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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

A governmental agency whose mission is to protect the natural environment by enacting and enforcing regulations concerning conditions that could otherwise adversely affect public health, such as the release of pollutants.

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Coast Guard began working with the EPA, the Louisiana state government, and private industries to identify and recover spilled oil along the coast.

In Katrina's wake

They've done considerable amount of characterization,'' EPA project manager Michael Feeley said of the soil surveys.

EPA FAULTS DOE CLEANUP AT FIELD LAB

In a recent poll commissioned by the American Lung Association, 77 percent of respondents trust the EPA to set clean air standards.

BAD AIR DAYS

In addition, EPA may come back to us with some issues we haven't even thought of.

Change is in the air: if your ferrous metalcasting facility is a major source of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), you have until next spring to comply with new maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards. If you're a minor source of HAPs, knowing the issues can help you influence the impending changes you may face in the next few years

IREM fully supports the reasoning EPA has used to not require this testing.

IREM greater NY president opposes lead paint rule

The positive effects will cumulate over time as the newer, cleaner-burning engines replace the older ones that have been powering America's off-road equipment during the previous decades, according to the EPA news release.

Next stop: just as equipment makers adjust to EPA Tier 3 emissions standards, Tier 4 deadlines will begin to hit

Hybrid motor and lean burn fuel vehicles: Pursuant to EPA '05 Section 1341(a), adding Sec.

Congress's tax double header

The plaintiffs, including the Pesticide Action Network, United Farm Workers of America and Natural Resources Defense Council, filed suit saying the EPA allegedly failed to respond to their 1998 petition to recognize the special needs of farmworkers' children when setting pesticide tolerance levels, as required by the 1996 federal Food Quality Protection Act.

WAGING CHEMICAL WARFARE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST EPA OVER PESTICIDES' HARM TO CHILDREN

Each year, EPA distributed pollution "allowances" to power plants for each ton of sulfur dioxide emitted that collectively added up to the national cap.

Partly sunny: why enviros can't admit that Bush's Clear Skies initiative isn't half bad

But the EPA backed off on the legislative route as well.

Open to attact: Bush gives in to chemical companies, leaving the nation vulnerable

Session 3 on Playground and Soil Amendment Issues will be moderated by Todd Marvel, Illinois EPA.

Scrap tire meeting held in Memphis. (Meetings)

In March 2002 the QIG returned to find that sweetheart deals accounted for "1 out of every 5 dollars of the $1 billion" the EPA awarded in 1999 and 2000.