Railroad Bibliography

1991

Kirsch, William F. and Looby, Gwen P. Environmental Research Brief . Waste Minimization Assessment for a Manufacturer of Refurbished Railcar Bearing Assemblies. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development. October 1991. EPA/600/R-94/154.*

This document is intended as a guide for Federal facility managers in the use of pollution prevention tools to reduce their waste generation and emission or release rates in order to meet compliance objectives. The document includes valuable information pertaining to pollution prevention opportunity assessments, training and outreach, energy conservation and efficiency, cost/benefit analysis, life-cycle costing, total cost assessment, life-cycle analysis, and pollution prevention program planning.

Office of Research and Development. October 1991. EPA/625/M-91-044.*

The EPA has funded a pilot project at the University City Science Center in Philadelphia, PA to assist small- and medium-size manufacturers who want to minimize their generation of waste but who lack the expertise to do so. Under agreement with EPA=s Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, the Science Center has established three Waste Minimization Assessment Centers (WMACs). This assessment was done by engineering faculty and students at the University of Tennessee=s (Knoxville) WMAC. The WMAC team performed the assessment at a plant that rebuilds railcar bearing assemblies -- approximately 163,200 bearing components per year.

Environmental Research Brief: Waste Minimization Assessment for a Manufacturer of Rebuilt Railway Cars and Components. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. July 1991. EPA 600-M-91-017.

1996

Environmental Compliance Handbook for Short Line Railroads, June 1996. Available from EPA=s Office of Compliance and Federal Railroad Administration.

This handbook provides detailed descriptions of environmental regulations, improvements, technologies, and general information regarding the railroad industry and its compliance efforts with environmental regulation. The handbook not only give fact, figures, legislation, and regulations, but contacts and financial and technical support for short line railroads.

1997

Profile of the Transportation Industry. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Compliance . December 1996. EPA/310-R-95-019. (Available from OC.)

This document provides comprehensive information and evaluation of the rail industry as well as information on most transportation forms. Provides specific statistics pertaining to size, scope, and impact of various industries. As a sector notebook by the EPA, the notebook contains summaries and analysis of various issues that effect the environment in each of the transportation industries.

* Documents are available from:

EPA Office of Research and Development

Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory

26 W. Martin Luther King Drive

Cincinnati, OH 45268

Telephone: (513) 569-7562

Fax::(513)569-7566

HYPERLINKS from HTMX

EPA/OC http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ AFuel for Thought@

CCAR/Greenlink http://www.ccar-greenlink.org Documents for vehicle repair shops

DOT/Bureau of Transportation Environmental Compliance

Handbook for Short Line Railroads