Handbook of Solvents - George Wypych - ChemTech - Ventech!

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tives. Four effect-oriented directives provide objectives for water with specific end uses:
Bathing Water, Drinking Water, Fish Water and Shellfish Water, and Fresh Water Quality
Information Exchange. Seven source-oriented directives focus on the elimination or reduction
of pollution at the source: Asbestos, Dangerous Substances, Groundwater, Nitrate, Titanium
Dioxide, Urban Wastewater, and Water Pollution Information Exchange. 64
Solid and hazardous waste has received great attention in recent years, and directives
have been developed to address their definition, classification, generation, management,
and transport across frontiers. In 1993, EU implemented the European Waste Catalogue
which defines 15 categories of waste and a residual category intended to capture any materials,
substances, or products not included in those categories. There are 27 substances defined
as toxic and hazardous waste for which specific information had to be provided during
transport: nature, composition, quantity of waste, and sender’s and receiver’s name. 65
19.8 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR SOLVENTS
Various software tools have been developed to identify environmentally benign alternative
solvents or equipment modifications to reduce the amount of toxic and volatile solvents.
Some tools have attempted to consider life cycle impact in their selection methodologies,
but these are the exceptions rather than the rule. This section provides a brief description of
some of the tools and resources available to assist in solvent and equipment replacement. In
addition, a hotline listing is provided (Table 19.8). Some of these tools are the result of years
of research and development by the National Risk Management Research Laboratory of
EPA’s Office of Research and Development. This laboratory has been researching solvent
abatement, 66 replacement, reduction, 67 complete elimination for cleaning and coating operations,
and developing tools 68 to assess the overall environmental impact of alternative approaches.
Table 19.8. List of hotlines in the U.S. 69
Name Description E-mail Phone No.
Air RISC Hotline
Hazardous Waste
Ombudsman
Pollution Prevention
Information
Clearinghouse
(PPIC)
Office of Pollution
Prevention and
Toxics (OPPT)
Information on health effects, urban toxics, risk
assessment, human health, and exposure.
Assists public and regulatory community in resolving
problems associated with the Hazardous
Waste Program.
Provides answers and referrals in response to
questions about pollution prevention.
OPPT has the Non-confidential Information
Center with public dockets for TSCA and Toxic
Release Inventory (TRI) rulemaking actions,
TSCA administrative record, and non-confidential
case files for documents submitted under
TSCA.
air.risc@epa.gov 919-541-0888
N/A
800-262-7937
202-260-9361
ppic@epamail.epa.gov 800-424-9346
N/A 202-260-7099