Deadline for CFC warning labels nears

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The EPA plans to release its final regulations implementing the Clean Air Amendments Act of 1990 in Feb 1993 and companies to whom the act's labeling requirements apply should examine their manufacturing fully and, if ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are used, consider alternative methods. If there is no alternative method, the company might be able to apply for a temporary exemption. There are also two exclusions from the labeling requirements, the 'incidental uses' exclusion and the one for substances which have been 'transformed' so as to no longer threaten the ozone layer.

Hazardous substances, Ozone layer depletion

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Unless Congress authorizes the EPA to grant developers releases from liability, new inner-city cleanup programs may be of limited value

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States have thus far led the way in encouraging the development of contaminated inner-city properties through so-called brownfields laws. While the US Environmental Protection Agency has issued a 'Brownfields Action Agenda,' Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio have created active programs. However, these have not yet addressed the fundamental problems: uncertainty over cleanup standards and requirements, and liability under federal law. The state plans, however, are still in development, and suggest alternatives.

United States, Environmental aspects, Political aspects, Urban renewal, Inner cities, Toxic torts

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EPA's recycling rules cause confusion

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The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recycling rules, implementing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), offer few and confusing exemptions for recyclers of hazardous wastes. In general, a hazardous waste must be a solid waste, so materials which do not qualify as solid wastes under RCRA need not follow the act's hazardous waste management standards. The solid waste definition needs to be rewritten to encourage more recycling.

Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling, Hazardous wastes

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