Sand beneficial reuse guides unveiled.Two guidance documents to help increase the beneficial reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. of metalcasting sand recently were unveiled by the metalcasting sector partnership of American Foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies. Society (AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ). Both guides, aimed at assisting state environmental agencies and individual metalcasting facilities in developing sand beneficial reuse programs and appropriately managing their sands for reuse, were released Sept. 17. EPA's guide, "The State Toolkit for Developing Beneficial Reuse Programs for Foundry Sand," provides state environmental agencies with an overview of current beneficial reuse practices, case studies on successful program designs and a guide to sampling and testing requirements. The information and guidance will help states develop and improve beneficial reuse programs. EPA has made the toolkit available on-line at http ://www.epa. gov/sectors/ metalcasting/toolkit_bw.pdf. Metalcasters interested in learning more about how they can reuse their sand will find a valuable tool in AFS' guide, "Turning Used Foundry Sand into a Marketable Marketable are securities that can be easily converted into cash. Such securities will generally have highly liquid markets allowing the security to be sold at a reasonable price very quickly. Resource: Best Management Practices for Beneficial Reuse." This document explains the necessary steps to start a reuse program at one's facility, lists sand end users' general requirements, and provides a helpful program checklist for metalcasters beneficially reusing their sand. The electronic form of the guide will soon be available on the AFS website. For more information on the metalcasting sector program or beneficial reuse of metalcasting sand issues, contact Amy Blankenbiller at the AFS Washington Office, 202/842-4864 or ab@afsinc.org. |
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