United States Environmental Research
Environmental Protection Information Center
Agency Cincinnati OH 45268
March 1979
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Successful 1978 WPCF Conference
The Water Pollution Control Federation held its 51st annual conference
October 1-6, 1978, at the Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Almost
10,000 participants attended the 42 technical sessions, pre-conference work-
shops and exhibition. The display area featured exhibits from industry, profes-
sional groups, and for the ninth consecutive year, the Environmental Protection
Agency.
This year, seven EPA programs combined forces to produce a single exhibit.
Qualified agency personnel met and talked with conference attendees and dis-
tributed literature pertinent to each EPA program represented. The seven
programs participating in this effort were:
(1) Environmental Research Information Center
(2) Effluent Guidelines
(3) Solid Waste
(4) Construction Grants
(5) Manpower and Training
(6) 208 Planning
(7) Operations and Maintenance
ERIC's Technology Transfer personnel distributed about 3000 copies of a pro-
cess design manual entitled, "Municipal Sludge Landfills." The new manual
provides comprehensive, up-to-date information to assist with planning, design
and operation of a landfill receiving municipal wastewater treatment plant
sludge.
The manual (#1010) can be ordered by returning the order form at the back of
this newsletter.
(L to R) Norm Kulujian, USEPA. ERIC; Clifford Risley, Region V. USEPA. Technology Transfer
Chairman; and Douglas Costle. Administrator. USEPA, at the WPCF Conference.
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Workshop on the Use of Nonpoint
Source Pollution Assessment Models
A four-day workshop on the use of models for the assess-
ment of soluble and suspended pollutants from agricul-
tural and rural lands was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on
October 23-27, 1978. The models discussed were the
Agricultural Runoff Management (ARM) and the Nonpoint
Source (NPS) models described in EPA research reports
EPA-600/3-78-080 and EPA-600/3-77-065. These
models were developed under contract by the Office of
Research and Development's Environmental Research
Laboratory located in Athens, Georgia.
The NPS model is designed for continuous simulation of
pollutants in surface water runoff from five different land
use categories. The ARM model is designed to simulate the
continuous runoff of pesticides, sediments and nutrients
from rowcrop agricultural lands.
The workshop discussed the structure and organization of
the models, input description and preparation require-
ments such as the algorithm and parameter processes for
hydrology, sediment, nutrients, pesticides and land use
categories. In addition, parameter estimation and calibra-
tion of the models was discussed.
Work groups were formed to apply the models to actual
situations by utilizing case studies. Parameters were
selected and simulation runs were made on a computer to
test the sensitivity of the models and to determine pollu-
tant loads.
A second workshop is being planned for Chicago during
the first week in May 1979. If you are interested in attend-
ing this workshop, contact Orville Macomber, Environ-
mental Research Information Center, (513) 684-7394.
Hydrocarbon Seminar Series to be
Held This Spring
The Environmental Research Information Center will hold
three seminars to assist surface coaters in complying with
new regulations for reducing volatile organic compound
(VOC) emissions. Many states have been required by the
1977 Clean Air Act Amendments to revise their state
implementation plans (SIPs) for controlling VOCs in order
to attain the ozone air quality standard. These require sur-
face coaters to utilize reasonably available control tech-
nology (RACT), though in some states, notably California,
surface coaters are required to achieve controls that are
more stringent than RACT.
These seminars will present the technologies capable of
meeting or exceeding the emission limits associated with
RACT for surface coating industries. The Los Angeles
seminar will also specify technologies capable of meeting
the more stringent regulations of the California air pollu-
tion control districts.
The seminars are free and you may obtain a registration
form by contacting Norm Kulujian, Environmental
Research Information Center, (513) 684-7394. The dates
for the seminars are:
• Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, March 29-30, 1979
• Chicago, Illinois, April 25-26, 1979
• Los Angeles, California, May 10-11, 1979
The material presented will explain the regulations,
describe low-solvent coating technology with respect to
the VOC emission limits, cover add-on air pollution control
equipment capabilities and engineering changes, and
present plant survey data and information which will
assist in compliance with regulations.
Three important aspects of the presented material are:
— The environmental regulations will be ex-
plained with respect to different coating
systems.
— Descriptions of low-solvent coating technology
and air pollution control equipment will quickly
focus in on their specific capabilities and limita-
tions for meeting industry-specific RACT or
California emission limits.
Small informal groups will be established for
discussing compliance techniques for surface
coating industry RACT or California require-
ments.
The speakers at each seminar are experts in their fields
and have experience in surface coating industries. There
will be ample time for interaction between industry and
government speakers.
These seminars are being co-sponsored by the Society
of Manufacturing Engineer's Association of Finishing
Processors, the National Paint and Coatings Association
and the Air Pollution Control Association.
Two of the three Technology Transfer Handbooks,
Analytical Quality Control in Water and Wastewater
Laboratories and Methods for Chemical Analysis of
Water and Wastes are no longer available from the
Environmental Research Information Center. These
manuals are now available from: Shirley Graden
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH 45268.
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Workshop on Water Quality Screening
Methodology for Nondesignated
208 Areas
A four-day workshop presenting water quality assessment
techniques for estimating pollutant loads from point and
nonpoint sources and evaluating their effect on water
quality in streams, reservoirs and estuaries was held in
New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 27 through Decem-
ber 1, 1978. The workshop was designed to utilize the
manual, "Water Quality Assessment: A Screening Method
for Nondesignated 208 Areas" (EPA-600/9-77-023),
which was developed under contract by the Office of
Research and Development's Environmental Research
Laboratory in Athens, Georgia.
This screening method is a simplified technique and in
most cases can be accomplished with the assistance of a
desktop calculator. The methodology is intended to be used
with little external or collected input; instead, tables,
New EPA Manual Available:
Microbiological Methods for
^Monitoring the Environment —
Water and Wastes
The first EPA manual on microbiology is now available.
Edited by R. H. Bordner and J. A. Winter of the Environ-
mental Monitoring and Support Laboratory (EMSL),
Cincinnati and P. Scarpino of the University of Cincinnati,
this manual is intended for use by the supervisor or analyst
who may be a professional microbiologist, technician,
chemist, engineer or plant operator. It provides uniform
field and laboratory methods recommended for use by
analysts of waters and wastewaters in research, monitor-
ing, standard setting and enforcement activities. The
methods are described in detailed stepwise form for the
bench worker.
This manual covers coliform, fecal coliform, fecal
streptococci, Salmonella, actinomycetes and Standard
Plate Count organisms with the necessary support
sections on sampling, equipment, media, basic microbio-
logical techniques, safety, and quality assurance.
Single copies are available on request from the Quality
Assurance Branch, EMSL-Cincinnati, USEPA, Cincinnati,
OH 45268.
figures, and appendices of the manual provide much of the
working data.
The workshop was divided into four one-day sessions with
participants attending all sessions. The topics discussed
were: (1) assessment of pollutant loading from point and
nonpoint sources; (2) stream analysis for temperature,
BOD, DO, TSS, coliforms, nutrients and conservative
materials; (3) impoundment analysis for thermal stratifica-
tion, sediment accumulation, phosphorus bjjdget, eutro-
phication potential and hypolimnion DO; (4) estuarine
analysis for classification, temperature, BOD, DO, turbid-
ity, sediment accumulation and conservative materials.
A limited quantity of the manual used in this workshop is
available. It can be secured by writing to:
USEPA
Environmental Research Laboratory
College Station Hoaa
Athens, Georgia 30605
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Air Pollution Equipment Operation and
Maintenance Seminars
This new seminar series will provide guidelines and
suggest solutions to commonly encountered problems in
air pollution equipment operation and maintenance.
The seminar is designed to provide an effective inter-
change between the expert speakers and an audience of
environmental managers and engineers in industry,
industrial and utility plant personnel, equipment opera-
tors, air pollution consultants, and environmental agency
personnel. Seminar sites and dates are listed below:
• Atlanta, Georgia — April 10-12, 1979
• Arlington, Virginia — May 14-16, 1979
• San Francisco, California — May 30-June 1,1979
Morning sessions will be conducted by nationally recog-
nized experts affiliated with leading equipment manufac-
turing companies. These speakers have extensive field
experience in the design and operation of air pollution
hardware.
Case histories discussing O&M aspects will be presented
in the afternoon sessions by knowledgeable technical
personnel in industries employing baghouses, electro-
static precipitators, and scrubbers. The final portion of
each day will be allotted to a panel discussion with all
speakers from that day present to answer questions asked
by the attendees.
If you are interested in attending one of these seminars
contact:
Norm Kulujian, Project Officer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Phone: (513) 684-7394
or
Frank Cross P.E., P A.
Attn: Frank L. Cross, Jr., President
2713 Timberlake Drive
Orlando, FL 32806
Phone: (304) 857-0926
Seminar Publication Revised
"Choosing Optimum Financial
Strategies"
Originally published in June 1976, the industrial publica-
tion entitled, "Choosing Optimum Financial Strategies for
Pollution Control Systems" has now been revised and is
ready for distribution.
This publication is intended to alert decision makers to the
availability of and qualifications for some of the financing
incentives from federal, state, and local governments, and
to demonstrate that it is well worth spending time analyz-
ing the special methods of financing pollution control
expenditures and the available tax treatments. Obtaining
optimum financial and tax benefits could save a company
tens of thousands of dollars over the life of the equipment.
Included is a discussion of the tax and financing positions
of three hypothetical firms with different management
goals, but with similar capital expenditures for pollution
control. A separate financial analysis is presented specifi-
cally for firms which have a choice of wastewater treated
onsite or by a municipality.
For a copy of this publication (#3005), see the order form at
the back of this newsletter.
Umiad SlI4at
Environmental Protection
Agency
Choosing Optimum
Financial Strategies
Pollution Control
Systems
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)Joint Municipal and Industrial
Seminar Series on the Pretreatment
of Industrial Wastes
Ten seminars on pretreatment of industrial wastes have
been completed Since the last newsletter, seminars were
held in Denver, Colorado, November 1-2, 1978; Boston,
Massachusetts, November 14-15, 1978; Seattle,
Washington, December 5-6, 1978, and San Francisco,
California, December 7-8, 1978. Attendance was excel-
lent at each, going as high as 523 in Boston.
Since implementation of the pretreatment regulations
requires close cooperation between industry and munici-
palities, representatives from both groups have comprised
the audience for this series. The seminars contained two
joint sessions to allow interaction between the two parties
as well as a split session specifically formulated to present
information unique to the industrial or municipal repre-
sentative. Some of the topics presented were:
— Effluent Guidelines and Pretreatment
Requirements
— Construction Grant Requirements
— Addressing the 65 Priority Pollutants
— Establishing a Cost Effective Sludge Program
— Minimizing Cost by Good Financial
Management
— Establishing a Pretreatment Program
Capsule Report: Fourth Progress
Report—Forced-Oxidation Test Results
at the EPA Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility
This is the fourth in a series of capsule reports describing a
program conducted by the Office of Research and Develop-
ment's Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (IERL-RTP) to test
Prototype lime and limestone wet-scrubbing systems for
removal of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter (fly ash)
from coal-fired boiler flue gases. This report discusses the
results of testing a forced-oxidation process designed to
convert calcium sulfite wastes, produced from lime and
limestone wet-scrubbing systems, to material suitable for
landfill.
The use of flue gas desulfurization systems produces a
waste sludge containing calcium sulfite, calcium sulfate,
and collected fly ash. Calcium sulfite presents a serious
disposal problem because of the difficulty of dewatering.
Three processes have been considered to alleviate this
problem: (1) commercial fixation with additives, (2) blend-
ing sulfite sludge with fly ash, and (3) forced oxidation of
the calcium sulfite to a more tractable calcium sulfate
(gypsum). The forced oxidation procedure was chosen for
testing because of its anticipated economic advantages
and because it produces a waste sludge which is easily de-
watered to greater than 80 percent solids.
The tests are being conducted at the Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) coal-fired Shawnee Power Station near
Paducah, Kentucky. Bechtel National, Inc. of San
Francisco is the major contractor and test director and
TVA is the constructor and facility operator.
o request the capsule report (#2018), use the order form
It the back of this newsletter.
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ERIC Awards New Mailing Contract
Until recently, requests for Technology Transfer news-
letters and publications were forwarded to a mailing
contractor who processed and distributed these materials
from the Washington, D.C., area. As of December 1978, a
firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been performing these
services.
The firm's ability to provide service has enabled them to
acquire over 500 major accounts in the greater Cincinnati
area, as well as function on national and international
levels.
ERIC patrons who have had difficulty with our mailing
services in the past can be assured of improved service in
thefuture. . .now a four-to six-week turn around time can
be expected from date of request to delivery of materials.
Also, a new mailing label will appear on all packages
received from ERIC. The label will designate: (1) contents
within the package, (2) partial shipments, one asterisk, and
(3) publications now available only from the National
Technical Information Service, two asterisks.
The ERIC staff appreciates your patience and conunued
interest in our services.
Seminar Series Ends — Sludge
Treatment and Disposal
The last two in the series of Technology Transfer Municipal
Design Seminars on Sludge Treatment and Disposal were
held November 15-16, 1978, in Dallas, and December
12-13, 1978, in Chicago. The combined attendance ex-
ceeded 4R0 participants.
Completion of these two seminars brings to an end three
years' work, and ten seminars, by the Technology Transfer
Environmental Control Systems Staff and the seminar
speakers. The series, which began in April 1977, has been
continually updated to include the latest information on
design data and research results for treatment and dis-
posal processes. Over 3,000 consulting engineers, muni-
cipal design engineers and government pollution control
officials participated in the series. A municipal seminar
publication has been developed and is available through
ERIC. To order copies of this two-volume publication
(#4012), use the attached order form.
New Environmental Pollution Control
Manual for Textile Processing Industry
A new pollution control manual for the textile industry is
available from the Environmental Research Information
Center (ERIC). This manual will assist process design
engineers, consultants and engineering companies active
in the design or upgrading of textile waste treatment facil-
ities. Although the manual includes chapters discussing
air emissions, the major emphasis is on the wastewater
effluent problem. The manual is a detailed design guide
discussing control alternatives and design, survey tech-
niques and monitoring systems. Agency regulations and
policy are not covered.
Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc., of Atlanta, prepared
this manual under contract to ERIC. Coordination and
technical review was carried out by the Environmental
Sciences Technology Committee of the American Associa-
tion of Textile Chemists and Colorists. The manual (#7002)
can be ordered by filling out the request form at the back of
this newsletter.
Environmental
Pollution
Control
Textile
Processing
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REQUEST FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MATERIAL
The publications listed on this form are the only ones available through the Office of Technology Transfer.
Notice — I# you placed an order for Technology Transfer materials and have not received the material by March 30. 1979,
please resubmit your request on this form. Ir the future, you can expect to receive Technology Transfer material within four
to six weeks of the date of request. {Check appropriate boxes)
PROCESS DESIGN MANUALS
Phosphorus Fleinova) (April 1976) 1001 Q
Ca»t»n Adsorption iQci 1973) ^, 1002 D
Suspended Solids Removal (Jan. 1975) . - .1003 C3
tlpgiaci-.g Ezisdrg Wasiewaier Plants T97< (034
Sulfide-Control ir Sarit&TSe-werage S^ste-ms |Oct 1974) 1005 Q
Sludge Treaimeritarc OispasaUQct 1974J ... ., . ..1006D
Nitrogen Contro-I uclar CO and Sunbury, ftA 2Q13 C
Fusi hroflress Report: Static Pile Composting of Wastewater Sludge.. ..2014- O
Ef*kiem Treatment of Small Municipal Fkrws at Davrsor, Mh ~. 201 & C
C:>ub)eA)k= Flue Gas De&jIFurizaiion Sysierr Applied al ire
Qene-ral Motors Parma, OH Facility - 20*B D
Recovery of Spent Sulfuric Acid From Sfeel Pickling Ope'^iic^s 2017 0
• Fourth Progress Report: Forced-C*idat on Tesl Results al the
EPA Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility , 2018 CD
INDUSTRIAL SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
Erosion and Sediment Control — Surface Mining in ib»
Eastern US {Z Vols.) .,3006 ~
Pollution Abatement in the Fruit and Vegetable Indus try |3 Vol*.) ., . ,3007 ED
Ch&osinp Optimum Menagemeni Strategics . ~ 3006 D
Cc-vjo^t.^ P^lkrticri hc»rr»*ie Manufattjiirig. and Coring cf
Molal Products |3 Vols.)..... 30C9 Q
MUNICIPAL SEMfWAR PUBLICATIONS
Upgrading Lagoons 4001 Q
Physjca!-Chemic*l Wastewater Treatment Plant Pesign 4002 ~
Status of Oxygen/Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment 4003 D
Nitrification and Qenilrilicatkin Facilities .4004 ~
Upgrading Existing Wastewater Treatment Plants — Cose Histories 400$ O
Ftow Evaluation .4006 D
Wastewater Filtration .4007 ~
Physics-Chemical Nitrogen Removal 400$ C
Air Pollution Aspects of Sludge Incineration .4009 D
Land Treatment ot Municipal Wastewater Effluents (3 Volt ] .4Q10 Q
Alternatives for Small Wastewater Treatment Systems <3 Vols ) 4011 ~
Sludge Treatment apd Disposal 12 Votsj 4012 Q
BROCHURES
Environmental Pollution Control Alternative*: Municipal Wastewater ... 6012 O
Forest Harvesting andWBter Quality 5013 D
irrigated AflficirfJura and Water QuaMy Management 5014 Q
Forest Chemicals and Water Quality 601S O
HANDBOOKS
Monitoring Industrial Wastewater [19731 8002
Industrial Guide lor Air Pollution Corrttol (June t97B! , .6004
INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION CONTROL MANUALS
Pulp and Paper Industry — Part 1/Air (Oct 1976) 7001
•Textile Processing Industry (Oct. 1978W 7002
Upgrading Poultry Processing Facilil.es top educe- Pollution [3 Vols i 3001 ~
Upgrading Metal Finishing Facilities to Reduce Pollution (2 Vols.f 3032 D
Upgrading Meat Packing Facilities la Reduce Pollution (3 Vols.I 3031 CD
Upgrading Textile Operations lo ftaduce Pomjlior (i~ Vcls.) 30M D
C^ccairt^ the Optimuirt firiancLial Strategies for Polhjlion Coritrol
S>sierrs .... 3005 ~
EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS
SniMrofir-.tnial Canaideraiicns olEre
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Where to Get Further Information
In order to get details on items appearing in this publication, or any other aspects of the
Technology Transfer Program, contact the EPA Regional Technology Transfer Committee
Chairman in your region
REGION CHAIRMAN
ADDRESS
REGION CHAIRMAN
ADDRESS
Lester Sutton Environmental Protection Agency
John F Kennedy Federal Building
Room 2313
Boston, Massachusetts 02203
617 223-2226
(Maine, N.H., Vt., Mass., R.I., Conn )
Robert Olson Environmental Protection Agency
26 Federal Plaza
New York, New York 10007
212 264-1867
(N Y., N.J., P R., V.I.)
Mildred Smith
7 Robert Markey
Environmental Protection Agency
1 201 Elm Street
First National Building
Dallas, Texas 75270
214 767-2697
(Texas, Okla , Ark , La , N.Mex.)
Environmental Protection Agency
324 East 11th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
816 374-2921
(Kansas, Nebr., Iowa, Mo.)
Albert Montague Environmental Protection Agency
6th & Walnut Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
215 597-9856
(Pa , W.Va., Md„ Del., D C., Va.)
Elmer Chenault Environmental Protection Agency
1860 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado 80295
303 837-2277
(Colo . Mont , Wyo., Utah, N.D, S.D.)
Asa B. Foster, Jr. Environmental Protection Agency
345 CourtJand Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
404 881-4450
(N.C , S C., Ky., Tenn., Ga., Ala., Miss.,
Fla.)
Clifford Risley Environmental Protection Agency
230 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312 886-4625
(Mich., Wis., Minn., III., Ind , Ohio)
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Fred Hoffman
John Osborn
Environmental Protection Agency
215 Fremont Street
San Francisco, California 94105
415 556-6925
(Calif, Ariz., Nev., Hawaii)
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 6th Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101
206 442-1296
(Wash , Ore., Idaho, Alaska)
USEPA - OR&D
Environmental Research Information Center
26 W. St. Clair Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 46268
513 684-7394—7398 (Inc.)
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