EPA technology verification program hits its stride

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EPA's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program has successfully tested the performance of eight commercially available technological instruments/equipment in spring 1998, bringing its total number of verifications to 12. The program, established in 1995, supervises and supports independent testing of environmental technology. The equipment tested included portable gas chromatograph/mass spectrometers, cone penetrometers and portable X-ray fluorescence analyzers. The ETV program, which is currently testing over 35 other products, has as its goal the verification of over 300 products by 2005.

Measuring & controlling devices, not elsewhere classified, Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, Environmental Programs, Pollution Test & Measure Eqp, Pollution control industry, Technology assessment

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Concentration of hazardous waste to determine listing

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A proposed EPA rule will help companies avoid strict treatment and disposal requirements for any waste that contains hazardous chemicals. The new rule calls for industry to maintain concentrations of hazardous substances in their waste streams below set levels. Concentration levels for some 400 hazardous chemicals have been defined, and concentrations lower than these levels in companies' waste streams would not be classified as 'hazardous waste.' The rule was signed on Nov. 13, 1995.

Refuse Disposal Programs, Refuse and refuse disposal, Waste disposal, Solid waste disposal, Toxic torts

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Toxics Release Inventory expanded to cover seven new industries

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Pres. Bill Clinton approved the addition of seven new industries to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). This means 6,100 companies, in addition to the 25,000 companies already included in the TRI, will yearly report their toxic chemical releases to the Environmental Protection Agency. The additional industries include electric utilities, commercial hazardous waste treatment facilities, coal- and metal-mining, and solvent recovery services.

Electric Utilities, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Electric services, Hazardous Material Regulation, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Toxic Substances Regulation, Clinton, Bill, Hazardous substances, Industry regulations, Coal industry

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