Following completion of Chapter 3, students should be able to:

1. Identify the legal authorities involved in a pretreatment program.
2. List the important aspects of EPA's regulations.
3. Describe the various types of EPA standards.
4. Outline the development of categorical limits.
5. Identify types of industries and facilities subject to the categorical program.
6. Explain the electroplating and metal finishing regulations and their differences.
7. Describe the contents and significance of a Wastewater Ordinance.
8. Plan or review a pretreatment program.
9. Explain the role of local authorities in the control of pollutants.
10. Establish and implement an industrial waste enforcement program.
11. Keep current with changing regulations.

The main purpose of this chapter is to provide pretreatment inspectors and program managers with a background of how the rules and regulations we work with have developed historically. This information will be very helpful when explaining applicable rules and regulations to industrial dischargers.

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