RCRA/UST, superfund, and EPCRA hotline training module. Introduction to toxics release inventory: Estimating releases (EPCRA section 313; 40 CFR part 372). Updated as of November 1995

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:236959

The module provides an overview of general techniques that owners and operators of reporting facilities may use to estimate their toxic chemical releases. It exlains the basic release estimation techniques used to determine the chemical quantities reported on the Form R and uses those techniques, along with fundamental chemical or physical principles and properties, to estimate releases of listed toxic chemicals. It converts units of mass, volume, and time. It states the rules governing significant figures and rounding techniques, and references general and industry-specific estimation documents.

• Research Organization: Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc., Bethesda, MD (United States)
• OSTI ID: 236959
• Report Number(s): PB-96-780713/XAB; CNN: Contract EPA-68-W0-0039; TRN: 61211676
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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REGULATORY GUIDES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
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