Environmental Protection Agency
In December 1970, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established as an independent agency. Reorganization Plan 3 of 1970 consolidated fifteen components...
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Attainment Area
An attainment area is a politically or geographically defined region that is in compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, as set by the Environmental Protection Agenc...
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Bioassessment
According to the official definition of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), bioassessment refers to the process of evaluating the biological condition of a body of...
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Comparative Risk
Initiated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) federal Comparative Risk Project in 1986, comparative risk projects by the end of the twentieth century...
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Environmental Protection Agency (Epa)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in July of 1970, a landmark year for environmental concerns, having been preceded by the passing of th...
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Hazard Ranking System
The Hazard ranking system (HRS) is a numerical scoring procedure that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses to place and prioritize waste sites on the National...
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National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse
The National Air Toxics Information Clearinghouse (NATIC) is a program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This information network...
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Primary Standards
Primary standards are numerical limits of allowable air and water pollutants designed to protect human health but not necessarily other parts of the environment. Primary standards ...
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Radiological Emergency Response Team
The Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT) of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responds to emergencies that involve the release of radioact...
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Lee M. Thomas (1944 – ) American Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
If the 1960s and 1970s have become known as decades of growing concern about environmental causes, the 1980...
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Toxics Release Inventory (Epa)
A public database containing the total amounts of toxic chemicals that are routinely released into the air, water, and soil each year from about 30,000 industrial, parti...
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Careers in Environmental Protection
Careers in environmental protection involve jobs that help reduce the negative environmental impacts of today's actions, restore damaged ecosystems to health...
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U.s. Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the primary regulatory agency of the federal government responsible for pollution control. EPA's
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Environmental Protection Agency
Attainment Area
Careers in Environmental Protection