Introduction<\/b><\/p>\n
Four years ago, API began chronicling the generation and management of wastes and secondary materials in the petroleum refining industry. Recognizing that onetime data collection would provide a snapshot that could not be used to reliably assess progress, API committed to analyzing at least four consecutive years of data.<\/p>\n
In February 1991, the first two years of data were compiled and published in The Generation and Management of Wastes and Secondary Materials in the Petroleum Refining industry 19871988 (API publication number 84930000). This report on 1989data continues the series. Data for 1990 are now being collected and will be published separately.<\/p>\n
The scope of the survey is broader than the Resource Conservation and Recovery \u2018Act.(RCRA) regulatory definition of solid waste. API has collected data on a variety of materials, including hazardous and nonhazardous wastes and secondary materials sometimes considered byproducts or recyclable materials. The rationale for including both wastes and secondary materials in the survey is \u2018to characterize and quantify the nonfuel materials the refining industry generates and manages. Previous data collection efforts by regulatory agencies and the industry itself focused only uncertain wastes; the resulting lack of comprehensive information impaired advocacy effects and slowed the planning of pollution prevention initiatives.<\/p>\n
The primary goal of the survey is to track the management of wastes and secondary materials from the point of generation. API has incorporated an integrated waste management hierarchy in the data collection forms classifying. waste handling practices as source reduction, recycling, treatment or disposal. This conceptual framework acknowledges that a range of practices is needed to handle wastes, and that some practices are more desirable, than ,others. it may also help the industry and individual refineries assess progress over time both in reducing the amount of waste generated and in handling those that remain in an environmentally sound manner.<\/p>\n
The survey is an ambitious undertaking. In the area of waste there conventional wisdom holds that smaller is better a large industry essentially asked, "How much?" Petroleum refineries process some 15.7 million barrels of crude oil per per day 5.7billion barrels or 650 million tons per year. Even if the waste from each barrel is small, the sheer volume results in a large number.<\/p>\n
By amassing several years of data in an effort to create a reliable baseline, the industry risks being asked a second question, "How much less?; ' Here ,the variability inherent in refineries' operating ,practices works against early detection of incremental progress in reducing wastes. Onetime events such as turnarounds or shutting down surface impoundments create peaks in waste volumes that can mask the progress better management practices and source reduction activities achieve.<\/p>\n
Simply by conducting the survey, API invites a third question, "What does it mean?" While many, quantitative observations can be explained particularly where there are strong trends the reason why other numbers increase or decrease are more elusive. Though some may never be entirely clear, additional measures over an extended period of time may identify more, factors that influence generation rates and the magnitude of their effects.<\/p>\n
Individual refineries have already reported that they find the survey a useful accounting tool for classifying and quantifying wastes. \u2018Havingcharacterized their wastes, they may go on to compare themselves to the industry as a whole and target areas where change is needed. The aggregated survey data also provide a context for evaluating the impact of new regulations and reporting requirements. Though it takes two to three years to amassthe data, API's information is more current and comprehensive than any other waste management database. Thus, the survey can also provide more reliable estimates of the impact of proposed regulator changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Generation and Management of Wastes and Secondary Materials<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
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