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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />ROO-7 <br /> <br />Hilary 1. Inyang, Ph.D. <br />978-934-3092 <br />Hilary invanl!@uml.edu <br /> <br />TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF <br />NATURAL HAZARDS ON POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES <br /> <br />Remarks <br />by <br /> <br />Hilary I. Inyang, Ph.D. <br /> <br />Natural hazards are producing environmental impacts that may coalesce with other traditional <br />stressors to enhance environmental degradation rates, It is difficult to decouple post-disaster <br />impacts from those that are attributable to ever-increasing anthropogenic activities. Nevertheless, <br />disaster recovery programs should be designed to discern immediate and long-term <br />environmental impacts. Well designed post-disaster monitoring programs can provide high utility <br />data that can be used to validate and verify post-event environmental degradation/change models, <br /> <br />An example of such application is the prediction of natural hazard impacts on waste management <br />and treatment facilities, and ecosystems that surround them, Some events that have occurred in <br />the past decade, exemplified by the 1993 floods and recent wildfires threatened and in some <br />cases, damaged pollution control facilities. This brief discussion focuses on research and other <br />program needs that would improve our understanding of environmental response to natural <br />disasters and improve sustainability programs. <br />