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An Internship in Environmental Compliance and Water Management with Duke Energy Cincinnati, Ohio
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Huddleston, Brian J.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303052585
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Year and Degree
2011, Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, Environmental Sciences.
Abstract
The purpose of this report is to describe my internship experience with Duke Energy, an investor owned gas and electric utility company in Cincinnati, Ohio. The duration of the internship was from March, 2010 through December, 2010. The focus of my internship included assistance in filing the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and in completing a Wastewater Effluent Information Collection Request (ICR) for the Steam Electric Generating Industry, both for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This required obtaining an understanding of the operations, pollution control devices, wastewater treatment methods, and pollutant discharges at coal-based generating stations. Several site visits were conducted to generating stations in order to observe these operations in person. The primary responsibilities included the operation of modeling software, data acquisition, data synthesis, documentation, field measurements, and familiarity with USEPA reporting methods. This report attempts to summarize the projects, activities, training, and experiences I was involved in during my internship at Duke Energy.
Committee
Dr. Sandra Woy-Hazleton, PhD (Advisor)
Dr. Mark Boardman, PhD (Advisor)
Robbyn Abbitt, MS (Advisor)
Pages
66 p.
Subject Headings
Energy
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Environmental Engineering
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Environmental Management
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Environmental Science
Keywords
Pollution control devices
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Toxics Release Inventory
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NPDES permitting
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Wastewater effluent guidelines ICR
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LARK-TRIPP modeling software
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power plant operation
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Huddleston, B. J. (2011).
An Internship in Environmental Compliance and Water Management with Duke Energy Cincinnati, Ohio
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303052585
APA Style (7th edition)
Huddleston, Brian.
An Internship in Environmental Compliance and Water Management with Duke Energy Cincinnati, Ohio.
2011. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303052585.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Huddleston, Brian. "An Internship in Environmental Compliance and Water Management with Duke Energy Cincinnati, Ohio." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303052585
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.