EPA has authority to regulate biotechnology under several statutes; it relies on acts aimed at toxic substances and pesticides, along with environmental laws

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The biotechnology industry shows great promise and the EPA feels the pressure to allow this industry to develop without overburdening it with regulation in the process. The agency's authority to regulate biotechnology comes from many laws including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act. The agency's policy for regulating the industry was released in 1992 and attempted to balance the interests of protecting environmental safety and encouraging the new industry vy adopting a 'risk-based approach.'

Biochemistry, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Environmental aspects

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Overhaul of Clean Air Act rules dismays industry; the EPA's proposed new source review rules would limit many plants to past emission levels

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The EPA's proposed overhaul of its New Source Review (NSR) rules under the Clean Air Act does not go far enough. The issue is whether an existing plant may operate at full capacity while undergoing changes or should be limited to a lower emission level fixed by historic experience until the NSR is complete. The proposed regulations are needlessly complex. Exclusions from the restrictions which the NSR proposal allows for are discussed.

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Rule requires adoption of risk plans; facilities must analyze their worst-case release scenarios and submit public EPA plans

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The EPA's Risk Management Program Rule fulfills the agency's obligations under Section 112(r) of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to implement regulations preventing accidental releases of regulated substances and reduce the severity of those releases which do happen. Among the affected facilities are chemical producers, industrial manufacturers and petroleum refineries.

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