SAM/IA: A Rapid Screening Method for Environmental Assessment of Fossil Energy Process Effluents.

摘要

The report describes the simplest member of a sequence of Source Analysis Models (SAMs) of increasing complexity and thoroughness which can be used as tools to help with one or more of five tasks involved in the environmental assessment of energy and industrial processes. The tasks are: (1) ranking individual effluent streams by the expected toxicity of their discharges; (2) establishing sampling priorities; (3) determining problem pollutants; (4) recommending best multimedia control technology alternatives;and (5) recommending control/disposal technology development programs. This model,SAM/IA,is useful for rapidly screening each effluent stream from a specific source:it is based on comparing effluent concentrations with the set of Minimum Acute Toxicity Effluent (MATE) criteria established by the EPA. The report explains the purposes of SAM/IA,the format used,and the MATE criteria against which pollutants are gauged. Several examples are included to illustrate specific facets of the model and of the format.