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The facility PP/WM audits are designed to assess the potential for pollution prevention and waste minimization
at the study facilities. The goal of each audit is to evaluate and identify all possible PP/WM, wastewater cleanup,
and water conservation teclmiques that are appropriate for the study facility. Audit documentation will
consist of a background PP/WM assessment paper and an audit ev~luation report. This document is intended
to serve as the PPj\VM background paper for the iron and steel manufacturing industry.
The specific objectives of this audit are as follow:
1. Review general industry background data and identify ·state-of-the-art· processing and waste
management practices.
2. Work on-site with industry representatives, ministry officials, and other interested groups to
review current processing procedures and identify possible PP/WM options.
3. Develop a report that evaluates all possible PPfWM alternatives and water conservation
techniques and provides recommendations to the industry.
In order to complete the first objective, a literature review was performed. This review included searches of the
U.S. EPA Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghou.~e(PPIC) repository (and its corresponding database
PIES), on-line library catalog data!J