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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... relatives , on behalf of a client , or acting as an agent , that might in any way constitute or result in a possible conflict of interest , or an appearance of conflict of Interest , with the position to which you have been nominated ...
... relatives , on behalf of a client , or acting as an agent , that might in any way constitute or result in a possible conflict of interest , or an appearance of conflict of Interest , with the position to which you have been nominated ...
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... Relative Risk at Sites 18 C. D. DOD : A Relative Risk Framework and Community Partnerships DOE : Ongoing Process Improvements 21 24 ABCDE B. C. D. E. IV . Paying the Cold War Mortgage : Remaining Challenges A. The Potential Funding Gap ...
... Relative Risk at Sites 18 C. D. DOD : A Relative Risk Framework and Community Partnerships DOE : Ongoing Process Improvements 21 24 ABCDE B. C. D. E. IV . Paying the Cold War Mortgage : Remaining Challenges A. The Potential Funding Gap ...
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... relative risks and priorities among sites . Cleanup technolo- gies often were unavailable , and , in important instances , are still in early stages of development . Some agencies also had little experience in communicating effectively ...
... relative risks and priorities among sites . Cleanup technolo- gies often were unavailable , and , in important instances , are still in early stages of development . Some agencies also had little experience in communicating effectively ...
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... relative risk at sites . There has been increasing progress in developing our understanding of risk at Federal facility sites and improving the risk - assessment protocols by which cleanup decisions are made . The collective level of ...
... relative risk at sites . There has been increasing progress in developing our understanding of risk at Federal facility sites and improving the risk - assessment protocols by which cleanup decisions are made . The collective level of ...
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... relative risk framework , DOD incorporated early stakeholder involve- ment by using RABS as a mechanism for discussing the relative risk ranking of sites at installa- tions . RABS serve as a forum for exchanging cleanup information with ...
... relative risk framework , DOD incorporated early stakeholder involve- ment by using RABS as a mechanism for discussing the relative risk ranking of sites at installa- tions . RABS serve as a forum for exchanging cleanup information with ...
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action activities Administration agreement areas billion bioremediation budget CERCLA Chair Chairman cleanup effort cleanup process cleanup programs Committee communities compliance CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contamination contract contractor cost cost-effective Council on Environmental Department of Energy DIRK KEMPTHORNE DOE's economic efficiency Endangered Species Act ensure environment environmental cleanup Environmental Management Environmental Policy Environmental Quality Environmental Restoration Federal agencies Federal facilities cleanup Federal government Forest Service funding future land hazardous waste human health IAGs implementation improve industry innovative technologies interagency issues Land Management LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Max Baucus McGinty milestones National Environmental NEPA nuclear weapons oversight percent phytoremediation plans plutonium potential President priorities problems radioactive waste radionuclides RCRA recess appointment reduce reforms regulations regulatory relative risk requirements responsible risk assessment role Senator CHAFEE Senator KEMPTHORNE Senator LIEBERMAN significant stakeholders statutory Superfund technology development timber U.S. SENATOR USDA Washington White House
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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