Trends Under New Jersey’s Pollution Prevention Act

Alan Bookman

Office of Pollution Prevention &

Right to Know

NJDEP

September 29, 20052005 Northeast Environmental Summit

Providence, Rhode Island

New Jersey Pollution Prevention Act

Signed into law August 1991Adopted 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

New 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

Planning 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.

New Jersey Worker and Community Right to Know Act

Signed into law August 1983Required 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

Pollution 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)

Definition 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)

Industrial Pollution Prevention Trends in New Jersey

December 1996

Michael Aucott, Debra Wachpress, Jeanne Herb

Findings

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%

Trends Report 1994-2001

Bill LowrySteve AndersonKen RatzmanFu Grand LinAndy Opperman

Trends 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

Components of NPO RY 2001

Components of Nonproduct Output

Off-Site Transfers

34%

On-Site Management

60%

On-Site Releases

6%

On-Site Releases On-Site Management Off-Site Transfers

On-Site Releases - Stack and Fugitive Air, Surface Water, Groundwater, On-site Land DisposalOn-Site Management - Recycled and Reused On Site, Destroyed On Site, Energy Recovery On SiteOff-Site Transfers - Total Waste Transferred Off Site, includes POTW Discharges

NPO for Five SICs

Trends 1994 - 2004(Unadjusted for Production)

Production Adjusted Use

02,000,000,0004,000,000,0006,000,000,0008,000,000,000

10,000,000,00012,000,000,00014,000,000,00016,000,000,000

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2%

Production Adjusted NPO

0

50,000,000

100,000,000

150,000,000

200,000,000

250,000,000

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

33%

Production Adjusted Shipped in Product

0

2,000,000,000

4,000,000,000

6,000,000,000

8,000,000,000

10,000,000,000

12,000,000,000

14,000,000,000

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

4%

Production Adjusted Consumed

0

500,000,000

1,000,000,000

1,500,000,000

2,000,000,000

2,500,000,000

3,000,000,000

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

23%

Use = Consumed + Shipped as or in product + NPO

C om p onents of U se R Y 2001

C om p o ne nts o f U se

S hipp ed in /a sP rod uct

87%

C onsum ed12%

N onp ro duc tO utp ut

1%

C onsum ed S hipped in /as P roduct N onproduct O utput

USE

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

Findings 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

Cabinet 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

2005 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

1994-2001 Trends Report

Http:/www.state.nj.us/dep/opppcOPPRTK 609-777-0518