Incineration of Hazardous Waste at Sea: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1295 ... November 11, 1985--San Francisco, CA, December 3, 1985 |
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addition Administrator Agency alternatives American Eagle Foundation assessment bioaccumulation CERCLA Chemical Waste Chemical Waste Management chlorinated Coast Guard combustion commenter indicated commenter pointed commenter recommended commenters believed commenters felt costs criteria destruction efficiency determine draft regulations effects EPA's evaluate facilities Federal Gulf of Mexico hazardous waste human health hydrochloric acid impact inciner incineration at sea incineration operations incineration program incineration vessels incinerator emissions incinerator ships issue land-based incineration landfill liability liquid marine environment MIKULSKI MPRSA Ocean Dumping Act Ocean Incineration Regulation operating permit party PCBs permit application permittee pollution port potential proposed regulations proposed rule questions RCRA recommended that EPA regulatory Report requirements research burn risk Section shiprider specific spill Study Superfund tion toxic wastes transport trial burn U.S. Coast Guard U.S. REPRESENTATIVE USCG waste incineration Waste Management
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Page 6 - ... (A) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness ; or (B) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed. (6) The term "hazardous waste generation" means the act or process of producing hazardous waste.
Page 131 - Dredged material" means any material excavated or dredged from the navigable waters of the United States. (J) "High-level radioactive waste" means the aqueous waste resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction system, or equivalent and the concentrated waste from subsequent extraction cycles, or equivalent, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuels, or irradiated fuel from nuclear power reactors.
Page 13 - Secretary of a state's management program, any applicant for a required Federal license or permit to conduct an activity affecting land or water uses in the coastal zone of that state shall provide in the application to the licensing or permitting agency a certification that the proposed activity complies with the state's approved program and that such activity will be conducted in a manner consistent with the program.
Page 242 - Administrator determines that such dumping will not unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 61 - ... industrial use, underwater corrosion of structures, interference with ship operations from floating materials, interference with fishing or navigation through deposit of waste or solid objects on the sea floor and protection of areas of special importance for scientific or conservation purposes). 4. The practical availability of alternative land-based methods of treatment, disposal or elimination, or of treatment to render the matter less harmful for dumping at sea.
Page 14 - Each Federal agency conducting or supporting activities directly affecting the coastal zone shall conduct or support those activities in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved state management programs.
Page 152 - The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to regulate the dumping of all types of materials into ocean waters and to prevent or strictly limit the dumping into ocean waters of any material which would adversely affect human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 140 - Secretary, ensure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out by such agency is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat of such species.
Page 378 - Ultimately, of course, it is not better documents but better decisions that count. NEPA's purpose is not to generate paperwork — even excellent paperwork— but to foster excellent action. The NEPA process is intended to help public officials make decisions that are based on understanding of environmental consequences, and take actions that protect, restore, and enhance the environment.
Page 414 - If applicant is a partnership, state name, citizenship and address of each partner and the principal location where the partnership does business. (3...