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RECORD NUMBER: 1418 OF 1691Main Title | Summary of data presented in the background document for effluent limitations guidelines and standards : mineral mining and processing point source category / | ||||||||||||||||
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CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Solid Waste. | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | U.S. EPA, Office of Solid Waste, | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/530-R-93-024;PB94-113396 | ||||||||||||||||
Stock Number | PB94-113396 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 29604486 | ||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Mining industry ; Ore processing ; Industrial waste treatment ; Chemical effluents ; Water pollution control ; Water pollution abatement ; Waste water ; Industrial plants ; Water pollution standards ; Water pollution economics ; Pollution regulations ; Economic impact ; Pretreatment ; Guidelines ; Treatment technology ; BAT(Best Available Technology) | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | 309 p. ; 28 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
Abstract | The document recompiles data from a study of the mineral mining and processing industry conducted in the late 1970's. The study encompassed the following non-metallic minerals: Dimension stone, construction sand and gravel, gypsum, asbestos and wollastonite, mica and sericite, flourspar, borax, trona ore, rock salt, sulfur, lithium minerals, fire clay, kaolin and ball clay, kyanite, shale, garnet, graphite, crushed stone, industrial sand, asphaltic materials, lightweight aggregates, barite, salines from brine lakes, potash, sodium sulfate, phosphate rock, mineral pigments, bentonite, fullers earth, feldspar, magnesite, talc, soapstone, and pyrophyllite, diatomite mining, and miscellaneous minerals. Table 1 summarizes the information published in the development document, including pollutants analyzed and comments on treatment methods used. Table 2 provides a list of the applicable standards for contaminants detected in ore processing wastewater. |
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Notes | Cover title. "October 1993." "EPA/530-R-93-024." "PB94-113396." |