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RECORD NUMBER: 751 OF 1404Main Title | Pathogen risk assessment for land application of municipal sludge. Volume 2 : User's manual. | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office. | |||||||||||
Publisher | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1990 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/6-90/002; EPA/600/6-90/002B | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB90-171919 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Regulations ; Solid waste disposal ; Fertilizers ; Public health ; Models ; Manuals ; Hazardous materials ; Methodology ; Computerized simulation ; Municipal wastes ; Pathogens ; Risk assessment | |||||||||||
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Collation | 281 pages ; 28 cm | |||||||||||
Abstract | Section 405 of the Clean Water Act requires the U.S. EPA to develop and issue regulations that identify: uses for sludge including disposal; specific factors (including costs) to be taken into account in determining the measures and practices applicable for each use or disposal; and concentrations of pollutants that interfere with each use or disposal. To comply with this mandate, the U.S. EPA has embarked on a program to develop four major technical regulations: land application, including distribution and marketing; landfilling; incineration and surface disposal. The development of these technical regulations requires a consideration of pathogens as well as chemical constituents of sludge. The purpose of the report is to describe a proposed methodology and associated computer model designed to assess the potential risks to human health posed by pathogens in municipal sewage sludge applied to land as fertilizer or soil conditioner. |
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Notes | "April 1990." "EPA/600/6-90/002." "Office of Health and Environmental Assessment." Microfiche. |
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Contents Notes | Volume 1: Methodology and computer model -- Volume 2: User's manual. |