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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL STRATEGY PROGRAM
Citation:
Vlahakis, J. AND H. Abelson. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL STRATEGY PROGRAM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-76/093a.
Description:
The report describes a costing methodology for environmental assessment that has been generated for industrial processes at various phases of development. The demonstrated environmental assessment strategies provide a framework for determining industry, process, and stream priorities on the basis of a staged sampling and analysis technique. A Level-1 screening phase characterizes the pollutant potential of influent and effluent streams of a process. Level-2 sampling and analysis provides for a quantitative representation of potentially hazardous substances in those streams identified for further investigation by Level 1. The procedure provides a mechanism for recommending assessment program implementation costs as well as for estimating costs for budgetary planning purposes.