Effluent Guidelines

Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source Category

EPA 821-R-02-004

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Entire Document (PDF) (5.7 MB, 1,045 pages)

Cover, Table of Contents, Sections 1-5 (PDF) (1. 2MB, 126 pages)
- Applicability and Summary of Final Regulation
- Background
- Data Collection
- Analytical Methods and Baseline Values
- Description of the Industry
Sections 6-8 (PDF) (4.3 MB, 188 pages)
- Subcategorization
- Wastewater Characterization
- Pollution Prevention and Wastewater Treatment Technologies
Sections 9-11 (PDF) (4.2 MB, 268 pages)
- Technology Options Considered as the Basis of theRegulation
- Incremental Investment and Operating and Maintenance Costs for the Regulation
- Pollutant Loadings
Sections 12-17 (PDF) (1.4 MB, 159 pages)
- Regulated Pollutants
- Production-Normalized Flows
- Limitations and Standards: Data Selection and Calculation
- Non-Water Quality Environmental Impacts
- Implementation of Part 420 through the NPDES and Pretreatment Program
- Glossary
Appendix A and B (PDF) (437 K, 31 pages)
- Survey Design and Calculation of National Estimates
- Modified Delta-Lognormal Distribution
Appendix C (PDF) (Tables are not 508 Accessible, 349 K, 250 pages)
- Data Used for Data Editing Criteria for Pollutants of Concern
Appendix D and E (PDF) (766 K, 23 pages)
- Episode-specific Long-term Averages for Pollutants of Concern
- Attachments for Section 14