| American Ref-Fuel Needs Identified | February 17, 2000 | ||||
| Item | American Ref- Fuel's Priority | Category | Estimated Profit $M/yr. | Need | Created |
| 1 | Strategy | 5 | Using public global warming concern as a strategic advantage. | Dec-97 | |
| 2 | Intermediate | 5 | Total annual tonnage limit increase. | Dec-97 | |
| 3 | Immediate | 2 | Partnering with like-minded companies to influence common sense environmental regulation. | Dec-97 | |
| 4 | Immediate | 2 | Creative re-permitting process. | Dec-97 | |
| 5 | Strategy | 1 | Proactive common sense approach to environmental regulations. | Dec-97 | |
| 6 | Intermediate | 1 | Continuous system analysis and optimization with redundant verification. | Dec-97 | |
| 7 | Intermediate | 1 | Permit de-bottlenecking. | Dec-97 | |
| 8 | Intermediate | 1 | Product development to make ash a by-product, not a waste. | Dec-97 | |
| 9 | Intermediate | 0.6 | Expand throughput by identifying ways to be of increased value by creative thinking. | Dec-97 | |
| 10 | Long Range | 0.5 | Community education program on environmental responsibilities. | Dec-97 | |
| 11 | Immediate | 0.5 | New environmental rules strategy. | Dec-97 | |
| 12 | Intermediate | 0.4 | Process reliability management to reduce scheduled and unscheduled outages or load reduction. | Dec-97 | |
| 13 | Long Range | 0.3 | Community communication program on environmental plans and results. Train the teachers. Share the data. | Dec-97 | |
| 14 | Immediate | 0.2 | CleanAir more proactive on regulatory requirements. | Dec-97 | |
| 15 | Intermediate | 0.1 | Environmental database system coordination. | Dec-97 | |
| 16 | Intermediate | 0.05 | Brainstorming ways to make environmental requirements an ally and not a constraint. | Dec-97 | |
| 17 | Intermediate | 0.01 | Mentor others in the OSHA STAR program. | Dec-97 | |
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| 101 | Long Range | 100 | Model regional waste market to predict effects of additional capacity on price and demand. | Dec-97 | |
| 102 | Long Range | 50 | Future (what if) modeling of US market for possible environmental requirements. i.e. MACT | Dec-97 | |
| 103 | Immediate | 5 | Year 2000 system-wide date compliant audit. | Dec-97 | |
| 104 | Immediate | 5 | Explore using present creative EPA initiates such as Project XL. | Dec-97 | |
| 106 | Cogeneration Options Considered by ARF | ||||
| 107 | Deregulation and SSM of and IPP | ||||
| CleanAir Needs | |||||
| 201 | Intermediate | Identify potential applications for our Pegasus Neural Network process management umbrella product. | Dec-97 | ||
| 202 | Immediate | Projects to reinvest a share of profits we anticipate generating by long range scheduling to achieve win-win. Start with 2% ofCleanAir's 12 month revenues from Ref-Fuel. What can be done with the money that will be of long range benefit to Ref-Fuel? | Dec-97 | ||
| 203 | Immediate | Long range scheduling of work to minimize fluctuations. | Dec-97 | ||
| 204 | As Relevant | ChampionCleanAirto other BFI industries. | Dec-97 | ||
| 205 | On Going | Continuously increase value to our clients with recognition and sharing - i.e. win-win. | Dec-97 | ||
| 206 | On Going | Help American Ref-Fuel grow at double digit rates soCleanAir's business will grow. | Dec-97 | ||
| 207 | Team to offer OSHA Star program | Jun-98 | |||
| 208 | Secondary Objectives for Each Plant | Jun-98 | |||
| 209 | Knowledge of ARF Value Metrics | Jun-98 |