EPA Office of Compliance Sector Notebook Project: Profile of the iron and steel industryOffice of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1995 - Technology & Engineering - 113 pages |
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1,1,1-trichloroethane air emissions air pollution AISI American Iron ammonia basic oxygen furnace blast furnace CAAA carbon CERCLA chemical releases chromium Clean Air Act coal coke oven cokemaking compliance COMPOUNDS databases developed EAF dust Electric Arc Furnace emission standards energy enforcement actions environmental EPA's EPCRA Exhibit Fabricated Metal Facilities Reporting Federal hazardous waste Hotline hydrochloric acid Industry Sector iron and steel ironmaking land disposal listed manganese number of facilities Office of Air on-site operations particulate matter percent permit plant pollutant release pollution control pollution prevention POTW RCRA recycling reduce regulations regulatory releases and transfers requirements scrap Sector Notebook SIC code sintering slag sludge Solid Waste sources steel facilities steel industry Steel Institute steel manufacturing steel mills steel products steelmaking Subpart sulfuric acid Total toxic chemicals Toxic Release Inventory treatment TRI data TRI reporting U.S. EPA wastewater zinc
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Page 55 - Act (EPCRA). The CERCLA hazardous substance release reporting regulations (40 CFR Part 302) direct the person in charge of a facility to report to the National Response Center (NRC) any environmental release of a hazardous substance which exceeds a reportable quantity. Reportable quantities are defined and listed in 40 CFR § 302.4. A release report may trigger a response by EPA, or by one or more Federal or State emergency response authorities. EPA implements hazardous substance responses according...
Page 58 - State determines to contribute to a violation of a water quality standard or is a significant contributor of pollutants to waters of the United States. The term "storm water discharge associated with industrial activity" means a storm water discharge from one of 11 categories of industrial activity defined at 40 CFR 122.26.
Page 60 - Safe Drinking Water Act The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) mandates that EPA establish regulations to protect human health from contaminants in drinking water. The law authorizes EPA to develop national drinking water standards and to create a joint Federal-State system to ensure compliance with these standards. The SDWA also directs EPA to protect underground sources of drinking water through the control of underground injection of liquid wastes.
Page 54 - Part 279) impose management requirements affecting the storage, transportation, burning, processing, and re-refining of the used oil. For parties that merely generate used oil, regulations establish storage standards. For a party considered a used oil marketer (one who generates and sells off-specification used oil directly to a used oil burner), additional tracking and paperwork requirements must be satisfied. • Tanks and Containers used to store hazardous waste with a high volatile organic concentration...
Page 55 - I of RCRA. Subtitle I regulations (40 CFR Part 280) contain tank design and release detection requirements, as well as financial responsibility and corrective action standards for USTs. The UST program also includes upgrade requirements for existing tanks that must be met by December 22, 1998. • Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (BIFs) that use or burn fuel containing hazardous waste must comply with design and operating standards. BIF regulations (40 CFR Part 266, Subpart H) address unit design,...
Page v - OECA - Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance OPA - Oil Pollution Act OPPTS - Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSW - Office of Solid Waste OSWER - Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response OW - Office of Water P2 - Pollution Prevention...
Page 2 - IB Additional Information Providing Comments OECA's Office of Compliance plans to periodically review and update the notebooks and will make these updates available both in hard copy and electronically. If you have any comments on the existing notebook, or if you would like to provide additional information, please send a hard copy and computer disk to the EPA Office of Compliance, Sector Notebook Project, 401 M St., SW (2223- A), Washington, DC 20460.
Page 53 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA...
Page 57 - Act, commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act (CWA), is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's surface waters. Pollutants regulated under the CWA include "priority" pollutants, including various toxic pollutants; "conventional...