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Environmental management
Comprehensive environment protection practices that aim to prevent or reduce damages to the natural environment as a result of energy productions. These activities include emergency planning, environmental response, compensation and liability, community right to know, regulations for owners and operators of permitted hazardous waste facilities, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, and use prohibitions.
Contributors in Environmental management
Environmental management
Baseline risk assessment
Energy; Environmental management
During the Site Characterization phase of an RI/FS, a baseline risk assessment (RA) is used to evaluate the potential threat to human health and the environment in the absence of any remedial action. ...
Bathtub effect
Energy; Environmental management
The liquid buildup and eventual overflow due to precipitation which enters the unit through the cover but cannot escape through the bottom liner.
Partial closure
Energy; Environmental management
The closure of a hazardous waste management unit in accordance with the applicable closure requirements of Parts 264 and 265 of this chapter at a facility that contains other active hazardous waste ...
Solvent extraction operation
Energy; Environmental management
An operation or method of separation in which a solid or solution is contacted with a liquid solvent (the two being mutually insoluble) to preferentially dissolve and transfer one or more components ...
Sludge dryer
Energy; Environmental management
Any enclosed thermal treatment device that is used to dehydrate sludge and that has a maximum total thermal input, excluding the heating value of the sludge itself, of 2,500 Btu/lb of sludge treated ...
Bioremediation agents
Energy; Environmental management
Microbiological cultures, enzyme additives, or nutrient additives that are deliberately introduced into an oil discharge and that will significantly increase the rate of biodegradation to mitigate ...
Available technology
Energy; Environmental management
Technologies and methods for emplacing a permanent radon barrier on uranium mill tailings piles or impoundments. This term shall not be construed to include extraordinary measure or techniques that ...
