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THE PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO PUBLIC AND US EPA PRESSURE ON THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY TO REDUCE POLLUTING EMISSIONS. PULP FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, CONTAINER BOARD, TISSUE AND BAGS IS PRIMARILY PRODUCED BY THE KRAFT PROCESS. THIS PROCESS REDUCES WOOD CHIPS TO PULP USING SODIUM SULFIDE AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE. AS A RESULT, LARGE QUANTITIES OF NOXIOUS SULFUR CONTAINING GASES MAY BE EMITTED FROM THESE ...

THE MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS OF THE VARIOUS PROCESSES SUGGESTED BY RECYCLING METALLURGICAL DUST HAVE BEEN THE HIGH CAPITAL COST OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE NEED FOR LARGE QUANTITIES OF DUST FOR THE PROCESSES TO BE ECONOMICAL. ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE DUST IS NOT AMENABLE TO THESE PROCESSES BECAUSE IT IS GENERATED IN SMALL QUANTITIES AND A LARGE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, DISTANT FROM INDUSTRIAL CENTERS WHERE REGIONA ...

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE EPA HAS DEVOTED MAJOR EF- FORTS TO IDENTIFY AND DOCUMENT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RISKS OFENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION DUE TO LEAKING UDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (UST). IN APRIL 1987, THE EPA PUBLISHED THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF UST, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE FINALIZEDD IN EARLY 1988. THESE REGULATIONS INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS FOR TANK TIGHTNESS TESTS, ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LOW- COST ALTERNATIVE TO A MODIFIED CLAUS PLAN FOR CONVERSION OF SO2 TO ELEMENTAL SULFUR, AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO OPTIMIZE AN EXISTING ACID RAIN SORBENT REGENERATION PROCESS DEVELOPED BY SANITECH TO YIELD DIRECTLY A PURE ELEMENTAL SULFUR PRODUCT. IN SANITECH'S PRESENT REGENERATION PROCESS, APPROXIMATELY ONE- QUARTER OF THE LI ...