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6. CASE STUDY B: REPORT OF THE PANEL ON INDUSTRIAL WASTES
6. CASE STUDY B: REPORT OF THE PANEL ON INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Pages 186-208
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It also lends itself to refinement by integrating evaluations of short- and long-term environmental impacts into a single predictive statistic and by integrating institutional and environmental factors. This matrix is similar to one that was developed to compare the environmental impacts of ocean disposal with those related to alternative disposal practices and submitted in conjunction with an Ocean Dumping Permit Application to the Environmental Protection Agency (Energy Resources Co., Inc., 1981)
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The alternatives are normally screened to determine: Technical feasibility Economic reasonableness Environmental acceptability An evaluation of technical feasibility involves determining whether a particular alternative can be accomplished. Deep-well disposal of a waste, for example, might be quickly eliminated as an option if no geologic formations that could accept wastes in the quantities anticipated were known to existe An examination of economic reasonableness might show that certain options would be prohibitively expensive because of the effects of utilizing such options on the price of a product.
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Table 6.2 lists the types of information required for environmental and institutional assessments. 6.3 IMPACT ASSESSMENT In this section, the panel proposes a matrix for comparing final disposal alternatives with respect to their impacts on air, water, land, ocean, institutional, and community variables.
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Location of generating process Waste disposal locations Character of waste disposal location (e.g., geology, hydrology, climatology, topography) ocean)
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Thus, small differences in summary scores probably will not be important. 6.3.1 Environmental Impacts The impact of a waste disposal option on the air would consist of changes in air quality affecting human health, human welfare, biota, and property.
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Human welfare, such as aesthetic or recreational opportunities, could be impacted by the use of large areas of land for waste disposal. The impact would be short term or long term, depending on whether the land could be returned to other use after disposal was completed.
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That would mean a significant increase in truck traffic and thus a significant increase in energy consumption, air pollution, and noise. An engineering study of the neutralization process produced a detailed estimate of capital, operating, and maintenance costs and of engineering parameters (material balances, manpower, material usage, for example)
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Proper ty 1 0 0 0 0 3.
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Impacts Relative (-5 to +5 ) Impor tance Short Term Med ium and Areas of Concern Scale 1-3 Mag.
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