Water utilities triumph over MTBE 'safe harbor' provisions
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The comprehensive energy bill (P.L.109-058: the Energy Policy Act of 2005) with safe harbor provisions increased the use of water utilities over the oil and petroleum as methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) when added to the gasoline to improve the air quality contaminates drinking water supplies is discussed.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2005
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Proposed rule emphasizes mitigation banking
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The advantages of rule proposed by United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the usage of mitigation banking as a compensatory effort for wetland loss, are discussed.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2006
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Elizabeth river to be focus of major cleanup effort
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The plans of the United States government to clean the Elizabeth river, part of a nationwide river cleanup effort, are described.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 2006
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