Environmental protection standard

Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Standard Operating Procedures for Field... 

Environmental Protection Standards (1989-1994). China Standard Publishing House, Beijing. 

Success in Solving Environmental Protection Problems. The EPA reported that 1303 chemical plants out of 1371 were in compliance with the 1970 Clean Air Act. This represents a 95 per cent compliance rate. Also, 89 per cent of the chemical plants were in compliance with the 1977 deadline of "best practicable control" specified in the 1972 Federal Water Quality Act Amendments. (4) Hence, the chemical industry has been somewhat successful in utilizing its technology to meet environmental protection standards. Officers from twelve of the fifteen responding firms indicated that R D effort to meet these deadlines represented efficient and effective solutions to pollution control problems. 

Radiation protection health and environmental protection standards for uranium and thorium mill tailings listed constituent... 

EPA. 2002d. Radiation protection program. Health and environmental protection standards for uranium and thorium mill tailings. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Code of Federal Regulations. 40 CFR 192, Appendix 1. http //ecfr.access.gpo.gov/otcg. April 19,2002. 

The Malaysian Department of Environment recommended that the different project phases of exploration, development, operation, and rehabilitation are evaluated due to their environmental, biological, and socioeconomic impact. Once the possible environmental impacts are assessed, the project initiator must identify and indicate the possible mitigation measures to be taken with a purpose of controlling the environmental pollution. Compliance auditing is performed during the assessment to check whether the project complies with environmental protection standards. 

EPA has issued special regulations for cleaning up uranium mill tailing sites under the "Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act." The regulations are found in 40CFR192. "Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and Thorium Mil Tailings."... 

The safety issues in MBS processing involve the presence of flammables and oxygen in the system together. Extensive hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies of MBS processes have been conducted to meet rigorous safety and environmental protection standards. The Huish MBS plant has been underwritten by factory mutual underwriters and already has more than 5 years of trouble-free operation the older Lion and Stepan plants have operated safely for longer periods. 

Internal methods of quality assessment should always be viewed with some level of skepticism because of the potential for bias in their execution and interpretation. For this reason, external methods of quality assessment also play an important role in quality assurance programs. One external method of quality assessment is the certification of a laboratory by a sponsoring agency. Certification is based on the successful analysis of a set of proficiency standards prepared by the sponsoring agency. For example, laboratories involved in environmental analyses may be required to analyze standard samples prepared by the Environmental Protection... 

Product standards may stipulate performance characteristics, dimensions, quaUty factors, methods of measurement, and tolerances and safety, health, and environmental protection specifications. These are introduced principally to provide for interchangeabiUty and reduction of variety. The latter procedure is referred to as rationalization of the product offering, ie, designation of sizes, ratings, etc, for the attribute range covered and the steps within the range. The designated steps may foUow a modular format or a preferred number sequence. 

Code of Federal Kegulations Tide 40, Environmental Protection Administration Superintendent of Documents GPO Washington, D.C. 20402 Safety regulations and standards issued by the U.S. EPA. 

Review of National Emission Standards forMercuy, EPA-450/3-84-014b, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1987. 

Code of Federal Regulations, Tide 40, Protection of Environment, Part 190, Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations, Washington, D.C., 1976. 

In the United States, the Clean Air Act of 1990 requires plants to reduce emissions of 189 toxic and carcinogenic substances such as chlorine, chloroform, and 2,3,7,8-TCDD (dioxin) by 90% over the 1990s. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working to develop standards based on maximum achievable control technologies and the industry has invested bUHons of doUars in capital investments to retrofit or rebuUd plant equipment to meet these measures. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Ageny Report No. EPA-450/2-75-009, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Oct. 1975. EPA Regulations, 40 CFR 61, Subpart F—National Emission Standard for Viayl Chloride, Aug. 27, 1993. 

Cement plants in the United States are now carehiUy monitored for compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for emissions of particulates, SO, NO, and hydrocarbons. AH plants incorporate particulate collection devices such as baghouses and electrostatic precipitators (see Air POLLUTION CONTROL methods). The particulates removed from stack emissions are called cement kiln dust (CKD). It has been shown that CKD is characterized by low concentrations of metals which leach from the CKD at levels far below regulatory limits (63,64). Environmental issues continue to be of concern as the use of waste fuel in cement kilns becomes more widespread. 

Offsets Policy Offsets were EPAs first application of the concept that one source could meet its environmental protection obligations by getting another source to assume additional control actions. In nonattainment areas, pollution from a proposed new source, even one that controls its emissions to the lowest possible level, would aggravate existing violations of ambient air-quahty standards and trigger the statutory prohibition. The offsets policy provided these new sources with an alternative. The source could proceed with construction plans, provided that ... 

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