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Profile of the Water Transportation Industry (Shipping and Barging)

Keywords: Multimedia summary, industrial process, pollution outputs, TRI data, pollution prevention, federal regulations, compliance history, compliance assistance, voluntary programs, barging, shipping, stevedoring, intermodal cargo, cargo handling, solvent wastes, used oil, environmental law, compliance, enforcement, emergency response, contingency plans, storm water, pretreatment
SIC Code: 44
Publication#: EPA/310-R-97-003
Contact: Virginia A. Lathrop, EPA (202) 564-7057
E-mail: [email protected]
File Formats: WordPerfect for Windows 6.1 (602 Kb)
 WordPerfect document in Zip file (146 Kb)

Entire Document: 95 pages, 579Kb PDF

  • First Section: 31 pages, 731Kb PDF
    • Table of Contents
    • Chapter I - Introduction to the Sector Notebook Project
    • Chapter II - Introduction to the Industry
    • Chapter III - Water Transportation Operations and Maintenance
  • Second Section: 43 pages, 680Kb PDF
    • Chapter IV - Pollution Prevention Opportunities
    • Chapter V - Summary of Applicable Federal Statutes and Regulations
    • Chapter VI - Compliance and Enforcement History
  • Third Section: 18 pages, 455Kb PDF
    • Chapter VII - Review of Major Legal Actions
    • Chapter VIII - Compliance Assurance Activities and Initiatives
    • Chapter IX - Contacts/Resource Materials/Bibliography

General comments or questions about the Notebook Series should be directed to Notebook Comments. Specific questions or comments about this particular Notebook should be directed to the individual contact listed above. Technical questions about downloading should be directed to the Feedback function at the very bottom of this page.

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Profile of the Wood Furniture and Fixtures Industry

Keywords: Multimedia summary, industrial process, pollution outputs, TRI data, pollution prevention, federal regulations, compliance history, compliance assistance, voluntary programs, surface coating, consumer durables, household furniture, office products
SIC Codes: 2511, 2512, 2517, 2519, 2521, 2531, 2541
Publication#: EPA/310-R-95-003
Contact: Bob Marshall, EPA (202) 564-7021
File Formats: WordPerfect for DOS 5.1 (1.0 Mb)
 Microsoft Word document in Zip format (140 Kb)
 Word for Macintosh 5.1a (356 Kb)

Entire Document: 124 pages, 467Kb PDF

  • First Section: 44 pages, 172Kb PDF
    • Table of Contents
    • Chapter I - Introduction to the Sector Notebook Project
    • Chapter II - Introduction to the Industry
    • Chapter III - Industrial Process Description
  • Second Section: 57 pages, 234Kb PDF
    • Chapter IV - Chemical Release and Transfer Profile
    • Chapter V - Pollution Prevention Opportunities
    • Chapter VI - Summary of Federal Statutes and Regulations
  • Third Section: 24 pages, 125Kb PDF
    • Chapter VII - Compliance and Enforcement History
    • Chapter VIII - Compliance Activities and Initiatives
    • Chapter IX - Contacts/Acknowledgments/Resource Materials/Bibliography

Find updated data on this industry in the Sector Notebook Data Refresh - 1997.

General comments or questions about the Notebook Series should be directed to Notebook Comments. Specific questions or comments about this particular Notebook should be directed to the individual contact listed above. Technical questions about downloading should be directed to the Feedback function at the very bottom of this page.

Sector Notebook Refresh-1997

Profile: This ancillary document revises the pollutant output, compliance and enforcement data presented in the previously published Sector Notebooks.
Keywords: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), pollution outputs, TRI data, compliance with regulations, compliance data, inspections, noncompliance, State enforcement, enforcement action, facilities, inspected, compliance history, RCRA, CAA, CWA, FIFRA, TSCA, pulp and paper, printing, inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, petroleum refining, iron and steel, dry cleaning, metal mining, non-metallic mineral mining, lumber and wood, furniture, rubber and plastic, stone clay glass and concrete, fabricated metal, electronics, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, plastic resins and man-made fibers, textiles, metal casting, shipbuilding and repair
SIC Code:
Publication#: EPA/310-R-97-0010
Contact: Seth Heminway, EPA (202) 564-7017
E-mail: [email protected]
File Formats: Entire Document in WordPerfect (203 pages, 4.2Mb)

Entire Document in Adobe PDF (203 pages, 987Kb)

Section I: Introduction and References (30 pages, 132Kb PDF)
  • Introduction to the Sector Notebook Project
  • Cross Sector Comparisons
  • Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
  • Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS)
  • Integrated Data for Enforcement Analysis (IDEA) System
Section II: Industry Specific Data (6 pages, 23Kb PDF)

These sector specific files should be downloaded in conjunction with Section I and Section II.

Air Transportation Industry (2 pages, 8Kb PDF)
Dry Cleaning Industry (2 pages, 8Kb PDF)
Electronics and Computer Industry (6 pages, 32Kb PDF)
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation Industry (2 pages, 8Kb PDF)
Ground Transportation Industry (2 pages, 8Kb PDF)
Inorganic Chemical Industry (8 pages, 47Kb PDF)
Iron and Steel Industry (8 pages, 40Kb PDF)
Lumber and Wood Products Industry (6 pages, 31Kb PDF)
Metal Casting Industry (9 pages, 54Kb PDF)
Metal Fabrication Industry (8 pages, 45Kb PDF)
Metal Mining Industry (2 pages, 8Kb PDF)
Motor Vehicle Assembly Industry (8 pages, 43Kb PDF)
Nonferrous Metals Industry (8 pages, 41Kb PDF)
Non-Fuel, Non-Metal Mining Industry (2 pages, 8Kb PDF)
Organic Chemical Industry (12 pages, 75Kb PDF)
Petroleum Refining Industry (8 pages, 47Kb PDF)
Pharmaceutical Industry (8 pages, 47Kb PDF)
Plastic Resins and Man-made Fibers Industry (9 pages, 56Kb PDF)
Printing Industry (6 pages, 31Kb PDF)
Pulp and Paper Industry (8 pages, 38Kb PDF)
Rubber and Plastic Industry (10 pages, 57Kb PDF)
Shipbuilding and Repair Industry (6 pages, 30Kb PDF)
Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Industry (10 pages, 52Kb PDF)
Textiles Industry (8 pages, 39Kb PDF)
Transportation Equipment Cleaning Industry **
Water Transportation Industry (2 pages, 8Kb PDF)
Wood Furniture and Fixtures Industry (6 pages, 28Kb PDF)

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