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COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND ENVIRONMENT, Water Quality Control Division Rationale -Page 9, Permit No. CO-0036251 VI. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERMIT F. Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention Waste minimization and pollution prevention are two terms that are becoming Increasingly more common in industry today. Waste minimization includes reducing the amount of waste at the source through cJ:anges in industrial processes, and reuse and recycling of wastes for the original or some other purpose (st~cli as materials recovery or energy production). Pollution prevention goes hand-in-hand wish waste minimization. If the waste is eliminated at tl:e front of the line, it will not have to be heated at the end of the line. The direct benefits to the indushy are often sign cant, both in terms of increased prof!! and in public relations. This program can affect all areas of process and waste control with which an industry deals. Elimination or reduction of a wastewater pollutant can also result in a reduction in an airpollutant or a reduction in the amount of hazardous materials that must be handled or disposed. This discharge permit does not specifically dictate waste minirnizahan conditions at this time. The Division does sh•ongly encourage the permittee to continue working in developing and implementing a waste minimization plan. Several industries have already developed plans and found that implementation resulted in sttbstmttial savings. Bath the Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have information and resources available. For more in-depth informatiwt, please contact these agencies. Jo Anne Gerken Novemberl, 2002 VII. REFERENCES A. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission. Regulation No. 31 The Basic Standards and Methadoloaies for Surface Water (5 CCR 1002-31). Denver: CDPHE, as revised 1/11/99 and effective 3/2/99. B. Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission. Regulation No. 62. Relations for Effluent Limitations (5 CCR 1002-62). Denver: CDPHE, as revised 11/9/98 and effective 12/30/98. C. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Conhol Commission. Regulation No. 6!. Colorado Discharge Permit Svstem Rezulations. (5 CCR 1002-61). Denver.• CDPHE, ns revised 3/9/99 and effective 4/30/99. D. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Division. Colorado Total Maximum Daily Land and Wnsteload Allocation Guidance Denver: CDPHE, as revised 11/91. E. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Conh~ol Division. Stah~s of Water Quality in Colorado 1998 Denver: CDPHE, as revised 12/98 and corrected 1/99. F. Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission. Regulation No. 4l. The Basic Standards for Ground Water (5 CCR 1002-41), Denver: CDPHE, as revised 1/11/99 and effective 3/2/99. G. Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission. Regtdation No. 39. Colorado River Salinity Standards (5 CCR 1002-39). Denver: CDPHE, as revised 7/14/97 and effective 8/30/97. H US. Environmental Protection Agency. Treatability Manual Vo[. I. Wash., D.C.: US. Government Printing Office, #600-2-82-001 a, 9/82. I US. Government, Offtce of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Adminrstration. Code ofFederal Rezulations (Part 440). Washington: 1992. J US. Government, Office ofthe Federal Register, National Archives and Records Adminish~ntion. Code ofFederal Regulations (Parts 400 to 424). Washington: 7/1/1996. K USEPA Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincimtati Ohio, Treatability Database