Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428924515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Nonnuclear industrial hazardous waste : classifying for hazard management.
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428924515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428924515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Nonnuclear Industrial Hazardous Waste
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Nonnuclear Industrial Hazardous Waste
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Publisher:
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Nonnuclear industrial hazardous waste
Author: états-Unis. Technology assessment (Office).
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Technologies and Management Strategies for Hazardous Waste Control
Author: Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410219497
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This report presents the analyses, findings, and conclusions of OTA's study of the Federal program for the management of nonnuclear industrial hazardous waste --an issue that has now reached national prominence and widespread congressional attention. OTA's findings and conclusions concerning the technical components of the Federal hazardous waste program complement current activities which have focused more on administrative problems and issues. Our work offers a number of opportunities, at this critical time, for examining solutions to national hazardous waste problems. In conducting the study, OTA analyzed a wide range of views --from the technical community, industrial sectors which generate hazardous waste, the waste management industry, the environmental community, State and local officials, Federal agencies, and the lay public. As a result of that effort, OTA identified four policy options --beyond maintaining the current Federal program-- which could form the basis for an immediate and comprehensive approach to protecting human health and the environment from the dangers posed by mismanagement of hazardous waste. One near-term option addresses the means to improve the technical effectiveness of the current regulatory structure. The other near-term option provides a nonregulatory or market approach to achieving a number of desired goals. Both of these options are compatible with the two longer term options, one of which deals with introducing waste and facility classifications into the regulatory structure, and the other which focuses on achieving greater integration of Federal programs, agencies, and statutes concerned with hazardous waste.
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ISBN: 9781410219497
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This report presents the analyses, findings, and conclusions of OTA's study of the Federal program for the management of nonnuclear industrial hazardous waste --an issue that has now reached national prominence and widespread congressional attention. OTA's findings and conclusions concerning the technical components of the Federal hazardous waste program complement current activities which have focused more on administrative problems and issues. Our work offers a number of opportunities, at this critical time, for examining solutions to national hazardous waste problems. In conducting the study, OTA analyzed a wide range of views --from the technical community, industrial sectors which generate hazardous waste, the waste management industry, the environmental community, State and local officials, Federal agencies, and the lay public. As a result of that effort, OTA identified four policy options --beyond maintaining the current Federal program-- which could form the basis for an immediate and comprehensive approach to protecting human health and the environment from the dangers posed by mismanagement of hazardous waste. One near-term option addresses the means to improve the technical effectiveness of the current regulatory structure. The other near-term option provides a nonregulatory or market approach to achieving a number of desired goals. Both of these options are compatible with the two longer term options, one of which deals with introducing waste and facility classifications into the regulatory structure, and the other which focuses on achieving greater integration of Federal programs, agencies, and statutes concerned with hazardous waste.
An Inventory of Industrial Hazardous Waste Generation in New York State
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Category : Hazardous wastes
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Category : Hazardous wastes
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Reducing Hazardous Waste Generation
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309034981
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
This is the first thorough exploration of how industry, government, and the public can use available nontechnical means to reduce significantly the amount of hazardous waste entering the environment. Among the approaches considered are modifications to avoid contaminating normal wastewater with hazardous by-products, education of management and engineering personnel about reuse and recycling, reform of regulations and enforcement procedures, and incentives for improvement in waste practices. A free digest of this volume accompanies each copy.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309034981
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
This is the first thorough exploration of how industry, government, and the public can use available nontechnical means to reduce significantly the amount of hazardous waste entering the environment. Among the approaches considered are modifications to avoid contaminating normal wastewater with hazardous by-products, education of management and engineering personnel about reuse and recycling, reform of regulations and enforcement procedures, and incentives for improvement in waste practices. A free digest of this volume accompanies each copy.
The Hazardous Waste System
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Category : Hazardous waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Category : Hazardous waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309164699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research institutions, and defense installations where nuclear material is used. Millions of cubic feet of LAW also arise every year from non-nuclear enterprises such as mining and water treatment. While LAW present much less of a radiation hazard than spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes, they can cause health risks if controlled improperly. Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes asserts that LAW should be regulated and managed according to the degree of risk they pose for treatment, storage, and disposal. Current regulations are based primarily on the type of industry that produced the waste-the waste's origin-rather than its risk. In this report, a risk-informed approach for regulating and managing all types of LAW in the United States is proposed. Implemented in a gradual or stepwise fashion, this approach combines scientific risk assessment with public values and perceptions. It focuses on the hazardous properties of the waste in question and how they compare with other waste materials. The approach is based on established principles for risk-informed decision making, current risk-informed initiatives by waste regulators in the United States and abroad, solutions available under current regulatory authorities, and remedies through new legislation when necessary.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309164699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research institutions, and defense installations where nuclear material is used. Millions of cubic feet of LAW also arise every year from non-nuclear enterprises such as mining and water treatment. While LAW present much less of a radiation hazard than spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes, they can cause health risks if controlled improperly. Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes asserts that LAW should be regulated and managed according to the degree of risk they pose for treatment, storage, and disposal. Current regulations are based primarily on the type of industry that produced the waste-the waste's origin-rather than its risk. In this report, a risk-informed approach for regulating and managing all types of LAW in the United States is proposed. Implemented in a gradual or stepwise fashion, this approach combines scientific risk assessment with public values and perceptions. It focuses on the hazardous properties of the waste in question and how they compare with other waste materials. The approach is based on established principles for risk-informed decision making, current risk-informed initiatives by waste regulators in the United States and abroad, solutions available under current regulatory authorities, and remedies through new legislation when necessary.
Serious Reduction of Hazardous Waste
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Category : Factory and trade waste
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Publisher:
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Category : Factory and trade waste
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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