Management of Environmental Risk: A Limited Integrated Assessment of the Waste Oil Refining Industry.

摘要

This report is based on a review of the Waste Oil Rerefining Industry. The analysis assesses the industry's current health,and glimpses into the future by looking at five different issue areas critical to the industry and useful to environmental policymaking as well. These five areas include: (1) An inventory and assessment of several rerefining technologies; (2) A financial analysis of several rerefining technologies; (3) An analysis of alternative futures of the rerefining industry; (4) The disposal of acid sludge;and (5) State and local governments as a future market for rerefined waste oil. Results of the analysis show the potential impacts of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (PL 94-580) on the industry,and the ability of the industry to cope with RCRA by analyzing several industry alternatives in the face of potential RCRA regulations. Finally,the potential for establishing recycled oil programs is evaluated for each of the 48continental United States.