POLLUTION CONTROL Subject

Sources Subject to Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Sources subject to PSD regulations (40 CFR, Sec. 52.21, Aug. 7, 1980) are major stationary sources and major modifications located in attainment areas and unclassified areas. A major stationaiy source was defined as any source hsted in Table 25-4 with the potential to emit 100 tons per year or more of any pollutant regulated under the Clean Air Act (CAA) or any other source with the potential to emit 250 tons per year or more of any CAA pollutant. The potential to emit is defined as the maximum capacity to emit the pollutant under apphcable emission standards and permit conditions (after apphcation of any air pollution control equipment) excluding secondaiy emissions. A major modification is defined as any physical or operational change of a major stationaiy source producing a significant net emissions increase of any CAA pollutant (see Table 25-5). 

In 1965 the Water Quahty Act established a new trend in water pollution control. It provided that the states set water quality standards in accordance with federal guidelines. If the states f ed to do so, the standards would be set by the federal government subject to a review hearing. In 1966, the Clean Water Restoration Act transferred the Feder Water Pollution Control Administration from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to the Department of the Interior. It also gave the Interior Department the responsibility for the Oil Pollution Act. 

The process of evaluating air emission permit apphcations for large sources which are subject to federal permitting requirements is called New Source Review (NSR) and can be quite complicated, taking from six mouths to four years to complete. An NSR application would be required for a new source which could emit 100 tons per year or more of any criteria pollutant, after accounting for any air pollution control equipment. 

Quantitative personnel needs are determined by the answer to the following questions How many people should there be ideally to perform all functions Within specific budget restrictions, how should personnel be allocated among the several functions Personnel needs in air pollution control have been the subject of several studies, from which Tables 27-2 and 27-3 have been developed to help answer these two questions. 

What does it cost your enterprise to comply with air pollution control regulations What other environmental regulations is your company subject to ... 

Except as specifically provided in the U.S. CFR, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the effluent limitations shown in Table 9.19 which represents the degree of effluent reduction attainable by applying the BAT. Alternatively, for the metal finishing industrial facilities with cyanide treatment, and upon agreement between a source subject to those limits and the pollution control authority, the amenable cyanide limit shown in Table 9.20 may apply in place of the total cyanide limit specified in Table 9.19. No user subject to the provisions of these regulations shall augment the use of process wastewater or otherwise dilute the wastewater as a partial or total substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with this limitation. 

PSNS, shown in Table 9.25. Alternatively, for industrial facilities with cyanide treatment, and upon agreement between a source subject to these limits and the pollution control authority, the amenable cyanide limit shown in Table 9.26 may apply in place of the total cyanide limit specified in Table 9.25. 

Dredge materials subject to the permitting requirements of Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 are not considered hazardous wastes. 

The oxidation of CO by Oj over group VIII metal catalysts has been the subject of a large body of ultrahigh vacuum surface science and high pressure catalysis work due to its importance in pollution control. Currently, the removal of CO as CO2 from automobile exhaust is accomplished by catalytic converters which employ a supported Pt, Pd, and Rh catalyst. The importance of CO oxidation has led to numerous recent studies of the kinetics of this reaction on supported metal catalysts and transient kinetic studies on polycrystalline foils , which have sought to identify and quantify the parameters of the elementary mechanistic steps in CO oxidation. 

Rich, S., and N. C. Turner. Importance of moisture on stomatal behavior of plants subjected to ozone. J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc. 22 718-721, 1972. 

This book emphasizes in-depth presentation of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for the process industry, and in-depth presentation of methodologies, technologies, alternatives, regional effects, and global effects of important pollution control practices that may be applied to the industry. This book covers new subjects as much as possible. 

The contaminated sediment is crushed to a size range suitable for drying. The sediment is then dried to a water content of 5%. The airflow is run through pollution controls to remove particulate emissions. The recovered fines material is subjected to methanol extraction along with the dried sediments. The cleaned sediment is then subjected to another drying process. 

The electrocatalytic reduction of NOs" ions on noble metal electrodes has been the subject of several studies. (The reduction of nitrate has recently gained renewed attention in view of its relevance to pollution control.)... 

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