The EPA GitHub repository PAU4ChemAs as described in the README.md file, contains Python scripts written to build the PAU dataset modules (technologies, capital and operating costs, and chemical prices) for tracking chemical flows transfers, releases estimation, and identification of potential occupation exposure scenarios in pollution abatement units (PAUs). These PAUs are employed for on-site chemical end-of-life management. The folder datasets contains the outputs for each framework step. The Chemicals_in_categories.csv contains the chemicals for the TRI chemical categories.
The EPA GitHub repository PAU_case_study as described in its readme.md entry, contains the Python scripts to run the manuscript case study for designing the PAUs, the data-driven models, and the decision-making module for chemicals of concern and tracking flow transfers at the end-of-life stage. The data was obtained by means of data engineering using different publicly-available databases. The properties of chemicals were obtained using the GitHub repository Properties_Scraper, while the PAU dataset using the repository PAU4Chem.
Finally, the EPA GitHub repository Properties_Scraper contains a Python script to massively gather information about exposure limits and physical properties from different publicly-available sources: EPA, NOAA, OSHA, and the institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA).
Also, all GitHub repositories describe the Python libraries required for running their code, how to use them, the obtained outputs files after running the Python script modules, and the corresponding EPA Disclaimer.
This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Hernandez-Betancur, J.D., M. Martin, and G.J. Ruiz-Mercado. A data engineering framework for on-site end-of-life industrial operations. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 327: 129514, (2021).