Team Environmental High Muffty Muff : Bill Walker

Team Environmental Coordinator: Bill Walker

1. Supported the laboratory disposal of lab wastes by funding cleanup.
2. Reduced fume hood exhaust by retrofitting baffles, suggested by Siemans, which reduced the exhaust and makeup air by 50%.
3. Communicating TheCleanAirEnvironmental Policy
4. Encouraging and funding operational environmental process(es)
5. Initiated Team environmental progress reports
6. Publishing theCleanAirAnnual Environmental Report
7. Active search for environmental responsible potential clients
8. Environmental Plan for next year.

Information on team expenditure on environment

• TEAM 90 andCleanAirLab cooperative effort on lab sample cleanup -
• -Reduction of natural gas and electrical consumption: Since about 3 units of fossil energy are required for every equalivant unit of electrical energyCleanAiris tracking total fossil energy consumed as Carbon.

Information on objectives and targets

• No target for 1999

Comparison of environmental performance against targets

• No target for 1999

Targets for 2000 are:

• to reduce gas, electricity and VOC purchases by 5% per unit of sale

Technological Environmental Improvement and Innovation

• Lab Fume hood baffle to reduce air makeup.

Example of innovative - Re-use of the materials: about six pounds of potassium permanganate came back from Denver. The stuff was old and we didn't want to trust it as a reagent for measuring microgram quantities of metals. Therefore, it was disposed of using Chemical Analytics, Inc. who a deal with a farmer in Michigan that has a low amount of potassium in his soil. The potassium permanganate is rendered neutral in solution and mixed with ammonia as a fertilizer for the farmer. (The manganese is also a soil additive).

Example of innovative - Toxic Elimination:CleanAirhas also switched to a different type of Orsat Chemicals, which is now manufacturing by theCleanAirLaboratory Services Team. There is no chromium in the solutions and once spent, they are innocuous and can be dumped down the drain. Thus, we have eliminated one source of the listed wastes.

 Reference to areas where the teams failed to achieve its targets NA

The following teams submitted environmental reports

• Team 90

b) Please indicate if your team plans to include aims, commitments or targets regarding any of the following issues:

• (select all that apply and indicate if it isCleanAirinternal or teaming with a client)
• Commitment to environmental improvements
• Consulting interested parties including members of the public
• Sustainable development
• Cleaner production
• Climate change and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
• Reducing emission of ozone depleting substances (CFCs, halons, etc.)
• Reducing emission of NOx and/or SOx
• Reducing emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• Reducing other emission to air
• Renewable energy sources
• Energy efficiency
• Reducing oil or chemical spills/discharges
• Reducing other discharges of aqueous pollutants
• Waste minimization
• Recycling
• Reduction of other environmental impacts including noise, visible impact, soil,
• Groundwater and solid waste disposal

Other, please specify:

4. ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS

a) Does your team operate a system involving compliance with environmental standards (emissions/discharge limits, etc.) while, at the same time, formally setting higher level environmental targets?

Yes No (and indicate if it isCleanAirinternal or teaming with a client)

b) What are your environmental standards and, if yes to a), environmental targets

based on? (please select all that apply)

• Local/national regulations

Standards

Targets

• Best practice from international regulations

Standards

Targets

• Best practice from likely future international regulations

Standards

Targets

5. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

a) Do any of your clients operate defined environmental

management systems?

Yes No

b) If yes to a), has the environmental management system been certified to either

ISO 14001 or EMAS (Eco Management and Audit Scheme or byCleanAirTitle 5 audit)?

Yes No

6. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

a) Has your team reported any environmental incidents to the environmental

regulator in the past year?

Yes No

b) Has your team received any complaints about environmental performance

from members of the public in the last year?

Yes No

c) Has your team been subject to enforcement proceedings by an environmental

regulator in the past year?

Yes No

7. WASTE MANAGEMENT

a) Is some form of recycling undertaken at any of the sites/facilities?

Yes No

b) If yes, please choose the appropriate category of wastes that are recycled:

(select all that apply)

Office and packing

Oil and lubricants

Liquid process waste streams

Metals

Solid process waste streams

Other, please specify:

c) Please advise of any recycling techniques that you use to minimize

environmental impacts which you are willing to include in the annual report:

8. YOUR COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL BEST PRACTICES

If you or you in combination with one or more clients have environmental best practices that you believe are exemplary, please list below.

• We will not knowingly violate any environmental laws unless it part of a publicly defined strategy to overturn bad legislation or bad regulation.
• We will proactively fight bad environmental regulation.
• We will never compromise our integrity by being involved in any way with efforts to violate or circumvent the letter or the spirit of the law.
• We will be an advocate for the legal rights of our clients and will secure and safeguard all data and results paid for by our clients unless directed otherwise by them in writing.
• We will benchmark off the best when issuing our annual environmental report. (See Eastman Chemical’s Annual Environmental Report)