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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"RCRA"”.
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Business innovation and regulatory enforcement: case studies of the big box retail industry and enforcement of RCRA
… of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) adapted to the Big Box business system innovation? Additionally, the study explored the possible nature of regulatory choke points that may emerge from the enforcement of RCRA in the Big Box retail system. This study used contingency theory to …
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A geographic information system (GIS) assisted approach for assessing environmental equity in the EPA RCRA program's site inspection selection process
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.
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Pollution control upgrade of a hazardous waste incinerator to comply with regulatory requirements
… obtain a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste incinerator permit. Stack testing revealed that the incinerators operated in excess of lead and particulate emission standards. Lead is an air pollutant associated with a wide range of health effects. This work explores the Air …
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The economic impacts of alternative underground storage tank regulations on the vulnerable segments of the retail motor fuel market in Virginia
… I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA now requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations applicable to all owners and operators of underground storage tanks (USTs) containing petroleum products, and substances listed as hazardous in the …
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Solidification and Stabilization of Contaminated Soil
… under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The site discussed in this paper was contaminated with Naphthalene, heavy metals and other VOCs. In order to find an effective remediation solution it was decided to explore the feasibility of using S/S. Research conducted included exploring …
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Effects of Freezing Temperature on Interface Shear Strength of Landfill Geosynthetic Liner
… regulations in 40 CFR Part 258 (Subtitle D of RCRA), or equivalent state regulations. Hence, application of geosynthetic materials as landfill bottom liners and capping systems has seen a substantial increase over the past few decades. The present work emphasizes the shear strength of …
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Evaluation of Stability Parameters for Landfills
… D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The shortage of time and money has limited the amount of research done on waste stability analysis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the importance of lignocelluloses in biodegradation and the secondary settlement based on dry …
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Field methods for rapidly characterizing contaminant mobility in paint waste during bridge rehabilitation
… of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) metals (i.e., Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, and Se), iron as well as zinc. Leaching studies included the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) and the multiple extraction procedure …
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Modeling Stormwater Pollutant Transport in a Karst Region--Bowling Green, Kentucky
… Output to Surface established the linkages among RCRA sites, their corresponding injection points and ultimately their output springs. These findings are very useful in developing informed stormwater sampling strategies and plans. In future investigations, these results could be verified with …