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The Kameyama Plant Environmentally Conscious
Sharp production site Mie
Location : Taki, Mie
Site area : 344,000 m2
Employees : 2,590 (as of April 1, 2008)
Started operation : October 1995
ISO14001 acquired : January 1997
Main products : LCD panels

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 669,959 671,491
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 125 128
LPG (t) 9,313 9,054
Water Municipal water (km3) 23 22
Ground water (km3) 1,586 1,678
Total (km3) 1,609 1,700
Chemical substances (PRTR) Handled (t) 4,849 4,501

OUTPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Greenhouse gases Amount of emissions
(t-CO2)

302,623

301,889
Water Drainage (km3)* 906 992
Chemical substances (PRTR) Released (t) 0.03 0.03
Transferred (t) 0.0 0.2
Waste Amount of waste (t) 32,658 37,776
LordFill disposal rate (%) 0.00 0.00

* Including public sewage


Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2007)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations (prefectural) By agreement
(regional)
Sharp standard
Boiler NOx ppm 150 100 75 62
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.1 0.05 0.04 0.002
Scrubber Hydrogen fluoride ppm Less than TLV 3 Highly efficient disposal 2 0.1

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Substance affecting
the community
environment
Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(prefectural)
By agreement
(regional)
Sharp
standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 5.8-8.6 6.2-8.2 7.3-8.0
BOD mg/l 20 10 5 2.6
COD mg/l 20 10 5 3.1
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 70 10 3 2.4
Coliform organisms Unit/mg 3,000 3,000 1,000 10
Total nitrogen mg/l 60 5 5 4.8
Total phosphorus mg/l 8 - 2 1.50
Fluorine mg/l 8 0.5 0.3 0.1

PRTR totalization

(Unit: kg)
PRTR No. Chemical Handling
quantity
Release Transfer Consumption Removal Recycle
To atmosphere To public water area To sewage Out of site
16 2-Aminoethanol 4,366,657 30 0 0 0 0 612,003 3,754,624
283 Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts 478,621 0 0 0 0 0 0 478,621
346 Molybdenum and its compounds 3,399 0 0 0 23 997 0 2,379

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations
(prefectural)
Sharp
standard
Noise Morning 55 55 50
Afternoon 60 60 50
Evening 55 55 53
Night 50 50 50
Vibration Day 65 65 20
Night 55 55 20

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

(Unit: kg)
Measured value (max.)
COD 368
Nitrogen 1,934
Phosphorus 391
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