Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2003-0004-0406
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-12-21T05:00Z

Site
visit:
Corporate
Press
403
Brightseat
Road
Landover,
Maryland
20785
Participants:
Wes
Ball­
Production
Manager
Ken
Dement­
Lead
Press
Manager/
Supervisor
Gary
Jones­
Graphic
Arts
Technical
Foundation
Teena
Wooten­
EPA
OSW
Jim
O'Leary­
EPA­
OSW
Date:
April
13,
2006
Jim
O'Leary
and
Teena
Wooten
with
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency's
Office
of
Solid
Waste
toured
the
Corporate
Press
facility
in
Landover
Maryland
on
April
13,
2006.
The
visit
began
with
a
general
discussion
of
the
plant
operations
and
its
use
of
wipes.
The
facility
does
a
couple
different
wash­
ups.
Sometimes
the
wipes
are
completely
saturated
and
for
other
operations,
only
a
small
amount
of
solvent
is
used.

Many
of
the
large
printers
are
job
shops
and
are
very
customer
oriented.
The
lithograph
facilities
are
competing
with
digital
technology.
With
digital
technology,
dry
toner
is
used
and
very
little
if
any
solvent.
The
conversion
to
digital
really
took
off
about
5
years
ago.
Today,
the
ratio
is
about
60%
lithograph
and
40%
digital.
The
lithograph
industry
sees
this
ratio
changing
to
mostly
digital
over
the
next
5
to
10
years.

There
have
also
been
several
changes
in
the
printing
machines.
Before,
when
the
machines
were
cleaned,
the
operator
would
take
a
solvent
containing
wipe
and
wipe
down
the
press.
Now
the
machines
contain
liners,
which
can
be
thrown
away,
thus
eliminated
much
of
the
solvent
use.
The
average
towel
usage
is
down
from
about
4000
a
week
to
1500
a
week
because
of
changes
in
the
facility
operations.
The
solvent
usage
is
also
down.
There
is
less
cleaning
required
because
of
the
new
technology.
The
blanket
washes
are
cleaned
automatically
twice
per
day.
Any
excess
cleaning
material
is
piped
directly
to
a
drum
labeled
and
handled
as
hazardous
waste.
If
an
operator
does
use
a
wipe,
he
will
added
solvent
to
the
wipe
and
then
wring
it
out
before
use.
After
the
wipes
is
used
it
is
placed
into
a
35­
gallon
drum
with
a
false
bottom
(
screened).
The
laundry
will
not
accept
any
bags
of
wipes
if
they
are
damp
or
drip.
If
moisture
is
present,
the
facility
will
put
the
wipes
back
in
the
storage
drum.
Because
of
all
the
changes
in
technology,
there
isn't
enough
solvent
generated
to
make
recycling
feasible.
Corporate
Press
may
see
½
gallon
or
less.
The
facility
is
considered
a
small
quantity
generator.

The
solvents
used
are
aliphatic
and
aromatic.
They
are
considered
hazardous
because
of
the
flash
point.
Currently,
the
used
solvent
is
sent
to
an
incinerator.

During
the
site
visit,
Jim
O'Leary
weighed
a
dry
wipe
and
then
had
an
operator
apply
solvent
to
the
wipe.
The
dry
wipe
weighted
49.3
g.
The
same
wipe
with
solvent
weighted
135.1
g.
Mr.
Dement
selected
wipes
from
the
top
and
near
the
bottom
of
the
drum.
Wipes
from
the
top
weighed
160.6
g
and
93.89
g.
The
heavier
weight
was
attributed
to
ink
on
the
wipe.
An
additional
wipe
from
near
the
bottom
of
the
drum
weighed
140.4
g.

This
facility
employs
approximately
144
people.
It
is
considered
a
medium­
sized
printer.