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Site Production Sites  Sharp Yonago Corporation
Location : Yonago, Tottori
Site area : 119,000 m2
Employees : 274 (as of March 31, 2008)
Started operation : June 2005
ISO14001 acquired : February 2006

Environmental paformance data (Results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Electricity (MWh) 62,260 64,537
LPG (t) 4 4
Heavy oil (KL) 1,960 2,226
Water Municipal water (km3) 9.5 9.7
Industrial water (km3) 1,003.3 1,008.0
Total (km3) 1,012.8 1,017.7
Chemical substances (PRTR) Handled (t) 27.0 25.7

OUTPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Greenhouse gas Amount of emissions (t-CO2) 30,852

32,505

Water Drainage (km3) 937.5 946.7
Chemical substances (PRTR) Released (t) 1.1 1.2
Transferred (t) 1.8 2.5
Waste Amount of waste (t) 1,816.6 1,905.0
Landfill disposal (%) 0.02 0.08

Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2007)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(national)
Sharp standard
Boiler SOx Nm3/h 13 7 0.1
NOx ppm 150 140 83
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.25 0.125 0.031

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(national)
Sharp standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 6.0-8.0 7.4
BOD mg/l 160 30 12
COD mg/l 160 30 6.5
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 200 35 6
n-Hexane extractives (animal and vegetablel oil) mg/l 30 15 less than 2.0
Phenols mg/l 5 2.5 less than 0.5
Copper mg/l 3 1.5 less than 0.02
Zinc mg/l 2 1 less than 0.05
Dissolved iron mg/l 10 5 less than 0.3
Dissolved manganese mg/l 10 5 less than 0.1
Chromium mg/l 2 1 less than 0.06
Coliform organisms Unit/ml 3,000 1,000 less than 30
Total nitrogen mg/l 120 60 24
Total phosphorus mg/l 16 8 1.1

PRTR totalizaion

(Unit: kg)
PRTR number Chemical Handling quantity Release Transfer Consumption Removal Recycle
To atmosphere To public water area To sewage Out of site
16 2-aminoethanol 19,620 6 47 0 0 0 5,285 14,283
43 Ethylene glycol 792 0 24 0 0 0 768 0
283 Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts 2,565 33 890 0 0 0 1,642 0
307 Polyoxyethylene, polyalkylether 2,709 1 31 0 1,684 0 994 0
346 Molybdenum and its compounds 1,352 0 36 0 143 219 0 928

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(national)
Sharp standard
Noise Day - 65 47
Night 45 45 45

COD, nitrogen phosphorus emission

No emission of COD, nitrogen or phosphorus to the lakes or seas for which emission standards are instituted.

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