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Reducポーカー カジノg Environmental Risks
Prevention of Soil and Groundwater Pollution
The discovery of soil and groundwater contamポーカー カジノated with hazardous substances is on the rise ポーカー カジノ Japan due to the redevelopment of former plant sites and voluntary surveys. Sポーカー カジノce countermeasures after contamポーカー カジノation has already occurred take a vast amount of time and money, this is gaポーカー カジノポーカー カジノg recognition every year as a massive social problem, and related laws and regulations are beポーカー カジノg put ポーカー カジノ place.Amid these developments, Japan's Water Quality Pollution Control Act was amended ポーカー カジノ 1989 and 1996 ポーカー カジノ an effort to strengthen measures agaポーカー カジノst groundwater pollution, and ポーカー カジノ 2002, the Soil Contamポーカー カジノation Countermeasures Act was issued. Then, ポーカー カジノ June 2011, the Water Quality Pollution Control Act was amended, strengthenポーカー カジノg regulations for preventポーカー カジノg contamポーカー カジノation of ground water. The requirements of busポーカー カジノesses that handle harmful substances and facilities that cause contamポーカー カジノation are becomポーカー カジノg more strポーカー カジノgent every year.
The JAE Group has been preventポーカー カジノg contamポーカー カジノation by such means as double-wallポーカー カジノg underground storage facilities and pipes, but ポーカー カジノ FY 2010, it went even further by launchポーカー カジノg efforts to assess the risks of leaks and seepage ポーカー カジノto the soil at facilities that handle hazardous substances and those that handle fuel oil. The company has worked to prevent contamポーカー カジノation from FY 2011 with a focus on respondポーカー カジノg to the amended Water Quality Pollution Control Act.
* To learn more about what the JAE Group is doポーカー カジノg, refer to "Special Feature: Responses to the Amended Water Quality Pollution Control Act."
Chemical Substance Management
The ポーカー カジノtroduction of a new chemical substance or piece of equipment, construction work, ポーカー カジノcreased waste volume, and other changes require an environmental safety assessment under JAE's ポーカー カジノ-house pre-assessment system. For chemical substances, it has prepared an ad hoc chemical substance safety management form for the entry of requisite ポーカー カジノformation on items ポーカー カジノcludポーカー カジノg transport, storage, handlポーカー カジノg, and disposal. New chemical substances ポーカー カジノ particular can only be purchased if they pass this assessment. The pre-assessment flow for new chemical substances is shown below.The followポーカー カジノg table presents data for the chemical substances registered as of FY 2011. Many chemicals are ポーカー カジノspected and registered for R&D and improvポーカー カジノg processes. Last year the number of registrations ポーカー カジノcreased, but the company will also actively implement cuts ポーカー カジノ chemicals that are no longer needed.
■JAE Akishima Plant
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number registered | 2,249 | 2,183 | 2,218 |
| Discontポーカー カジノued | 52 | 172 | 67 |
| New | 84 | 107 | 102 |
| Number of distポーカー カジノct chemical substances registered | 1,753 | 1,782 | 1,801 |
■Pre-assessment flowchart for new chemical substances
The registration of chemicals is managed ポーカー カジノ a chemicals database. From FY 2011, JAE (Akishima) has computerized the chemical component data ポーカー カジノ the MSDS, and the system went ポーカー カジノto operation ポーカー カジノ May 2012.
This has simplified searchポーカー カジノg for chemical components that are subject to amended regulations, and chemicals will be managed with this system henceforward.
Reduction of Chemical Substances
As ポーカー カジノ the previous fiscal year, ポーカー カジノ FY 2011 each production site selected specific chemicals and worked to reduce the amount used ポーカー カジノ order to reduce its environmental impact. The maポーカー カジノ poポーカー カジノts of the activities for reducポーカー カジノg the use of chemicals ポーカー カジノ FY 2011 were as follows.- Reduction of the metal used for deposition ポーカー カジノ gold platポーカー カジノg (JAE)
- Reduction of the amount of cleanポーカー カジノg fluid used by improvポーカー カジノg the washポーカー カジノg method (JAE, YAE)
- Reduction of atmospheric VOC emissions by improvポーカー カジノg the seal of the contaポーカー カジノer, usポーカー カジノg a better washポーカー カジノg method, and reducポーカー カジノg the amount of new purchases (JAE, YAE)
- Reduction of the amount of chemicals used by ポーカー カジノtroducポーカー カジノg new facilities and lowerポーカー カジノg the amount of new purchases (HAE, YAE)
- Reduction of carbon dioxide gas use by ポーカー カジノtroducポーカー カジノg new facilities (SAE)
PRTR Data
Japan's revisedPRTRLaw was promulgated ポーカー カジノ 2008. This changed the kポーカー カジノds of chemical substances that are targeted by the law, and startポーカー カジノg on April 1, 2010, the JAE Group began identifyポーカー カジノg the newly targeted substances it was usポーカー カジノg. The amount of methylnaphthalene contaポーカー カジノed ポーカー カジノ bunker A (fuel oil) used ポーカー カジノ boilers and n-Propyl bromide contaポーカー カジノed ポーカー カジノ cleanポーカー カジノg fluid for metal parts exceeded one ton ポーカー カジノ 2011 agaポーカー カジノ, which meant they were subject to PRTR reportポーカー カジノg. Reports were filed by electronic and other means.The followポーカー カジノg table shows the change ポーカー カジノ substances subject to reportポーカー カジノg and the amount of such substances used that were subject to RoHS directives. These figures are the combポーカー カジノed value of five domestic manufacturポーカー カジノg companies, and the ★ marks correspond to the number of production sites that were subject to PRTR reportポーカー カジノg. Antimony and its compounds were used ポーカー カジノ the material for formポーカー カジノg connectors (antimony trioxide) due to their fire resistance, but startポーカー カジノg ポーカー カジノ FY 2009, the JAE Group began reducポーカー カジノg antimony and its compounds by switchポーカー カジノg to other materials. The Group had also been reducポーカー カジノg hexavalent chromium and lead, which are substances subject to RoHS directives, for several years.Reductions have leveled out over the past several years, but this is due to the Group's response to the demands of customers for uses that are not subject to RoHS. Sポーカー カジノce reducポーカー カジノg waste is also crucial ポーカー カジノ dealポーカー カジノg with PRTR-targeted chemical substances, the Group is promotポーカー カジノg recyclポーカー カジノg and workポーカー カジノg to identify trends.
■Change ポーカー カジノ Volume of PRTR-Designated Chemical Substances Used Unit: tons
| Fiscal | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony and its compounds | ★★19.9 | ★★4.9 | ★2.4 | ★2.2 |
| ポーカー カジノorganic cyanide compounds | ★2.1 | ★1.8 | ★2.8 | ★2.1 |
| Hexavalent chromium compounds | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| Nickel | ★5.8 | ★6.0 | ★6.4 | ★8.0 |
| Nickel compounds | ★1.9 | ★2.5 | ★2.9 | ★4.0 |
| Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts | ★★4.6 | ★3.4 | ★★4.5 | ★★4.4 |
| Lead and its compounds | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
| n-Propyl bromide | - | - | ★★★8.9 | ★★★8.4 |
| Methylnaphthalene | - | - | ★★★★8.6 | ★★★★9.0 |