Effluent Guidelines

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Aquatic Animal Production Industry

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(EPA-821-R-02-015)

Front Cover and Table of Contents (PDF) (413 K, 12 pages)
Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF) (283 K, 5 pages)
Chapter 2: Industry Profile (PDF) (1.2 MB, 55 pages)
Chapter 3: EPA Screener Survey (PDF) (248 K, 3 pages)
Chapter 4: Technologies and Engineering Cost Estimates (PDF) (607 K, 19 pages)
Chapter 5: Economic Impact Methodology (PDF) (347 K, 12 pages)
Chapter 6: Regulatory Options: Descriptions, Costs, and Conventional Removals (PDF) (441 K, 9 pages)
Chapter 7: Economic Impact Results (PDF) (286 K, 8 pages)
Chapter 8: Small Business Flexibility Analysis (PDF) (444 K, 17 pages)
Chapter 9: Environmental Impacts of the AAP Industry in the United States (PDF) (567 K, 40 pages)
Chapter 10: Environmental Benefits of Proposed Regulation (PDF) (534 K, 27 pages)
Chapter 11: Cost-benefit Comparison and Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Analysis (PDF) (302 K, 5 pages)
Appendix A: Industry Profile Supporting Tables (PDF) (681 K, 22 pages)
Appendix B: Enterprise Budgets Literature Search (PDF) (374 K, 12 pages)
Appendix C: Production Thresholds (PDF) (441 K, 15 pages)
Appendix D&E: Calculation of Municipal Domestic Wasteload Equivalents and Literature Review for AAP Impacts on Water Quality (PDF) (538 K, 18 pages)
Appendix F: Water Quality Standards and Nutrient Criteria (PDF) (445 K, 7 pages)
Appendix G: Water Quality and Flow Data from Selected Streamgage Stations in NC (PDF) (698 K, 5 pages)
Appendix H: Method for Converting Model Facility Pollutant Loads (PDF) (306 K, 2 pages)