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Author For, Committee to Evaluate Mass Balance Information

Title Tracking Toxic Substances at Industrial Facilities : Engineering Mass Balance Versus Materials Accounting
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (198 pages)
Contents ""Tracking Toxic Substances at Industrial Facilities""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS""; ""ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF CHEMICAL RELEASE ESTIMATES""; ""EVALUATING WASTE-REDUCTION EFFICIENCY""; ""EVALUATING CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES""; ""COLLECTING MASS BALANCE INFORMATION ON A NATIONAL SCALE""; ""PILOT STUDY RECOMMENDATION""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""SARA SECTION 313""; ""PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT""; ""2 Approaches to Obtaining Mass Balance Information ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ENGINEERING MASS BALANCE""
""Standard Theory and Practice of EMB""""Measurement Error in EMB Applications""; ""MATERIALS ACCOUNTING PRACTICES OF POTENTIAL UTILITY""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 Uses Of Materials Accounting Data ""; ""NATIONAL GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION MASS BALANCE SURVEY""; ""USE OF MATERIALS ACCOUNTING IN NEW JERSEY AND MARYLAND""; ""The New Jersey Industrial Survey Project""; ""Validation of Information Reported""; ""The Maryland Toxic Substances Registry System""; ""SUMMARY""; ""4 Accuracy Of Toxic Chemical Release Estimates ""; ""ENGINEERING MASS BALANCE""; ""MATERIALS ACCOUNTING""
""MA: Illustrative Applications""""Interpreting Release Data""; ""MA Characteristics""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""5 Assessing Waste-Reduction Efficiency ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Waste Reduction""; ""Waste-Reduction Efficiency""; ""DATA FOR ASSESSING WASTE-REDUCTION EFFICIENCY""; ""REPORTING REQUIREMENTS""; ""NORMALIZATION OF WASTE-RELATED DATA""; ""MA Data Selection for Normalization""; ""Comparability of Normalized Data""; ""AGGREGATION OF WASTE-REDUCTION-EFFICIENCY DATA""; ""Waste-Reduction Efficiency-Weighting Statistics""; ""Indexing""; ""Evaluation of Waste-Reduction-Efficiency Data""
""Alternative MA Practice Systems""""Throughput Systems""; ""Toxicity-Based System""; ""Successful Project Reporting""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""6 Evaluating Toxic Chemical Management Practices ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES""; ""Transportation""; ""Storage and Handling of Chemicals""; ""On-Site Treatment""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""7 Collection Of Mass Balance Information On A National Scale ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""USEFULNESS AND LIMITATIONS OF MASS BALANCE INFORMATION""; ""Evaluating Chemical Release Estimates""; ""Evaluating Waste-Reduction Progress""
""Chemical Management Practice""""Application to Health Surveillance and Assessments""; ""Regulatory Support and Development""; ""Environmental Economic Models""; ""NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS""; ""CONFIDENTIALITY""; ""NATIONAL MATERIALS ACCOUNTING DATA COLLECTION""; ""PILOT STUDY RECOMMENDATION""; ""Glossary""; ""Appendix A TRI (Toxic Release Inventory) Chemicals Subject To the Reporting Requirements of SARA Section 313""; ""APPENDIX A HOW TO DETERMINE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FROM TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS""; ""Appendix B Standard Industrial Classification Codes Within the Manufacturing Division""
Notes ""Standard industrial classification numerical list of short titles (partial listing)""
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Subject Factory and trade waste -- Measurement
Hazardous substances -- Measurement
Factory and trade waste -- Measurement
Hazardous substances -- Measurement
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309555524
0309555523