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The Kameyama Plant Environmentally Conscious
Sharp production site Tenri
Location : Tenri, Nara
Site area : 220,000 m2
Employees : 2,724 (as of March 31, 2008)
Started operation : March 1970
ISO14001 acquired : December 1996
Main products : LCDs, ICs, optoelectronics

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 180,180 179,799
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 28 28
City gas (km3) 19,244 19,959
LPG (t) 45 48
Water

Municipal water (km3)

1,742 1,814
Ground water (km3) 148 85
Total (km3) 1,890 1,899
Chemical substances (PRTR) Handled (t) 550.7 666.6

OUTPUT

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

114,036

115,376
Water Drainage (km3) 1,426 1,130
Chemical substances (PRTR) Released (t) 0.25 2.5
Transferred (t) 6.9 4.3
Waste Amount of waste (t)

2,751

3,911
Landfill disposal rate (%) 0.00 0.00

Measurements for compliance requirements (results in fiscal 2007)

Air pollutant measurements

Emitting facility Substance Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value
(max.)
Regulations Sharp
standard
High-temperature hot-water boiler SOx ppb 10.59 0.01 Not detected
NOx ppm 150 75 45
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.1 0.01 0.0000
Exhaust-gas scrubber Sulfuric acid mg/Nm3 0.05 0.025 0.0000
Hydrogen fluoride mg/Nm3 0.01 0.005 0.0022

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Substance affecting the community environment Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations Sharp standard
pH pH 5.8-8.6 6.2-8.4 8.3
BOD mg/l 25.0 18.0 15.0
COD mg/l 160.0 15.0 8.6
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 90.0 18.0 15.0
Zinc mg/l 2.0 0.4 0.0
Dissolved iron mg/l 10.0 1.0 0.0
Coliform organisms Unit/mg 3,000 300 31
Total nitrogen mg/l 120.0 60.0 26.0
Fluorine mg/l 8.0 6.0 0.5

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 489,507 76 0 0 0 0 23,888 465,543
43 Ethylene glycol 928 13 0 0 891 0 24 0
63 Xylene 1,034 39 0 0 248 0 747 0
224 1, 3, 5-Trimethyl benzene 1,903 8 0 0 1,715 0 145 0
266 Phenol 2,468 12 0 0 2,222 0 235 0
283 Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts 53,322 0 175 2,338 2 0 45,696 5,111
346 Molybdenum and its compounds 941 0 0 0 0 235 0 706

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations Sharp standard
Noise Morning 60 55 54
Afternoon 65 60 55
Evening 60 55 55
Night 50 50 49
Vibration Day 54 52 26
Night 47 47 26

Malodorant substance measurements

(Unit: ppm)
Malodorant substance Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations Sharp standard
Ammonia 2 0.05 0.0

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

(Unit: kg)
Measured value (max.)
COD 1,301
Nitrogen 3,494
Phosphorus 165
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