{"product_id":"water-pollution-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289049409","title":"Water Pollution: Alyeska's Efforts to Comply with Reissued Ballast Water Treatment Permit: Rced-90-124","description":"Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) reissued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for a company's treatment of ballast water in Alaska, focusing on: (1) how the new and old permits differed regarding effluent limits and other requirements; (2) the reasons for changes in the reissued permit; and (3) the company's initial efforts to comply with the reissued permit's limitations. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) the reissued permit more stringently limited discharged treated ballast water requirements; (2) the reissued permit more stringently limited hazardous and toxic pollutants, discharge flow rates, and aromatic carbons (BETX); (3) the reissued permit decreased metals monitoring; (4) factors that influenced the permit changes included data, technology standards, permit requirements, and public persuasion; (5) the company's treatment plant met all pollutant limits in the reissued permit except for BETX; (6) the company exceeded BETX summer limits by small amounts; (7) in order to meet the reissued permit's BETX winter limit, the company needed to construct expanded treatment facilities by fall 1991; (8) the company's expanded treatment facilities should address instances where the company exceeded summer limits; (9) EPA changed several reporting requirements; and (10) company, state, and EPA officials were near a settlement on a modified permit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1289049408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781289049409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.05d","brand":"U. S. Government Accountability Office (","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611413364991,"sku":"9781289049409","price":14.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc046eaa-962c-485e-87ed-34ae3bfcc5c0.jpg?v=1764513721","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/water-pollution-u-s-government-accountability-office-9781289049409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}