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3L5 13 Illinois 37-027 Waste Management and Research Center s> BE H Ufl /« r 'V a;- - »'faM'- HWM Annual Report Fiscal Year 996 1 WMRC WASTE MANAGEMENT AN! AD9*- R< B'i ARCH Ci: NTI: K 02/ ANNUAL Rl PORT F IBCAl YEAR 1996 Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center Library One East Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL 61820 217/333-8957 OEMCO Waste Management PROPERTY OF WMRC LIBRARY and Research Center WMRC's Mission The WasteManagementandRe- Annual Report searchCenter(WMRC),formerly the Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center (HWRIC), was formed within the Department ofEnergy and Fiscal Year 1996 Natural Resources in 1984. In fuly 1995 it became a Division (July 1995 - June 30, 1996) within the Office of Scientific 1, Research and Analysis in the Department of Natural Re- WMRC sources (DNR). was charged with a mission to com- bine researchandeducation; information collection, analysis and dissemination; and direct technical assistance to industry, agriculture,*and communities. Our name was changed in Sep- tember 1996 to reflect our ex- panding role in helping compa- nieswherevertheyareinthewaste management hierarchy—from pollution prevention, to recycling, to treatment, remediation and disposal. Our emphasis re- mains on reducing waste at the sourcethroughpollutionpreven- tion,responsiblymanagingthose wastesthatcannotbeeliminated, andincreasingtheefficiencyand competitiveness ofIllinois business. Our goal within our new agencyistopreserveournatural resourcesbyworkingwithothers Waste Management and Research Center to efficiently use raw materials, One East Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 bettermanagesolidandhazard- 217/333-8940 FAX: 217/333-8944 ous waste, and minimize toxic http://www.hazard.uiuc.edu/wmrc/ releases to ourairand water. 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Table of Contents List ofTables iii List ofFigures iii List ofAbbreviations iv Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Programs and Services 5 Introduction 5 Pollution Prevention 5 Chicago Manufacturing Program 5 Research 6 Laboratory Services 7 Information Services 9 Chapter 3: Pollution Prevention Assistance 11 Introduction 11 Expansion ofWMRC's Pollution Prevention Network 11 Workshops 13 Pollution Prevention Projects 14 Alternative Cleaning Technology Laboratory 17 Alternative Chemical Processes Laboratory 18 Ninth Annual Governor's Awards Presentation 18 Chapter 4: Research Directions 21 Introduction 21 Research Program Funds New Projects 22 New RRT Projects 23 Center-Conducted Projects 24 Laboratory Research Support Activities 25 Externally Funded Projects 28 Chapter 5: Activities in the Chicago Area 31 Introduction 31 Compliance and Pollution Prevention Technical Assistance 31 Partnerships 33 Brownfields 35 Greater Chicago Pollution Prevention Program 35 Great Printers Project 36 Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center 36 Research 37 Chapter 6: Sustainability Through Partnering 39 Introduction 39 DNR Partnering within 39 Partnering with IEPA 42 Partnering with Manufacturing Extension Centers 43 i Industrial Ecology—The PIE Effort 43 Regional Efforts 44 Emerging Partnerships 45 Summary 45 References 47 Appendix A: Fulltime StaffPublications and Presentations 49 Appendix B: Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards 53 Appendix C: Continuing and Completed Research Projects 61 Appendix D: Research Project Summaries 63 of Tables Lists and Figures List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction WMRC 1: Staffby Program Chapter 2: Programs and Services 2: FY96 Lab Services Program Clients 8 3: Information Services Program Outreach Statistics for FY96 10 Chapter 3: Pollution Prevention Assistance 4: Comparison ofSite Visits by P2 Personnel in FY94 through FY96 12 5: Ninth Governor's Awards Categories 18 Chapter 4: Research 6: FY96 Published Reports and Technical Documents 24 List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction WMRC 1: FY96 Organizational Chart Chapter 3: Pollution Prevention Assistance 2: Location ofFY95 Governor's Pollution Prevention Award Winners 19 iii of Abbreviations List AAR Association ofAmerican Railroads ACC Activated Carbon Cloths ACPL Alternative Chemical Processes Laboratory ACTL Alternative Cleaning Technologies Laboratory AFS American Foundreyman's Association ANL Argonne National Laboratory BNRC Board ofNatural Resources and Conservation BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylene, and Xylene CAAA Clear Air Act Amendments WMRC Center CERL United States Army Corps ofEngineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory CHASE Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment COMPETE The Coalition for Manufacturing Performance Through Technology CMC Chicago Manufacturing Center CMP Clean Manufacturing Program CRGCP Central Regional Groundwater Protection Committee DCCA Department ofCommerce and Community Affairs DNR Department ofNatural Resources ENR Department ofEnergy and Natural Resources FY Fiscal Year GCP3 Greater Chicago Pollution Prevention Program GIS Geographical Information System GLPPC Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Clearinghouse GLRPPR Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable GRF General Revenue Fund HML Hazardous Materials Laboratory HWRF Hazardous Waste Research Fund HWRIC Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center (now WMRC) IEPA Illinois Environmental Protection Agency IDPH Illinois Department ofPublic Health IGIS Illinois Geographic Information System IMEC Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center IP Illinois Power ISP Information Services Program LAN Local Area Network LSP Laboratory Services Program MEC Manufacturing Extension Center MEP Manufacturing Extension Program MERTC Manufacturing, Engineering, Research and Training Coalition MWRDGC Metropolitan Water Reclamation District ofGreater Chicago NEWMOA NortheastWaste Management Officials' Association NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology iv NORBIC North Business and Industrial Council P2 Pollution Prevention P2AID Pollution Prevention Assistance and Information Database PI Principal Investigator PIE Partnership for Industry and Ecology PHI Printing Industry ofIllinois and Indiana PIPP Partners in Prevention Program PNEAC Printer's National Environmental Assistance Center POTWs Publicly Owned Treatment Works RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study RO Reverse Osmosis RRT Reduction and Recycling Techniques/Technologies SHWEC Solid And Hazardous Waste Education Center TPPA Toxic Pollution Prevention Act TRI Toxic Release Inventory UIUC University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds WMI Waste Management, Inc. 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