Nomination of Kathleen A. McGinty: Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Kathleen A. McGinty to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, September 27, 1995U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 205 pages |
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... cleanup - I think it's OXY - USA — where Bossier City , the State of Louisiana , all the consumer groups , and OXY- USA arrived at a cleanup process and program and agreed to it , and the EPA came in and interfered with that . Did you ...
... cleanup - I think it's OXY - USA — where Bossier City , the State of Louisiana , all the consumer groups , and OXY- USA arrived at a cleanup process and program and agreed to it , and the EPA came in and interfered with that . Did you ...
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... cleanup standards to radiological and mixed waste ; and streamlining of cleanup programs to eliminate redundancy between CERCLA and RCRA or analogous state programs . Subsequently , EPA has worked with CEQ and other concerned agencies ...
... cleanup standards to radiological and mixed waste ; and streamlining of cleanup programs to eliminate redundancy between CERCLA and RCRA or analogous state programs . Subsequently , EPA has worked with CEQ and other concerned agencies ...
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... Cleanup 3 D. Renewing the Commitment to Cleanup . 6 III . Owning up to the Federal Responsibility . 8 A. Survey of Agency Challenges B. Building Knowledge About Relative Risk at Sites 18 C. D. DOD : A Relative Risk Framework and ...
... Cleanup 3 D. Renewing the Commitment to Cleanup . 6 III . Owning up to the Federal Responsibility . 8 A. Survey of Agency Challenges B. Building Knowledge About Relative Risk at Sites 18 C. D. DOD : A Relative Risk Framework and ...
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... cleanup of Federal lands and facilities would pose enormous scientific , technical , administrative , regulatory , and political challenges , even if resources available for this purpose were unlimited . As the Federal government works ...
... cleanup of Federal lands and facilities would pose enormous scientific , technical , administrative , regulatory , and political challenges , even if resources available for this purpose were unlimited . As the Federal government works ...
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... cleanup challenge adequately recognized . B. Addressing Real Risks to Real Communities . Federal leadership in meeting the cleanup challenge and making appropriate cleanup decisions for the diverse portfolio of sites under Federal ...
... cleanup challenge adequately recognized . B. Addressing Real Risks to Real Communities . Federal leadership in meeting the cleanup challenge and making appropriate cleanup decisions for the diverse portfolio of sites under Federal ...
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Page 2 - Council"). The Council shall be composed of three members who shall be appointed by the President to serve at his pleasure, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Page 2 - ... it is the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony...
Page 176 - ... (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 otherwise managed.
Page 3 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfil the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 2 - ... to appraise programs and activities of the Federal Government in the light of the policy...
Page 106 - Conference on Environment and Development held in June, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro...
Page 24 - Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office on Environmental Policy...
Page 176 - Half-life. The time it takes for one-half of any given number of unstable atoms to decay. Each isotope has its own characteristic half life.
Page 181 - The ability of a substance to cause damage to living tissue: impairment of the central nervous system: severe illness; or (in extreme cases) death when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by the skin.
Page 177 - Different forms of the same chemical element that differ only by the number of neutrons in their nucleus. Most elements have more than one naturally occurring isotope. Many more isotopes have been produced in reactors and scientific laboratories. K Reactor. A plutonium and tritium production reactor at the Savannah River Site. started in 1 954 and shut down in 1988. The code name "K