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Manually curated. The CompTox Chemicals Dashboard is a freely accessible online database created and maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The database provides access to multiple types of data including physicochemical properties, environmental fate and transport, exposure, usage, in vivo toxicity, and in vitro bioassay.
The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [ 2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. [ 3]
Two sets, or tiers, of emission standards for light-duty vehicles in the United States were defined as a result of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The Tier I standard was adopted in 1991 and was phased in from 1994 to 1997. Tier II standards were phased in from 2004 to 2009. Within the Tier II ranking, there is a subranking ranging from ...
A Georgia seaport is closing the gap with Baltimore, the top US auto port. RUSS BYNUM. July 30, 2024 at 2:31 PM. SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The executive overseeing Georgia's seaports said Tuesday ...
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) are pollution control standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The term is used in the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970 (CAA) to refer to air pollution emission standards, and in the Clean Water Act (CWA) referring to standards for water pollution discharges of industrial wastewater to surface waters.
This template produces a simple, standardized link to a United States EPA National Library Catalog record by number and/or ACCN. Usage {{EPA National Catalog|Record Number=|ACCN=}} Only one needs to be defined, but with both it would look like: {{EPA National Catalog|Record Number=1303|ACCN=309115}} for EPA National Library:1303 309115
Significant New Alternatives Policy. The Significant New Alternatives Policy (also known as Section 612 of the Clean Air Act or SNAP, promulgated at 40 CFR part 82 Subpart G) is a program of the EPA to determine acceptable chemical substitutes, and establish which are prohibited or regulated by the EPA. [1]
OpenTheBooks.com is an American nonprofit organization based in the Chicago suburb of Burr Ridge, Illinois.It describes itself as a transparency group devoted to posting online all the disclosed spending of every level of government across the United States. [1]