A Guide for ship scrappers : tips for regulatory compliance

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DIANE Publishing, 2000 - Ships

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Page 5-1 - For the purpose of this section, the term — (1) 'oil' means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil; (2) 'discharge...
Page 4-11 - point source" means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged.
Page A-14 - It requires each employer to furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and to comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under the act.
Page 4-15 - Interference" means a Discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both: (1) Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and (2) Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or...
Page 4-14 - Pretreatment means the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or In lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by §403.6(d).
Page 4-24 - Used oil means any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used and as a result of such use Is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.
Page 3-10 - Container (Section 761.3) means any package, can, bottle, bag, barrel, drum, tank, or other device used to contain PCB Articles or PCB Equipment, and whose surface(s) has not been in direct contact with PCBs. PCB Container...
Page 4-32 - ... is permitted, licensed, or registered by a State to manage municipal or industrial solid waste.
Page 4-44 - ... adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines.
Page 3-10 - PCB Article Container means any package, can, bottle, bag, barrel, drum, tank, or other device used to contain PCB Articles or PCB Equipment, and whose surface(s) has not been in direct contact with PCBs. PCB Container...

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