How My Facility Has Benefited From My Membership in

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How My Facility Has Benefited From My Membership
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• Gary Weinreich
• Environmental Services Manager
• BMW Manufacturing Corp.
• April 24, 2002

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Background on BMW Manufacturing Corp.

• BMWs only US manufacturing plant is located in
  Spartanburg County, SC
• Opened in 1994 Currently 4,300 associates
• Products X5 Sports Activity Vehicle and Z3
  Roadster

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Strategy Pollution Prevention, Control
Equipment and Continual Improvement

• Waterbased paints
• Carbon adsorption and thermal destruction of
  solvent vapors
• Best management practices
• ISO 14001 certified
• Top 10 environmental performance in industry

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Our Companys Environmental Issues

• Frequent process and material changes
• Remain on leading edge of technology
• Meet customer demands
• Shorter time-to-market for new products
• Frequent plant expansion projects
• Long lead times for environmental permits
• New Source Review issues debottlenecking example

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How BMW Has Benefited from Performance Track

• Common sense approach to hazardous waste
  delisting reduced number of parameters
• Release of FR notice during Presidential
  moratorium on new rules
• Flexible air permit with Plantwide Applicability
  Limits
• Senior level interpretation of landfill gas
  utilization regulations
• Access to top OSWER, OECA, and OEPI officials on
  regulatory reinvention project

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How to Increase Chances of Success

• Meet the Regional Administrator invite him/her
  to visit your facility
• Attend Performance Track meetings at your Region
• Ask your RA to bring top program officials to
  P-Track meetings
• Communicate frequently on your companys programs
  and Performance Track projects
• Understand the principles behind Performance
  Track and use them to your advantage

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Increase Your Chances to Benefit from P-Track

• Understand the areas of innovation currently
  being explored
• Determine which can return value to your company
• Seek business-friendly permits that incorporate
  flexibility
• Support regulatory improvements
• Ally with other P-Track members to bring about
  change
• Dont be discouraged reject cant as an
  initial answer
• Exchange exceptional environmental performance
  for incentives that add business value