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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... hazardous waste management companies , remedial and emergency response contractors , professional services , analytical testing laboratories , financial and educational institutions . The environmental industry in Massachusetts alone ...
... hazardous waste management companies , remedial and emergency response contractors , professional services , analytical testing laboratories , financial and educational institutions . The environmental industry in Massachusetts alone ...
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... hazards associated with the release of toxic , hazardous , and radiological substances has grown dramati- cally . The worst hazardous waste problems , such as the Love Canal site in New York , focused public attention on the lack of ...
... hazards associated with the release of toxic , hazardous , and radiological substances has grown dramati- cally . The worst hazardous waste problems , such as the Love Canal site in New York , focused public attention on the lack of ...
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... hazardous waste sites present a risk to public health and the environ- ment for communities serving as hosts to essential government missions , such as weapons production and some defense operations . The Clinton Administration ...
... hazardous waste sites present a risk to public health and the environ- ment for communities serving as hosts to essential government missions , such as weapons production and some defense operations . The Clinton Administration ...
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... hazardous ) wastes that present unique technological and practical impediments to prompt remediation and restoration . The second category is comprised of those sites where Federal operations have generated environmental problems ...
... hazardous ) wastes that present unique technological and practical impediments to prompt remediation and restoration . The second category is comprised of those sites where Federal operations have generated environmental problems ...
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... hazardous substances or are otherwise responsible for contamination . Contamination at these sites has a range of causes : from hazardous substances leaching from disposal areas to release from mining and milling operations left by ...
... hazardous substances or are otherwise responsible for contamination . Contamination at these sites has a range of causes : from hazardous substances leaching from disposal areas to release from mining and milling operations left by ...
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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