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CP is no longer available for hot wire applications as one of its starting materials (cyanogen) is not available due to its hazardous nature and Environmental Protection Act (EPA) restrictions. Bates [20] of RARDE reported a related compound, tetraamine-cis-bis(5-nitro-2H-tetrazolato-N2) cobalt (III) perchlorate (BNCP) [Structure (2.61)] for this purpose in 1986. The synthesis of BNCP has been described previously [240-242] and consists of four steps ... 

The Environmental Protection Act (EPA), 1991, which subsumes previous acts such as the alkali act (1906), and the clean air act (1956/68). The act covers air pollution, noise, and other matters causing a statutory nuisance. 

The Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990 gives the authorities, under some circumstances, to clean up pollution and charge the work to the polluter or in many cases to the owner or occupier of the site. Although not being a liability act, this could be described, in a wide sense, as an absolute liability of a land own . 

Despite these inherent problems development has taken place and systems have been in use for many years especially water based stains. With the advent of the environmental protection act (EPA), a great deal of time and effort has been put into removing or reducing the inherent challenges of water based systems. 

In the United States, the Clean Air Act of 1970 imposed limitations on composition of new fuels, and as such methanol-containing fuels were required to obtain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waivers. Upon enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, EPA set for waiver unleaded fuels containing 2 wt % maximum oxygenates excluding methanol (0.3 vol % maximum). Questions regarding methanol s influence on emissions, water separation, and fuel system components were raised (80). 

AH Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) rules and regulations should be reviewed prior to handling hydrochloric acid and all the regulations must be followed. AH employees handling HCl must be trained to ensure that they are familiar with the appropriate materials safety data sheets and appHcable regulations. 

The two main federal agencies involved in the protection of human health and the environment are the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). EPA s principal concern is the protection of the environment, in most cases, the area outside of an industrial faciUty. There are 10 regional offices that carry out the regulatory functions of the agency (Table 1). Primary laws covered by EPA are the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabiUty Act (CERCLA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and Eederal Insecticide, Eungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 

Approximately 5% of the U.S. consumption of is in agriculture. Boron is a necessary trace nutrient for plants and is added in small quantities to a number of fertilizers. Borates are also used in crop sprays for fast rehef of boron deficiency. Borates, when apphed at relatively high concentration, act as nonselective herbicides. Small quantities of borates are used in the manufacture of alloys and refractories (qv). Molten borates readily dissolve other metal oxides usage as a flux in metallurgy is an important apphcation. Other important small volume apphcations for borates are in fire retardants for both plastics and ceUulosic materials, in hydrocarbon fuels for fungus control, and in automotive antifreeze for corrosion control (see Corrosion and corrosion inhibitors). Borates are used as neutron absorbers in nuclear reactors. Several borates, which are registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can be used for insecticidal purposes, eg, TIM-BOR. 

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 put a heavy burden on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state agencies to permit and oversee compliance with the Clean Air Act (CAA). Table 24-1 lists the major deadlines affecting industry under the 1990 amendments. Some of the deadlines have already passed without any action" being promulgated and finalized. The other deadlines may also slip to a later date. Almost no statutorv "hammers" have been included in CAAA90. 

The Clean Air Act is the comprehensive Federal law that regulates air en stationary, and mobile sources. This law authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect public health and the environment. The goal of the Act was to set and achieve NAAQS in every state by 1975. This ng of maximum pollutant standards was coupled with directing the states to develop state... 

Air pollution in the United States is regulated at federal, state, and local levels. Allowable concentrations of the major air pollutants are set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the auspices of the Clean Air Act. States and localities implement pollution control plans in accordance with the provisions of the Clean Air Act in regions where air pollutant concentrations exceed the federal standards. Some states and localities have air pollution standards of their own, and in the past, such standards have occasionally been more stringent than those of the EPA. 

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) [42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.], as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) [Pub. L. 99 99], requires that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) develop jointly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in order of priority, a list of hazardous substances most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL) prepare toxicological profiles for each substance included on the priority list of hazardous substances and assure the initiation of a research program to fill identified data needs associated with the substances. 

Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc. (Act No. 117 of October 16,1973 amended in 2009)], as well as their continued use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [Kavlock R, Dix D. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 13(2-4) 197-217, 2010] and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) TSCA (1976) Toxic Substances Control Act. United States Publ. Law 94-469, 90 Stat 2003, USA],... 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) TSCA (1976) Toxic Substances Control Act. United States Publ. Law 94-469, 90 Stat 2003, USA... 

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