United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Water Engineering
Research Laboratory
Cincinnati OH 45268
Research and Development
EPA/600/S9-87/012 Sept. 1987
ŁEPA Project Summary
8th AESF/EPA Conference on
Pollution Control for the Metal
Finishing Industry
J. Howard Schumacher, Jr., and Roger C. Wilmoth
The 8th Annual AESF/EPA Confer-
ence and Exhibit on Pollution Control
for the Metal Finishing Industry was
held in San Diego, CA, February 9
through 11, 1987. The program was
organized by Dr. Rebecca Spearot,
member of the American Electroplater*
and Surface Finishers Environmental
Committee and Roger Wilmoth of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Water Engineering Research Laboratory,
Manufacturing and Service Industries
Branch.
The primary objective of the con-
ference was to continue the dialogue
established by the first AESF/EPA
Conference in 1978 between key mem-
bers of the Agency and the metal finish-
ing industry. The program featured key
EPA representatives who explained and
discussed regulatory guidelines in detail.
In addition, leading industrial experts
discussed efforts to effectively address
the ramfficatiejis of the EPA regulations.
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fully documented In • separate report of
the same title (eee Pro/ect Report order-
ing Informetlon et beck).
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's Office of Research and Develop-
ment and the American Electroplaters
and Surface Finishers Society have co-
operated over the years in an annual
"Conference on Pollution Control for the
Metal Finishing Industry."
The eighth conference was held in
January 1987 in San Diego and consisted
of 26 technical presentations covering a
wide variety of topics of interest to the
surface finishing industry. The presenta-
tions ranged from updates on the air,
water, and hazardous waste regulations
by EPA representatives to the results of
research studies and case histories of
waste reduction efforts in metal finishing
facilities.
The conference was attended by over
425 individuals interested in environ-
mental problems. These proceedings are
published in order that the important
material presented can be of benefit to as
many people as possible. The regulatory
papers were not available for publication
so the Society arranged to tape the ses-
sions and the subsequent panel discus-
sions. These cassettes may be ordered
from the AESF Book Department, in care
of AESF Headquarters, 12644 Research
Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826.
The EPA and the AESF are pleased to
continue this mutual endeavor which has
improved communications and which
should promote continued research and
sound technical solutions to the environ-
mental problems of the surface finishers.
The ninth conference is planned for late
January 1988 in Orlando, FL.
The following is a title listing of the
papers included in the proceedings of the
Eighth Conference:
Hazardous Waste Research Pertaining
to Metal Finishing
Treatment of Aqueous Metal Bearing
Hazardous Wastes
Optimizing Transfer Efficiency of Spray
Painting Operations
Pilot Scale Results of Metal Value Re-
covery From Mixed Metal Hydroxide
Sludges
Plating Waste Sludge Metal Recovery
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Why Not Simplify Wastewater Compli-
ance?
Liability for Managing Hazardous
Wastes: Past, Present, and Future
How Clean Is Clean? (What Constitutes
the Clean Closure of a Hazardous
Waste Land Management Facility?)
Installation of New Nickel/Chromium
Plating Facility
Pollution Control Using Room Tem-
perature Evaporators
Howard Plating Cleans Up Their Act
with Magnesium Hydroxide
Metal Finishing Wastewater Treatment
Upgrade with an Insoluble Sulfide
Precipitation Process
The Performance of Analytical Test Kits
of Metal Finishing Wastewater
Samples
Application of Statistical Process Con-
trol to Wastewater Pretreatment
Wastewater Reduction in Metal Fabri-
cations Operations
Wastewater Treatment: Optimizing an
Existing System
Electrolytic Recovery: Theory, Applica-
tion, Advantages
Waste Treatment and Recycling of
Mixed Wastewater From a Metal
Finishing Company
Environmental Auditing: Management's
Key to Effective Environmental
Compliance
Successful In-House Recovery of Sol-
vent
Calpurnia and the Strip Barn
Emissions from Chrome Plating Scrub-
bers as a Function of Scrubber Liquor
Concentration
This report was submitted in fulfillment
of CR-810787-01-0 by the American
Electroplaters and Surface Finishers En-
vironmental Committee under the spon-
sorship of the U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency.
J. Howard Schumacher, Jr. is with American Electroplaters and Surface
Finishers, Orlando, FL 32826; the EPA author, Roger Wilmoth (also the EPA
Project Officer, see below), is with Water Engineering Research Laboratory,
Cincinnati. OH 45268.
The complete report, entitled "8th AESF/EPA Conference on Pollution Control
for the Metal Finishing Industry." (Order No. PB 87-208 807/AS;C^st: $30.95.
subject to change/ will be available only from:
National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Telephone: 703-487-4650
The EPA Officer can be contacted at:
Water Engineering Research Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Cincinnati, OH 45268
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Center for Environmental Research
Information
Cincinnati OH 45268
Official Business
Penalty for Private Use $300
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