Environmental Protection Agency program

US Environmental Protection Agency Program administered by Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Las Vegas. 

A. Aspelin, A. H. Gmbe, and R. Toda, Pesticide Industry Sales and Usage, H-7503W, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA), Office of Pesticide Programs, Washington, D.C., 1992. 

P. A. Fenner-Crisp, "Risk Assessment Methods for Pesticides in Food and Drinking Water," Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, presented at the Florida Pesticide Review Council Meeting, July 7, 1989. 

Turner, D. B, Meteorological fundamentals, in "Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution—Course Manual. Air Pollution Training Institute, Office of Manpower Development, Office of Air Programs. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. 

Fig. 12-2. NO-NO2-O3 ambient concentration profiles from average of four Regional Air Monitoring Stations (RAPS) in downtown St. Louis, Missouri (USA) on October 1, 1976. Source RAPS, Data obtained from the 1976 data file for the Regional Air Pollution Study Program. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1976.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste Management Programs, defines hazardous waste as "wastes or combinations... 

If the water quality of a water body is potentially affected by a proposed action (e.g., construction of a wastewater treatment plant), a NPDES permit may be required. The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for this program however, in most cases, has turned this responsibility over to the states as long as the individual state program is acceptable. 

FIGURE 3-3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Risk Management Program Components... 

The remaining Sections e.xainine tluce important topics as tliey relate to the subject title of tliis book. Section 2.7 reviews the details of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s (USEPA s) Risk Management Program while Section 2.8 provides information on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). The chapter continues with a short Section (2.9) on potential environmental violations and then concludes with a Section (2.10) on tlic Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. 

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