Spring Valley: Toxic Waste Contamination in the Nation's Capital : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, July 27, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 336 pages |
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... Hazardous Material and Toxic Substances Department of Health Descriptive Epidemiological Study of Cancers Associated with Arsenic Vincent Kofie , PhD , Director of Surveillance and Epidemiology Department of Health IV . Executive ...
... Hazardous Material and Toxic Substances Department of Health Descriptive Epidemiological Study of Cancers Associated with Arsenic Vincent Kofie , PhD , Director of Surveillance and Epidemiology Department of Health IV . Executive ...
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... warned citizens to minimize exposure to soil , to wear protective masks in the presence of dust and not to eat homegrown vegetables . The identification of concentrations of hazardous materials and the cleanup of such areas 31.
... warned citizens to minimize exposure to soil , to wear protective masks in the presence of dust and not to eat homegrown vegetables . The identification of concentrations of hazardous materials and the cleanup of such areas 31.
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... hazardous materials and the cleanup of such areas will not be completed for many months , probably not for many years . Meanwhile , citizens are puzzled and concerned that District authorities permit widespread construction , earth ...
... hazardous materials and the cleanup of such areas will not be completed for many months , probably not for many years . Meanwhile , citizens are puzzled and concerned that District authorities permit widespread construction , earth ...
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... hazardous materials , and the cleanup of such areas , will not be completed for many months , perhaps years . Meanwhile , citizens are puzzled and concerned that District authorities permit widespread construction , earth disturbance ...
... hazardous materials , and the cleanup of such areas , will not be completed for many months , perhaps years . Meanwhile , citizens are puzzled and concerned that District authorities permit widespread construction , earth disturbance ...
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... hazardous materials . See Dalehite v . United States , 346 U.S. 15 , 73 S.Ct. 956 , 97 L.Ed. 1427 ( 1953 ) ( claims arising from distribution of fertilizer for export to devastated areas after World War II barred by discretionary ...
... hazardous materials . See Dalehite v . United States , 346 U.S. 15 , 73 S.Ct. 956 , 97 L.Ed. 1427 ( 1953 ) ( claims arising from distribution of fertilizer for export to devastated areas after World War II barred by discretionary ...
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57th Ordnance Detachment action activities American University Experiment archives Army's ATSDR AUES Baltimore District Benjamin Ladner burial of munitions buried munitions Camp American University Camp Leach campus cancer chemical warfare chemical weapons claims cleanup Colonel FIALA concerns conducted CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction project contamination coordinated Corps of Engineers Court decision Department of Health Detected dinitrotoluene District of Columbia documents Edgewood Arsenal effort Environmental Protection Agency excavation F.Supp Federal Formerly Used Defense Fort McClellan FTCA FUDS Glenbrook Road hazardous homeowners identified July 27 LADNER Lewisite LIBRARY OF CONGRESS located materials MORELLA NORTON Occupational Health Office Ordnance Detachment EOD plaintiff points of interest remediation request response Scientific Advisory Panel soil sampling Spring Valley area Spring Valley community Spring Valley Scientific Subcommittee summary judgment Superfund survey testing Thank toxic U.S. Army Corps United University's Valley Scientific Advisory VOLTAGGIO Walker Washington
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Page 68 - Any claim based upon an act or omission of an employee of the Government, exercising due care, in the execution of a statute or regulation, whether or not such statute or regulation be valid, or based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT, Washington, DC.
Page 188 - The remedial action requirements are derived principally from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended.
Page 113 - Services, is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment.
Page 228 - Before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia, Committee on Government Reform...
Page 66 - Summary judgment is appropriate "if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
Page 68 - Congress' willingness to impose tort liability upon the United States and its desire to protect certain governmental activities from exposure to suit by private individuals.
Page 68 - Federal agency" includes the executive departments, the judicial and legislative branches, the military departments, independent establishments of the United States, and corporations primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies of the United States, but does not include any contractor with the United States. "Employee of the government...