Environmental affairs unit

Systemic changes were investigated quantitatively via questions about environmental affairs groups in the firms. About 65X of interviewed firms had such groups. Although the primary purpose of environmental affairs units appears to be to aid the direct compliance effort, their new capabilities may have important long-term implications for the pattern of innovation in the primary lines of business. ... 

Environmental affairs units appear to be more common in larger corporations. They are typically located in the central corporate headquarters rather than in production facilities. 

America is slowly but surely being destroyed by a collection of groups and individuals who claim to be pursuing their objectives out of concern for the well-being of this country. Unfortunately, if they are successful, it will result in the collapse of the United States as an industrial nation. Dr. Peter Metzger, Administrator of Environmental Affairs for Public Service Company of Colorado referred to these groups as "Coercive Utopians" in a... 

Risk assessment activities of IPCS are supported financially by the Department of Health and Department for Environment, Food Rural Affairs, United Kingdom Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA European Commission German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Health Canada Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape. 

Garland, Carol. (1988). Acid rain over the United States and Canada The DC Circuit fails to provide shelter under section 115 of the U.S. Clean Air Act while state action provides a temporary umbrella. Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 16, 1-37. 

Environmental Health and Safety Committees provide input to the EH S Center and its components Radiation Protection, Environmental Affairs, Health and Safety, and Industrial Hygiene. The voting members of these committees are drawn from the faculty, and staff and are recognized scientific experts in areas related to the respective conunittee s activity. These committees include the Occupational Safety and Health Council, Hazardous Materials, Radiation Protection, and Unit Safety Committees. 

In the early 1980 s, Gough directed OTA s congressionally mandated oversight of Executive Branch studies of cancer in veterans of atom bomb tests and of the health of Vietnam veterans. He chaired a Department of Veterans Affairs advisory committee (1987-90) about the possible health effects of herbicides used in Vietnam and the Department of Health and Human Services committee (1990-95) that advises the United States Air Force study of the health of Air Force personnel who sprayed Agent Orange in Vietnam. In September 2000, he accepted reappointment to the DHHS committee. In 1995, he served on the Environmental Protection Agency s Science Advisory Board committee that evaluated EPA s dioxin reassessment. 

Ciba-Geigy. (1992a). A review of historical surface water monitoring for atrazine in eleven states in the central United States (1975— 1991). Technical Report 11-92. Environmental and Public Affairs Department, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Greensboro, NC. 

The impact of the epidemic was colossal. The overall economic costs in the food and farming sectors of the U.K. economy totaled an estimated 5 billion, roughly 10 billion [9]. This figure compares with an annual gross output of the entire U.K. agricultural sector of 25 billion [10]. The U.K. economy suffered other economic costs associated with the outbreak of FMD. Outside the agricultural sector costs, the United Kingdom endured additional losses to the leisure and tourism sector of the economy. The U.K. Department of Environmental Food and Rural Affairs estimated that the leisure and tourism sector of the economy lost 5-6 billion pounds as a result of the outbreak of FMD in 2001 [11]. 

EPA OPA (1999b), Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (1986), United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Public Affairs, http //www.epa.gov/ reg5oopa / defs / html/sara.htm. 

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Communications, Education and Public Affairs , Environmental News. May 11,2000... 

National Environmental Emergency Centre (NEEC) of Environment Canada. 1995. NEEC Alert, Urgent fax from United Nations, Environment Desk of Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Information Report No. 1—Guyana Cyanide Mine Waste SpUl, NEEC 1503, August 22. 

The Cyanide Spill at Baia Mare, Romania Before, During and After, a summary of the UNEP/OCHA Report on the Cyanide Spill at Baia Mare, Romania. UNEP stands for United Nations Environment Programme OCHA stands for Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Published by The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, June 2000. http /Avww.rec.org/REC/Publications/ CyanideSpill/ENGCyanide.pdf (accessed November 2009). 

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