Knowing from the Waste Characterization Study (26) that 41 % by weight and 44 percent by
volume is the paper fiber portion of the waste stream at Hoffman Road, and then
assuming a rate of recovery at 30 percent of 156,029 tons,
equals 46,808 possible tons of PEF annually.
As a result, the Department
assumed that the total
volume of non-IRB reviewed research is
equal to 25 percent of all IRB - reviewed research, leading to 19,152 new IRB or privacy board reviews in the first year of the regulation.