products used in the
home - A substantial portion of the chemicals found in
products were not intended to be part of those
products
222005 Activities
- NJDEP is conducting research to identify
successful P2 techniques - The NJ Center for Manufacturing Excellence at
Rutgers has a non-regulatory audit program
offering suggestions to industry and is
developing case studies - New P2 Rule requires 5 closure on materials
balance mandatory electronic submission of P2
Plan Summaries
231994-2001 Trends Report
- Http/www.state.nj.us/dep/opppc
- OPPRTK 609-777-0518