Citizen action

Sections 20 and 21 - authorize citizen action to compel compliance with the regulatory requirements of the Act. 

Stemming the drunk-driving problem seems to be a matter of sustained attention and action by law enforcement and citizens action groups. Drivers perceptions that arrest and conviction are likely consequences of drunk driving also are important. Alcohol s effects on sex and aggression are major topics of social interest and concern. To understand alcohol s association with aggressive behavior it is necessary to take into account characteristics of the aggressor and situational factors, only one of which is alcohol. 

Minimization of solid wastes, pollution control, and conservation of natural resources have become important and popular topics in all countries of the world. We live in an age of increasing government intervention, resulting in environmental laws, regulations, and enforceable penalties for offenders. Legal federal, state, and private citizen actions are taken increasingly often. They often result in considerable fines and sometimes even jail for those found responsible. 

Management of Industrial Particulates Corporate, Government, Citizen Action Heikoff 1975... 

Influence citizen action Gather and communicate research that the world needs... 

Protecting the Ozone Layer A Checklist for Citizen Action... 

An industrial laboratory arranged an on-site visit for representatives from the Sierra Club and other local citizen action groups who had begun to raise objections to the approval of the site s RCRA Part B permit for a hazardous waste incinerator. Concerns about the noise, smoke, and smell from the incinerator were dispelled after the individuals stood right next to it and did not realize what it was and that it was operating at the time ... 

Enforcement legal methods used by EPA, state, and local governments to make polluters obey the Clean Air Act. In the absence of enforcement, citizens can sue EPA or the states to obtain action, and can also sue violating sources apart from any action EPA or state or local governments have taken. 

This paper is dedicated to the hundreds of millions of impoverished and exploited people of the forests in the developing world. Most will have little hope or opportunity to escape the misery of poverty unless the sociopolitical constraints that result in both overexploitation of natural resources and continued human suffering are overcome. This includes an increased awareness, compassion and action from the citizens, governments, and businesses of developed countries. We wish to thank Bev Clark, Dodi Reesman and Sheila Till for assistance with manuscript preparation and Drs. L. F. DeBano, D. A. Perry and one anonymous reviewer for helpful reviews of this manuscript. 

The significance of the exposure levels shown in the Levels of Significant Exposure (LSE) tables and figures may differ depending on the user s perspective. Public health officials and others concerned with appropriate actions to take at hazardous waste sites may want information on levels of exposure associated with more subtle effects in humans or animals (LOAELs) or exposure levels below which no adverse effects (NOAELs) have been observed. Estimates of levels posing minimal risk to humans (minimal risk levels or MRLs) may be of interest to health professionals and citizens alike. 

To facilitate the development of collective action plans (i.e. RBMPs) involving all stakeholders (industries, authorities, citizens and NGOs). 

Improvement Item ACEMD had to contact SC Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) to initiate the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) which only works if radio station is in auto position. ACEMD did not have (EAS) monitoring capability to determine if EAS message had been transmitted to citizens. SCEMD resource issues can impact initiation of EAS. Procedure to confirm dissemination of public protective action notifications should be developed. 

The impacts of TSCA, such as those on two specific exemplary industries, surface coating polymers and metal-cutting fluids, by S.Oslosky and H.Fribush, respectively, are implied but actually not explicit within TSCA. Consider the required assessment of risks, the need for test-data describing effects on health and the environment, aside from plant inspections, subpoenas, prohibited acts, penalties for prohibited acts, enforcement and seizure, judicial review, citizens civil actions and petitions, and employee protection provisions in the Act. Thus, it s inevitable that the alert manufacturer will adjust his product research, development and selection processes to identify and use substances with reduced risk to health and the environment wherever possible. As structure-(biological)-activity relationships become more reliable, the alert... 

It may be, of course, that Herty interested Garvan in the bill, but having the support of his employer no doubt was an encouragement to him in his efforts on behalf of the bill. In a speech delivered in 1927, Herty now argued that it would not be in the "true American spirit" to await the largess of the rich to fund such an institute. All citizens are subject to illness, he continued, and the financing of medical research is thus a matter for "united action by all our people" (i.e., for tax support)... 

Their action focused renewed attention on a problem of increasing concern within the scientific community how to separate what a scientist says as a concerned citizen from what he says as a scientist reporting scientific facts. 

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