EPA Office of Compliance Sector Notebook Project. Profile of local government operations : government series.DIANE Publishing |
Common terms and phrases
activities application areas asbestos Association biosolids building CERCLA City civil penalty Clean collection Compliance Assurance consent decree construction contains costs County designed discharge disposal drinking water emergency planning emissions Energy Star environment Environmental Protection Agency EPA’s EPCRA Exhibit facilities federal FIFRA governments groundwater hazardous chemicals household hazardous waste ICLEI impacts implement industrial landfill LEPCs local governments materials monitoring municipal municipal solid waste National natural resources NPDES permit operations percent pesticides pollution prevention POTW pretreatment program purchasing RCRA recycling reduce regulated regulatory release requirements responsible restricted use pesticides revenue Risk Management Planning SDWA Section sector sewage sewer system SIC Code sludge smart growth Solid Waste Management solvent special districts specific standards storage storm water Subcounty surface water toxic U.S. Environmental Protection U.S. EPA vehicle violations wastewater treatment plant water supply water systems wellhead
Popular passages
Page 4-1 - The purposes of this title are "(1) to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population...
Page 3-56 - solid waste' means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, Including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities...
Page 4-19 - ... to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same.
Page 4-19 - Act (SDWA) mandates that EPA establish regulations to protect human health from contaminants in drinking water. The law authorizes EPA to develop national drinking water standards and to create a joint Federal-State system to ensure compliance with these standards. The SDWA also directs EPA to protect underground sources of drinking water through the control of underground injection of liquid wastes.
Page 4-15 - Resource Conservation And Recovery Act The Resource Conservation And Recovery Act (RCRA...
Page 7-15 - Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, the US Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, and the International City/County Management Association.
Page 3-13 - restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters. " Section 404 of the Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of dredged and fill material into waters of the United States...
Page 4-4 - The Administrator may promulgate numerical emissions limitations or provide for the monitoring of postcombustion concentrations of surrogate substances, parameters or periods of residence time in excess of stated temperatures with respect to pollutants other than those listed in this paragraph.
Page i - MF Using the form provided at the end of this document, all mail orders should be directed to: US Government Printing Office PO Box 371954 Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 Complimentary volumes are available to certain groups or subscribers, such as public and academic libraries, Federal, State, local, and foreign governments, and the media.
Page 7-16 - Services on behalf of the State and Territorial Air Pollution Program AdmInistrators and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials...