National Initiatives in Green Technologies: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, October 5 and November 18, 1993, Volume 4

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Page 84 - emission limitation" and "emission standard" mean a requirement established by the State or the Administrator which limits the quantity, rate, or concentration of emissions of air pollutants on a continuous basis, including any requirement relating to the operation or maintenance of a source to assure continuous emission reduction, and any design, equipment, work practice or operational standard promulgated under this Act.. * (1) The term "standard of performance...
Page 213 - The Parties should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international economic system...
Page 98 - stationary source" means any building, structure, facility, or installation which emits or may emit any air pollutant. (4) The term "modification" means any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of. a stationary source which increases the amount of any air pollutant emitted by such source or which results in the emission of any air pollutant not previously emitted. (5) The term "owner or operator" means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a stationary...
Page 130 - A) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or, B) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or...
Page 134 - Administrator, to a reasonable degree of certainty, that there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the disposal unit or injection zone for as long as the wastes remain hazardous.
Page 213 - Trade policy measures for environmental purposes should not constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable, discrimination or a disguised restriction on international trade. Unilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges outside the jurisdiction of the importing country should be avoided.
Page 213 - Measures taken to combat climate change, including unilateral ones, should not constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on international trade.
Page 120 - effluent limitation" means any restriction established by a State or the Administrator on quantities, rates, and concentrations of chemical, physical, biological, and other constituents which are discharged from point sources into navigable waters, the waters of the contiguous zone, or the ocean, including schedules of compliance. (12) The term "discharge of a pollutant" and the term "discharge of pollutants...
Page 120 - schedule of compliance" means a schedule of remedial measures including an enforceable sequence of actions or operations leading to compliance with an effluent limitation, other limitation, prohibition, or standard. (18) The term "industrial user...
Page 187 - Market economies, characterized by entrepreneurial initiatives, are essential to achieving this. Business thus shares the view that there should be a common goal, not a conflict, between economic development and environmental protection, both now and for future generations. Making market forces work in this way to protect and improve the quality of the environment - with the help of performance-based standards and judicious use of economic instruments in a harmonious regulatory framework - is one...

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