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University of Massachusetts Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories AME Associates AME Associates Continental Can Co. 

The suport of the National Science Foundation for the Materials Research Laboratory and the Center for University of Massachusetts-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP) is gratefully acknowleged. 

First successful claim for compensation by a sick asbestos worker to the Massachusetts Industrial Accidents Board. Over the following three years several hundred further claims filed. 

Work on SCWO process development was performed in the early 1970s and in the 1980s, many of the developments were performed under private contract to industrial or federal agencies. The technology for waste treatment and generation of energy from waste or low grade materials was commercialized by Modar (Natick, Massachusetts). 

The nine states that have enacted such laws were led by Oregon in 1972. Massachusetts and New York were the last two states to pass forced deposit legislation in 1983. Environmental groups and industry leaders continue to encourage other states to look beyond the narrow scope of regulating just beverage containers and to look at the entire soHd waste issue. 

A key feature of MFC is that future process behavior is predicted using a dynamic model and available measurements. The controller outputs are calculated so as to minimize the difference between the predicted process response and the desired response. At each sampling instant, the control calculations are repeated and the predictions updated based on current measurements. In typical industrial applications, the set point and target values for the MFC calculations are updated using on-hne optimization based on a steady-state model of the process. Constraints on the controlled and manipulated variables can be routinely included in both the MFC and optimization calculations. The extensive MFC literature includes survey articles (Garcia, Frett, and Morari, Automatica, 25, 335, 1989 Richalet, Automatica, 29, 1251, 1993) and books (Frett and Garcia, Fundamental Process Control, Butterworths, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 1988 Soeterboek, Predictive Control—A Unified Approach, Frentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991). 

Corrective Action Application In Massachusetts, a municipal wastewater treatment plant receives a number of wastestreams containing heavy metals from local industries. When tested, the dewatered sludge failed the EP toxicity test. In order to permit landfill disposal of the sludge, solidification processes were examined. A soluble, silicate-based system, developed by Chemfix, was ultimately selected which produced a product whose leachate passed the EP toxicity test (Sullivan, 1984). 

Recochem hic., hiternational Division, 149 Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention Serving Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 314, 317 Regional Poison Control Center, 311 REGLONE , diquat bromide, 114 Rebels Inc., 230, 245 Reiclihold, 182 Reilly Industries Inc., 245 Reliance hidustries Ltd., 175 Reliance Silicones (hidia) Ltd. (RSIL), 175 Repsol YPF SA, 203... 

Lees, F. P. Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. 2 Vols. Butterworths, Stoneham, Massachusetts 1980. 

MA Massachusetts Department of Labor Industries, Division of Occupational Hygiene 15... 

A generation of millwrights and textile workers trained under Slater was the catalyst for the rapid proliferation of textile mills in the early nineteenth century. From Slater s first mill, the industry spread across New England to places like North Uxbridge, Massachusetts. For two decades, before Lowell mills and those modeled after them offered (30) competition, the Rhode Island System of small, rural spinning mills set the tone for early industrialization. 

The U.S. government is also focused on the risk posed by attacks on industrial chemical facilities [53]. According to Massachusetts s representative, Edward Markey, Chemical facilities are at the top of the terrorists target list [14]. However, because attacks on these facilities are more likely to result in a known release of a defined chemical entity, sensors are less important than situations where either the chemical release goes undetected or where an unknown substance is released. 

The Center for Policy Alternatives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under contract to the EPA, observed that regulation may affect industry in areas such as profitability, growth, imports, exports, employment and technological innovation.(3 From the Coatings and Resins perspective, direct impacts on innovation have had a cascading effect on the other areas with the exception of direct employment costs associated with compliance. 

Physical chemistry began to prosper partly from institutional and industrial causes. Some students who set out to study organic chemistry in the late nineteenth century were dissuaded from their aim by overcrowded conditions in the instructional and research laboratories. One example is Arthur A. Noyes, who was to establish the first physical chemistry research laboratory in America at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He set out for Germany in 1888 with his friend Samuel Mulliken, father of the later theoretical and quantum chemist, Robert Mulliken. 

W4. White, H. J., Industrial Electrostatic Precipitation. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1963. 

Making companies prepare plans which focus on safer chemical use has proved particularly successful in the USA. The benefits of mandatory pollution prevention planning have been demonstrated in the state of Massachusetts. Here, over 550 companies had to assess toxic use reduction options with technical help supplied by university and government experts. Toxic use reduction strategies included material substitution and product reformulation. Within ten years, industry has reduced the use of toxic chemicals by 40%, by-product waste by 58% and toxic emissions by 80%. A cost benefit analysis reveals that the same companies saved a total of Saved a total of USD 14 million (Euro 18.76 million) overthis period through the adoption of more efficient and safer processes. The programme is ongoing and has been expanded to community outreach and assessment of substitutes forsome hazardous material flows and products within the state. 

The NIH and the pharmaceutical industry have formed a new partnership to overcome barriers to early-phase clinical trials. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, announced on July 9, 2003 grant awards for six cancer centers involved in a unique public-private partnership. Five pharmaceutical companies together with NCI put forth a total of 5.7 million for this partnership. Institutions receiving the funding include Massachusetts General Hospital University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Washington University, St. Louis University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute University of California, Davis Cancer Center and Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (http //WWW. bms.com/news/other/data/pf other.news.385 5. html). 

There are signs that companies are becoming increasingly aware of the industrial market and some attempts have been made to develop a systematic approach to this problem. Whereas in chnical chemistry the matrix is usually blood or urine, in the industrial area there are many varied matrices. The volume of sales for any matrix is often insufficient to justify the development investment required. An alternative philosophy is needed to meet the requirements economically. The Mettler range of automatic instruments provides one example of a systematic approach to automate a range of analysers. More recently the Zymark Corporation (Zymark Center, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA), in the introduction of its Benchmate products, has defined procedures which can be tailored to individual laboratory needs by using essentially similar modules. These modules are coordinated with a simphfled robotic arm. Several tailor-made systems have been developed which have a wide appeal and are easily configurable to particular needs. 

The first commercial laboratory robot, the Zymate Laboratory Automation System (Fig. 6.1), was introduced by Zymark Corporation (ffopkinton, Massachusetts, USA) in 1982. Subsequently, some Hght industrial robots have been adapted for laboratory use, and other systems have been introduced. Basic aspects of laboratory robots have been reviewed by Dessy [6, 7], Kenig and Rudnic [8], Isenhour [9] and Lochmuller et al. [10]. More recently. Hawk and Kingston [11] have pubhshed a very comprehensive review with particular regard to trace analysis. 

Right now there is no easy way to dispose of very small quantities of hazardous household products, such as pesticides, batteries, outdated medicines, paint, paint removals, used motor oil, wool preservatives, acids, caustics, and so on. There are no places that accept such small quantities of wastes as generated by a small industrial/commercial site. For now, the best disposal techniques are listed in Table 1, which is recommended by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Bureau of Solid Waste Disposal. 

The accumulation or storage area of an industrial plant (i.e., a generator) must meet the following conditions for both containers and tanks in accordance with the home State regulations. The Massachusetts hazardous waste regulations (310 CMR 30.000) are listed below as a reference ... 

If an industrial plant is classified as a small quantity generator (SQG), the plant manager may accumulate up to 2000 kg or 4400 lb in containers, or up to 6000 kg (approximately 1650 gal or 6245 L) in tanks for as long as 180 days according to Massachusetts regulations 310 CMR 30.351. If both tanks and containers are used to store hazardous waste and/or waste oil, the total waste that can be accumulated at any one time may not be determined by adding the two limits. The 180 day clock may be started when a total of 100 kg, (approximately 25 gal or 94.63 L) is accumulated, if the containers are redated at that time. 

As a registered VSQG, an industrial plant may transport its own hazardous waste under certain conditions in accordance with the appropriate State regulations. The following are the Massachusetts regulations (310 CMR 30.353), which are presented as a typical example ... 

If an industrial plant in Massachusetts, for instance, is not using a licenced transporter but is transporting its own wastes, this plant does not need a USEPA-ID number or manifest form. The plant must, however, keep a record of the type and quantity, as well as the date, method of transport, and treatment/disposal of its waste(s). The plant manager needs proof of the receipt of the waste by the facihty and/or generator. 

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