emergency planning and community right-to-know act
21North American Wetlands Conservation Act — The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (P.L. 101 233) (December 13, 1989) authorizes a wetlands habitat program, administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, which provides grants to protect and manage wetland habitats for… …
22Computer-aided management of emergency operations — CAMEO is a system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. It is one of the tools developed by EPA’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office… …
23Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health regulation — * 1947 Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US.* 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act* 1955 National Air Pollution Control Act* 1959 California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board created to… …
24United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health — The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health is one of six subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Jurisdiction The subcommittee s jurisdiction… …
25EPCRA — • Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act …
26Environmental justice — (EJ) is the confluence of social and environmental movements, which deals with the inequitable environmental burden born by groups such as racial minorities, women, or residents of developing nations. It is a holistic effort to analyze and… …
27List of United States federal legislation — NoTOC This is a partial list of notable United States federal legislation, in chronological order. At the federal level in the United States, legislation (a.k.a. statutes or statutory law ) consists exclusively of Acts passed by the Congress of… …
28Superfund — For other uses, see Superfund (disambiguation). Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 Full title An act to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances… …
29Citizen suit — In the U.S., a citizen suit is a lawsuit by a private citizen to enforce a statute.[1] Citizen suits are particularly common in the field of environmental law.[2] Citizen suits come in three forms. First, a private citizen can bring a lawsuit… …
30Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations — Title 40 is a part of the United States Code of Federal Regulations. Title 40 arranges mainly environmental regulations that were promulgated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), based on the provisions of United States laws (statutes …
