EPA Office of Compliance Sector Notebook Project: Profile of local government operations : government seriesOffice of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1999 - Local government |
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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 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 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 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 9 - There is no consistent pattern from state to state, or even within a state, as to the organization and financing of special districts. The majority of special districts are established to perform a single function but some have been given authority by their enabling legislation to provide several kinds of services. The following...
Page 4-10 - III), a statute designed to improve community access to information about chemical hazards and to facilitate the development of chemical emergency response plans by State and local governments. EPCRA required the establishment of State emergency response commissions (SERCs), responsible for coordinating certain emergency response activities and for appointing local emergency planning committees (LEPCs). EPCRA and...