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RISK ASSESSMENT IN DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPAL SLUDGE INCINERATION REGULATIONS UNDER 405 (D) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT
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Crumpler, E. AND L. Fradkin. RISK ASSESSMENT IN DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPAL SLUDGE INCINERATION REGULATIONS UNDER 405 (D) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-89/018 (NTIS PB89218184).
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The need for effective sludge management is continual and growing. n the United States, the quantity of municipal sludge produced annually has almost doubled since 1972. he U.S. EPA established an Agency Sludge Task Force in 1982. n 1983 one of the Task Force's major recommendations was to develop a comprehensive technical regulatory program under Section 405(d) of the Clean Water Act that requires the 11.5. EPA to develop and issue regulations which (1) identify uses for sludge including disposal; (2) specify factors to be taken into account in determining the measures and practices applicable for each use or disposal (including costs); and (3) identify concentrations of pollutant which interfere with each use or disposal. he major areas discussed in this manuscript are: regulation development, incineration, selection of model plants, air dispersion modeling, most exposed individual, risk level, reference air concentration and an example calculation.
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RISK ASSESSMENT IN DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPAL SLUDGE INCINERATION REGULATIONS UNDER 405(D) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT