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Mercury Pollution Prevention at POTWs
A Resource List
- "Blueprint for Mercury Elimination: Mercury Reduction
Project Guidance for Wastewater Treatment Plants," Western Lake
Superior Sanitary District, March, 1997, 38 pages.
- "Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook: A Guide to Help
Your Community Identify & Reduce Releases of Elemental Mercury,"
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, May, 1997, 627 pages.
- MWRA/MASCO Hospital Mercury Work Group Project and Reports,
1995
- "A Collection Program for Raw Mercury Supplies
From Michigan Dentists," Prepared for the Detroit Water and Sewerage
Department’s Task Force for Mercury Minimization from Dental Facilities,
September, 1996, 41 pages.
- Holland, Michigan,
Mercury Reduction Plan (MRP)
- "Water Pollution Prevention Program: Dental Related
Metals Inventory," City and County of San Francisco Department
of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental Regulation and Management,
January, 1993.
- City of
Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant Medical Project.
- "Mercury Pollution Prevention in Michigan: Summary
of Current Efforts and Recommendations for Future Activities - A Report
by the Michigan Mercury Pollution Prevention Task Force," April
1996, 86 pages.
- "Reducing Industrial Toxic Wastes and Discharges:
The Role of POTWs," The Local Government Commission, Sacramento,
CA, December, 1988, 93 pages.
- "Guides to Pollution Prevention: Municipal Pretreatment
Programs," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development, EPA/625/R-93/006, October, 1993, 81 pages.
- "Pollution Prevention at POTWs Case Studies,"
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, 742-F-94, Winter, 1994, 20 pages.
- "Preventing
Pollution in our Cities and Counties: A Compendium of Case Studies",
The National Association of County and City Health Officials, National
Association of Counties, The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable,
Municipal Waste Management Association, and The United States Conference
of Mayors, Fall, 1995, 77 pages.
- "Pollution Prevention Training Resource Guide
for POTWs," Ohio EPA, 1994.
- "Pollution Prevention Training Resource Guide,"
Prepared for Ohio Environmental Protection Agency by WRITAR, 1994.
- "The POTW Operator’s Guide to Pollution Prevention:
A Resource for Finding P2 Information for POTWs and Their Customers
in Southeast Michigan," Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
and the Area-wide Water Quality Board, April 1996
- "Illinois Pollution Prevention Case Studies -
Industrial Users," Illinois Waste Management and Research Center,
1997
- Greater Chicago Pollution Prevention Alliance Strategy,
January, 1997.
- Milwaukee Pollution Prevention Partnership
- Report on the Blackstone Project, A Joint Pilot Project
of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management.
- "Pollution Prevention Assistance for Publicly
Owned Treatment Works," October, 1996 - Final project report by
the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio,
to OEPA.
- Erie County Office of Pollution Prevention, Erie County
Department of Environment and Planning, Buffalo, New York.
I.
Mercury Source Reduction
A. POTWs/Local Government/State
"Blueprint for Mercury Elimination: Mercury
Reduction Project Guidance for Wastewater Treatment Plants," Western
Lake Superior Sanitary District, March, 1997, 38 pages.
"This Blueprint is a guide to assist the wastewater treatment plant
staff with creating and implementing their own mercury reduction projects.
It includes information on sources of mercury, successful reduction strategies
and case studies, and suggestions for implementing a program." The
Blueprint includes a resource list. Additional materials available include:
- "A Guide for Dentists: How to Manage Waste from your Dental Practice"
- brochure.
- "Get Mad Now, Not Later" - brochure.
- "Safe Solutions to Toxic Problems" - brochure.
- "MercAlert" - video.
Pretreatment programs in the Great Lakes Basin will receive one copy
via mail. Contact:
Tim Tuominen
Mercury Zero Discharge Project
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
2626 Courtland Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55806-1894
218-722-3336
"Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook: A Guide to Help
Your Community Identify & Reduce Releases of Elemental Mercury,"
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, May, 1997, 627 pages.
"This Sourcebook is a compilation of the best mercury reduction
work to date. It was designed as a working document to help guide communities
through the process of writing a Pollutant Minimization Plan (PMP) for
mercury. The SourceBook provides a seven step outline for drafting a reduction
plan, and contains source identification materials for nineteen sectors
of a community, including case studies, product alternatives, and action
ideas for each sector." The source book includes a bibliography.
Available online at: www.epa.gov/glnpo/bnsdocs/hgsbook/
For more information, contact:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Watershed Management (WT/2)
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7921
MWRA/MASCO Hospital Mercury Work Group Project and
Reports, 1995
- -Summary Report
- -Executive Summary
- -End-of-Pipe Report
- -Operations Report
- -Infrastructure Report
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) established a Mercury
Products Work Group in the Fall of 1994 to examine mercury issues and
develop strategies to reduce discharges. Twenty-eight hospitals participated;
hospital participation was coordinated by MASCO, a not-for-profit provider
of services and technical assistance to area medical institutions. The
Work Group approached the problem from three directions: 1.) identify
sources of mercury contamination and develop recommendations for their
control; 2.) develop guidelines for the removal of residual mercury from
hospital wastewater systems; 3.) identify and evaluate potential mercury
pretreatment systems. Copies of the documents are available on the Internet
at: http://www.masco.org/mercury.
"A Collection Program for Raw Mercury Supplies
From Michigan Dentists," Prepared for the Detroit Water and Sewerage
Department’s Task Force for Mercury Minimization from Dental Facilities,
September, 1996, 41 pages.
"The Raw Mercury Collection Program was originally conceived by
an Advisory Task Force convened by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
(DWSD) to explore options for reducing mercury levels in the Detroit wastewater
system. In 1989, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality... imposed
stringent limits for mercury in the wastewater discharged by the Detroit
wastewater treatment plant to the Detroit River." DWSD completed
an extensive sampling program and has developed recommendations for pollution
prevention activities for hospitals, laboratories, dental offices and
commercial laundries. This report covers the dental activities. For more
information on mercury activities, contact:
Joan Hughes
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1800
Detroit, Michigan 48226
313-224-2104
Holland, Michigan,
Mercury Reduction Plan (MRP)
Holland Public Works and the Michigan Deparment of Environmental Quality
worked together to develop a mercury reduction plan. The plan has two
phases: 1.)Preventive phase; and 2.)Corrective action phase. Available
information includes an overview of the MRP, sewer use ordinance language,
enforcement response plan language, control mechanisms language, and implementation
procedures. For more information, contact:
Gary Bunschoten
Holland Board of Public Works
616-355-1275
Tom Berdinski
Michigan DEQ
616-356-0212
"Water Pollution Prevention Program: Dental
Related Metals Inventory," City and County of San Francisco Department
of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental Regulation and Management, January,
1993.
In addition to the above report, a Best Management Plan Guide, with resource
and vendor guide, should be available in Summer, 1997.
For Information, contact:
Daniel Rourke
415-695-7363
<daniel_rourke@ci.sf.ca.us>
City
of Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant Medical Project.
- - Report on Hospital Best Management Plans
- -"Pollution Prevention for Hospitals and Medical Facilities,"
1996, 11 fact sheets.
- -"Laboratories: Best Management Practices for Water Quality Protection,"
1996, 11 pages.
Contact:
Ken Torke at 415-329-2421 or <ken_torke@city.palo-alto.ca.us
>.
"Mercury Pollution Prevention in Michigan:
Summary of Current Efforts and Recommendations for Future Activities -
A Report by the Michigan Mercury Pollution Prevention Task Force,"
April 1996, 86 pages.
The Michigan Mercury Pollution Prevention Task Force was convened in
August of 1994. The Task Force has initiated a variety of mercury reduction
efforts and outlined specific recommendations to users of mercury-containing
products or devices, including business, industry, state government and
the general public to further reduce mercury in the environment. References
included.
Copies of the report are available at the following Internet site:
http://www.deq.state.mi.us/aqd/geninfo/m2p2.html.
B. Other Dental Information
"Guide for Dentists: How to Prevent Pollution
From Your Dental Practice," IDEM, 1995.
For a copy, contact IDEM at 317-232-8172.
C. Other Medical Information
USEPA Region 5, Medical Waste Pollution Prevention
Fact Sheets:
- "Keeping Mercury out of Medical Waste," 1 page
- "Recycling Options for MercuryContaining Waste" 1 page
- "Use of Alternative Products," 1 page
- "Keep Mercury Out of the Waste Water Stream" 2 pages
Call Chris Urban, USEPA, at 312-886-3493.
"Prescription for Mercury Reduction: Pollution
Prevention Guide for Hospitals," USEPA Region 5.
Call Chris Urban, USEPA, at 312-886-3493.
"Hospital Waste Reduction Checklist,"
Wisconsin Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center, 1996, 14 pages.
Contact: University of Wisconsin Extension Solid and Hazardous Waste
Education Center at 608-227-3160.
Southeast Michigan Medical Mercury Outreach to
medical waste incinerators and their customers on how to reduce mercury
in hospital and medical waste.
Contact: Steve Kratzer, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality,
517-373-0939.
Southeast Michigan Outreach to hospitals to reduce
mercury in products and waste streams.
Contact: Guy Williams, National Wildlife Federation, 313-769-3351.
Minnesota Medical Mercury Project: Developed a
Steering Committee to facilitate mercury reduction in Minnesota medical
facilities. Produced training video.
Contact: Emily Moore, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance,
612-215-0201.
Wisconsin Medical Mercury Project: Provide assessments
at hospitals and medical facilities. Services also include outreach, information,
and technical assistance.
Contact: University of Wisconsin Extension, Solid and Hazardous Waste
Education Center at 608-227-3160.
Monroe County, NY, Department of Health Mercury
Reduction at Hospitals and Clinics
Contact: Margaret Peet at 716-274-8442 or <mpeet@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>.
II. POTW Pollution Prevention - General
"Reducing Industrial Toxic Wastes and Discharges:
The Role of POTWs," The Local Government Commission, Sacramento,
CA, December, 1988, 93 pages.
Explains importance of POTW involvement in hazardous waste minimization.
Provides education, technical assistance and regulatory options for reducing
hazardous pollutants. Model resolution and useful appendices are included.
To order this and other documents, contact:
Local Government Commission
Publications Department
1414 K Street, Suite 250
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-448-1198
"Guides to Pollution Prevention: Municipal
Pretreatment Programs," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office
of Research and Development, EPA/625/R-93/006, October, 1993, 81 pages.
"This guide provides an overview of pollution prevention concepts,
presents a way to identify and prioritize industries as candidates for
pollution prevention, and outlines a broadly applicable approach to integrating
pollution prevention concepts into existing pretreatment programs."
To order, contact Cathy Allen, USEPA, at 312-886-0180.
"Pollution Prevention at POTWs Case Studies,"
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, 742-F-94, Winter, 1994, 20 pages.
"This brochure presents case studies of the five projects carried
out under [a U.S. EPA] grants program... to demonstrate how a municipal
POTW, through its pretreatment program and its facility operations, can
promote source reduction activities to industrial and business dischargers."
- -Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance (Critical Parameters
Project)
- -Minnesota Office of Waste Minimization (Metropolitan Waste Control
Comm)
- -New Mexico Environment Department (Albuquerque)
- -North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
- -Utah Department of Environmental Quality (Salt Lake City)
For copies, call Cathy Allen, USEPA, at 312-886-0180.
"Preventing
Pollution in our Cities and Counties: A Compendium of Case Studies",
The National Association of County and City Health Officials, National Association
of Counties, The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, Municipal Waste
Management Association, and The United States Conference of Mayors, Fall,
1995, 77 pages.
"The communities featured in this compendium have incorporated pollution
prevention practices into a broad range of areas including: wastewater
pretreatment and septic tank programs, watershed and groundwater protection
programs, educational activities targeted at residents, technical assistance
and compliance assistance to local businesses and industries, partnership
activities between government agencies, and in-house practices of municipal
and county facilities. Each of these case studies includes a short summary,
a description of the program, information about costs, financing, and
staffing resources, outcomes, lessons learned, and information about available
P2 materials." Case studies, including contact numbers, include the
following communities:
- Austin, Texas
- Broward County, Florida
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Dade County, Florida
- Erie County, New York
- King County, Washington
- Lincoln-Lancaster County, Nebraska
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Newark, New Jersey
- Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Rock County, Wisconsin
- Rowan County, Kentucky
- San Diego County, California
- San Francisco, California
- Santa Clara County, California
- St Clair County, Illinois
- Thurston County, Washington
- Washtenaw County, Michigan
For information on how to order, contact the National Pollution Prevention
Roundtable at 202-466-P2P2.
"Pollution Prevention Training Resource Guide
for POTWs," Ohio EPA, 1994.
For information, contact:
Division of Surface Water
Ohio Env Protection Agency
P.O. Box 1048
Columbus, OH 43216
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences
1111 Edison Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45216
"Pollution Prevention Training Resource Guide,"
Prepared for Ohio Environmental Protection Agency by WRITAR, 1994.
For information, contact:
Tony Sasson
Office of Pollution Prevention
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
614-644-2810
"The POTW Operator’s Guide to Pollution Prevention:
A Resource for Finding P2 Information for POTWs and Their Customers in
Southeast Michigan," Southeast Michigan Council of Governments and
the Area-wide Water Quality Board, April 1996
For more information, contact Drew Schmidt, SEMCOG, at 312-961-4266.
"Illinois Pollution Prevention Case Studies
- Industrial Users," Illinois Waste Management and Research Center,
1997
Contact: Tim Lindsey, Illinois Waste Management and Research Center,
217-333-8955.
Greater Chicago Pollution Prevention Alliance Strategy,
January, 1997.
Contact: Cathy Allen, USEPA, 312-886-0180, <allen.catherine@epamail.epa.gov>.
Milwaukee Pollution Prevention Partnership
Contact: Steve Skavroneck, 414-486-1613 <cranehousesp@msn.com>.
Report on the Blackstone Project, A Joint Pilot
Project of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and
the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management.
"This report summarizes opportunities to improve environmental protection...
through a combination of multi-media compliance inspections, enforcement
rooted in waste prevention, and expanded technical assistance.
Limited copies are available at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection Service Center 508-792-7683.
"Pollution Prevention Assistance for Publicly
Owned Treatment Works," October, 1996 - Final project report by the
Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio, to OEPA.
Report on pollution prevention projects done with POTWs in Lima, Wauseon,
Fremont, and Archbold, Ohio. Scope included industrial assessments, POTW
operations assessment and personnel training, workshops for industrial
users, and a public outreach campaign to reduce mercury discharges.
Contact Elizabeth Brown at Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences
at 512-948-2119 or <Brown@iams.org>.
Erie County Office of Pollution Prevention, Erie
County Department of Environment and Planning, Buffalo, New York.
This office provides technical and information assistance on pollution
prevention to small andmedium-sized businesses, municipalities, and trade
associations.
For more information, contact Thomas Hersey at 716-858-7674.
III. State and U.S. EPA Contacts
ILLINOIS
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL
Tim Kluge, Chief
Field Operations
Water Pollution Control
217-782-3362
Waste Management and Research Center
One East Hazelwood Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
217/333-8942
fax:217/333-8944
Ray Ronda - Chicago Area 630-472-5024
Doug Neidigh - Peoria/Springfield
Area 309-671-3196 x 202
Tim Lindsey - All POTWs
217-333-8955
INDIANA
Paula Smith
Office of P2 and Technical Assistance
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
100 North Senate Ave.
P.O. Box 6015
Indianapolis, IN 46206-6015
317/233-6663
fax:317/232-8546
<psmit@opn.dem.state.in.us
>
Dr. Lynn Corson, Director
P2 and Safe Materials Institute
Purdue University
1291 Cumberland Ave. - Suite C-1
West Lafayette, IN 47907
317/494-6450
fax:317/494-6422
<corsonl@ce.ecn.purdue.edu>
MICHIGAN
Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 30457
Lansing, MI 48909
Bob Babcock, Chief
Field Support Unit
Surface Water Quality Division
517-373-8566
SEMCOG
660 Plaza Drive, Suite 1900
Detroit, MI 48266
Drew Schmidt
313-961-4266
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
520 Lafayette Road North
St. Paul, MN 55155-4194
-Randy Dunnette, Pretreatment
612-286-8006
-Carri Lohse-Hanson, Mercury
612-296-9134
MN Office of Environmental Assistance
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
Emily Moore
612-215-0201
NEW YORK
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12233-7253
-Angus Eaton, Pretreatment
518-457-6717
<angus.eaton@dec.mailnet.state.ny.us>
-Peter Jones, Mercury
518-467-6718
OHIO
Ohio EPA
P.O. Box 1049, 1800 Watermark Drive
Columbus, OH 43216-1049
-Mike Kelley, Chief
Office of Pollution Prevention
614-644-2930
-Bill Narotski, Mercury Reduction
Office of Pollution Prevention
614-728-1264
-Rob Price, Pollution Prevention
Division of Surface Water
614-644-2148
Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Sciences
1111 Edison Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45230
Sally Clement
513-948-2036
<clement@iams.org>
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
101 S. Webster St.
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Randy Case
608-267-7639
University of Wisconsin Extension
Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center
610 Langdon St. Room 531
Madison, WI 53703-1195
Steve Brachman, Medical/Mercury
414-227-3160
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION
5
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604
-Matt Gluckman, Pretreatment and Hg Issues
312-886-6089
-Chris Urban, Medical Mercury Issues
312-886-3493
-Alexis Cain, Air Mercury Issues
312-886-7018
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION
2
290 Broadway
New York, NY 10007-1866
-Felix Locicero, Hg Standards, Criteria, Health and Envir Effects
212-637-3775
-Barbara Spinweber, Hg in Great Lakes
212-637-3848
-Rick Balla, Hg in Peconic Bay
212-637-3788
-Chris Dere, Onandaga
212-637-3828
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY - WEB SITES
USEPA (Headquarters/National) Pollution Prevention Home Page
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/p2home
USEPA (Region 5) Pollution Prevention Home Page
http://www.epa.gov/region5/waste/p2pages/index.html
Enviro$en$e Data Base
http://www.epa.gov/envirosense/
Great Lakes Pollution Prevention
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/p2/welcome.html
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
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