Clean Air Act amendments of 1987: hearings before the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session, on S. 300, S. 321, S. 1351, and S. 1384 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 |
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Side 82 - DECEMBER 8, 1987 •When we try to pick out anything by itself- we find it hitched to everything else in the universe...
Side 102 - MIC was not transported at all. All the companies suddenly implemented safer ways to make their products. FMC Corporation says it reduced MIC transportation risks by moving its New York facility into the "Chemical Valley", the Kanawha River Valley of West Virginia, to a new site right next to the Carbide facility...
Side 241 - ... the prevention and control of air pollution at its source is the primary responsibility of States and local governments; and (4) that Federal financial assistance and leadership is essential for the development of cooperative Federal, State, regional, and local programs to prevent and control air pollution.
Side 39 - ... (A) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or (B) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of. or otherwise managed.
Side 65 - Because of the large background of low-level carcinogenic and other (93) hazards, and the high costs of regulation, priority setting is a critical first step. It is important not to divert society's attention away from the few really serious hazards, such as tobacco or saturated fat (for heart disease), by the pursuit of hundreds of minor or nonexistent hazards.
Side 39 - I dent, and ALAPCO — the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials. STAPPA and ALAPCO are the two national associations of air pollution control agencies In the 54 states and territories and more than 165 major metropolitan areas across the United States.
Side 96 - It would be fair to say we were complacent." Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) revealed in January 1985 that before the 1984 Bhopal accident, Union Carbide had done an internal safety audit (successfully denied to an subsequently embarrassed EPA team that had asked for such documents) that showed that a Bhopal-like runaway reaction accident could have occurred at Union Carbide's similar facility at Institute, West Virginia. Carbide found "no concerns of an imminent nature".
Side 97 - DIERS findings to be discussed below, no one has the overall responsibility of setting priorities for further research on the most dangerous chemicals, or disseminating the findings to companies and governments, or overseeing company implementation of new safety measures seen as crucial because of the unexpected results of the tests. Originally mandated by Congress in 1977 to study threats to the public safety from the accidental release of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the DOE research program at...
Side 39 - AND TERRITORIAL AIR POLLUTION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICIALS S WILLIAM BECKER EXECUTIVE OMECTOfl TESTIMONY OF S.