1 Scope
This Technical Report provides information about environmental laws and regulations
that can affect microfilm processing laboratories. These laws and regulations control the following microfilm processing activities:
— storage and disposal of effluents ;
— storage and disposal of hazardous waste, employee safety training;
— notification of the public regarding hazardous waste incidents.
NOTE This Technical Report includes in an Annex, for information purposes, a discussion
of The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Guidance Manual on the
Development and Implementation of Local Discharge Limitations Under Pretreatment Programme and
that guidance manual’s relationship with state and local requirements in the United
States. Also included in this Technical Report are examples of typical discharge limitations.