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Hazardous Waste Management : Introduction and Background.
Title:
Hazardous Waste Management : Introduction and Background.
Author:
Sengupta, Sukalyan.
ISBN:
9781945612893
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (141 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT, VOLUME I -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDSCAPE -- 1.1 LANDMARK EPISODES -- 1.1.1 RACHEL CARSON'S SILENT SPRING -- 1.1.2 MINAMATA BAY DISASTER -- 1.1.3 LOVE CANAL -- 1.1.4 TIMES BEACH, MISSOURI -- 1.2 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK -- 1.2.1 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) -- 1.2.1.1 Definition of Solid Waste -- 1.2.1.2 General Definition of Hazardous Waste -- 1.2.1.3 RCRA Provisions -- 1.2.1.4 The Mixture Rule -- 1.2.1.5 Derived Waste -- 1.2.1.6 Hazardous Waste Generators-40 CFR Part 262 -- 1.2.1.7 Transporters-Sec 3003 40 CFR Part 263 -- 1.2.1.8 Treat, Store, Dispose Sec. 3004 40 CFR Part 264, 265, 266, 268 -- 1.2.1.9 1984 Land Disposal Regulations -- 1.2.2 COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) -- 1.2.2.1 Difference between Hazardous Substance versus Pollutant or Contaminant -- 1.2.2.2 Petroleum Exclusion: -- 1.2.2.3 CERCLA Release -- 1.2.2.4 CERCLA Action -- 1.2.2.5 National Contingency Plan -- 1.2.2.6 Site Cleanup Standards -- 1.2.2.7 Definition of an ARAR -- 1.2.2.8 Liability -- 1.2.2.9 Effect of CERCLA on Real Estate and Business Transactions -- 1.2.2.10 Settlements with Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) -- 1.2.2.11 Contributory Parties (CP) -- 1.2.2.12 Statute of Limitations -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY -- 2.1 VAPOR PRESSURE -- 2.1.1 VAPOR PRESSURE OF A MIXTURE -- 2.1.2 RELATIONSHIP OF VAPOR PRESSURE WITH TEMPERATURE -- 2.2 SOLUBILITY -- 2.2.1 AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY OF A LIQUID ORGANIC COMPOUND -- 2.2.2 AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY OF A VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND -- 2.3 PARTITIONING -- 2.3.1 OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT -- 2.3.2 BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR -- 2.4 SORPTION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3: FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS -- 3.1 GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT.

3.1.1 DARCY'S LAW -- 3.1.2 DIFFUSION -- 3.1.3 DISPERSION -- 3.1.4 ADVECTIVE-DISPERSIVE EQUATION -- 3.2 ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4: TOXICOLOGY -- 4.1 DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP -- 4.2 PHARMACOKINETICS -- 4.3 NONCARCINOGENIC EFFECTS -- 4.4 CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5: RISK ASSESSMENT -- 5.1 CONCEPT OF RISK -- 5.2 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION -- 5.3 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- 5.4 TOXICITY ASSESSMENT -- 5.5 RISK CHARACTERIZATION -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX -- Ad Page -- Back Cover.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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