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The Kameyama Plant Environmentally Conscious
Sharp production site Fukuyama
Location : Fukuyama, Hiroshima
Site area : 210,000 m2
Employees : 1,730 (as of March 31, 2008)
Started operation : February 1985
ISO14001 acquired : September 1996
Main products : CCD/CMOS image sensors,
LSIs for LCDs, System LSIs, flash memories

Environmental performance data (results in fiscal 2007)

INPUT

  Fiscal 2007 Fiscal 2006
Energy Purchase of electricity (MWh) 309,435 303,522
Amount of solar power generation (MWh) 33 32
City gas (1,000 m3) 4,021 6,171
Water

Municipal water (km3)

14 17
Ground water (km3) 4,392 4,328
Total (km3) 4,406 4,345
Chemical substances (PRTR) Handled (t) 245 236

OUTPUT

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

130,069

129,356
Water Drainage (km3) 4,115 4,018
Chemical substances (PRTR) Released (t) 6.5 7.2
Transferred (t) 63.1 57.0
Waste Amount of waste (t)

3,137

3,038
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.)
By agreement (regional) Sharp standard
Boiler SOx ppb (ground concentration) 3 0.05 0.031
NOx ppm 100 100 66
Soot and dust g/Nm3 0.05 0.005 0.0046
Other washing apparatuses Sulfuric acid mg/Nm3 5 2.5 0.22

Water pollutant measurements (Water Pollution Control Law)

Parameter Unit Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations (prefectural) By agreement (municipal) Sharp standard
pH pH Sea 5.5-9.0 Sea 5.8-8.6 Sea 6.0-8.4 6.3-7.0
COD mg/l 130
(Daily average 100)
15
(Daily average 10)
10 5.0
Suspended solid (SS) mg/l 200
(Daily average 150)
20
(Daily average 15)
10 3.0
Zinic mg/l 2.0 - 1.0 0.02
Coliform organisms Unit/mg 3,000 - 1,500 22
Total nitrogen mg/l 120
(Daily average 60)
- 40 24.0
Total phosphorus mg/l 16
(Daily average 8)
- 1.0 0.16
Fluoride and its compounds mg/l 15 (Continuous measurement) 15 (Continuous measurement) 7.5 3.1
Nitrate-nitrogen and nitrite-nitrogen (*1) mg/l 100 - 50 10.2

*1 Standard amount of effluent released into sea areas

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-Amino ethanol 98,303 926 0 0 45,890 0 549 50,939
172 N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) 42,573 29 0 0 12,184 0 30,360 0
260 Pyrocatechol 4,989 0 0 0 4,989 0 0 0
283 Hydroden fluoride and its water-soluble salts 98,870 0 5,527 0 0 0 93,343 0

Noise/vibration measurements

(Unit: dB)
Classification Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations
(prefectural)
Sharp standard
Noise Morning 70 50 45.1
Afternoon 70 55 47.5
Evening 70 50 46.6
Night 60 45 44.8
Vibration Day 65 45 25.2
Night 60 45 27.4

Malodorant substance measurements

(Unit: ppm)
Malodorantus substance Maximum permissible quantity Measured value (max.)
Regulations (prefectural) By agreement (municipal) Sharp standard
Ammonia 1.0 *2 0.1 Not detected

*2 Written agreement between Sharp and the local municipal office stipulates that the company take enough preventive measures not to make a majority the neighboring residents feel uncomfortable.

COD, nitrogen, phosphorus emission

(Unit: kg)
Measured value (max.)
COD 7,050
Nitrogen 87,524
Phosphorus Not over 100
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