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- Oil Spill Training
- Oil spill training is an important element in EPA's oil spill prevention and preparedness efforts. Studies indicate that a significant number of oil spills at fixed facilities are caused by operator error, such as failing to close valves or overfilling tanks during transfer operations. Because operator error is more likely...
- White papers 2004-01-08
- Spill Location
- The article mentions how different factors affect the ability to contain and clean up an oil spill. Issues concerning geographic isolation, weather conditions, body of water, and type of shoreline are all considered when creating a spill site scenario. The remote location of an oil spill can present many logistical...
- White papers 2004-01-08
- Response Techniques
- The article mentions about the number of advanced response mechanisms are available for controlling oil spills and minimizing their impacts on human health and the environment. The key to effectively combating spills is careful selection and proper use of the equipment and materials best suited to the type of oil...
- White papers 2004-01-08
- Employee Communication Tips
- Effective employee communication campaigns can help instill and reinforce pride in a company, increase morale, improve job satisfaction and increase productivity. Employees also may become effective third party advocates for the company as they discuss their activities with outside parties. This article introduces ...
- White papers 2003-09-03
- Preparing for Oil Spills: Contingency Planning
- Oil spills are, unfortunately, common events in many parts of the United States. Most of them are accidental, so no one can know when, where, or how they will occur. Preventing oil spills is the best strategy for avoiding potential damage to human health and the environment. However, once a...
- White papers 2002-06-26
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- EPA Notifies Dow of Clean-Air and Hazardous Waste Violations
- To: STATE EDITORS Contact: William Omohundro, +1-312-353-8254,bomohundro.william@epa.gov, or Karen Thompson, +1-312-353-8547,thompson.karen@epa.gov, both of the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency Region 5 CHICAGO,Nov. 9/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency Region 5 today notified Dow Chemical Co. that ithas found potential clean-air and hazardous waste violations at thecompanys Midland, Mich., facility. EPA issued a finding...
- Articles 2007-11-09
- The End Game.
- Byline: Ed Repa IN 1991, THE U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA promulgated new criteria under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RCRA that required municipal solid waste MSW facilities to provide a minimum of 30 years of post-closure care...
- Articles 2007-05-01
- Asbestos Disposal at Army Landfill Challenged
- -->A proposal to compact uncovered wastes containing asbestos at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant landfill in south central Wisconsin has drawn a challenge from a community group that has become a national leader on military toxics issues. Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, CSWAB, is concerned that proposed...
- Articles 2007-03-19
- AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- The latest issue of Small Farm News published by the University of California, has a definition of sustainable agriculture assembled by the California Roundtable on Agriculture and the Environment - an alliance of agricultural, conservation, environmental and public agency leaders. The group seeks "to promote an agriculture that is economically...
- Articles 2007-03-01
- US experts call for tighter controls on nanotechology
- WASHINGTON AFP — Nanotechnologies pose real threats to health and the environment and need prompt testing and oversight, but government and industry are moving slowly on the issue, scientists and environmentalists said. Speaking after the US Environmental Protection Agency took its first step to regulate a nanomaterial -- near atomic-sized...
- Articles 2006-11-29
- ICF International Awarded US$16.5 Million Contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- To Provide Technical, Outreach, and Voluntary Program Support to OSW FAIRFAX, Va. -- ICF International (Nasdaq: ICFI) announced today it was awarded a five-year, US$16.5 million contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Office of Solid Waste OSW to provide technical, outreach, and voluntary program support regarding...
- Articles 2006-11-13
- Environmental Health Resources and News
- The Luminary Project: Nurses Efforts "Light" the Way to Environmental Health The web-based Luminary Project showcases stories of nurses' activities to improve human health by improving the health of the environment. The stories featured on this website show how nurses are addressing environmental problems and illuminating the way towards...
- Articles 2006-06-01
- Agencies Release Final Environmental Impact Statement About Mountaintop Mining Activities in Appalachia
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, federal and stateagencies released a final programmatic environmental impact statementEIS that can lead to enhanced protection for Appalachian streamsand other environmental resources in West Virginia, Kentucky,Virginia, Tennessee and surrounding states where mountaintop miningoccurs. The preferred alternative in the programmatic EIS contains actionsthat...
- Articles 2005-10-28
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Established in 1970 under the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA guides the United States' use and protection of its air and water resources. With respect to air resources, the agency conducts research and gathers data about the earth's air, and engages in subsequent technical analyses....
- Articles 2005-10-25
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Established as part of the Department of the Interior in 1879 and funded by Congress, the U.S. Geological Survey USGS provides support to federal agencies (e.g., the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA, and the U.S. Coast Guard) in the form of useful...
- Articles 2005-10-25
- EPA Draft Report on the Environment 2003
- EPA Draft Report on the Environment 2003 EPA-26-R-02-006, Office of Environmental Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 2003. 168 pages, paperback, no cost This EPA report on the state of the environment is a comprehensive collection of current information in chapters on quality of air, water, land, human health,...
- Articles 2004-12-01
- DuPont said that it will file a formal denial to a complaint issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging that the company failed to comply with the technical reporting requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) regarding PFOA, an essential processing aid used to produce fluoropolymers.(Corporate, Financial News)
- DuPont said that it will file a formal denial to a complaint issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging that the company failed to comply with the technical reporting requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA and the Resource Conservation Recovery Act RCRA regarding...
- Articles 2004-08-01
- DDT saves millions of lives, and ban is immoral
- Ever since Rachel Carson's 1962 book, "Silent Spring," environmental extremists have sought to ban all DDT use. Using phony studies from the Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the environmental activist-controlled Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT in 1972. The extremists convinced the nation that DDT was not...
- Articles 2004-07-08
- Assessing the Dragon's Choice: the Use of Market-Based Instruments in Chinese Environmental Policy
- I. INTRODUCTION The 1972 Stockholm United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was a rude awakening for the Chinese political leadership. They realized, for the first time, that the country was facing an environmental crisis that could no longer be ignored. Forced to confront this environmental crisis, the political leaders...
- Articles 2004-07-01
- Coalition Announces 1st Annual List of Colorado's Best Workplaces for Commuters
- News Editors/Environment Writers DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 2004 151 employers representing nearly 90,000 workers qualify for EPA's growing list of Best Workplaces for CommutersSM Today, Colorado's Best Workplaces for CommutersSM Coalition recognized 151 Colorado employers covering nearly 90,000 employees that qualify for EPA's...
- Articles 2004-04-28
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