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University of Michigan Awarded National Center
The University of Michigan has been
awarded funding for a national pollution
prevention center. The new center will
develop pollution prevention curriculum
modules for undergraduate and graduate
engineering, business, and natural resources
classes, and for broad distribution to other
universities nationwide.
Creation of the university center re-
sponds to an urgent need for development
of curricular materials that incorporate
technical information and pollution preven-
tion concepts into university education,
particularly in engineering and business
schools.
The University of Michigan plans to
conduct outreach efforts through short
summer courses, offer pollution prevention
internships for students at business and
industrial facilities, and provide information
and education for university faculty through
departmental and interdepartmental
seminars. The University has committed to
support the center for three years with
substantial supplemental funding.
The award, worth over $300,000, grows
out of a "2% set-aside" project initiated by
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33/50 Progress Report
Response to EPA's voluntary "33/50
Program" has been extremely positive, EPA
announced in the first of a series of progress
reports. The 33/50 program is a voluntary
program initiated in February of this year to
encourage reductions in toxic waste genera-
tion from industrial sources. The overall
national goal is a 50% reduction by 1995 in
the generation of 17 high-priority toxic
chemicals, with an interim goal of a 33%
reduction by 1992.
Some 6,000 companies report to EPA's
Toxic Release Inventory one or more of the
17 chemicals covered by the 33/50 Program.
In the first round of contacts, EPA sent
letters to nearly 600 companies, informing
them of the program and inviting their
participation. The 600 companies account for
79% (1.1 billion pounds) of releases and
transfers of the 17 target chemicals reported
to TRI in 1989.
As of June 1991, 236 companies have
responded with commitments; of them, 140
companies provided explicit, company-
wide, numerical commitments to reduce
their waste generation, for a total of 201
million pounds in planned reductions to
date. Twenty-seven companies offered
reduction commitments that went beyond
the target chemicals, often including all
chemicals listed under TRI.
We like your 33/50 Program. From
our experience, we have concluded
that substantial pollution
prevention and/or reduction can be
achieved cost effectively.
—Martin Marietta Corporation
(76% reduction by 1995)
EPA expects to receive commitment
letters on a continuing basis throughout the
year, and will issue progress reports
periodically. For more information, contact
the TSCA Hotline at 202-554-1404.
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Pollution Prevention News - 2
Aug.-Sept. 2 991
Back to School. ..
New Institute Offers Course Modules on
Environmental Issues in
The non-profit Management Institute
for Environment and Business (MEB)
has developed a series of course mod-
ules designed to cover environmental
issues in traditional business disciplines.
The first modules in the series are "An
Environmental Reader for Production
and Operations Management" and
"Marketing an Ecology."
The course module on production
has a particular emphasis on preven-
tion. Readings discuss such topics as
source reduction methods and indus-
trial "ecosystems" for integrated
pollution control.
"One of the goals of the module is to
demonstrate to the manager that being
environmentally sound doesn't neces-
Environmental Literacy
at Tufts Institute
Tufts University has created an
Environmental Literacy Institute (TELI)
to assist its faculty in developing the
capability of teaching environmental
issues in the context of their disciplines.
The program, under the leadership of
Dean Anthony Cortese, seeks to have all
Tufts graduates — in liberal arts and
engineering, medicine, veterinary
medicine, dentistry and nutrition, law
and diplomacy, and graduate school —
become environmentally literate and
responsible citizens.
Tufts officials believe that environ-
mental literacy depends on a broad,
continuing, and repetitive program
throughout a student's educational
experience. The emphasis is on integrat-
ing environmental concepts into existing
courses rather than requiring all stu-
dents to take a few specialized courses.
Among the experiential learning
programs available to Tufts students is
participation in Tufts CLEAN! (Coop-
eration, Learning and Environmental
Awareness Now!), a demonstration
project funded by EPA's Office of
Pollution Prevention to analyze the
energy and materials flow throughout
the university with the aim of develop-
Management
sarily require adoption of some global,
visionary strategy but may simply mean
being careful, i.e., exercising a reason-
able amount of caution in routine
processes, purchasing decisions, quality
control, etc.," MEB notes.
Already, business faculties at
Stanford, New York University, Berke-
ley, UCLA, and Penn State plan to use
MEB's modules in the coming year.
Additional modules are planned in
finance, accounting, business policy and
strategic management.
To order publications or obtain
additional information, contact MEB,
1401 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 60,
Arlington, VA 22209. Tel: 703-525-1133.
Fax: 703-247-8343.
ing cost effective methods for reducing
and recycling waste and energy use. The
project is using the research capabilities
of Tufts' Center for Environmental
Management; students are involved in
audit design, data collection and analy-
sis, implementation, and evaluation.
For more information on current
programs, contact 617-381-3486.
Curriculum Seminar
Some 75 faculty members from 13
institutions attended a two-day June
seminar on 'Incorporating Pollution
Prevention Concepts in Higher Educa-
tion Curricula," sponsored by Washing-
ton State's Department of Ecology in
cooperation with Washington State
University and the Waste Reduction
Institute for Training. Seminar organiz-
ers have prepared a $25 resource
package that includes 18 sample syllabi
for courses in business, agricultural
engineering, and chemical engineering;
a directory of faculty across the country
involved in teaching pollution preven-
tion; a bibliography; and other reference
materials. For more information or a
copy of the resource package, contact
Timothy Gaffney, Dep't of Ecology,
Waiste Reduction, Recycling and Litter
Control Program, Mail Stop (PV-11),
Olympia, WA 98504; (206) 483-7873.
UCLA Curriculum
Development
Fouling of heat transfer tubes in heat
exchangers in the chemical and petroleum
industries results in periodic plant shut-
downs and potential waste generation.
Calculate the payback time on a pollution
prevention strategy of building a spare
reboiler if reboiler cleanout is required every
360 days.
Pollution prevention has entered the
engineering curriculum at the Univer-
sity of California at Los Angeles, with
homework and design problems such as
the one excerpted above, designed by
Dr. David Allen with the support of the
EPA-sponsored American Institute for
Pollution Prevention. The problems are
based on case studies solicited from
industry, professional societies, and
other sources and emphasize integrating
life cycle analysis, material substitution,
and waste targeting into standard
engineering subjects. A workbook of
problem sets will be distributed to all
academic chemical engineering depart-
ments through the AIChE Center for
Waste Reduction Technologies.
Among other environmental educa-
tion efforts at UCLA, the Graduate
School of Architecture and Urban
Planning conducted a comprehensive
environmental audit of the UCLA
campus which resulted in a number of
pollution prevention measures being
implemented. The Campus Environmen-
tal Audit produced by the UCLA audit
team will be published as a national
textbook within the year; the original
UCLA audit report has been adopted as
a text in more than a dozen universities
and will also be published this year.
For more information on UCLA activi-
ties, contact Dr. Allen at 213-206-0300.
University of Michigan
continued from page 1
EPA's Office of Toxic Substances.
Selection of the University of Michigan
was made by an Agency-wide review
panel, which considered 28 proposals.
For more information, contact Karen
Hoffman, 202-260-7849.

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Aug.-Sept. 1991
3 - Pollution Prevention Neivs
Louisiana Cuts Tax
Breaks for Polluters
Post Office
Issues Pollution
Prevention Policy
In one of the most far-reaching
pollution prevention policies
adopted by a federal agency, the
U.S. Postal Service has issued
management instructions to adopt
pollution prevention practices in all
postal facilities. The policy calls for:
•	encouraging the use of
nonpolluting technologies and
waste minimization in the
development of equipment,
products, and operations;
•	promoting the sustainable use
of natural resources and
protection of the environment
through conservation, recy-
cling, and reuse of material
internally and in working with
customers;
•	including environmental
considerations among the
criteria by which projects,
products, processes, and
purchases are evaluated;
•	developing in postal service
employees an awareness of
environmental responsibilities;
and
•	maintaining an ongoing quality
assurance program.
Guidelines are included for
forming recycling teams at each of
the Postal Service's 38,000 offices,
stations, and branches, and
implementing a recycling pro-
gram. Source reduction guidelines
are under preparation and will be
issued at a later date. For more
information, contact Robert H.
Coven at 202-268-5595.
Louisiana, which is second in the
nation in toxic waste releases, has
launched a new program designed to
make industry see pollution prevention
as a bargain. Companies that don't clean
up their act stand to lose up to half of
their state property tax exemptions for
new capital investment, which can be
worth millions of dollars.
'This program says, 'Look, tax
exemption is a privilege, not a right/ "
explains state policy and planning
administrator John Glenn, one of the
architects of the plan. "This has been a
very bitter pill for industry to swallow."
More than 200 tax exemption applica-
tions have been reviewed under the
program, with 97 of the applications
coming from petrochemical facilities,
which are generally the biggest pollut-
ers. The applications reviewed so far
would result in $15 million in lost tax
breaks. However, the "heaviest hitters"
seem to have delayed their applications
until the program's rules were finalized
in late August. "We expect to see a flood
of applications now," Glenn said.
One of the first companies to be told
it would lose millions of dollars in tax
breaks asked for a chance to revise its
application. One of the revisions was a
guarantee of an 85 percent reduction in
toxic emissions by 1996, which improved
its environmental score considerably.
Companies can lose as
much as 25 percent of their
tax exemption if their
emissions-to-jobs ratios
are too high.
The program was conceived by
Secretary of Environmental Quality Paul
Templet, with the strong support of
Governor Buddy Roemer. "We weren't
going to be able to solve Louisiana's
problems if we continued to bring in
these huge bulk chemical plants," said
Templet, a former professor of environ-
mental studies. More than 90 percent of
the state's hazardous waste is generated
by less than 7 percent of its industrial
facilities.
Industrial tax exemptions are in-
tended to stimulate the state's economic
development, but "many of the exemp-
tions granted were to companies
already located within Louisiana for
expansions which created few or no
permanent jobs," according to state
policy and planning administrator
Maurice Knight. Louisiana ranks 46th in
the nation in per capita income, despite
exempting over $300 million in indus-
trial taxes every year.
The new program in part uses an
emissions-to-jobs ratio to give incentive
to industries that are labor-intensive
rather than pollution-intensive, Knight
explained. Companies can lose as much
as 25 percent of their tax exemption if
their emissions-to-jobs ratios are too
high.
Also, companies can lose up to
another 25 percent of their tax exemp-
tion if they have bad records for envi-
ronmental violations, going back to
January 1990. To reward companies for
improving environmental performance,
past violations are discounted over time,
and no longer considered after 5 years.
To discourage companies from tying up
every penalty in litigation, the program
stipulates that violations that are
voluntarily settled have their impact on
tax exemption awards cut in half.
To offset these tax exemption losses,
the program offers bonus percentage
points for companies that, for example,
have reduced or will pledge to reduce
emissions from 1988 levels by at least 5
percent per year, or will create new jobs
in the state's high-unemployment reg-
ions. "Major companies are coming to
us and saying, 'What do we have to do to
win these bonus points?' " said Glenn.
Companies automatically lose half
their tax exemption if more than one-
fifth of their products are EPA-banned
or designated-to-be-banned materials
such as DDT or CFCs. They lose their
entire tax exemption if more than 15
percent of their net hazardous waste
comes from out of state. Facilities with
groundwater contamination or a history
of negligence may have to undergo a
more detailed environmental review
before their tax exemption status is
determined.
For more information about Louisi-
ana's program, contact J. Glenn or M.
Knight in the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality, (504) 765-0720.

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Pollution Prevention News - 4
Aug.-Sept. 1991
Corporate Notes
New Form R Requirements Coming
New requirements are being pro-
posed for Form R, the Toxic Release
Inventory, as mandated by the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990. The proposed
requirements will affect all facilities
required to submit Form R under
section 313 of the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act.
EPA is advising companies to begin
planning now, since the requirements
are applicable to calendar year 1991,
which will first be reported to EPA and
states by July 1,1992.
The Pollution Prevention Act re-
quires that the following data be
submitted for each toxic chemical for
which a facility submits Form R:
• The quantity of the toxic chemical
entering any waste stream (or
otherwise released to the environ-
ment) prior to recycling, treatment, or
disposal during the calendar year; the
percentage change from the previous
year; and estimates for the following
two years.
•	The amount of the toxic chemical
which is recycled at the facility or
elsewhere; the percent change from
the previous year; estimates for the
following two years; and the recy-
cling process(es) used.
•	The amount of toxic chemical that is
treated at the facility or elsewhere
during the year and the percent
change from the previous year.
•	The amount of toxic chemical
released into the environment as a
result of a catastrophic event, reme-
dial action, or other one-time event,
and which is not associated with
production processes.
•	Source reduction practices used with
respect to the toxic chemical at the
facility.
•	Techniques used to identify source
reduction opportunities, including
employee recommendations, external
and internal audits, participatory
team management, and material
balance audits.
•	A ratio of production in the reporting
year to production in the previous
year.
The proposed rule will be published
in the Federal Register in the Fall 1991,
with a final rule scheduled for the end
of the year. EPA is also preparing
guidance to help facilities develop
estimates for these new data elements
and identify sources of data. For more
information, contact the EPCRA Infor-
mation Hotline at 1 -800-535-0202.
Profile: Xerox's Environmental Programs Worth Copying
It's nice to know that the people who
make it easy to generate multiple copies
of documents are also at the forefront of
industrial recycling and source reduc-
tion efforts.
Xerox repairs and remanufactures
many used parts, including power
supplies, motors, paper transport
systems, and metal rollers. In 1990,
Xerox recycled 1 million parts in this
way, worth some $200 million. They are
mostly used as replacement parts, but
sometimes are used in new equipment.
"They are tested to the same standards
as new parts. The quality is always the
same," said Jack Azar, corporate
manager of operations and product
safety. To trim inventory needs and
make it easier to recycle parts, Xerox is
changing designs so that related
products share a greater proportion of
interchangeable components.
Xerox is testing toner containers
made from 25 percent recycled plastic
resins, and is studying the feasibility of
using recyclable and recycled plastics in
its copiers themselves. "We're working
with the plastics manufacturers as well
as some of the recyclers," said Azar.
Also, every year, the company recovers
some 34 million pounds of metal and
other materials from scrapped parts,
and reclaims nickel, aluminum, and
selenium from used photoreceptors.
Xerox cut its hazardous emissions
and releases in half between 1988 and
1989 and another 15 percent between
1989 and 1990. New recovery systems in
Xerox's organic photoreceptor plants are
expected to cut methylene chloride
emissions by more than 85 percent by
this October. The company helped to
develop Iimonene, a biodegradable
terpene extracted from orange peels,
which is used with water to replace
1,1,1-trichloroethane in cleaning, saving
Xerox 1.5 million pounds of chlorinated
hydrocarbon waste and a half million
pounds in air emissions per year. Now
Xerox is evaluating an alternative
cleaning method that would minimize
the use of Iimonene and water.
Xerox has taken steps to make energy
conservation inherent in the design of
their machines themselves. In the early
1980s, Xerox was the first U.S. company
to incorporate automatic energy-saving
modes into the design of copiers and
Joseph Stulb, operations manager,
Environmental Engineering: "A compound
made from orange peels . . . has replaced
the need for a chlorinated solvent."
printers. Today, Xerox is also working
on toners that fuse at lower tempera-
tures and improved insulation to reduce
heat loss around the fuser. Also, Xerox
workstations have a "quick power-
down" option that allows users to shut
off idle equipment with minimum delay
during power-down and power-up.
For more information on Xerox's
pollution prevention efforts, contact
Abhay K. Bhushan, manager of environ-
mental leadership programs, at (408)
737-4407 (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
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Aug.-Sept. 1991
5 - Pollution Prevention News
Case Study
Waste Reduction Options at a Printing Company
A printing company produces, on a
quick turnaround basis, legal forms,
business cards, and office supplies for
the legal profession. The manufacturing
operations of the facility involve two
major procedures, engraving and
printing. These activities and related
procedures, including photo processes
and etching, present potential opportu-
nities for waste reduction.
One objective of this study was to
make the most efficient use of limited
technical time resources by developing a
concise listing of opportunity areas and
technology options.
Processes, Waste Streams, and
Options
The first step in either engraving or
printing is a photographic operation.
After the creative design, artistic, and
layout work is completed by the design
group, a photographic negative is
produced using a normal photographic
process with typical development
techniques. Subsequently, a
phototransfer step is used to reproduce
the image on a metal plate. Copper
plates are used in the engraving process
and aluminum plates in the printing
process.
Currently, the developer and related
solutions are managed as hazardous
waste. Because of the silver content of
the photographic process, it is possible
that the liquid waste streams, particu-
larly the spent developer solution,
contain enough silver to support a silver
recovery operation.
The Engraving Process
The primary step within the engrav-
ing process where waste reduction
opportunities occur is in the etching
operation. Fundamentally, the etching
step accomplishes the chemical removal
of unprotected copper from the copper
plate creating depth differences on the
plate which can be used to transfer the
image to the paper. The chemical
system uses a solution consisting of 55%
ferric chloride and 45% hydrochloric
acid. The spent acidic iron and copper
chloride solution is currently disposed
of at annual cost exceeding $10,000.
A number of waste reduction options
can be proposed for this operation. The
first is to identify and use an off-site
vendor which would regenerate the
bath solution by copper removal, and
return the renewed solution to the
company, for reuse. The second option
would encourage the acquisition of
electrolytic equipment to carry out the
bath regeneration on site. A third option
is to shift to a new chemical system
using a cupric chloride solution as the
etchant rather than the ferric chloride
solution now used.
The final step in engraving plate
preparation is plate cleaning. Removal
of the polymeric photoresist protective
coating is accomplished by immersing
the plate in a bath of of N-methylpyroli-
done. Currently, the spent solvent from
this cleaning process is handled as a
hazardous waste. Two options provide
opportunities for waste reduction. One
is recovery and reuse of the organic
solvent via distillation.,The other option
is to switch from a chemical cleaning
process to a mechanical cleaning
technique such as polishing, brushing or
sandblasting.
The final operation in the engraving
process is the impression itself. Ink
sludge is generated by the cleaning of
equipment at the rate of approximately
110 gal/yr. Two waste reduction
options exist for this waste - dewatering
via filtration, centrifugation or drying,
or use of the ink solids as raw material
in the manufacturing of the ink.
The Printing Process
The fundamental differences between
the engraving process and the printing
processlie in the type of plate used and
the composition of the ink. The two
areas within the printing process which
present the most promising pollution
prevention opportunities are in the
impression step and in the equipment
cleaning step. The impression step
would involve a change from solvent
based inks to a water based ink system.
The equipment cleaning waste reduc-
tion option would involve a switch to
water based cleaner.
The full report entitled "Waste
Reduction Activities and Options at a
Printer of Forms and Supplies for the
Legal Profession" by Patrick Eyraud
and Daniel J. Watts is available from:
EPA/RREL, Pollution Prevention
Research Branch, 26 W. Martin Luther
King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268.
PG&E, EPA Team Up
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and
EPA Region 9 have entered into an
agreement to work together on pol-
lution prevention activities. The
partnership will promote pro-
grams that prevent and reduce pol-
lution and increase public under-
standing and action in pollution
prevention.
In addition to a research project,
four projects have been identified:
•	The "Energy Efficiency in Federal
Buildings" project targets federally
owned and leased buildings on
which to perform energy audits, and
to implement the audit recommen-
dations for energy improvements.
•	The "Home Audit" project aims to
expand the existing energy audits
PG&E performs to address radon
gas, carbon monoxide, asbestos, and
household hazardous wastes.
•	The "Clean Fuel Vehicles" project
will assist and more effectively pro-
mote PG&E's existing clean fuels
program.
•	A "Pollution Prevention Educa-
tion" project will combine PG&E's
access to its 4.2 million electric cus-
tomers with EPA's environmental
expertise to educate consumers and
encourage individual actions to pre-
vent pollution.
For more information, contact Alisa
Greene at EPA, 415-744-2190.

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Pollution Prevention News - 6
Aug.-Sept. 1991
Environmental Education News
Study Says Local
Committees Opt Out of
Pollution Prevention
A new study suggests that local
emergency planning committees
(LEPCs) established under the 1986
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act are not getting
involved in risk reduction or pollution
prevention. Researchers at Tufts
University's Center for Environmental
Management say that LEPCs appear not
to be going beyond their legal obligation
to develop emergency response plans
for environmental disasters.
Under the 1986 act (also known as
SARA Title III), LEPCs have access to
previously unavailable information about
the use and emission of toxic chemicals in
their area. "These committees could play
an important role in prevention, but they
will have to be persuaded and they will
need help," said former project manager
Kathleen Rest.
For a copy of the study, "Risk
Communication ad Community Right-
to-Know: A Four-Community Study of
SARA Title III," send a check for $18,
payable to "Trustees of Tufts College,"
to Karen McDonald, CEM, Tufts
University, Curtis Hall, 474 Boston Ave.,
Medford, MA 02155 (617-381-3486).
Training Begins for Toxic Use
Reduction Planners
Jack Luskin, Sc.D.
Associate Director
for Education and Training
Massachusetts Toxics Use
Reduction Institute
The Massachusetts Toxics Use
Reduction Act of 1989 established a
new paradigm for industry-govern-
ment relationships in which coopera-
tion toward achieving a common goal
(a 50% reduction in the amount of
toxic waste generated by 1997)
replaced a "compliance only" ap-
proach to environmental protection.
Under the Act, companies that use
toxic chemicals above an applicable
threshold amount must develop toxic
use reduction plans. These plans are
due in 1994 and must be approved by
certified Toxics Use Reduction
Planners.
Beginning in October, the Toxics
Use Reduction Institute will be offer-
ing a pilot course for planners. The
course, which is the first step in the
certification process for planners, will
be 48 hours long, consisting of three
hour sessions, twice per week for
eight weeks, to be held at the Univer-
sity of Massachusetts at Lowell.
This fall will also see the start of an
exciting new pollution prevention
education project. Pollution Prevention
in the Pulp and Paper Industry is
targeted to middle school teachers and
students, and will utilize new interac-
tive and participatory learning tech-
nologies, including distance learning.
Working jointly with the Massa-
chusetts Corporation for Educational
Telecommunications, the Institute will
be developing curriculum to make
students more aware of the pollution-
generating aspects of consumer
lifestyles, and their own ability to
affect the environment through the
use of selective consumerism. It will
also give middle school teachers
experience in the theory and practice
of pollution prevention education.
For more information, contact the
Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction
Institute, University of Lowell, 1
University Avenue, Lowell, MA
01854, tel: 508-934-3275.
Native American
College Students
Pair up with SERI
Researchers
An agreement between the Solar
Energy Research Institute (SERI) and the
Council of Energy Resource Tribes
(CERT) will bring Native American
students to SERI to broaden their
education in energy, science, and
engineering. The students will use the
knowledge gained in the fellowship
program to help guide the environmen-
tally safe development of tribal re-
sources.
Under the agreement, CERT will
recruit and screen student applicants for
the program. The fellowships will pair
students with SERI researchers who will
be exposed to the new energy technolo-
gies being developed at SERI. SERI,
owned by the U.S. Department of
Energy, is a leading laboratory in solar
and renewable energy research. For
more information, contact Syl Morgan-
Smith at SERI, 303-231-7683.
EPA's 1991 National
Environmental
Information Conference
December 2-5, 1991
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Joe Hamilton
Tel: 215-597-8046, Fax: 215-597-8255
WERCForce
WERCForce, an innovative educa-
tion and research consortium of
New Mexico institutions, is hosting
a weekly video-conference running
through November 1991 that offers
training on hazardous and radioac-
tive waste management, including
methods of waste minimization.
Members of the consortium include
New Mexico State University,
University of New Mexico, New
Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology, Sandia National
Laboratories, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, and Navajo Commu-
nity College (Associate). For more
information, call 505-646-2038.

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Aug.-Sept. 1991
7 - Pollution Prevention Neius
Resources
EPA Office of Pollution Prevention
Recent publications from EPA's Office of Pollution Preven-
tion include:
•	The 1991 edition of Pollution Prevention Training Opportuni-
ties Guide — contains listings of workshops, training courses,
manuals, videos, etc.
•	Report on EPA's Pollution Prevention Program (May 1991) —
a 25-page summary of EPA's activities in pollution prevention
over the last three years.
•	Fact Sheets on topics in pollution prevention, including:
EPA's Pollution Prevention Strategy; the Pollution Prevention Act
of 1990; Local Governments and Pollution Prevention; and Recent
EPA Publications on Pollution Prevention.
To obtain copies of any of these publications, call Priscilla
Flattery at 202-260-1023.
Pollution Prevention at Denver Airport
Making pollution prevention a reality at the Denver
International Airport will be the goal of David Duster, an
environmental scientist with EPA serving as the Pollution
Prevention Coordinator to the New Airport Office at
Stapleton, CO for a one-year IPA assignment. EPA Region 8
signed an agreement in March 1991 with the Denver Interna-
tional Airport to promote pollution prevention in the airport's
design, operation and maintenance. Airport staff have
applied state-of-the-art technology in areas of fueling, air
quality, water conservation and glycol (de-icing) handling.
EPA is providing additional technical support on pollution
prevention in the areas of waste management, water and
energy conservation, and air quality. The cooperative effort
represents a model for EPA's work with local governments in
a supportive, ex-officio role. For more information, contact
Sharon Childs in EPA Region 8, 303-293-1471.
Final Groundwater Strategy
EPA has released its Final Ground Water Strategy, emphasizing
prevention of pollution and sustainability of ground-water
resources for present and future generations. The strategy,
representing the final report of an EPA Groundwater Task
Force formed in 1989, indicates how EPA will use water
quality standards and cancer risk levels in making specific
decisions on prevention and cleanup. For copies of the report,
contact EPA at 202-260-4454.
Gulfline BBS. . .
... is a free electronic bulletin board operated by the EPA
Gulf of Mexico Program. Resources available include an
electronic mail system, full text of the program's newsletter
Gulfline, news and event updates, and a directory of Gulf
experts. To access, call 1-800-235-4662 or FTS 494-7081 (9600
baud, data 8/stop 1, parity-none, duplex full). For help, call
the system manager, Robert Glass, FTS 494-1065.
Environmental Consumer Market
An EPA report released in April 1991, Assessing the Environ-
mental Consumer Market, documents over 40 examples of
environmentally-oriented goods and services that promote
source reduction, recycling, natural resource conservation,
and animal species preservation. Examples range from
"Wetlands Preserve," an environmental bar that opened in
1989 in New York City, to Melitta's line of unbleached coffee
filters. Single copies of the report are available (while sup-
plies last) from: Public Information Center, U.S. EPA, 401 M
St. SW, Washington, DC 20460.
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Scrap and Save
The Northeast Waste Management Officials Association has
released two reports, Scrap Tire Management in the NEWMOA
States ($40) and Source Reduction of Toxic Metals in Household
Batteries: Federal, State and Industry Initiatives ($30). Copies are
half-price for government and non-profit organizations.
Available from NEWMOA, 85 Merrimac St., Boston, MA
02114, Tel: 617-367-8558.
The Green Business Letter. . .
... is a monthly newsletter that offers hands-on information
for "environmentally conscious companies" and those that
would like to be. A recent issue covers how to save electricity
in office equipment. For a free sample copy, write: Joel
Makower, Editor, The Green Business Letter, 1526 Connecti-
cut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 or call: 202-332-1700.
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Report on Barriers to Pollution Prevention
prepared by the Minnesota Office of Waste Management
(March 1991), examines regulatory, economic, educational,
and institutional barriers to promoting pollution prevention
in Minnesota, and outlines recommendations for how the
state government can serve as a role model. For copies of the
publication, call 612-649-5750 or 800-652-9747.
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EPA's Wetlands Hotline:
800-832-7828
Open Mon-Fri, 9-5:30 EST. Callers can receive information
and answers to questions regarding wetlands functions,
value, and protection programs.
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Groundwater Reference Guide
A 26-page, easy-to-use bibliography of groundwater materials
has been compiled by the University of Michigan Biological
Station with support from the Groundwater Education in
Michigan program. For a free copy, write to UMBS, Pellston,
MI 49769, or call 616-539-8789.

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Pollution Prevention News - 8	Aug.-Sept. 1991
Calendar
Title
Sponsor
Date/Location
Contact
8th Annual New Jersey
Environmental Expo
NJ Dept. of Env.
Protection, others
Oct. 21-23
Edison, NJ
Virginia Maguire
201-379-1100
W.Va. Conference on
the Environment
W.Va. Environmental
Institute
Oct. 3-4
Charleston, WV
Patrick Gallagher
304-342-2123
Enviro Expo
BIC Resources
Oct. 29-30
Beaumont, TX
Tel: 800-467-3141
Fax: 504-752-0140
International WasteCycle
Waste Tech/Canadian
Waste Management Conf.,
ISWA Annual Technical
Conference
Environment Canada, NSWMA
APWA, U.S. -Canadian
Federation, SWAN A
Oct. 29-Nov. 1
Toronto, ON
Cynthia Clemmer
202-659-4613
800-424-2869
Special Solid Wastes
Clemson Univ. College
of Engineering
Oct. 29-30
Columbia, SC
800-277-1109
803-656-3308
Pollution Prevention
Course
Government Institutes
Oct. 31-Nov. 1
Washington, DC
Tel: 301-921-2345
Fax: 301-921-0373
Environmental Shopping/
Labeling Conferences
Sponsored by EPA Region 3 and the
Pennsylvania Resources Council,
Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, in Baltimore, MD.
Speakers will discuss local, state, na-
tional, and international labeling ini-
tiatives, examine the environmental
costs of convenience, and explore the
establishment of a national labeling
policy. Contact: 215-565-9131 (PRC);
215-597-6728 (EPA).
1991 Binational Great Lakes/
St. Lawrence River Pollution
Prevention Symposium
Sponsored by Environment Canada and
U.S. EPA, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, Traverse City,
MI, to be held in conjunction with the
International Joint Commission's 1991
Biennial Meeting. Focus on industrial
competitiveness through pollution pre-
vention, individual empowerment and
the use of regulations and incentives.
Contact: Cathy Stubitsch, 312-263-2383.
Environmental Protection
Information Conference
Sponsored by the Environmental
Learning Institute, Oct. 22-24 in
Washington, D.C. Sessions on energy
efficiency, transportation, life cycle
analyses, environmental business
opportunities abroad, model pro-
grams, procurement, agriculture.
Keynote address by Senator A1 Gore.
For information, call 301-309-0700;
fax: 301-340-7214.
United States Environmental
Protection Agency (PM-222B)
Washington, DC 20460
Official Business
Penalty for Private Use $300
FIRST CLASS MAIL
POSTAGE & FEES PAID
EPA
PERMIT NO. G-35
Oil Recycling Works!
Used oil from a single oil change can
ruin a million gallons of fresh water—a
year's supply for 50 people
One gallon of used oil can be re-refined
into 2.5 quarts of high q uality lubricating
oil.
Don't dump. Recycle!

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