API Publ 4776
A Guide to Understanding, Assessment and the Regulation of PAHs in the Aquatic Environment
Standard by API, 2011
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Language: English
License Type: Single User
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A Guide to Understanding, Assessment and the Regulation of PAHs in the Aquatic Environment Designed to be an introductory guide to understanding and assessing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the aquatic environment (water and sediments). API prepared this guide primarily for refinery personnel and home office environmen tal staff who may have to address PAH issues. In addition, this guide may also be useful to staff in regulatory agencies that work with PAHs in wa stewater discharge permits, waste load allocations (total maximum daily load ings), and sediment investigation and remediation. The guide provides an overview on the chemistry, fate, and sources of PAHs in the environment and the regulatory implications. The guide also includes descriptions of the different source s of PAHs (petrogenic, pyrogenic, diagenic, biogenic) and techniques for differentiating these sources through their characteristic fingerprints, includin g straightforward ways to help identify or rule out potential sources
SKU: 04c6906524cd
- Publication Date: 2011
- Publisher: API
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