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Hofu Plant

Nishinoura District

Nishinoura District

Nishinoura District

Address: 888-1 Nishinoura, Hofu-shi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Operations started: September 1982
Major products: Passenger cars
ISO14001 certification: September 1998
Site area (floorspace): 792,000 square meters (297,000 square meters)


Atmospheric pollutants Unit Regulation Actual(max.)
NOx Boilers ppm 150 80
130 89
Drying ovens ppm 230 140
Ash Boilers g/m³N 0.10 0.002
Drying ovens g/m³N 0.35 0.07
0.30 0.015
0.20 0.01
SOx K-value regulation - 4.5 0.001
Total pollutant load control m³N/h 46.38 0.014
VOC Painting facilities ppm 700 330
Water pollutants Unit Regulation Actual
Max. Min. Avg.
pH - 5.0-9.0 7 5.9 6.8
COD mg/L 40 10.3 3.4 7.1
SS mg/L 30 ND ND ND
Oil mg/L 2 ND ND ND
Zinc mg/L 2 0.29 0.08 0.2
Total nitrogen mg/L 60 7.7 1.1 4.4
Total phosphorus mg/L 8 3 0.01 1
Coliform groups Colonies/cm³ 3,000 42 0 21
Boron mg/L 230 ND ND ND
Fluorine mg/L 15 1.3 0.27 0.79
Ammonia, ammonium, nitrous acid, and nitrous acid compounds mg/L 100 3.4 2.2 2.8

The following substances were not detected: cadmium, cyanogen, organic phosphorus, lead, hexavalent chromium, arsenic, mercury, alkyl mercury, PCBs, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, 1.2-dichloroethane, 1.1-dichloroethylene, cis 1.2-dichloroethylene, 1.1.1-trichloroethane, 1.1.2-trichloroethane, 1.3-dichloropropene, thiuram, simazine, thiobencarb, benzene, selenium, phenol, copper, soluble iron, soluble manganese, and chromium.

(Items marked with an asterisk (*) are class 1 designated chemical substances of which 500 kg/year or more are handled.)
(Other items are class 1 designated chemical substances of which 1,000 kg/year or more are handled.)

Substance No Substance group Amount handled   Volume emitted Amount consumed Amount disposed Amount transferred Amount recycled
Air Water Soil Waste products
1 Water-soluble zinc
compounds
17,290 0 272 0 272 15,151 0 1,867 0
53 Ethyl benzene 101,960 50,275 0 0 50,275 41,501 10,184 0 0
80 Xylene 381,052 144,530 0 0 144,530 174,293 37,414 0 24,815
296 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 145,811 11,247 0 0 11,247 111,099 5,462 0 18,003
297 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene 35,996 12,786 0 0 12,786 10,981 3,202 0 9,027
300 Toluene 688,356 196,576 0 0 196,576 448,757 28,684 0 14,339
309* Nickel compounds 3,392 0 410 0 410 1,169 0 1,813 0
355 Bis (2-ethylhexyl)
phthalate
14,897 0 0 0 0 14,450 447 0 0
392 n-Hexane 95,069 238 0 0 238 92,476 2,355 0 0
400* Benzene 19,969 25 0 0 25 19,523 421 0 0
411* Formaldehyde 3,954 1,343 0 0 1,343 0 2,611 0 0
412 Manganese and its compounds 4,528 0 254 0 254 2,818 0 1,447 9
Total 1,512,274 417,020 936 0 417,956 932,218 90,780 5,127 66,193

Nakanoseki District

Nakanoseki District

Nakanoseki District

Address: 415-8 Hamakata, Hofu-shi, Yamaguchi, Japan
Operations started: December 1981
Major products: Transmissions
ISO14001 certification: September 1999
Site area (floorspace): 537,000 square meters (100,000 square meters)


Atmospheric pollutants Unit Regulation Actual(max.)
NOx Melting furnaces ppm 180 39
Ash Heating furnaces g/m³N 0.25 0.006
0.20 < 0.002
Melting furnaces g/m³N 0.20 0.008
SOx K-value regulation - 4.5 0.03
Total pollutant load control g/m³N 17.47 0.78
Water pollutants Unit Regulation Actual
Max. Min. Avg.
pH - 5.0-9.0 7.8 6.3 7.5
COD mg/L 40 11.2 4.6 6.9
SS mg/L 30 13 ND < 5.3
Oil mg/L 2 ND ND ND
Zinc mg/L 2 0.1 0.06 0.08
Soluble manganese mg/L 3 0.2 ND < 0.1
Total nitrogen mg/L 60 14.2 1 6.1
Total phosphorus mg/L 8 0.58 0.02 0.12
Coliform groups Colonies/cm³ 3,000 180 0 < 90
Boron mg/L 230 0.2 0.1 0.2
Fluorine mg/L 15 0.11 0.1 0.11
Ammonia, ammonium,
nitrous acid, and nitrous
acid compounds
mg/L 100 8.5 2.9 5.7

The following substances were not detected: cadmium, cyanogen, lead, hexavalent chromium, arsenic, mercury, alkyl mercury, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, 1.2-dichloroethane, 1.1-dichloroethylene, cis 1.2-dichloroethylene, 1.1.1-trichloroethane, 1.1.2-trichloroethane, 1.3-dichloropropene, thiuram, simazine, thiobencarb, benzene, selenium, phenol, copper, soluble iron, and chromium.

No reportable chemical substances (because amounts handled of substance groups specified in the PRTR law are below the thresholds requiring reporting).

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