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Brooke J. Bickerton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Pollution Prevention and Bilge Water Recovery
Transportation Research Record, 1998Co-Authors: Brooke J. BickertonAbstract:At American Commercial Barge Line Co. (ACBL), protection of the marine environment is a top operating priority. As part of this commitment, every effort is made, using ingenuity and technology, in Pollution Prevention. An example of Pollution Prevention in practice at ACBL is the recovery of petroleum from bilge water (an oil/water mixture that collects in the bottom of a towboat), which is then blended into virgin fuel for use on ACBL towboats or resold as a cutter stock to a petroleum company. The source of petroleum in the bilge water is the diesel engines that power the towboat. The petroleum fraction is typically 30 percent. The bilge water is pumped from containment tanks on the boat into larger storage tanks at fueling or repairing facilities. ACBL currently operates a certificated barge that is dispatched to the various fueling and repair facilities to collect bilge water. This barge takes the mixture to American Commercial Liquid Terminal (ACLT) in Memphis, Tennessee. A process separates the oil ...
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Pollution Prevention and Bilge Water Recovery
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1998Co-Authors: Brooke J. BickertonAbstract:At American Commercial Barge Line Co. (ACBL), protection of the marine environment is a top operating priority. As part of this commitment, every effort is made, using ingenuity and technology, in Pollution Prevention. An example of Pollution Prevention in practice at ACBL is the recovery of petroleum from bilge water (an oil/water mixture that collects in the bottom of a towboat), which is then blended into virgin fuel for use on ACBL towboats or resold as a cutter stock to a petroleum company. The source of petroleum in the bilge water is the diesel engines that power the towboat. The petroleum fraction is typically 30 percent. The bilge water is pumped from containment tanks on the boat into larger storage tanks at fueling or repairing facilities. ACBL currently operates a certificated barge that is dispatched to the various fueling and repair facilities to collect bilge water. This barge takes the mixture to American Commercial Liquid Terminal (ACLT) in Memphis, Tennessee. A process separates the oil from the water. The recovered oil is then blended with virgin diesel fuel for ACBL’s towboat fleet, used as ACLT boiler fuel, or sold as a cutter stock for ocean vessels. The separated water moves through a series of treatment tanks and an ultrafiltration system. The purified water is discharged into the Mississippi River according to a Tennessee National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. In 1996 and 1997 combined, this process recovered 4.2 million L (1.1 million gal) of oil, which is material that was disposed of as waste in the past. ACBL is making a difference and embracing the principles of Pollution Prevention.
J.a. Engel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Pollution Prevention program implementation plan
1996Co-Authors: J.a. EngelAbstract:The Pollution Prevention Program Implementation Plan (the Plan) describes the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory`s (PNNL) Pollution Prevention (P2) Program. The Plan also shows how the P2 Program at PNNL will be in support of and in compliance with the Hanford Site Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention (WMin/P2) Awareness Program Plan and the Hanford Site Guide for Preparing and Maintaining Generator Group Pollution Prevention Program Documentation. In addition, this plan describes how PNNL will demonstrate compliance with various legal and policy requirements for P2. This plan documents the strategy for implementing the PNNL P2 Program. The scope of the P2 Program includes implementing and helping to implement P2 activities at PNNL. These activities will be implemented according to the Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA) hierarchy of source reduction, recycling, treatment, and disposal. The PNNL P2 Program covers all wastes generated at the Laboratory. These include hazardous waste, low-level radioactive waste, radioactive mixed waste, radioactive liquid waste system waste, polychlorinated biphenyl waste, transuranic waste, and sanitary waste generated by activities at PNNL. Materials, resource, and energy conservation are also within the scope of the PNNL P2 Program.
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Air Pollution Prevention at the Hanford Site: Status and recommendations
1995Co-Authors: J.a. EngelAbstract:With the introduction of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and other air and Pollution Prevention regulations, there has been increased focus on both Pollution Prevention and air emissions at US DOE sites. The Pollution Prevention (P2) Group of WHC reviewed the status of air Pollution Prevention with the goal of making recommendations on how to address air emissions at Hanford through Pollution Prevention. Using the air emissions inventory from Hanford`s Title V permit, the P2 Group was able to identify major and significant air sources. By reviewing the literature and benchmarking two other DOE Sites, two major activities were recommended to reduce air Pollution and reduce costs at the Hanford Site. First, a Pollution Prevention opportunity assessment (P2OA) should be conducted on the significant painting sources in the Maintenance group and credit should be taken for reducing the burning of tumbleweeds, another significant source of air Pollution. Since they are significant sources, reducing these emissions will reduce air emission fees, as well as have the potential to reduce material and labor costs, and increase worker safety. Second, a P2OA should be conducted on alternatives to the three coal-fired powerhouses (steam plants) on-site, including a significant costs analysis ofmore » alternatives. This analysis could be of significant value to other DOE sites. Overall, these two activities would reduce Pollution, ease regulatory requirements and fees, save money, and help Hanford take a leadership role in air Pollution Prevention.« less
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Pollution Prevention opportunity assessments. Guidance for the Hanford Site
1994Co-Authors: J.a. EngelAbstract:The purpose of this document is to provide help to you, Hanford waste generators, in finding ways to reduce waste through Pollution Prevention (P2) and Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments (P2OAs). It is based on guidance from other sites, and serves to compliment the Hanford-specific training on P2OAs offered by the Pollution Prevention group at Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC). The chapters of this document include help on how to choose major waste generating activities, how to conduct a P2OA, how to get results, and how to show progress. There is also a chapter on special situations and problems your facility may encounter. This first chapter tells you why you should consider conducting P2OAs and why they may be required
Miles L. Burnett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990: A Policy Whose Time Has Come or Symbolic Legislation?
Environmental management, 1998Co-Authors: Miles L. BurnettAbstract:/ In 1990, the United States officially entered the era of Pollution Prevention with passage of the Pollution Prevention Act. This paper analyzes EPA's implementation of the Pollution Prevention Act from its passage in 1990 to the present. It examines the barriers EPA must overcome if it is to effectively integrate Pollution Prevention into its existing regulatory structure, including impediments created by statutory and organizational structure, the existing relationship between EPA and the groups it regulates, the fragmented implementation scheme of national environmental regulation, the balancing of conflicting demands advanced by powerful interests, industry's economic and technical concerns, and institutional inertia. It also examines issues such as industry commitment, the limits of Prevention, and measurement concerns. The findings suggest that EPA's efforts at shifting to a Pollution Prevention regulatory ethic that holds primacy over Pollution control are mixed. Its organizational structure, statutory authority, and incentives system still reflect a single-medium Pollution control focus, appropriations for Pollution Prevention programs and activities are paltry compared to traditional Pollution control programs, and participation in the program is voluntary. Yet, the findings also point to some promising programs that are working to institutionalize a Pollution Prevention regulatory ethic, and many states appear very committed to the concept.KEY WORDS: Pollution Prevention; Source reduction; Pollution control; Alternative regulatory design; Barriers to implementation
Thomas T. Shen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Implementation of Pollution Prevention plan
Industrial Pollution Prevention, 1999Co-Authors: Thomas T. ShenAbstract:After we establish a Pollution Prevention project or plan of program and analyze its technical, environmental, economic, and institutional feasibilities, we will be able to more easily encourage management to implement chosen projects. All members of the company may not embrace a Pollution Prevention project immediately, especially if they do not fully understand the benefits and the cost savings of Pollution Prevention. To implement a Pollution Prevention plan or program most effectively, we must constantly emphasize the true cost of waste generation and management. The true cost includes all environmental compliance costs such as manifesting, training, reporting, accident preparedness; future liability costs; and intangible costs such as product acceptance, labor relations, and public image. A detailed description of true cost is discussed previously in Section5.5.3 “Product Life-Cycle Costing Analysis” and Section 6.3 “Economic Feasibility Analysis.”
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Measuring Pollution Prevention progress
Industrial Pollution Prevention, 1999Co-Authors: Thomas T. ShenAbstract:Large quantities of environmental quality data have been collected over the past 50 years by government agencies, industries, and non-governmental organizations. These databases have only limited usages to measure Pollution Prevention progress. There is a need to collect data on source reduction activities and their effects on waste and release quantities to measure Pollution Prevention progress. Pollution Prevention is an increasingly popular subject, but different users have different measurement needs. Measuring Pollution Prevention progress sounds deceptively simple. Using a single measure to summarize Pollution Prevention will be applicable only in the simplest cases.
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Pollution Prevention Applications
Industrial Pollution Prevention, 1995Co-Authors: Thomas T. ShenAbstract:Pollution Prevention is a compelling industrial strategy for many reasons. The benefits of industrial Pollution Prevention are many including economic advantages, reducing liability, improving effectivess, avoiding uncertainty, reducing multi-media transfers of pollutants, resource and energy conservation, and improved images of the industry as described in Chapter 2. Pollution Prevention in industrial plants involves good housekeeping, improved operation, process modifications, material substitution, and clean technology (Johansson, 1992).
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State Pollution Prevention Programs
Industrial Pollution Prevention, 1995Co-Authors: Thomas T. ShenAbstract:In the United States, all state Pollution Prevention programs are established independently according to each of its State laws. However, each State must implement Federal laws and regulations. States may establish their rules and regulations more stricter but not less stricter than that of Federal rules and regulations. This Chapter presents Pollution Prevention programs and approaches of three states to show the similarities and different emphases of each state’s programs and implementations.
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Industrial Pollution Prevention
1995Co-Authors: Thomas T. ShenAbstract:Pollution Prevention in the industrial sector is hardly a new concept. Industrial operations traditionally have adopted a variety of waste reduction techniques to lower costs of production to increase profits. However, only in recent years, economical incentives and the corresponding emphasis on Prevention as a management priority have grown more rapidly.
Morgan Evan Gerard - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Pollution Prevention opportunity assessment for organization 1700.
2007Co-Authors: Morgan Evan GerardAbstract:This Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment (PPOA) was conducted for Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico Organization 1700 in June, 2006. The primary purpose of this PPOA is to provide recommendations to assist Organization 1700 in reducing the generation of waste and improving the efficiency of their processes and procedures. This report contains a summary of the information collected, analyses performed and recommended options for implementation. The Sandia National Laboratories Pollution Prevention staff will continue to work with Organization 1700 to implement the recommendations.
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Pollution Prevention opportunity assessment for electronics prototype laboratory.
2005Co-Authors: Morgan Evan GerardAbstract:This Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment (PPOA) was conducted for Sandia National Laboratories/California Electronics Prototype Laboratory (EPL) in May 2005. The primary purpose of this PPOA is to provide recommendations to assist Electronics Prototype Laboratory personnel in reducing the generation of waste and improving the efficiency of their processes. This report contains a summary of the information collected, analyses performed and recommended options for implementation. The Sandia National Laboratories Pollution Prevention staff will continue to work with the EPL to implement the recommendations.
