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Showing 1 to 20 of 262 for “"Environmental Protection Agency"”.
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Neoliberalism, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chesapeake Bay
… within the political process, has impacted environmentalism on a variety of levels. Without regulation, the neoliberal capitalist drive to maximize production, consumption, and profits is antagonistic to environmental sustainability. The influences that corporations and economic elites have …
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Engineering the Environment: Regulatory Engineering at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-1980
… about pollution, crafted an institution for environmental protection, and constructed a collective identity for themselves. I show an important shift in regulators\' priorities, from stringent health-based standards to flexible technology-based ones through the development of end-of-pipeline …
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Remediation of place : the role of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in designing reuse at superfund sites
This thesis will explore what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) direct and indirect roles should and could be in fostering place making for Superfund site redevelopment. The EPA manages the clean up of severely contaminated abandoned property under the Comprehensive Environmental …
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Can the environmental protection agency's air quality index (AQI) be used to predict pediatric emergency room admissions for asthma?
In 2000, the EPA implemented a color-coded system for easier understanding by the general public to be forewarned of unhealthy air quality days. This study reviewed daily ER admissions at an urban pediatric hospital in Dallas, Texas for the months of May through September 2000, in an effort to …
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The role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in fostering innovation to develop cleaner industrial technologies that prevent pollution : a case study of the regulatory enforcement process
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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The development of a construction material using electric arc furnace dust
… are classified as hazardous by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In this study, the furnace dust was incorporated into mortar as a portion of the fine aggregate. By including a chelating agent and a stabilizing agent, mortar was developed which meets the requirements of ASTM C150 …
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Field evaluation and health assessment of air cleaners in removing radon decay products in domestic environments
The United States Environmental Protection Agency suggested in 1988 that the possibility for high radon concentration exists in some houses. The inhalation and deposition of radon decay products in human lungs are recognized as producing a significant health risk. Air cleaners are one of the …
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Properties and environmental impact of recycling cigarette butts (CBs) in fired clay brick
… of heavy metals were below the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Environmental Protection Agency Victoria (EPAV) regulations. Finally, laboratory testing for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) revealed that CB Brick complied with the Industry Code of Practice on Indoor Air …
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Cytochrome C biosensor for the determination of trace level arsenic and cyanide compounds
… represent a big improvement over the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.
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Comparative extraction techniques for environmental pollutants
… new sample preparation techniques, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently implemented research programs to reduce or abolish laboratory pollution. In the work reported here, EPA Method 8270, established for Priority Pollutant Organics, will be evaluated by both Soxhlet …
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Underground Storage Tank Regulations: a Protocol to Facilitate Implementation
… status of individual state programs. Pertinent Environmental Protection Agency regulations and petroleum industry publications are used to provide additional insight into the implementation of complex regulations from first a governmental and then an industrial view point. This information is …
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THE DECLINE OF COAL? THE HOLCOMB POWER PLANT INCIDENT, THE AMERICAN STATES, AND ENERGY POLITICS
… and reliable. However, new rules by the Environmental Protection Agency, challenges at the subnational level, the resurgence of alternatives such as natural gas, and the polarization and decline of public opinion toward the resource have created barriers for coal. Using market …
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Regression modeling: Latent structure, theories and algorithms
The topics of this thesis stem from two EPA/NISS (Environmental Protection Agency/National Institute of Statistical Sciences) projects, which require the use of available data to make risk assessment, estimate uncertainty and suggest future studies. Based on the heterogeneous and batch correlated …
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Assessment of Sediment Runoff from Natural Gas Well Development Sites.
… are currently regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to minimize storm water runoff damages to the environment. Gas well construction sites are similar to other construction sites in how the landscape is altered, but are not similarly regulated. This study identified …
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The rise and fall of open market emissions trading in New Jersey
On August 2, 1996, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) promulgated rules governing its Open Market Emissions Trading (OMET) program. With a goal to provide industry with a greater degree of flexibility in meeting federal air compliance directives and simultaneously move …
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Toward a Democratic Science? Environmental Justice Activists, Multiple Epidemiologies, and Toxic Waste Controversies
Environmental justice activists defined an environmental justice, or community-led, research practice as an alternative conception of science to guide epidemiological investigations of the human health effects of hazardous wastes. Activists inserted their position into an ongoing scientific …
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Comparison of the extraction procedure toxicity test (EP) and the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) for the analysis of trace organic compounds in land applied municipal wastewater sludges
The current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) method utilized for analysis of trace organic chemicals and heavy metals leached from solid waste is the Extraction Procedure (EP) Toxicity Test. Because of various operational problems and limitations of the EP, the EPA has developed and plans to …
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Sensing, Actuation, and Embedded Control for a Custom SCR Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Reduction System
… by the Corporate Average Fuel Economy and the Environmental Protection Agency, diesel engines should soon be considered in lieu of gas engines. Despite advantages of diesel engines, diesel emissions include harmful gasses like carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Selective …
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Vehicle classification profiles for interstates and non-interstates in West Virginia to be used for MOBILE6 modeling
… the Federal Clean Air Act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency sets nationwide standards for maximum permissible levels of air pollution, while States retain primary responsibility for monitoring air quality to comply with these standards. MOBILE6 is a computer model developed by …
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Determination of Size Fractions and Concentrations of Airborne Particulate Matter Generated From Construction and Demolition Waste Processing Facilities
… interest. Results were compared to United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards(NAAQS) and United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)standards.The results from this study are not valid for determination of compliance with NAAQS …
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