Cleaning management

Clean management is often put off by economic considerations If a certain chemical factory has to be fully clean, the products will be too expensive if sewage treatment installations are required to be absolutely leakproof and covered by an appropriate monitoring network, they will not be profitable local landfills instead of centralized landfills may have environmental advantages, but may be more expensive to operate. This is poor and shortsighted thinking. In the name of short-term interests, groundwater systems are allowed to deteriorate, especially under circumstances in which observable harm is delayed for awhile. 

The value of the environment has to be an integral part of the equations applied to profitability calculations. The value of the respective aquifer has to be taken into account in economic considerations. This approach will no doubt reveal that cleanly managed enterprises are profitable, and all the rest are in the long run economic disasters. Evaluating the value of the relevant aquifers necessitates delineation of their extent, and this is in the realm of the hydrologist s and hydrochemist s field of study. 

Much of the current activity in the field of solid-waste management, especially with respect to hazardous wastes and resources recoveiy, is a direc t consequence of legislation. It is imperative to have a working knowledge of waste regulations, including RCRA (for EPA hazardous waste) TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) for PCBs and toxic waste Sohd Waste Disposal Act the Clean Air Ac t and PSD (prevention of... 

Use chemical interaction matrices to identify potential incompatibilities between combinations of materials (not just binary reactions) and interactions with cleaning solvents, heat transfer fluids and other utilities, equipment lubricants, scrubbing media, materials of construction, etc. Implement management of change procedures for changes in design, operation, equipment and chemistry. 

API Std 2015, Safe Entry and Cleaning of Petroleum Storage Tanks, Planning and Managing Tank Entry from Decommissioning Through Recommissioning, 5th ed.. May 1994. 

Accidental Release Prevention Reqnirements Risk Management Programs nnder Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7), Federal Register, Vol. 61, No. 120,Jnne 20, 1996. 

Murley, L. (ed.), "Clean Air Around the World. National and International Approaches to Air Pollution Control." International Union of Air Pollution Prevention Associations, Air Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, 1991. 

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