Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Amendments of 1991: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, on S. 976 ... June 5, 6, 18; July 24 and 25, 1991U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 3 pages |
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... believe the consumer will buy the refined oil , but it has to be economically competitive and readily available . Two years ago I began working with two of my friends from this very august body , the late Senator John Heinz and Senator ...
... believe the consumer will buy the refined oil , but it has to be economically competitive and readily available . Two years ago I began working with two of my friends from this very august body , the late Senator John Heinz and Senator ...
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... believe that there is a very real need for a division be- tween the Federal Government's role in planning and the States and local Governments . The States and local Governments have been and will continue to be , we believe , the ...
... believe that there is a very real need for a division be- tween the Federal Government's role in planning and the States and local Governments . The States and local Governments have been and will continue to be , we believe , the ...
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... believe that the leg- islation as drafted may be flawed because the recovery and utiliza- tion rates which trigger standards will prove much too difficult to administer , and the content standards , with the exception of glass where ...
... believe that the leg- islation as drafted may be flawed because the recovery and utiliza- tion rates which trigger standards will prove much too difficult to administer , and the content standards , with the exception of glass where ...
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... believe aggressive goals are in the National interest . However , I think that a 50 per- cent goal for the Nation by 2000 cannot be achieved with the exist- ing bill . You need to have a stronger commitment to marketing You need to ...
... believe aggressive goals are in the National interest . However , I think that a 50 per- cent goal for the Nation by 2000 cannot be achieved with the exist- ing bill . You need to have a stronger commitment to marketing You need to ...
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... believe that these prob- lems are national in scope and require the support of industry and the Federal Government . Section 301 of the RCRA amendments set certain goals to reduce waste in the Nation . We applaud the concept of goals to ...
... believe that these prob- lems are national in scope and require the support of industry and the Federal Government . Section 301 of the RCRA amendments set certain goals to reduce waste in the Nation . We applaud the concept of goals to ...
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Page 359 - Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
Page 715 - States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Page 83 - ... treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in...
Page 682 - Parties may enter into bilateral, multilateral or regional agreements or arrangements regarding transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes with Parties or non-Parties provided that such agreements or arrangements do not derogate from the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes as required by this Convention.
Page 83 - Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities.
Page 720 - Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo...
Page 7 - need to produce goods" and the "need to protect the environment" by modifying the materials system so that all resources, including environmental, are paid for by users.
Page 612 - To report promptly to officials, employees, customers, and the public, information on chemical-related health or environmental hazards and to recommend protective measures.
Page 411 - All of those will be included in the record. (The statements referred to follow:) STATEMENT BY WILLIAM A.
Page 95 - Congress1 intent that protection of human health and the environment be subordinated to the continuation of used oil recycling activities. The Agency can and should prohibit or control used oil recycling practices that it determines will pose a potential hazard to human health and the environment even though such regulations would impede recycling. The intent of the provision is to make it clear that Congress ' paramount interest in regulating used oil is to assure protection of human health and...