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Effluent Guidelines

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Aquatic Animal Production Industry

Development Document for Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production Industry Point Source Category

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EPA-821-R-02-016

Entire Document (PDF) (2.6 MB, 571 pages)

Chapter 1: Legal Authority and Background
Chapter 2: Summary of Scope and Proposed Regulation
Chapter 3: Data Collection Activities
Chapter 4: Industry Profiles
Chapter 5: Industry Subcategorization
Chapter 6: Water Use, Wastewater Categorization, and Pollutants of Concern
Chapter 7: Best Management Practices and Treatment Technologies Considered
Chapter 8: Limitations and Standards: Data Selection and Calculation
Chapter 9: Costing Methodology
Chapter 10: Pollutant Loading Methodology
Chapter 11: Non-Water Quality Environmental Impacts
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary
Appendix A: Survey Design and Calculation of National Estimates
Appendix B: Analytical Methods and Nominal Quantitation Limits
Appendix C: Daily Influent and Effluent Data for Pollutants of Concern
Appendix D: Summary Statistics at Each Sample Point for Pollutants of Concern
Appendix E: Modified Delta-log Normal Distribution
Appendix F: Alternative Statistical Methods
Appendix G: Unit Cost Model and Frequency Factor Results for Model Facilities

316(b) | Analytical Methods | NPDES

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