This is the Air Products Performance Manufacturing Reserve facility’s second year reporting as owner/operator of the Reserve Plant, which is a specialty chemical manufacturing site with 28 employees. The main product is nonionic surfactants - or more simply - liquid soaps.
Air Products is committed to assuring environmental excellence through continual improvement, while sustaining business and production capabilities at world class levels. Evidence of this commitment includes our corporate environmental policy to achieve the highest environmental performance and our commitment to Responsible Care ® (RC) guiding principles. In 2008, annual production at the facility increased from 58.8 to 66.0 million pounds which represents a 2% increase. Air emission rates did not remain constant relative to production which resulted in a corresponding increase in reported emissions from 7,737 to 8,637 pounds. Overall off-site disposal increased directly proportional to manufacturing increases from 39,700 pounds to 41,000 pounds.
The Air Products Performance Manufacturing Reserve facility makes every effort to maintain world class performance. Our commitment to improvement of environmental, safety and security measures support our goal to make St. John Parish a better community/environment in which to live and work. |
Our Philosophies, Policies and Values
(which are accessible via the Internet on our Web Site) Our EH&S Management System incorporates controls necessitated by corporate policies and government regulations and supports the principles promoted by Responsible Care, Ceres and international standards such as ISO 14001 and OSH 18001. It applies to 100% of our locations worldwide.
Our global compliance management system (CMS) includes processes and programs to identify internal and regulatory EH&S requirements, develop and implement compliance programs, and audit facility performance to identify and correct gaps. Responsible Care and ISO 14001
Responsible Care is now in 53 countries worldwide. Following initial certification in May 2005, LRQA recertified our corporate headquarters to the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care Management System (RCMS) requirements in November 2008. Ten additional Air Products facilities have been audited by LRQA since 2006. http://www.airproducts.com/responsibility/2009CRAR/ehs.asp |
