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Effluent Guidelines
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Iron and Steel
Proposed Rule: Supporting Documents
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- Development Document for the Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category (EPA 821-B-00-011)
- Cover (PDF)
- Introduction, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Sections 1 through 6 (PDF) (129 pages, 695 K)
- Applicability and Summary of Proposed Regulation
- Background
- Data Collection
- Analytical Methods and Baseline Values
- Description of the Industry
- Subcategorization
- Sections 7 and 8 (text only) (PDF) (101 pages, 336 K)
- Wastewater Characterization
- Technology Options
- Section 8 (Figures) (PDF) (21 pages, 674 K)
- Section 9 (PDF) (97 pages, 618 K)
- Incremental Investment and Operating and Maintenance Costs for Proposed Regulation
- Sections 10 and 11 (PDF) (168 pages, 612 K)
- Pollutant Loadings
- Regulated Pollutants
- Sections 12 through 15 (PDF) (139 pages, 510 K)
- Limitations and Standards: Data Selection and Calculation
- Non-water Quality Environmental Impacts
- Selected Options and Proposed Effluent Limitations and Standards
- Implementation of Part 420 Through the NPDES and Pretreatment Programs
- Section 16 and all Appendices (PDF) (205 pages, 639 K)
- Glossary
- Appendix A Survey Design and Calculation of National Estimates
- Appendix B Revised Editing Criteria for POTW Pass-through Analysis
- Appendix C Revised Data Conventions
- Appendix D Aggregated Data Listing
- Appendix E Modified Delta-lognormal Distribution
- Appendix F Attachments for Section 12
- Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines for the Iron and Steel Industry (PDF) (164 pages, 571 K; EPA 821-B-00-010) (Volume II not included)
- Economic Analysis of the Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category (EPA 821-B-00-009)
- Cover, Table of Contents, Executive Summary (PDF) (23 pages, 442 K)
- Chapters 1 and 2 (PDF) (50 pages, 304 K)
- Introduction
- Industry Profile
- Chapter 3 (PDF) (28 pages, 464 K)
- EPA Survey
- Chapters 4 through 9 (PDF) (77 pages, 354 K)
- Economic Impact Methodology
- Regulatory Options: Descriptions, Costs, and Conventional Pollutant Removals
- Economic Impact Results
- Small Business Analysis
- Environmental Benefits
- Cost-Benefit Comparison and Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Analysis
- Appendices (PDF) (66 pages, 486 K)
- Appendix A Cost Annualization Model
- Appendix B Cross-Reference Between NAICS and SIC Codes
- Appendix C Cost-Effectiveness Analysis