Other Legislative Initiatives

On the federal level, a number of legislative initiatives are up for discussion in the US Congress, some being more inspired by REACH than others.40 In May 2008, two identical bills called the Kids-Safe Chemicals Act were sent to the Senate and to the... 

Florida, on the other hand, maintains a zero degradation philosophy which says, in effect, that if no standard is set, then the mere detection of a substance is a violation of the water quality standards (18). Unlike the two formerly mentioned states, legislative initiatives in Florida did not clearly define a standard setting methodology or specifically mandate rule promulgation in this area. 

In the United States and other countries, some legislative initiatives aimed at restricting the use of Pb have failed. This failure spurred research for solder replacement alloys. Several corporations and universities devised Pb-free solders, some of which were patented. As is the case with any patented item or process, the rights to invention reside with the inventor or sponsoring corporation in the short term, and several of these alloys may not be used freely. In some cases, only slight modifications in alloy composition separate corrunonly available solder alloys from patented solder compositions. The cost of patent licensing, whether by the end user or solder manufacturer, will be borne largely by the end user. 

Clean Water Report (0009-8620) (1545-7435). This journal provides comprehensive coverage of drinking water and sewer systems, lakes, rivers and streams, coastal protection, tributaries and bays, as well as the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, and other major legislative initiatives. It also includes articles on biosolids, pathogens, arsenic, chlorine, dioxin, and other pollutants, problems snch as flooding, silting, sedimentation, nutrients, and more. 

President George W. Bush s choice for FTC Chairman was none other than Timothy Muris. Although Muris assured the business community that FTC would avoid cumbersome rule making designed to transform entire industries, he launched a successful legislative initiative to limit abuse by telemar-... 

Agency (EPA), which was established in 1970, the same year the first Clean Air Act was passed into law. In 1972 the Clean Water Act became law, and in 1973 the Endangered Species Act became law. Other important federal environmental legislation includes the Resource Consei vation and Recoveiy Act, passed in 1976 the Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 the Nuclear Waste Policy Acts of 1982 and 1987 and the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Acts of 1980 and 1985. From 1980 to 2000 these environmental regulations, and the enforcement efforts of the EPA, have had a much greater impact on decisions made in the energy industiy than all the policy initiatives implemented by the DOE. 

Several other countries in the Europe and Asia also have appropriate legislation and programs for managing waste ELs. These initiatives include the following ... 

Other than the few voluntary initiatives, C R programs in various countries are supported by laws specifically mandating recycling of fluorescent lamps. Legislative back up is therefore preferable for an effective program. 

The imit for the evaluation of medicinal products for veterinary use has also been involved in the PERF initiative as well as other activities related to implementation of community legislation and the quality of medicinal products. 

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