Regional offices

Region I Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont JFK Federal Building, Room E340 Boston, MA 02203 Phone (617) 565-9860 Fax (617) 565-9827 

Region II New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands 201 Varick Street, Room 670 New York, NY 10014 Phone (212) 337-2378 Fax (212) 337-2371 

Region III Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia The Curtis Center, Suite 740 West 170 S. Independence Mall West Philadelphia, PA 19106-3309 Phone (215) 861-4900 Fax (215) 861-4904 

Region FV Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kenmcky, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, Tennessee 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone (404) 562-2300 Fax (404) 562-2295 

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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). 

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The principal function of OSHA is the protection of people, eg, employees, visitors, and temporary help, in the workplace. Regional offices are in the same areas as those of the EPA (see Table 1). The principal law covered by OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). 

The FDA is headed by the Commissioner of Food and Dmgs. This position is not a Cabiaet-level office but falls within the PubHc Health Service (PHS), a division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The post of FDA Commissioner is subject to HHS pohtical clearance and Senate confirmation, and the Commissioner is ultimately accountable to HHS, Congress, and the President of the United States. The Commissioner has a staff to assist ia poHcy making and several deputy commissioners to oversee operation of ah. the subordinate units. FDA has six regional offices within the country, each responsible for a section of the country, and 21 district offices. Persons with technical background typicahy work ia one of FDA s chemistry laboratories or as investigators or consumer safety officers. 

Database containing information on over 400 contractors and the treatment, storage and disposal methods they offer. Treatment is broken into onsite and offsite and then by the following categories biological, chemical, physical, and thermal treatment. Menu driven. Available through cross talk for EPA Regional offices. 

Assists state and local air pollution control agencies and EPA regional offices with technical matters pertaining to health, exposure, and risk assessment of air pollutants. Services are also extended to the general public, small businesses and international agencies. Thursday 8 00 a.m. to 5 00p.m., EST Friday 8 00 a.m. to 4p.m., EST. 

Immediately report by telephone to the EPA regional office any spill of a hazardous chemical that seriously threatens humans with cancer, birth defects, mutation, death, or serious prolonged incapacitation, or seriously threatens the environment with large-scale or ecologically significant population destruction. A written follow-up report is required within 15 days. 

Appreciation also goes to Messrs. David Dolan and Tim Bartish of the UC Regional Office, Windsor, Ontario for providing their file data for Figures 3 through 6. 

Bazza M (2006) History of irrigation and non-conventional water resources use in the near east region. Eood an agriculture organization of the United Nations. Regional Office for the Near East - 2006... 

Some recycling and most treatment processes require a permit. Be sure to contact the local Department of Health Services regional office to determine if there is a need for a permit to treat or recycle the wastes. 

Robinson GS, Baumann S, Kleinbaum D, et al. 1985. Effects of low to moderate lead exposure on brainstem auditory evoked potentials in children Environmental health document 3. Copenhagen, Denmark World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, 177-182. 

WHO. 1986. Regional Office for Europe Air quality guidelines. Vol. 11. Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization, 1-34. 

The two suspects were then taken to DEA s regional office in Denver. Both were later booked into Denver City Jail. 

About a third of the agency s employees are stationed outside the Washington, DC area in over 150 field offices and laboratories, including five regional offices and 20 district offices. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. There are 193 member states as of January 2008. The WHO is headquartered in Europe with four regional offices in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacihc. The WHO is not a regulatory agency. Its functions are ... 

A hazardous chemical/oil release (spill or leak) or threat of release, fire or explosion of hazardous waste that may threaten human health or the environment, (a) Call the appropriate State environmental protection agency s regional office, or (b) Call the State police if the incident occurs after 5 p.m., or on a day that the State environmental protection agency is closed, and (c) Call the National Response Center, which usually has a 24-hour toll-free number. 

The WHO Regional Office for Europe has published Air Quality Guidehnes for Europe (Figure 3.5) containing health risk assessments of chemical air contaminants (Section 9.2.1.1). The publication is available at the WHO Regional Office for Europe s Web site (WHO 2007b). 

WHO. 2007b. WHO regional office for Europe s (air quality and health) website, http //www.euro.who.int/air WHO/IPCS. 1999. Principles for the Assessment of Risks to Fluman Flealth from Exposure to Chemicals. Environmental Health Criteria 210. Geneva WHO. http //www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/... 

WHO. 2000. Criteria for carcinogenic endpoint. In Air Quality Guidelines for Europe. Second Edition. WHO Regional PuhUcations, European Series, No. 91, 20-29 Copenhagen WHO Regional Office for Europe. http /www.euro.who.int/document/e71922.pdf... 

Recognizing the need of humans for clean air, the WHO Regional Office for Europe in 1987 published the first edition of the Air Quality Guidelines for Europe containing health risk assessments of 28 chemical air contaminants (WHO 1987). In 1993, air pollutants of special environmental and health significance to countries of the European Region were identified by a... 

Schneider, W. (1990). "FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes. Field Guide to the Commercial Marine Resources of the Gulf of Guinea", p. 268. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Africa, Rome, Italy. 

AFRO Essential Drugs Price Indicator. Nearly 300 essential medicines and dosage forms are listed. Details are provided by Member States and low cost essential drugs suppliers. Published by the Regional Office for Africa and the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Quality Assurance of Medicines, University Potchefstroom, South Africa. 

Budiono Santoso, MD, PhD Regional Adviser in Pharmaceuticals, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, PO Box 2932, United Nations Avenue, Manila 1000, Philippines... 

World Health Organization (WHO), Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), in Air Quality Guidelines for Europe, WHO Regional Publications, European Series No. 23, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, pp. 105-117, 1987. 

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