BASFLandfill_SWMP1997

July 28, 1997
BASF LANDFILL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Based upon the twelve months ending July 1997, there was a total of 19.8 million pounds of
waste sent to the BASF Enka Landfill. Of this total, 82% was fly ash and cinders from our Power
House, 2 % was sludge from our Water Filter Plant, and 13% was bio-sludge use as a dressing
for the fill cover.
These sources account for 97 of the waste sent to the Enka Landfill. The remaining 3% was
mostly synthetic fiber (nylon , melamine) waste or inert construction debris.
Based upon this operating scenario, BASF finds it extremely difficult to comply with the the
"letter" of the request made in the April 29, 1997 memo from the Solid Waste Section of
DEHNR.
As for a waste reduction goal, the miscellaneous waste is of a deminimus quantity and the bulk
of the waste is directly related to the level of operation of our Power House, WWTP, and Water
Filter Plant.
We have already, since 1994, due to the shut down of our Caprolactam Recovery Plant and our
BCF Fiber Plant, and the sale of the Colback and Geomatrix operation to Akzo-Nobel drastically
reduced the waste going to our landfill (12,300 tons in '95-'96 vs. 9,915 tons in '96-'97). Any
further reductions would be as a result of the discontinuance of operations here at the Enka Site.
Hopefully, this will not occur.
Therefore, with no known alternative uses for fly ash, cinders, or water treatment sludges, we
anticipate no significant waste reduction in the near future.
As for options considered for alternative methods of disposal, the only one considered was the
returning of fly ash to the coal mines via the returning coal trucks. This is a more expensive
alternative to landfilling it here at Enka. And, since the fly ash would ultimately end up back in
the ground in Kentucky, it is not seen as a superior alternative from an environmental standpoint.
Our waste management strategy will be to, continue to operate our landfill as we are currently
doing as long as permitted to do so by the,State and or Federal Regulators. The anticipated life
of the landfill is difficult to measure but,1s estimated to be 8 to 10 years at current fill rates.
Ra ckerman
E ironmental Manager

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