Complete new non-energetic weapon manufacturing environmental accounts

1. Scope and Applicability

Environmental manufacturing accounts for one declared complete new non-energetic weapon or firearm at its producer acceptance gate. Heavy and small product families share the reporting method, with separate configurations, actual chemical/waste interfaces and supplier gates. Scope covers procurement, actual site manufacturing environmental totals, conditional treatment/recovery, non-functional release records and delivery protection. No weapon design, construction/functional part list, manufacturing settings, recipes, assembly or operating instructions are provided.

Ammunition and energetic materials/charges or their processing; products with inseparable energetic contents; independently supplied parts; ceremonial/edged arms; used/refurbished products and restoration; use, functional/live-fire testing, deployment, storage after gate and end of life. An actual excluded factory activity is a disclosed coverage gap, not zero burden.

Partitions are environmental accounts, not a manufacturing sequence. HK monitoring and NYDEC heavy-site history support separate environmental interfaces; neither supplies current product quantities or a completed current closure. Require the current records described below. Do not infer chemical occurrence, completed chromium substitution or common intensity from public reports. The operating receipt-to-acceptance foreground is not complete cradle-to-gate without verified compatible upstream links and disclosed excluded contributions.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.metal-products-machinery-and-equipment.special-purpose-machinery.non-energetic-weapon-environmental-manufacturing
classification_refs	CPC3.0 44720 and44730; proxy candidate context requiring scope review, not accepted mapping
covered_products	Environmental manufacturing accounts for one declared complete new non-energetic weapon or firearm at its producer acceptance gate. Heavy and small product families share the reporting method, with separate configurations, actual chemical/waste interfaces and supplier gates. Scope covers procurement, actual site manufacturing environmental totals, conditional treatment/recovery, non-functional release records and delivery protection. No weapon design, construction/functional part list, manufacturing settings, recipes, assembly or operating instructions are provided.
excluded_products	Ammunition and energetic materials/charges or their processing; products with inseparable energetic contents; independently supplied parts; ceremonial/edged arms; used/refurbished products and restoration; use, functional/live-fire testing, deployment, storage after gate and end of life. An actual excluded factory activity is a disclosed coverage gap, not zero burden.
representative_product	One accepted complete new non-energetic product identified by neutral configuration and delivery state
production_route	Non-operational environmental reporting gates: procurement/stock; actual site manufacturing accounts; conditional treatment/recovery accounts; acceptance mass/release; shared utilities; conditional protection. Heavy and small configurations remain separate
market_state	New complete non-energetic accepted product at declared manufacturer gate, with actual producer release required

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Environmental accounting of manufacturing a specified complete accepted non-energetic product
How much	1 kg accepted net mass; per-unit exchanges normalized by measured M
How well	Same documented configuration/delivery state and controlled non-functional acceptance record; no operational equivalence or performance criterion asserted
How long or cycle	One actual manufacture/acceptance cycle; no lifetime, deployment or functional-use cycle assumed
reference_flow_link	accepted_product

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Accepted complete new non-energetic weapon
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	neutral product family/configuration and accepted release identifier; complete new non-energetic delivery state; producer/site/reporting period; actual accepted quantity; positive net M kg, physical mass provenance and controlled acceptance record; packaging/fixture exclusion; environmental make/buy and subcontractor gates; chemical supply/SDS state and chromium analytical speciation when applicable; actual new-supply versus recovery/stock balances; wastewater/sludge/oily-chip receiver and wet/dry basis; causal shared allocation; omitted/withheld/excluded activities and upstream uncertainty

Declare qualifiers in metadata or equivalent notes. One unit is one complete accepted product, not purchased stock or a separately delivered part. Permanent accepted contents are included; ammunition/energetic charges, testing consumables, transport packaging and removable fixtures are excluded from net M. Equal kg does not establish equal functional performance or comparability across product families.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_mass	reference product	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	M = accepted net mass of one complete unit of the same configuration in kg; collect using cp_mass.
mass_record_provenance	cp_mass	Mass	kg	Controlled acceptance mass must originate in current traceable physical weighing for the same delivered complete unit and measured tare. If the physical method uses separately weighed portions, require an independently checked complete mass reconciliation, traceable calibrated readings and inclusion/exclusion register; no design or functional-component list is published. Keep date, configuration, original method, uncertainty and signed release. Catalogue weight, theoretical density, rated capacity, shipping gross mass or an unreconciled sum cannot establish M. Future positive measured M is required; no mass assumed.
energy_units	each electricity row	Net calorific value	MJ	Use verified 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ conversion. Retain actual provider/voltage and metered scope including standby; do not substitute rated power or group-average intensity. Reconcile stage and common meters once.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Actual received physical supplies and supplier manufacturing gates with opening/closing stocks
starting_condition_role	Receipt-to-accepted-product operating foreground; boundary_abstraction
product_classification_scope	Environmental manufacturing accounts for one declared complete new non-energetic weapon or firearm at its producer acceptance gate. Heavy and small product families share the reporting method, with separate configurations, actual chemical/waste interfaces and supplier gates. Scope covers procurement, actual site manufacturing environmental totals, conditional treatment/recovery, non-functional release records and delivery protection. No weapon design, construction/functional part list, manufacturing settings, recipes, assembly or operating instructions are provided.
recursive_input_rule	Separate purchased completed-product supplier burden from actual local contributions; never duplicate its contained material supply. Internal transfers/recovered stock remain circulation, not a second purchase. Each outsourced service and contained exchanges is counted once
upstream_dataset_requirement	Match actual item/material/chemical supply state, provider gate, reference property/unit, site/period and receiver. Unreviewable confidential interfaces remain gaps, not zero; reviewed upstream links required for extended coverage
disclosure	neutral product family/configuration and accepted release identifier; complete new non-energetic delivery state; producer/site/reporting period; actual accepted quantity; positive net M kg, physical mass provenance and controlled acceptance record; packaging/fixture exclusion; environmental make/buy and subcontractor gates; chemical supply/SDS state and chromium analytical speciation when applicable; actual new-supply versus recovery/stock balances; wastewater/sludge/oily-chip receiver and wet/dry basis; causal shared allocation; omitted/withheld/excluded activities and upstream uncertainty

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_accounts	all partitions	Collect actual production environmental burdens, rework and rejects, shared controls and outsourced treatment at non-operational gates. Long-lived infrastructure/tooling and independent R&D are excluded from core operating foreground and disclosed. Functional/energetic tests and later lifecycle burdens are excluded with actual omissions disclosed; no silent complete-LCI claim.	hk, nydec
boundary_interface_audit	all actual exchanges	Cards are conditional atomic starting examples, not a weapon material recipe or complete inventory. Independently review every current safe environmental interface; add each actual supply, chemical, waste or released species separately with its physical identity. Undisclosed inputs cannot be omitted as zero. Do not disclose structure, technical settings, manufacture/assembly methods or functionality.
boundary_water_waste	treatment, recovery and receivers	Supplied water is technosphere input, not natural-water withdrawal or effluent. Track actual recovery/reuse internally and each final wastewater/sludge/oily-chip transfer at the receiving boundary. Discharged chemical species are distinct from gross waste. Historical contaminated groundwater, legacy soil remediation and indoor-air mitigation are separate activities, not current unit manufacturing emissions.	nydec, epa

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
receipt	Procurement and stock accounting	required	Each declared new non-energetic weapon or firearm	foreground	one accepted same-configuration finished unit, normalized using M
site_manufacture	Site manufacturing environmental accounts	required	Actual site manufacturing within declared gates	foreground	one accepted same-configuration finished unit, normalized using M
surface	Conditional surface-treatment environmental accounts	conditional	Only documented actual site surface-treatment burden	foreground	one accepted same-configuration finished unit, normalized using M
acceptance	Acceptance and net-mass accounting	required	Each accepted complete non-energetic product	foreground	one accepted same-configuration finished unit, normalized using M
utilities	Shared facility utility and waste accounts	required	Actual attributable facility services	foreground	one accepted same-configuration finished unit, normalized using M
packing	Conditional delivery protection accounts	conditional	Actual factory-gate shipping protection	foreground	one accepted same-configuration finished unit, normalized using M

Linked accounts reconcile receipts/stocks, actual manufacturing totals, conditional treatment/recovery, accepted output, shared services and protection. They do not imply a production sequence. Separate heavy and small configurations, current waste interfaces and suppliers; no common default occurrence or quantities.

Process: Procurement and stock accounting (receipt)

Record actual incoming physical products, supplier gates, stocks and returns. Each purchased item has its own environmental interface; public cards do not reveal or replace a complete confidential material register. No design or component function is specified.

Inputs

Product flows

Purchased cold-rolled non-alloy steel sheet (steel_plate)

Conditional actual supplier stock with grade and delivery state recorded; not a mandated material or design prescription. Excludes contained stock already represented by a purchased finished item.

• Selected flow: Purchased cold-rolled non-alloy steel sheet
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_receipt.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_receipt
• Sources: hk

Purchased wrought aluminium-alloy sheet (aluminium_sheet)

Only actual declared alloy grade, supplied sheet state and net issues; not pure aluminium or a universal product composition.

• Selected flow: Purchased wrought aluminium-alloy sheet
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_receipt.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_receipt
• Sources: hk

Process: Site manufacturing environmental accounts (site_manufacture)

Assign actual shop-floor energy, material losses and pollution-control burdens to reporting partitions. These are environmental accounts, not a manufacturing sequence. Actual outsourcing and rework remain explicit; no technical operations, settings, geometry or assembly instructions are provided.

Inputs

Product flows

Purchased medium-voltage electricity (electricity_site_manufacture)

Only actual purchased supply at the declared voltage/site/time; use measured kWh converted to MJ through verified 3.6 MJ/kWh. On-site generation is not purchased electricity and requires separate actual accounts; subtract submeter totals from common ledger once.

• Selected flow: Purchased medium-voltage electricity
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_site_manufacture.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_site_manufacture
• Sources: hk, nydec

Outputs

Waste flows

Discarded non-alloy steel sheet scrap (steel_scrap)

Actual weighed external waste from the declared material, with destination; internal returns remain stock transfers. No automatic avoided-production credit.

• Selected flow: Discarded non-alloy steel sheet scrap
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_site_manufacture.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_site_manufacture
• Sources: hk, nydec

Discarded wrought aluminium-alloy sheet scrap (aluminium_scrap)

Actual segregated alloy scrap, contamination and destination records; not pure aluminium release to the environment.

• Selected flow: Discarded wrought aluminium-alloy sheet scrap
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_site_manufacture.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_site_manufacture
• Sources: hk, nydec

Oil-contaminated steel-chip waste (oily_steel_chips)

Only actual external segregated steel chips with measured oil/moisture and destination; not a pure metal emission. Internal recovered oil and chips are tracked separately as circulation. NYDEC is historical/mixed interface evidence only.

• Selected flow: Oil-contaminated steel-chip waste
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_site_manufacture.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_site_manufacture
• Sources: hk, nydec

Process: Conditional surface-treatment environmental accounts (surface)

Account for actual separately identified purchased chemicals, water, emissions and waste from this reporting partition. Example isopropanol rows apply only when verified by current supplier/SDS and environmental records. No bath recipe, process conditions or coating design is specified.

Inputs

Product flows

Purchased isopropanol solvent (isopropanol)

Only documented actual isopropanol CAS67-63-0 purity and supply route; aqueous mixtures require their own matching identity. No universal solvent requirement.

• Selected flow: Purchased isopropanol solvent
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Purchased medium-voltage electricity (electricity_surface)

Only actual purchased supply at the declared voltage/site/time; use measured kWh converted to MJ through verified 3.6 MJ/kWh. On-site generation is not purchased electricity and requires separate actual accounts; subtract submeter totals from common ledger once.

• Selected flow: Purchased medium-voltage electricity
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Outputs

Waste flows

Spent isopropanol solvent waste (spent_isopropanol)

Actual separate transferred waste composition and net mass, not pure chemical or air emission; capture/recovery and disposal are distinct.

• Selected flow: Spent isopropanol solvent waste
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Industrial surface-treatment wastewater (industrial_effluent)

Only an actual separately identified residual surface-treatment wastewater stream not represented by chromium_vi_effluent, chromium_iii_effluent or oily_effluent. Require net wet mass, composition and receiver. Do not count the same gross liquid again. Supplied water, freshwater withdrawal and any released species are separate identities.

• Selected flow: Industrial surface-treatment wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Chromium(VI)-bearing acidic industrial wastewater (chromium_vi_effluent)

Only current evidenced independently transferred wastewater, chromium speciation, wet mass and receiver. Not total chromium as CrVI, freshwater abstraction, historical contaminated groundwater or pure chromic acid. No assumed concentration or mandatory production.

• Selected flow: Chromium(VI)-bearing acidic industrial wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Chromium(III)-bearing industrial wastewater (chromium_iii_effluent)

Only actual current separate effluent with analytically established CrIII state and wet mass/receiver; replacement project intent is not completed conversion or evidence that CrVI is absent. Mixed speciation requires explicit analytical boundaries. chromium_vi_effluent and chromium_iii_effluent are alternatives for one liquid stream; both may carry quantities only for physically separate receiver streams, never two copies of the same gross liquid mass.

• Selected flow: Chromium(III)-bearing industrial wastewater
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Chromium-bearing wastewater-treatment sludge (chromium_sludge)

Only actual final transferred sludge, measured wet/dry mass and individual CrIII/CrVI analytical definitions. Treatment is not guaranteed to remove chromium; sludge is not an elementary chromium release. No double-counting contained treatment resources or sludge.

• Selected flow: Chromium-bearing wastewater-treatment sludge
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Water-soluble waste-oil industrial effluent (oily_effluent)

Only actual separately collected oil-containing liquid stream with measured water/oil basis and receiver; it is not pure lubricant, freshwater or a species release. Current applicability required despite historical facility description.

• Selected flow: Water-soluble waste-oil industrial effluent
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Outputs

Elementary flows

isopropanol (isopropanol_air)

Only actual residual released CAS67-63-0 to immediate air/unspecified after measured recovery and stock balance. Purchased solvent mass is not emitted mass; no assumed loss fraction.

• Selected flow: isopropanol fe0acd60-3ddc-11dd-a843-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_surface.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_surface
• Sources: epa, nydec

Process: Acceptance and net-mass accounting (acceptance)

Link neutral configuration/release identifier to actual complete net mass and attributed acceptance environmental totals. Acceptance is a reporting gate; no functional test procedure or performance criterion is provided. Energetic testing is outside this methodology and must remain a disclosed gap if it occurs in the actual manufacturing system.

Inputs

Product flows

Purchased medium-voltage electricity (electricity_acceptance)

Only actual purchased supply at the declared voltage/site/time; use measured kWh converted to MJ through verified 3.6 MJ/kWh. On-site generation is not purchased electricity and requires separate actual accounts; subtract submeter totals from common ledger once.

• Selected flow: Purchased medium-voltage electricity
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_acceptance.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_acceptance
• Sources:

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted complete new non-energetic weapon (accepted_product)

One new complete product of the same neutral configuration and signed acceptance state, excluding ammunition, energetic charges, test consumables, shipping packaging and fixtures. Declared environmental gate only; no operating/design details.

• Selected flow: Accepted complete new non-energetic weapon
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg
• Value mode: fixed_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: identity_reference
• Collection protocol: cp_mass
• Sources:

Process: Shared facility utility and waste accounts (utilities)

Separate supplied electricity, water and actual facility chemicals from emissions and waste transfers. Submeter and reconcile shared services without duplicating stage totals. Office/R&D and unrelated families stay separate.

Inputs

Product flows

Process Water (process_water)

Actual supplied technosphere process water measured in kg; volume records need actual density/conditions. Not natural-water abstraction, recirculating internal water or wastewater.

• Selected flow: Process Water 94a04f7e-2d5c-41f0-b182-d54a3b373a02
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_utilities.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: hk, epa

Purchased medium-voltage electricity (electricity_utilities)

Only actual purchased supply at the declared voltage/site/time; use measured kWh converted to MJ through verified 3.6 MJ/kWh. On-site generation is not purchased electricity and requires separate actual accounts; subtract submeter totals from common ledger once.

• Selected flow: Purchased medium-voltage electricity
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_utilities.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_utilities
• Sources: hk, epa

Process: Conditional delivery protection accounts (packing)

Count actual separate protection supplies and net returns; exclude transport packaging from M. Reusable support allocation needs real movements and service denominator. No assumed lifetime.

Inputs

Product flows

Low-density polyethylene foil (PE-LD) (protective_film)

Only actual supplied PE-LD film net issues, excluding its mass from accepted product M. Not all plastics or mandatory wrapping.

• Selected flow: Low-density polyethylene foil (PE-LD) 2cecd3a7-d90e-44b4-aec5-1d9dfb907477
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_packing.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_packing
• Sources:

Corrugated cardboard shipping box (corrugated_board)

Actual independent box supply and net tare; not mixed paper packaging or product net mass.

• Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard shipping box
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_packing.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_packing
• Sources:

Purchased medium-voltage electricity (electricity_packing)

Only actual purchased supply at the declared voltage/site/time; use measured kWh converted to MJ through verified 3.6 MJ/kWh. On-site generation is not purchased electricity and requires separate actual accounts; subtract submeter totals from common ledger once.

• Selected flow: Purchased medium-voltage electricity
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Apply normalize_mass to q_item; reference_mass; cp_packing.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per 1 kg reference flow; collected per one accepted finished unit
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_packing
• Sources:

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_shared	shared resources and families	Directly assign measured exchanges where possible. Allocate residual shared burden using a current causal driver: share = covered configuration driver / sum of covered drivers. Require actual records of meter scope, usage/load/occupied service and accepted counts; preserve period, denominator, standby, driver rationale and sensitivity. Different heavy/small families need separate actual drivers; corporate totals divided by catalogue product weights or sales counts are not acceptable.
allocation_recovery	actual recovery, stock and waste	Track incoming new supply, internal recovered material, stock change, final product/reject and final waste once. Internal recovered solvent/oil/water is not new purchased supply or an automatic virgin-production credit. Preserve actual recovery and treatment resource burden. Wet slurry and contained chromium are different bases, and CrIII/CrVI shares do not create two copies of one wastewater stream.
allocation_coproduct	scrap and other outputs	Trace actual receivers and material status. Waste recyclability alone does not establish co-product status or credits. Any co-product allocation requires actual causal/economic records and sensitivity. Rejected/reworked units retain attributed burden in accepted production scope; no default yield, shared quota or recovery efficiency.

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_mass	acceptance	reference_product	controlled acceptance mass record	model; configuration; serial number; accepted net mass M; actual physical measurement provenance; calibration/tare/uncertainty; neutral delivery-state record; signed release	Use controlled acceptance records for the accepted complete unit of the same configuration.	kg	each accepted unit	actual current manufacturing and acceptance period	declared complete-product acceptance gate	accepted net mass per unit	current traceable physical weighing/tare/calibration and checked mass reconciliation under mass_record_provenance
cp_receipt	receipt	inventory	current environmental exchange records	model; configuration; serial/batch; neutral release identifier; exact chemical/SDS and waste speciation; net issues/returns/stocks; kg; metered kWh; receiver; current-versus-legacy scope; actual causal shared driver	Read actual supplier invoices, delivery states and opening/closing stock records	kg for Mass rows; MJ for electrical-energy rows	each accepted unit and actual covered production period	actual current manufacturing and acceptance period	declared producer/subcontractor/environmental receiver gates	attribute measured period exchange / accepted units of the same configuration	current environmental ledgers/SDS, calibrated meters, acceptance and receiver records
cp_site_manufacture	site_manufacture	inventory	current environmental exchange records	model; configuration; serial/batch; neutral release identifier; exact chemical/SDS and waste speciation; net issues/returns/stocks; kg; metered kWh; receiver; current-versus-legacy scope; actual causal shared driver	Read non-operational environmental issue/return ledgers, stage meters and waste transfers	kg for Mass rows; MJ for electrical-energy rows	each accepted unit and actual covered production period	actual current manufacturing and acceptance period	declared producer/subcontractor/environmental receiver gates	attribute measured period exchange / accepted units of the same configuration	current environmental ledgers/SDS, calibrated meters, acceptance and receiver records
cp_surface	surface	inventory	current environmental exchange records	model; configuration; serial/batch; neutral release identifier; exact chemical/SDS and waste speciation; net issues/returns/stocks; kg; metered kWh; receiver; current-versus-legacy scope; actual causal shared driver	Read chemical-specific net issues, SDS, water meter and species-resolved environmental monitoring records	kg for Mass rows; MJ for electrical-energy rows	each accepted unit and actual covered production period	actual current manufacturing and acceptance period	declared producer/subcontractor/environmental receiver gates	attribute measured period exchange / accepted units of the same configuration	current environmental ledgers/SDS, calibrated meters, acceptance and receiver records
cp_acceptance	acceptance	inventory	current environmental exchange records	model; configuration; serial/batch; neutral release identifier; exact chemical/SDS and waste speciation; net issues/returns/stocks; kg; metered kWh; receiver; current-versus-legacy scope; actual causal shared driver	Read signed release, controlled net-mass records and acceptance environmental meters	kg for Mass rows; MJ for electrical-energy rows	each accepted unit and actual covered production period	actual current manufacturing and acceptance period	declared producer/subcontractor/environmental receiver gates	attribute measured period exchange / accepted units of the same configuration	current environmental ledgers/SDS, calibrated meters, acceptance and receiver records
cp_utilities	utilities	inventory	current environmental exchange records	model; configuration; serial/batch; neutral release identifier; exact chemical/SDS and waste speciation; net issues/returns/stocks; kg; metered kWh; receiver; current-versus-legacy scope; actual causal shared driver	Read actual utility meters, site reconciliation and documented causal allocation drivers	kg for Mass rows; MJ for electrical-energy rows	each accepted unit and actual covered production period	actual current manufacturing and acceptance period	declared producer/subcontractor/environmental receiver gates	attribute measured period exchange / accepted units of the same configuration	current environmental ledgers/SDS, calibrated meters, acceptance and receiver records
cp_packing	packing	inventory	current environmental exchange records	model; configuration; serial/batch; neutral release identifier; exact chemical/SDS and waste speciation; net issues/returns/stocks; kg; metered kWh; receiver; current-versus-legacy scope; actual causal shared driver	Read actual packaging issues/returns and measured tare	kg for Mass rows; MJ for electrical-energy rows	each accepted unit and actual covered production period	actual current manufacturing and acceptance period	declared producer/subcontractor/environmental receiver gates	attribute measured period exchange / accepted units of the same configuration	current environmental ledgers/SDS, calibrated meters, acceptance and receiver records

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
normalize_mass	all inventory rows	q_ref = q_item / M; q_item = exchange amount per one accepted finished unit; q_ref = exchange amount per 1 kg reference flow.	q_item; M; cp_mass	q_ref

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
quality_mass	cp_mass	Require positive net M kg with current complete delivered configuration, physical provenance, calibration/tare and controlled release. Same-configuration accepted quantity must agree with these originals. Controlled acceptance records are only the collection interface, not proof without original physical metrology. No catalogue or group-total mass estimate. Missing source records requires data/scientific review.	actual physical method/readings, calibration/tare, mass closure and acceptance
quality_speciation	current chemicals, wastewater and sludge	Preserve actual chemical/formulation, CAS where established, phase, wet/dry basis and analytical speciation. Total chromium is not CrVI or CrIII; hexavalent compound is not chromium metal. Chemical feed, captured sludge, gross wastewater and actually released dissolved species require separate identities and balances. Historical groundwater release or substitution intent is not current production evidence; never assume chromium-free state.	current SDS/analysis definitions and receiver/species records
quality_balance	materials, recovery, water and meters	Reconcile actual new-supply versus internal recovery and opening/closing stocks, product/reject and final waste without double-counting. Separate technosphere water from natural-resource abstraction and effluent, treatment service from contained resources, and shared from stage meters. Preserve meter failures, substitutions/estimates and uncertainty; HK2024 notes a water-meter anomaly, not a product consumption default.	current environmental reconciliations, anomaly records and causal drivers
quality_completeness	actual dataset, both product families and providers	Audit the whole current non-operational environmental interface register beyond candidate rows, with measured/calculated/missing/evidenced not_applicable distinguished. A shared method does not establish shared material recipe or emissions. Disclose supplier/outsourcing/withheld scope and excluded functional-testing/capital/later lifecycle contributions. Missing current records is a gap, not zero. No complete cradle-to-gate or scientific approval claim from contract checking.	current complete environmental records and transparent coverage gaps

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference	reference and accepted_product	Exact reference name equals accepted_product output. Require one complete new non-energetic accepted unit, current configuration/net M kg under cp_mass, physical provenance and normalize_mass. Blank candidate reference UUID is registered at that exact row in unresolved_flow_identities. Independent parts, energetic content and gross shipping mass cannot substitute.
validate_identity_basis	all rows and both languages	Verify lawful matching lowercase identifiers and actual projected row/protocol/rule links, per-unit q_item/M kg and accepted-count aggregation. Preserve actual public reference properties/units, official localized UUID names, atomic exchanges and chemical/media/supply qualifiers. CrVI/CrIII/waste/species distinctions cannot be replaced by generic chromium totals.
validate_scope	actual interface and dataset use	Require current environmental-only scope evidence and independently reviewed make/buy, recovery/receiver and mass closure before claiming complete foreground coverage. Historical remediation and public group totals are not current unit burdens. Uniform reporting across families conveys no functional equivalence or common default emissions. Candidate science review remains pending.

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	secondary_dataset and background_dataset after actual data completion and review
downstream_use	Environmental manufacture input for a separately declared non-energetic product lifecycle, with omitted stages explicitly visible
allowed_use	Manufacturing environmental accounts/comparisons within matching actual configuration, delivered state, environmental gate and disclosed coverage; no automatic cross-family comparison
excluded_use	Ammunition and energetic materials/charges or their processing; products with inseparable energetic contents; independently supplied parts; ceremonial/edged arms; used/refurbished products and restoration; use, functional/live-fire testing, deployment, storage after gate and end of life. An actual excluded factory activity is a disclosed coverage gap, not zero burden.
required_metadata	neutral product family/configuration and accepted release identifier; complete new non-energetic delivery state; producer/site/reporting period; actual accepted quantity; positive net M kg, physical mass provenance and controlled acceptance record; packaging/fixture exclusion; environmental make/buy and subcontractor gates; chemical supply/SDS state and chromium analytical speciation when applicable; actual new-supply versus recovery/stock balances; wastewater/sludge/oily-chip receiver and wet/dry basis; causal shared allocation; omitted/withheld/excluded activities and upstream uncertainty
required_quality_disclosure	Current records, M provenance, chemical speciation/wet-dry basis, receiver/recovery/stock and allocation evidence, unresolved identities, withheld/omitted upstream and excluded stages; scientific review pending
update_trigger	Product completion/configuration, actual supply/chemical/waste state, chromium replacement status, recovery loop, site/provider/receiver, metrology or allocation changes

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
hk	literature	Heckler & Koch Nachhaltigkeitsbericht2024	Printed/PDF11 and13: disclosed water/waste monitoring, water-meter anomaly and energy records. Facility/group reporting-year context only, not classification proof, current product closure, unit mass/intensity or universal process requirement. No numeric totals/factors adopted.
nydec	literature	NYDEC official Watervliet Periodic Review Report	Actual document March6 2019 revision1 (URL label2018), PDF5/printed1 section2.1 and adjacent remediation summary: heavy-product context and solvent, chromium wastewater, oily-metal waste interfaces mixing current/past activities. Historical context only; not actual current delivery/M, mandatory chemistry, production factors, completed CrIII conversion or routine-manufacture allocation of remediation. No dimensions, quantities or technical manufacture details adopted.
epa	extension_guidance	US EPA TRI Overview	TRI Overview first chemical-management paragraph: distinguish reported chemical management/recycling/treatment from environmental releases. General US reporting context only; no universal legal applicability/threshold, product class or process emission factor adopted.