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1-Naphthaleneacetic acid

In the United States, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), products containing NAA require registration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as pesticides.

Aliyu Modibbo Umar

Later that month, as spokesman for the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Ministers at the EU-ACP ministerial meeting in Bonn, Aliyu Modibbo stated that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) should be implemented carefully to avoid negative impact, especially on countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region.

Amorgos oil spill

Instead, the EPA settled with Assuranceforeningen Gard in March 2006, resulting in the ship’s owner agreeing to pay a total of NT$34 million (US $ 1.05 million).

Aquaculture of brine shrimp

Since these components are critical for the larvae development, it is common practice to feed this live prey with emulsions of marine oils that are rich in the EPA and DHA, which is referred as enrichment processes.

Beatrice Foods

Federal judge Walter Jay Skinner ruled that Beatrice was not responsible for the contamination, although according to the book and film, based on new evidence brought forward by the EPA later found, Judge Skinner reversed his verdict and found both companies responsible.

Best Available Control Technology

It is the current EPA standard for all polluting sources that fall under the New Source Review guidelines and is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Bob Perciasepe

And he worked to ensure that EPA standards for any potential nuclear waste repository – for instance, such as the one once proposed for Yucca Mountain- will be protective of human health.

BoRit Asbestos

The BoRit Asbestos Area Community Advisory Group (CAG) was established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and community members to represent the interests of the communities surrounding the 32 acre BoRit Asbestos Area near the intersection of Whitpain Township, Upper Dublin Township, and Ambler Borough, Pennsylvania, in providing advice and input regarding the BoRit Asbestos Area.

Bradley M. Campbell

Campbell was nominated by President Clinton on December 15, 1999, to serve as the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Middle Atlantic Region succeeding W. Michael McCabe, who had been named the EPA's Deputy Administrator.

California Environmental Protection Agency

Cal/EPA was created by Governor Pete Wilson by Executive Order W-5-91 in 1991, following on a "Big Green" initiative Wilson proposed during the 1990 state gubernatorial elections, promising a cabinet-level agency to oversee state environmental regulations and research.

Computer-aided management of emergency operations

CAMEO also can be used with a separate software application called LandView to display EPA environmental databases and demographic/economic information to support analysis of environmental justice issues.

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

In his 1998 Clean Water Action Plan, President Bill Clinton mandated the USDA and the EPA to join forces to develop a framework for future actions to improve national water quality standards for public health.

Cooper Drum Company

Following the study, the EPA issued a Record of Decision (ROD), which selected the actions to take at the site.

Development communication

The terms ‘risk communications’ and ‘risk management’ were first used by William Ruckelshaus, the first administrator of the U.S. 'Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was established in the 1970s.

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

In July 2005, Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator for Region 9 of the EPA, initially proposed the idea of a Diesel Emissions Reduction in the 109th Congress, 1st session.

Distorted Music Festival

2005: Architect, Black Lung, Cambion, Converter, the Crystalline Effect, Defused Fusion, Delta of Venus, Enduser, EPA, Jetlag, Killjoy, Maladroit, Mechanised Convulsions, Mono No Aware, the Mutagen Server, Noistruct, n0nplus, Null Hypothesis, Scorn, Vespine, Xian.

Electricity provider switching

This effort was supported by Texas Governor Rick Perry who put the proposed plants on a "fast track" process for permits in an effort to be grandfathered in under more lenient EPA pollution rules.

Enduring power of attorney

On 1 October 2007 the EPA was replaced by the two forms of lasting power of attorney (LPA), and no new EPAs can now be drawn up; however, one signed before that date and not yet registered may still be registered, through the Office of the Public Guardian which will provide information about the procedure including the fee payable.

Energy Star

The Energy Star program was developed by John S. Hoffman, inventor of the Green Programs at EPA, working closely with the IT industry, and implemented by Cathy Zoi and Brian Johnson.

European Privacy Association

EU lobbying watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has asserted that EPA "is working to represent industry interests in the debate on data protection in Europe" and "to promote industry-friendly legislation" as a front group for the IT industry.

In 2013, CEO filed a complaint against EPA because the association had not listed any corporate sponsors in the EU Transparency Register, claiming that it had only ten natural persons as members; EPA then admitted that Microsoft, Google and Yahoo are among its members.

Gas diffusion method

The gas diffusion sterilization is a proprietary method developed by Andersen Products in 1958 and subsequently used by the Anprolene (EPA registered in 1968) and EOGas sterilizers.

Global Clean Energy Holdings

In mid-2011, GCEH, Emerald Biofuels and Honeywell's UOP LLC submitted a joint Renewable Fuel Standard pathway application to the U.S. EPA for Jatropha.

Hyundai Elantra

However, real-world test by Popular Mechanics showed significantly­ better fuel economy than EPA estimated MPG.

LG Life Sciences

In addition to Permethrin, LGLS registered three of its generic products with the EPA in 2006, Metalaxyl, Lambda-Cyhalothrin, and Esfenvalerate.

McGill EMF Conference

They knew that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was threatening to regulate workplace smoking as a carcinogenic pollutant in the ambient air—and therefore that their old standby claims that the 'smoker made the choice to smoke or not'... that smoking was a personal choice... would no longer excuse the damage to health.

Myles W. Scoggins

While serving as executive vice president for ExxonMobil in Houston, Dr. Scoggins as an officer received a notice of violation letter dated January 19, 2001 from EPA Region 6 citing section 113 (a)(1) of the Federal Clean Air Act for alleged NSR violations at the Baytown Refinery.

New Idria, California

In 2011, New Idria was re-listed as a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site, owing to unchecked mercury run-off and contamination.

No-FEAR Act

The EPA had refused to promote Coleman-Adebayo shortly after she alleged the presence of environmental and health problems at the Brits, South Africa, vanadium mines.

On August 18, 2000, a federal jury found the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guilty of violating the civil rights of Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo on the basis of race, sex, color and a hostile work environment, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Dr. Coleman-Adebayo founded the No FEAR Institute to organize support for the bill's purposes while continuing to work for the EPA.

Northwest Cable News

Jeff McAtee (1996-2004; formerly worked as an anchor for WWMT-TV in Grand Rapids and commander for the Navy over in Italy; now Communications Director, Office of Criminal Enforcement at U.S. EPA)

Norumbega Park

Since then, cleanup has been a major concern for local municipalities and the EPA.

Onondaga people

In doing so they hope to obtain increased influence over environmental restoration efforts at Onondaga Lake and other EPA Superfund sites in the claimed area.

Pneumatic fracturing

The clean-up technique was developed and patented through the research of various professors at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1996 with hopes of cleaning up various United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites which are some of the most heavily contaminated sites in the country.

Presidio Graduate School

Employers include: Accenture, ClimateCHECK, the cities of Berkeley and Mountain View, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Goodwill Industries, Mattel, NBC, PETA, Sundance Channel, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and Wake Forest University.

Regulation of ship pollution in the United States

EPA is responsible for issuing permits that regulate the disposal of materials at sea (except for dredged material disposal, for which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible).

Remy Blumenfeld

He is the son of the Sculptor, Helaine Blumenfeld and the writer, Yorick Blumenfeld His brother is Jared Blumenfeld, Regional Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for District 9.

Renwu Incident

In 2009, the Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan (EPA) found that the soil and the groundwater in the area close to Formosa Plastics' Renwu Plant has been polluted by benzene, chloroform, dichloromethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and vinylchloride.

Rustle the Leaf

Because news of the publication spread via the World Wide Web, requests for the copies of the book came in from organizations and nations around the world—including requests from the National Army of Pakistan, the Canadian government, a leading luxury hotel chain based in Indonesia, NASA's Langley Research Center, and an EPA regional office, which asked to be supplied with books anonymously for fear of reprisals from the Bush Administration.

Senarath Liyana Arachchi

His mother, Isanona Epa Senaviratne was a grand- daughter of Don Philip De Silva Epa Appuhamy(founder of the Epa Almanac) and his father, Adman Liyana Arachchi was a village headman in Pitigala in Galle District.

Solvent Red 26

Its main use is as a standard fuel dye in the United States of America mandated by the IRS to distinguish low-taxed or tax exempt heating oil from automotive diesel fuel, and by the EPA to mark fuels with higher sulfur content; it is however increasingly replaced with Solvent Red 164, a similar dye with longer alkyl chains, which is better soluble in hydrocarbons.

Spruce 1

On March 23, 2012, federal judge Amy Berman Jackson overturned the decision by the EPA that revoked a permit for the Spruce 1 mine project.

Sustainable Electronics Initiative

In addition, the symposium will include keynote speakers from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dell, and Walmart.

Taiwan Golden Bee

TGB has ISO 9001 and QS 9000 certified operation since 1995 and all products carry EC or EPA/DOT approval.

Vayarol

The FDA has announced the availability of a qualified health claim for reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) on conventional foods that contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and DHA omega-3 fatty acids.

Waste Management, Inc

In November 2010, some residents of Kettleman City, California complained to the EPA about Waste Management's plan to double the size of its Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility, a local dump that has been connected to hazardous waste such as asbestos, pesticides, and PCBs.

Westcott Reservoir

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant in 2005 was to replace the deteriorated Hypalon lining; as of October 2005 the reservoir stood empty.

William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building

The structure was formally dedicated at a ceremony on July 17, 2013, at which Clinton spoke and former EPA Administrator Carol Browner attended.


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