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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP REPORT
Pages 4-7

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... The principal objective of the decision-making process is to protect and enhance social welfare, a commitment that encompasses public health, environmental protection, and direct costs. The steps in the multimedia selection process are (1)
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... The structural geology and stratigraphy of intended sites for disposal on land need to be evaluated in terms of such features as synclines, anticlines, faults, bedding planes, and burial stream valleys, which may either collect or divert water or waste and force it along pathways that cannot be predicted by simple analysis of pressure gradients. Predictions of waste behavior in the oceans that will allow the estimation of impacts on public health, ecosystems, and aesthetic factors involve prediction of spatial and temporal concentrations of the substances and of the oceanic constituents that interact with the wastes.
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... There is no simple index that identifies irremediable damage to populations, communities, or ecosystems. The threats to public health involve the return to human habitats of undesirable concentrations of toxic substances or pathogens associated with the wastes.
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... Existing regulations or agency actions may bias the final decision toward an environmentally or economically unsound practice. The available or obtainable information permits selecting a sewage sludge disposal option based on technically supported data from the different media.
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  • process involved
  • acid neutralization
  • factors involve
  • public attitudes

  • biological impacts
  • waste specificities
  • statutory framework
  • initial screening
  • direct costs

  • acid wastes
  • toxic substances
  • oceanic constituents
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  • burial stream
  • framework links
  • involved public
  • ecosystem integrity
  • seasonal flow


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