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of
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Memorandum
From:
Carey
A.
Johnston,
P.
E.
USEPA/
OW/
OST
ph:
(
202)
566
1014
johnston.
carey@
epa.
gov
To:
Public
Record
for
the
Effluent
Guidelines
Program
Plan
for
2004/
2005
DCN
01112,
Section
2.2.1
EPA
Docket
Number
OW­
2003­
0074
(
www.
epa.
gov/
edockets/)

Date:
August
17,
2004
Re:
Industrial
Wastewater
Technology
Websites
EPA
reviewed
information
from
three
websites
for
information
on
applicable
and
demonstrated
technologies,
process
changes,
or
pollution
prevention
alternatives
that
can
effectively
reduce
the
pollutants
remaining
in
an
industry
category's
wastewater
and
thereby
substantially
reduce
any
identified
risk
to
human
health
or
the
environment
associated
with
those
pollutants.
These
websites
include
the
European
Integrated
Pollution
Prevention
and
Control
Bureau,
Canadian
Wastewater
Technology
Centre,
and
the
Australian
Department
of
Environment
and
Heritage
Eco­
efficiency
&
Cleaner
Production
Case
Studies.

European
Integrated
Pollution
Prevention
and
Control
Bureau
The
European
Union
has
a
set
of
common
rules
on
permitting
for
industrial
installations.
These
rules
are
set
out
in
the
so­
called
IPPC
Directive
of
1996.
IPPC
stands
for
Integrated
Pollution
Prevention
and
Control.
In
essence,
the
IPPC
Directive
is
about
minimizing
pollution
from
various
point
sources
throughout
the
European
Union.
All
installations
covered
by
Annex
I
of
the
Directive
are
required
to
obtain
a
permit
from
the
authorities
in
the
EU
countries.
Unless
they
have
a
permit,
they
are
not
allowed
to
operate.
The
permits
must
be
based
on
the
concept
of
Best
Available
Techniques
(
or
BAT),
which
is
defined
in
Article
2
of
the
Directive.
These
BAT
reports
are
listed
at:
http://
www.
jrc.
es/
pub/
english.
cgi/
0/
733169.

Canadian
Wastewater
Technology
Centre
The
Environmental
Technology
Advancement
Directorate's
Wastewater
Technology
Centre
(
WTC)
located
in
Burlington,
Ontario,
has
been
in
operation
since
1972.
It
provides
specialized
science
and
technical,
research
and
development
support
as
well
as
demonstration
and
validation
for
Environment
Canada
(
EC).
Among
other
specialties,
the
WTC
develops
and
assesses
novel
industrial
and
municipal
wastewater
treatment
technologies.
This
work
supports
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EC's
efforts
in
pollution
prevention,
management
of
existing
toxic
substances,
identification
of
new
toxic
substances
and
treatment
technologies.
Reports
from
the
WTC
can
be
downloaded
from:
http://
www.
ec.
gc.
ca/
etad/
en/
wtc_
e.
htm.

Australian
Department
of
Environment
and
Heritage
Eco­
efficiency
&
Cleaner
Production
Case
Studies
The
Australian
Department
of
the
Environment
and
Heritage
is
working
in
partnership
with
Australian
business
and
industry
in
the
promotion
and
implementation
of
initiatives
and
best
practice
to
improve
corporate
environmental
performance.
These
initiatives
include
the
uptake
tools
such
as
voluntary
corporate
sustainability
or
Triple
Bottom
Line
Reporting,
eco
efficiency
and
cleaner
production
strategies,
Environmental
Management
Systems
(
EMS),
life
cycle
assessment
techniques,
environmental
management
accounting,
supply
chain
management
and
other
tools
with
wide
applicability
to
a
range
of
industries.
A
series
of
case
studies
demonstrating
improved
energy
efficiency
and
reductions
of
environmental
releases
are
listed
at:
http://
www.
deh.
gov.
au/
industry/
corporate/
eecp/
industry.
html
