Environmental Protection Agency enforcement

EPA (1991c). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Enforcement policy on mixed waste storage, 56 FR 42730 (U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington). 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the Safe Drinking Water Act, set the secondary contaminant level for silver ia drinking water at 0.1 mg/L (20). Secondary contaminants are not considered to be hazardous to health and thus the limits are not federally enforceable. 

Field Operations and Enforcement Manual for Air Pollution Control," Vol. B, "Control Technology and General Source Inspection," APTD-1101. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1972. 

Boubel, R. W., "Control of Particulate Emissions from Wood-Fired Boilers," Stationary Source Enforcement Series, EPA 340/1-77-026. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1977. 

Provides regulator). information for the chemical process industiy. The ChemAlliance site was made possible in large part due to funding provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. ChemAlliance is a partnership between the Chemical Industiy, EPA s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and the ChemAlliance staff who reside at Michigan Technological University, Pacific Northwest National Laborator)>, and University of Wisconsin. 

The Clean Air Act of 1970 set new standards that went beyond the capabilities of the then existing technology, and spurred a very intensive research effort. The Clean Air Act also called for a study by the National Academy of Sciences of the technological feasibility of meeting the emission standards. On April 11, 1973 William D. Ruckelshaus, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced a delay in enforcing the 1975 standard by one year, to be replaced by an interim standard for California and a more relaxed interim standard for the rest of the forty-nine states. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Health Advisory— An estimate of acceptable drinking water levels for a chemical substance based on health effects information. A health advisory is not a legally enforceable federal standard, but serves as technical guidance to assist federal, state, and local officials. 

Gives the Environmental Protection Agency (ERA) power to adopt and enforce air pollution standards. 

The federal government develops regulations and recommendations to protect public health. Regulations can be enforced by law. Federal agencies that develop regulations for toxic substances include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

GLP Standards Advisories No. 1-75, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring, Washington, D.C., 1989-1996. 

The federal government has developed regulations and advisories to protect individuals from the potential health effects of acrylonitrile in the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends that acrylonitrile levels in water not exceed 0.058 ppb. Any release to the environment of more than 100 lb must be reported to the federal government. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established a legally enforceable maximum limit of 2 ppm in workplace air for an 8-hour exposure over a 40-hour work week. 

All generators must keep receipts or manifests of waste shipped, and records of waste analysis for at least three years, or for the duration of any enforcement action by the appropriate State environmental protection agency. 

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