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Suzuka Factory

Address	1907 Hirata Cho, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture
Established	1960
Major Products	Civic, Fit, Airwave, etc.
Employment	7,033 associates (as of March 31, 2006)
Water discharge point	Suzuka River
ISO 14001 acquired	February 1998

Water Quality

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	5.8–8.6	5.8–8.6	7.4 (6.5)	6.9
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)	mg/L	Maximum 65/ average 50	Maximum 58/ average 45	15 (3)	8
Chemical oxygen demand (COD)	kg/day	192.5	173.2	154.5 (89.0)	118.8
Suspended solids (SS)	mg/L	Maximum 90/ average 70	Maximum 81/ average 63	23 (3)	8
Oil content	mg/L	1	0.9	0.8 (Less than 0.5)	Less than 0.5
Phenols	mg/L	1	0.9	Less than 0.1	Less than 0.1
Copper and its compounds	mg/L	1	0.9	0.06 (Less than 0.01)	0.02
Zinc and its compounds	mg/L	5	2.5	0.25 (0.02)	0.11
Soluble iron and its compounds	mg/L	10	5	1.14 (Less than 0.01)	0.45
Soluble manganese and its compounds	mg/L	10	5	1.29 (Less than 0.01)	0.44
Total chromium	mg/L	2	1	Less than 0.2	Less than 0.2
Fluorine content	mg/L	8	4	3.40 (0.90)	1.88
Colon bacillus colony count	No./cm³	3,000	1,500	220 (Less than 10)	24
Nitrogen content	kg/day	214.7	193.2	35.5 (13.3)	23.9
Phosphorous content	kg/day	21.2	19.0	6.0 (0.2)	1.8
Cadmium and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.05	Less than 0.01	Less than 0.01
Cyanides	mg/L	1	0.5	Less than 0.05	Less than 0.05
Organic phosphorus compounds	mg/L	1	0.5	Less than 0.1	Less than 0.1
Lead and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.05	Less than 0.01	Less than 0.01
Chromium (VI) compounds	mg/L	0.5	0.25	Less than 0.05	Less than 0.05
Arsenic and its compounds	mg/L	0.1	0.05	Less than 0.01	Less than 0.01
Mercury and its compounds	mg/L	0.005	0.0025	Less than 0.0005	Less than 0.0005
Alkyl mercury and its compounds	mg/L	Should not be detected	Undetected	Undetected	Undetected
PCB	mg/L	0.003	0.0015	Less than 0.0005	Less than 0.0005
Trichloroethylene	mg/L	0.3	0.15	Less than 0.001	Less than 0.001
Tetrachloroethylene	mg/L	0.1	0.05	Less than 0.0005	Less than 0.0005
Boron	mg/L	10	5	0.44 (0.10)	0.23
Ammonia, nitrite and other compounds	mg/L	380	190	9.40 (0.2)	4.81

Air Quality

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	0.1	0.050	0.001	0.001
Particulates	g/Nm³	0.2	0.100	0.044 (0.0001)	0.01
Nitrogen oxides	ppm	70	35	31.8 (11.2)	19.2
		130	65	38.8	38.8
		150	75	35.2 (24.5)	30.8
		180	90	45.0 (3.0)	38.3
		230	115	45.9 (2.0)	20.8
Sulphur oxides	K value	14.5	7.25	5.76 (0.0001)	0.2
Dioxins	ng-TEQ/Nm³	5	2.5	0.46	0.46

PRTR Listed Substances

(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	27,948	0	112	0	5,522	0	0	22,314
Bis Phenol A epoxy resins	43,701	0	0	0	166	0	7	43,528
Ethyl benzene	267,635	104,195	0	0	0	93,007	7,633	62,800
Ethylene glycol	1,460,681	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,460,681
Xylene	923,038	232,133	0	0	0	341,700	20,171	329,034
1.3.5-Trimethyl benzene	63,342	30,756	0	0	0	28,201	4,385	0
Toluene	785,520	263,067	0	0	0	21,115	16,163	485,175
Nickel compounds	4,007	0	200	0	1,398	0	0	2,409
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalic acid	10,741	0	0	0	111	0	0	10,630
Hydrogen fluoride and its water-soluble salts	2,235	0	0	0	0	0	2,235	0
Benzene	20,813	52	0	0	0	0	0	20,761
Polyoxyethylene = alkyl ether	3,784	0	0	0	0	0	3,784	0
Manganese and its compounds	8,506	0	849	0	1,275	0	0	6,382
Total	3,621,951	630,203	1,161	0	8,472	484,023	54,378	2,443,714
Dioxins (Unit: mg-TEQ)	—	30.00	0	0	9.00	0	0	0

Noise

Time zone	Unit	Regulation Standards	Voluntary Regulation Standards	Measurement Results (Maximum)
Morning	dB	65	65	61
Morning (beside the school building)	dB	60	60	53
Afternoon	dB	70	70	59
Afternoon (beside the school building)	dB	65	65	58
Evening	dB	65	65	61
Evening (beside the school building)	dB	60	60	53
Night	dB	60	60	58
Night (beside the school building)	dB	55	55	54

* Standards according to a Mie Prefecture ordinance

Vibration

Time zone	Unit	Regulation Standards (Incl. Agreed Standards)	Voluntary Regulation Standards	Measurement Results (Maximum)
Afternoon	dB	65	65	Less than 45
Night	dB	60	60	Less than 45

Odor

Item	Unit	Regulation Standards	Voluntary Regulation Standards	Measurement Results (Maximum)
Ammonia	ppm	1	1	Less than 0.1
Methyl mercaptan	ppm	0.002	0.002	Less than 0.0002
Hydrogen sulfide	ppm	0.02	0.02	Less than 0.002
Methyl sulfide	ppm	0.01	0.01	Less than 0.001
Methyl disulfide	ppm	0.009	0.009	Less than 0.0009
Trimethylamine	ppm	0.005	0.005	Less than 0.0005
Acetaldehyde	ppm	0.05	0.05	0.046
Propionaldehyde	ppm	0.05	0.05	0.011
Propionic acid	ppm	0.03	0.03	Less than 0.003
Normal butylaldehyde	ppm	0.009	0.009	0.0019
Isobutyl aldehyde	ppm	0.02	0.03	Less than 0.002
Normal valeraldehyde	ppm	0.009	0.009	0.0017
Isovaleraldehyde	ppm	0.003	0.003	Less than 0.0003
Isobutanol	ppm	0.9	0.9	0.13
Ethyl acetate	ppm	3	3	0.19
Methyl isobutyl ketone	ppm	1	1	0.11
Toluene	ppm	10	10	0.61
Styrene	ppm	0.4	0.4	Less than 0.04
Xylene	ppm	1	1	0.46
Normal butyrate	ppm	0.001	0.001	Less than 0.0001
Normal valerate	ppm	0.0009	0.0009	Less than 0.0001
Isovaleric acid	ppm	0.001	0.001	Less than 0.0001

Suzuka Factory

Water Quality

Air Quality

PRTR Listed Substances

Noise

Vibration

Odor

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