Table of Contents

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PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PILOT TEAM MEMBERS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY

• The Effluent Trading Pilot
• Summary of Key Findings
  
  • Benefits of Trading
  • The Trading Process
  • Transferability of Trading to Other POTWs
  
  
• Organization of this Report

CHAPTER 2: HISTORY OF PVSC'S LOCAL LIMITS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFLUENT TRADING

CHAPTER 3: THE BENEFITS OF TRADING

• Environmental Benefits
• Benefits to Industrial Facilities
  
  • Sellers
  • Buyers
  • Cooperative Pretreatment
  
  
• Benefits to POTWs

CHAPTER 4: ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL TRADING PROGRAM

• Background on Trading
• Components of a Trading Program
  
  • Local Limits
  • POTW Regulations
  • Environmental Improvement
  • Sellers
  • Buyers
  
  
• Process of Developing a Trade
  
  • Identifying Trading Partners
  • Calculating Trading Quantities
  • Trading Negotiations
  • Trading Agreements
  • Approving the Trade
  
  
• Other Elements of Trading
  
  • Timing the Development of a Trading Program
  • POTW Credibility

CHAPTER 5: ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TRADING

• Uncertainties of Trading
• Overcoming Uncertainties
• Price Negotiations
• Completing a Trade
• Improving the Climate for Trading

CHAPTER 6: APPROACHES FOR PROMOTING TRADING WITHIN A POTW SERVICE AREA

• Outreach to Potential Traders
• Lack of Information on Trading Programs and Potential Traders
• Small Volume Dischargers

CHAPTER 7: TRANSFERABILITY OF TRADING TO OTHER POTWS

APPENDIX A: Rules and Regulations Concerning Discharges to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners Treatment Works

APPENDIX B: How to Calculate Effluent Trading Quantities for PVSC Local Limits

APPENDIX C: Trading Agreement Guidance

APPENDIX D: Introductory Letter to PVSC Industrial Permittees

APPENDIX E: Trading Pilot Questions and Answers

APPENDIX F: Comparison of SO₂ Trading and Effluent Trading of Local Limits

APPENDIX G: Glossary of Effluent Trading Terms

LIST OF EXHIBITS

• EXHIBIT 1-1: Communities in the PVSC Service Area
• EXHIBIT 2-1: The Local Limits and Threshold Values of Metals Regulated by PVSC
• EXHIBIT 3-1: Benefits of Trading
• EXHIBIT 4-1: Specific Elements of the Trading Agreement

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Last Revision: March 9, 2000
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