Congressional actions

Cost factors of expl tagging will be considered in the next section. In view of the above discussion, recalling that there can be serious compatibility problems of currently preferred taggants and expls, and considering that detection tagging is still in its infancy, it seems that immediate or near-future Congressional action to make tagging mandatory would be premature... 

The Agency s implementation plan is expected to describe ways to Implement the recommendations of the NAS. The legal obstacles, however, have been highlighted in the NAS report in some cases. For example, the first recommendation points out current laws are inconsistent with treating residues in raw and processed foods the same. Furthermore, the use of scientific evidence to demonstrate that a risk is "negligible" is Inconsistent with a strict interpretation of the Delaney clause. The Implementation of the recommendations will pose legal risks for EPA, and a consistent standard may not be attained without congressional action. 

In addition to congressional action. Presidential Decision Directive 39 (PDD-39), United States Policy on Counterterrorism, was issued in June, 1995. It specifies the responsibilities of federal agencies and their relationships to one another in the conduct of crisis management and consequence management. As defined in PDD-39, crisis management involves actions to anticipate and prevent acts of terrorism. United States law assigns... 

Under provisions of the Act and the Amendments Act and subsequent congressional action, compacts of states have been organized for the purpose of controlling the disposal of LLRW generated within member states of each compact and to facilitate the... 

The actual standard-setting process is complicated and typically protracted. In current practice, key elements are the preparation of a criteria document by the EPA staff with substantial input from scientists outside the agency. The criteria document is reviewed by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CAS AC), which was created in response to congressional action in 1977. The intent of the process of review, and typically of revision, is to achieve a criteria document that C ASAC views as scientifically adequate for regulatory decision making. The most recent criteria document, Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter (23), consists of three volumes about 6-in. thick. It represents an encyclopedia of current information on PM. 

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