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Saitama Factory

Address	1-10-1 Shin-Sayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture
Established	1964
Main products	Legend, Odyssey, Accord, etc.
Number of employees	5,522 (as of March 31, 2005)
Water discharge points	Sewage system (domestic and industrial wastewater), Iruma River (indirect cooling water)
ISO 14001 acquired	January 1998

Item	Unit	Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards)	Voluntary Regulation Standards	Measurement Results
Item	Unit	Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards)	Voluntary Regulation Standards	Maximum (minimum)	Average
Hydrogen ion concentration	pH	5–9	5–9	7.3 (6.5)	6.9
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)	mg/L	600	360	300 (120)	205
Suspended solids (SS)	mg/L	600	360	64 (18)	30.8
Oil content	mg/L	30	18	14 (4.4)	7.6
Phenols	mg/L	5	3	Less than 0.1	Less than 0.1
Copper and its compounds	mg/L	3	2	Less than 0.1	Less than 0.1
Zinc and its compounds	mg/L	5	3	0.5 (0.2)	0.33
Soluble iron and its compounds	mg/L	10	6	Less than 0.5	Less than 0.5
Soluble manganese and its compounds	mg/L	10	6	2.1 (0.9)	1.5
Total chromium	mg/L	2	1.2	Less than 0.5	Less than 0.5
Fluorine content	mg/L	8	5	2.8 (1.4)	2.03
Colon bacillus colony count	No./cm³	Excluded because of release to the sewage system
Nitrogen content	mg/L	Excluded because of release to the sewage system
Phosphorous content	mg/L	Excluded because of release to the sewage system
Cadmium and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.06	Less than 0.01	Less than 0.01
Cyanides	mg/L	1	0.6	Less than 0.1	Less than 0.1
Lead and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.06	0.009 (Less than 0.001)	0.002
Chromium (VI) compounds	mg/L	0.5	0.3	Less than 0.05	Less than 0.05

Item	Unit	Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards)	Voluntary Regulation Standards	Measurement Results
Item	Unit	Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards)	Voluntary Regulation Standards	Maximum (minimum)	Average
Particulates	g/Nm³	0.20	0.10	0.005 (Less than 0.002)	0.0006
Particulates	g/Nm³	0.25	0.125	0.001 (Less than 0.005)	0.0005
Nitrogen oxides	ppm	70	10	8.7 (Less than 7.4)	4.08
		130	65	65(64)	64.5
		150	75	63 (38)	52.7
		180	90	22 (15)	18.5
		230	115	110 (23)	55.2
		250	125	100 (97)	98.5
Hydrogen chloride	mg/Nm³	500	200	25 (Less than 2.8)	12.5
Sulphur oxides	Nm³/h	7.78	3.89	0.643 (0.14)	0.39
Dioxins	ng-TEQ/Nm³	2.5	0.1	0.06	0.06

(Unit: kg)

Substance	Volume Handled	Volume Discharged		Volume Transferred		Recycling	Volume 100 Disposed	Volume Consumed (Transferred to Products)
Substance	Volume Handled	Atmosphere	Public Waters	Sewage	Waste Disposal Sites Outside Company	Recycling	Volume 100 Disposed	Volume Consumed (Transferred to Products)
Soluble zinc compounds	28,869	0	0	289	4,619	0	0	23,961
Bis Phenol A epoxy resins	53,658	0	0	0	1,695	0	1,142	50,821
Ethyl benzene	462,627	186,640	0	0	0	176,824	24,449	74,714
Ethylene glycol	1,845,558	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,845,558
Xylene	1,092,989	293,538	0	0	0	393,657	63,260	342,534
Trichlorofluoro- methane	1,100	0	0	0	1,100	0	0	0
1,3,5-Trimethyl benzene	40,411	35,757	0	0	0	0	4,654	0
Toluene	1,302,827	527,910	0	0	0	23,547	111,005	640,365
Nickel compounds	5,748	0	0	1,322	977	0	0	3,449
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalic acid	35,100	0	0	0	777	0	80	34,243
Benzene	31,851	45	0	0	0	0	1,803	30,003
Polyoxyethylene alkylether (limited to those with an alkyl group containing from 12 to 15 atoms and their mixtures)	1,247	0	0	125	561	0	561	0
Formaldehyde	—	2,228	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manganese and its compounds	11,660	0	0	583	4,664	0	0	6,413
Total	4,913,645	1,046,118	0	2,319	14,393	594,028	206,954	3,052,061
Dioxins (Unit: mg-TEQ)	—	2.06	0	0	733.26	0	0	0