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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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The safe disposal requirements went into effect in 1993, so scrap recycling companies with "institutional memory or scrap veterans on staff have probably become familiar with what the EPA requires.

Easing the chill: years of experience and increased knowledge can help lessen the environmental risks of recycling refrigerators and air conditioners

I would quickly introduce legislation to amend the Clean Air Act to give the EPA the authority,'' Boxer said in a statement.

SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS ON LIMITING CO2

EPA must publish the proposed rule language changes in the Federal Register and take public comments before issuing a supplemental, final rule to codify the changes.

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

This week, an agency statement said, "Once the digitization effort is completed, there will be greater access to EPA collections for both EPA employees and the public.

Close your books: cuts, shutdowns loom for EPA libraries

We urge EPA to stick with their proposal not to require such notification.

IREM greater NY president opposes lead paint rule

Credit for "qualified fuel cell motor vehicles": EPA '05 Section 1341(a) creates a new credit (Sec.

Congress's tax double header

Beyond Pesticides Director Jay Feldman is critical of the EPA action.

Something stinks: the lingering legacy of the wood-preserving industry

The most important EPA official in shaping Clear Skies was Jeff Holmstead, a Bush appointee and head of the agency's Office for Air and Radiation.

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

EPA Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher discussed this draft in a May 2002 presentation entitled "Proposal for Chemical Security Legislation," according to the documents.

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

Session 8 on Innovative Legislation and Regulations will be moderated by Pam Swingle, EPA Region IV.

Scrap tire meeting held in Memphis. (Meetings)

The article explains that EPA has jurisdiction over such products under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA-7 USC Sections 136-136y).

Biocides keep the bugs off your plastics

The EPA was sued for failing to comply with the 1990 Clean Air Act, and a federal judge ordered the agency to propose standards for medical waste incinerators by February 1, 1995, with final standards in place by April 1, 1996.