Effluent Guidelines: Aquatic Animal Production Industry - Proposed Rule Economic and Environmental Analysis

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(EPA-821-R-02-015)

Entire Document (PDF) (1.1 MB, 293 pp.)

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Industry Profile
• Chapter 3: EPA Screener Survey
• Chapter 4: Technologies and Engineering Cost Estimates
• Chapter 5: Economic Impact Methodology
• Chapter 6: Regulatory Options: Descriptions, Costs, and Conventional Removals
• Chapter 7: Economic Impact Results
• Chapter 8: Small Business Flexibility Analysis
• Chapter 9: Environmental Impacts of the AAP Industry in the United States
• Chapter 10: Environmental Benefits of Proposed Regulation
• Chapter 11: Cost-benefit Comparison and Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Analysis

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• Appendix A: Industry Profile Supporting Tables
• Appendix B: Enterprise Budgets Literature Search
• Appendix C: Production Thresholds
• Appendix D&E: Calculation of Municipal Domestic Wasteload Equivalents and Literature Review for AAP Impacts on Water Quality
• Appendix F: Water Quality Standards and Nutrient Criteria
• Appendix G: Water Quality and Flow Data from Selected Streamgage Stations in NC
• Appendix H: Method for Converting Model Facility Pollutant Loads