JD Supra

Manufacturing Process Unit Exemption/RCRA: U.S. EPA Administrative Law Judge Addresses Applicability Question

A United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrative Law Judge Christine Donelian Coughlin (“ALJ”) interpreted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) term “manufacturing ...
Nature

Data driven multiple objective optimization of AAO process towards wastewater effluent biological toxicity reduction

While the anaerobic-anoxic-oxic (AAO) process is the most widely applied biological wastewater treatment process in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), it struggles to meet the increasing ...
JD Supra

Manufacturing Process Unit Exemption/RCRA: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Applicability Question

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued an August 15th decision interpreting the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) term ...
Oil

Ionic liquid alkylation process produces high-quality gasoline

A new composite ionic liquid (IL) alkylation process has been proven in a pilot plant and retrofitted into an existing 65,000-tonne/year H2SO4 alkylation unit in China. This article discusses the new ...