Effluent Guidelines

Aquatic Animal Production Industry

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(EPA-821-R-04-012)

Front Cover and Table of Contents (PDF) (421 K, 18 pages)
Chapter 1: Legal Authority and Regulatory Background (PDF) (185 K, 18 pages)
Chapter 2: Summary of Scope and Content of the Final Regulation (PDF) (194 K, 17 pages)
Chapter 3: Data Collection Activities (PDF) (337 K, 39 pages)
Chapter 4: Industry Profiles (PDF) (970 K, 115 pages)
Chapter 5: Industry Subcategorization (PDF) (147 K, 10 pages)
Chapter 6: Water Use, Wastewater Categorization, and Pollutants of Concern (PDF) (300 K, 21 pages)
Chapter 7: Best Management Practices and Treatment Technologies Considered (PDF) (317 K, 21 pages)
Chapter 8 Concentrations of Total Suspended Solids in Effluent (PDF) (889 K, 20 pages)
Chapter 9: Costing Methodology (PDF) (578 K, 27 pages)
Chapter 10: Pollutant Loading Methodology (PDF) (366 K, 27 pages)
Chapter 11: Non-Water Quality Environmental Impacts (PDF) (157 K, 7 pages)
Abbreviations, Acronyms (PDF) (75 K, 5 pages)
Glossary (PDF) (107 K, 10 pages)
Appendix A: Survey Design and Calculation of National Estimates (PDF) (719 K, 29 pages)
Appendix B: Analytical Methods and Nominal Quantitation Limits (PDF) (229 K, 17 pages)
Appendix C: Daily Influent and Effluent Data for Total Suspended Solids (PDF) (5.4 MB; ZIP 936K; 53 pages)
Appendix D: Summary Statistics at Each Sample Point for Total Suspended Solids (PDF) (469 K, 13 pages)
Appendix E: Modified Delta-lognormal Distribution (PDF) (221 K, 18 pages)