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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ......................................................... 1
POLLUTION PREVENTION (P2) ............................................................ 1
D efining P2 .......................................... ................................I
K ey Param eters in P2 ....................................................................1
M aterial Q uantities ................................................ ..................1
Material Characteristics ..............................................................2
Regulatory Limits ...................................................................2
P2 Index ...........................................................................2
P2 TOOLS ...............................................................................2
P20A W orksheet M ethod .......................................................2
Level IIIP2OAs ....................................................................3
Systems Analysis .......................................................................3
Systems Analysis with FLOW .............................................................4
CASE STUDY: GROUTING OF MIXED WASTE ...............................................4
SUMMARY ..............................................................................5
List of Tables and Figures
Table 1. The P2OA Worksheet Method, Graded Approach ....................................... 3
Figure 1. Example representation of the flow down of pollution prevention from
regulations to actual implementation in the DOE Complex ............................... 3
Figure 2. The P2OA W orksheet Method ........................................................ 4
Figure 3. Flow sheet simulation of a mixed waste grouting process with identification
of VOCs for potential recovery .................................................. 5
Figure 4. Flow sheet simulation of a mixed waste grouting process with recovery of VOCs ............... 6
List of Acronyms
CAA Clean Air Act (42 USC 7401)
CWA Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251)
DOE United States Department of Energy
DP Office of Defense Programs, United States Department of Energy
FFCA Federal Facilities Compliance Act (42 USC 1301)
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
P2 pollution prevention
P20A pollution prevention opportunity assessment
P2SA Pollution Prevention and Systems Analysis Group, Chemical Technology Division, ORNL
PPA Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (42 USC 1301)
Regs regulations
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 USC 69001)
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act (15 USC 2601)
WMES Waste Minimization Evaluation System, a prototype tool for developing and implementing a
waste minimization plan, developed at ORNL by P2SA
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