Amendments to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Prepared by the Staff for the Use of ... and Its Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment |
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... addition , the 1970 amendments provided for the creation of a National Commission on Materials Policy . The Resource Recovery Act of 1970 also required a study on a possible system of national disposal sites for hazardous wastes . While ...
... addition , the 1970 amendments provided for the creation of a National Commission on Materials Policy . The Resource Recovery Act of 1970 also required a study on a possible system of national disposal sites for hazardous wastes . While ...
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... addition , there are transportation steps between most of these steps . At every point solid , waterborne , and airborne wastes are generated and either enter the environment or are removed from processing steps at some expense . The ...
... addition , there are transportation steps between most of these steps . At every point solid , waterborne , and airborne wastes are generated and either enter the environment or are removed from processing steps at some expense . The ...
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... addition to the annual dollar losses due to rats , there is also the intangible cost of rat - associated injury and illness . Rat bites create a 29-925-74 2 serious health problem and are far more common than most 11 U S Department ...
... addition to the annual dollar losses due to rats , there is also the intangible cost of rat - associated injury and illness . Rat bites create a 29-925-74 2 serious health problem and are far more common than most 11 U S Department ...
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... addition , several disposal sites no longer in use had not been closed properly and solid waste was being disposed of in a number of unauthorized areas on Federal land . The agencies included in GAO's review generally lacked tematic ...
... addition , several disposal sites no longer in use had not been closed properly and solid waste was being disposed of in a number of unauthorized areas on Federal land . The agencies included in GAO's review generally lacked tematic ...
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... additional 11 million tons per year . Thus , estimates for 1967 indicate that over 10 lbs of household , commercial , and industrial wastes are being gener- ated in this country for every man , woman , and child , totaling over 360 ...
... additional 11 million tons per year . Thus , estimates for 1967 indicate that over 10 lbs of household , commercial , and industrial wastes are being gener- ated in this country for every man , woman , and child , totaling over 360 ...
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Página 172 - Act ; and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards specified in this section the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 FR 3176; 5 USC 133z-15) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 USC 276c) . OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED SEC.
Página 163 - ... the collection and disposal of solid wastes should continue to be primarily the function of State, regional, and local agencies, the problems of waste disposal as set forth above have become a matter national in scope and in concern and necessitate Federal action through financial and technical assistance and leadership in the development, demonstration, and application of new and improved methods...
Página 49 - At the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held at Stockholm in 1972 they declared that: "A point has been reached in history when we must shape our actions throughout the world with a more prudent care for their environmental consequences.
Página 172 - ... (b) Payments under this part pursuant to a grant or contract may be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case of grants, on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions, as the Commissioner may determine.
Página 165 - ... (b) In carrying out the provisions of the preceding subsection the Secretary is authorized to — "(1) collect and make available, through publications and other appropriate means, the results of and other information...
Página 164 - municipality" means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law and...
Página 164 - For the purposes of this Act — (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; (2) The term "Commissioner" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging.
Página 164 - Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; except that such term means the Secretary of the Interior with respect to problems of solid waste resulting from the extraction, processing, or utilization of minerals or fossil fuels where the generation, production, or reuse of such waste is or may be controlled within the extraction, processing, or utilization facility or facilities and where such control is a feature of the technology or economy of the operation of such facility...
Página 13 - The office has also conducted assessments of the oil and gas potential of lands being considered for withdrawal by the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (marine sanctuaries).
Página 73 - Act of 1970, the Clean Air Act of 1970, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 and many more in between.