compliance requirement Articles
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Erosion and Sediment Control: Navigating NPDES Regulations, the SWPPP, and Techniques for Compliance
Erosion and Sedimentation: Why Are They a Problem? The US Environmental Protection Agency lists sediment as the single most common pollutant in rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs. With all the potentially harmful chemicals and substances in the world, it seems odd to many people that sediment—dirt, essentially—is singled out as the major culprit. Yet these particles of sand, ...
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A New Day Dawns
As demand for water increases nationwide and around the globe, tougher restrictions have been placed on several industries to incentivize reuse and repurposing and discourage contaminant discharge. Across the country, regional power companies are turning to outside experts for solutions that meet their competing needs of being environmentally friendly and economically feasible. For example, GE ...
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EPA Releases Draft NPDES Pesticide General Permit for Discharges
On January 26, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges from the Application of Pesticides in the Federal Register, which applies to discharges of pesticides to waters of the United States. EPA is requesting comments on the draft permit by March 11, 2016. This draft 2016 pesticide ...
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Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing
What is Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing? Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing is an important component of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA’s) integrated approach for detecting and addressing toxicity in surface waters. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, authorized by the Clean Water Act, controls water pollution by regulating ...
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Developing and Implementing a Successful Environmental Compliance Management System for the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) Refineries in Washington State
As the number of environmental regulations and operating requirements included within operating permits for refineries continue to grow, many environmental managers have opted to implement environmental data management systems. This case study will demonstrate how a group of five refineries through the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) in Washington State have chosen to work together to ...
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Privatization and Outsourcing Storm Water Discharge Requirements: Simplification Through Automated Sampling
ABSTRACT Kelly Air Force Base (KAFB) is a large industrial complex that is currently undergoing a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action. Privatization is occurring concurrently with the base closure and realignment. The base maintains both two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and two Texas Natural Resource Conservation ...
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Development of Treatment Systems for Nitrate Ester Wastewater to Meet Toxicity Based Effluent Limits
ABSTRACT Dyno Nobel, Inc. (Dyno Nobel) operates a plant near Carthage, Missouri, which manufactures various explosives, including commercial dynamite. The plant produces nitrate esters, including primarily nitroglycerine (NG) and ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN), for use in explosive products, using continuous flow and batch nitrators. Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN) and metriol ...
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