15 Environmental Concerns Elliott Goldberg and Maung K Min 1.0 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY 1.1 gulatory Concerns Environmental laws and regulations including permits are reviewed in this chapter. Included are the Federal Clean Air Act Amendment(CAAA the Federal Clean Water Act(CWA)regulations, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act(RCra)or, as it is also known, the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Also discussed along with the regulations under osHAre the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH)and the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response(HAzWOPER The environmental regulations covered here are not intended to be all inclusive but to provide a basic understanding of the important environmental laws and regulations 1. 2 Technology The environmental technology section includes reviews of waste water reatment and air and waste minimization/pollution prevention. Waste water treatment procedures discussed include biological treatment, activated car bon adsorption, air and steam stripping chemical precipitation, ion ex- change, and membrane separation 635Environmental Concerns Elliott Goldberg and Maung K. Min 1.0 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY 1.1 Regulatory Concerns Environmental laws and regulations including permits are reviewed in this chapter. Included are the Federal Clean Air Act Amendment (CAAA), the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) or, as it is also known, the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Also discussed along with the regulations under OSHAare the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER). The environmental regulations covered here are not intended to be all￾inclusive but to provide a basic understanding ofthe important environmental laws and regulations. 1.2 Technology The environmental technology section includes reviews of waste water treatment and air and waste minimization/pollution prevention. Waste water treatment procedures discussed include biological treatment, activated car￾bon adsorption, air and steam stripping, chemical precipitation, ion ex￾change, and membrane separation. 635