Special Report No. 94-12: An Analysis of the Data Used by the EPA in its Review of the Pulp and Paper Industry's Effluent Limitations Guidelines for BOD5 and TSS

NCASI assembled and analyzed the treatment system performance data base that EPA used in its proposal to revise conventional pollutant (BOD5, TSS) effluent limitations for best practicable treatment (BPT). The rationale that EPA used in developing the proposed effluent limitations for all production subcategories is examined. Unusual design or operating conditions were identified in a number of the treatment systems included in the performance data base.