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POLLUTION PREVENTION RESEARCH WITHIN THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY
Citation:
Hoagland*, N. T. AND J S. Bridges*. POLLUTION PREVENTION RESEARCH WITHIN THE FEDERAL COMMUNITY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-95/061 (NTIS 95-209623), 1995.
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Description:
One of the primary ongoing programs for promotion and encouragement of pollution prevention research is a cooperative program between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Federal community at large. EPAs Waste Reduction Evaluations At Federal Sites (WREAFS) Program supports pollution prevention research through joint assessments at selected Federal sites. The three primary objectives of the WREAFS Program are to: 1) conduct pollution prevention opportunity assessments (PPOAs) and case studies; 2) conduct research and demonstration projects jointly with other Federal activities; and 3) provide technology and information transfer of pollution prevention (P2) results. This report describes the WREAFS Program support of pollution prevention research throughout the Federal community and provides an assessment of the status of implementation on all projects which have been completed to date. These include joint efforts with the U.S. Departments of Defense, Transportation, Energy, Veterans Affairs, Interior, Agriculture, and Treasury, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the EPA, the U.S. Postal Service, and the White House. There is also an ongoing interagency project, the Tidewater Interagency Pollution Prevention Program (TPPP), involving the Department of Defense and NASA. Additionally, several projects are underway with the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, U.S. Postal Service, and EPA Office of Federal Enforcement. These projects identify case study and research opportunities to implement pollution prevention for a range of military and industrial operations including metal cleaning, solvent degreasmg, spray painting vehicle and battery repair, ship bilge cleaning, torpedo overhaul, buoy restoration, lens grinding, hospital operations, laboratory analysis, mail processing, and other processes. This report was submitted in partial fulfillment of contract number 68-D2-0181 under the sponsorship of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The report covers a period from January 1, 1990 to September 30, 1994 and work was completed as of September 30, 1994. A description of the Department of Treasury project is not included in this report.