EPA's 33/50 Program: companies cooperate to reduce pollution

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The EPA has succeeded in its goal of safeguarding the environment amidst conflicting feedbacks from business and environmental sectors. This is by means of the revolutionary pollution prevention 33/50 Program which was introduced in 1991 hand-in-hand with the industry. 33/50 is a voluntary emissions reduction program for 17 commonly applied chemicals. It specifically targets a 33% decrease in 1992 and a 50% in 1995 by posting a decrease of not less than 750 million pounds from the 1.5 billion pounds of such chemicals disposed to the environment in 1988.

Environmental Programs, Emissions NEC, Air pollution control, Pollution, Control, Environmental policy, Emissions (Pollution)

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Rule would ease management of contaminated materials

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The EPA has designed a new regulation that will facilitate the management, treatment and disposal of naturally occurring materials from cleanup sites. The sites refer to every cleanup site while the rule covers cleanup of wastes that are included in Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, under which the new regulation is targeted. Subtitle C controls the management, treatment and disposal of hazardous substances. However, its existing provisions slow down cleanups, restrict cleanup choices and incur additional expenses.

Refuse systems, Hazardous Waste Treatmnt,Storge,Disposl, Hazardous Waste Collection, Hazardous waste management, Pollutants, Hazardous waste treatment facilities

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EPA countdown: is your plan ready?

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Information on compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) requirement for risk management programs is available on the Internet. The EPA's Web site can be reached at www.epa.gov/swercepp. Those searching for information on hazardous waste, Toxic Release Inventory, etc. may check out www.epa.gov/enviro. The 112(r) Information Page details the amendments to the Clean Air Act in simple, easy to understand language. The 112(r) home page may be reached at www.horizonenv.com/112r.

Standards, Risk management, Information services, Directory, Environmental engineering

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