BMPs: Prevention, Collection, Or Caught in the Middle?

摘要

On April 15, 1998, the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency promulgated requirements for Bleached papergrade Kraft, Soda, nd sulfite mills to implement best management practices for the management, spill prevention, and control of spent pulping liquor, soap, and turpentine. While EPA"s original proposal for BMPs in December 1993 was rigid and prescriptive, the 1998 BMP requirements provide mills with much greater flexibility. Under BMP 1998, each mill is able to customize BMP plans ot better suit individual mii design and operating chracteristics. The flexibility provided in the 1998 BMP requirements empowers individual mills to develop BMP programs based on spill prevention, spill control and recovery, or some combination/redaction of these alternative.s While many mills still plan to install substantial capital facilities for the control and recovery fo spills, other mills have elected to implement a BMP program based on spill prevention. This paper will identify the advantages and disadvantages of both the spill collection/recovery and the spill prevention solutions. In addition, practiocal applications of both the "preventive" and "colelction"BMP philosophies will be discussed.