wyszukanych pozycji: 373
![]() |
Improvements Needed in EPA Training and Oversight for Risk Management Program Inspections
ISBN: 9781500626655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. EPA's management controls for ensuring inspector training and inspection quality provide limited assurance of the effectiveness of its RMProgram inspections. Proper training helps inspectors conduct quality inspections. However, 15 of the 45 RMProgram inspectors nationwide received inspector credentials without documentation indicating that they met minimum training requirements. Further, six of the 12 supervisors did not meet minimum training requirements. EPA's management controls did not detect or prevent the cases of missed or undocumented training. Weaknesses in controls included...
EPA's management controls for ensuring inspector training and inspection quality provide limited assurance of the effectiveness of its RMProgram inspe...
|
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
EPA Should Improve Guidance and Oversight to Ensure Effective Recovery Act-Funding Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Activites
ISBN: 9781499776881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
EPA Needs to Improve Management of the Cross-Media Electronics Reporting Regulation Program in Order to Strengthen Protection of Human Health and the
ISBN: 9781500809287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is our report on the subject audit conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This report contains findings that describe the problems the OIG has identified and corrective actions the OIG recommends. The Office of Information Collection within the Office of Environmental Information is the primary office responsible for the agency program that we reviewed. The Office of General Counsel is responsible for reviewing Attorney General certifications for the agency program reviewed.
This is our report on the subject audit conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This rep...
|
cena:
77,26 |
![]() |
National Environmental Policy and Quadrennial Review Needed
ISBN: 9781499771183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
77,26 |
![]() |
Guidebook of Financial Tools: Paying for Environmental Systems
ISBN: 9781548593100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The "Guidebook of Financial Tools: Paying for Environmental Systems" is a reference work examining a wide range of different tools for financing sustainable environmental systems. The term "sustainable environmental systems" refers to virtually any successful or potentially successful environmental protection initiative, including public and private environmental protection programs. Environmental protection initiatives that were not previously sustainable can be made productive and sustainable with the proper financing. The ten sections of the Guidebook present outline information on over...
The "Guidebook of Financial Tools: Paying for Environmental Systems" is a reference work examining a wide range of different tools for financing susta...
|
cena:
81,32 |
![]() |
Community Air Screening How-To Manual: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using a Risk-Based Approach to Identify Priorities for Improving Outdoor Air Quality
ISBN: 9781507553466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This Manual is designed to support the new efforts that communities and neighborhoods across the nation are making to improve the environmental quality and health of the places where they live and work. Efforts to understand and improve air quality are a key part of this work to create healthy local environments. But many communities have found the work to understand and improve local air quality to be complex and difficult. Even regulatory agencies with expertise may have difficulty answering community questions regarding the combined impacts of releases from multiple sources. While some...
This Manual is designed to support the new efforts that communities and neighborhoods across the nation are making to improve the environmental qualit...
|
cena:
105,74 |
![]() |
Tribal Brownfields and Response Programs: Respecting Our Land, Revitalizing Our Communities
ISBN: 9781500696771 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Brownfields and other contaminated lands are found throughout the United States. Often legacies of an industrial past or bygone business, they dot the landscape of large and small communities. To address brownfields and environmental issues in Indian country, many tribes establish their own environmental protection and natural resource management offices, and create brownfields programs or "Tribal Response Programs." However, tribal communities often lack funding to sustain environmental program capacity building and continue to need outside technical assistance and expertise. Additionally,...
Brownfields and other contaminated lands are found throughout the United States. Often legacies of an industrial past or bygone business, they dot the...
|
cena:
77,26 |
![]() |
EPA Needs a Better Strategy to Identify Violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
ISBN: 9781499735581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
EPA's Response to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Report: Reducing Air Emissions Associated with Goods Movement: Working Toward En
ISBN: 9781493751471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responding to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (NEJAC) recommendations for reducing air emissions associated with goods movement. The NEJAC report contains 41 recommendations that fall into the following categories: Effective Community Involvement Health Research Gaps and Educational Needs Technology Regulatory and Enforcement Mechanisms Environmental Planning, Performance, and Management Land-use Planning and Environmental Review Resources, Incentives, and Financing"
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responding to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (NEJAC) recommendations for reducing ...
|
cena:
77,26 |
![]() |
Technical Development Document for the Final Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Concentrated Aquatic Animal
ISBN: 9781506140681 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. On June 30 2004, a new rule was establishing effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP), or aquaculture, facilities was finalized. The regulation will apply to CAAP facilities that generate wastewater from their operations and discharge that wastewater directly into waters of the United States. The CAAP ELGs will help reduce discharges of conventional pollutants, primarily total suspended solids. The regulation will also help reduce non-conventional pollutants such as nutrients. To a lesser extent, the regulation will reduce the discharge of drugs...
On June 30 2004, a new rule was establishing effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP), or aquaculture,...
|
cena:
154,55 |
![]() |
SmartWay Transport Partnership: Driving Data Integrity in Transportation Supply Chains
ISBN: 9781500647896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. SmartWay is a voluntary collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the business community (e.g., truck and rail carriers, shippers, logistics companies1) to improve fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impacts from moving goods. Established by EPA in 2004, SmartWay is the only voluntary program working across the entire freight system to comprehensively address key national economic, energy, and environmental goals related to goods movement and freight sustainability. Environmental, state, and community groups rely upon SmartWay's clean air achievements in...
SmartWay is a voluntary collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the business community (e.g., truck and rail carriers...
|
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
EPA Should Improve Controls for Managing Contractor-Held Property
ISBN: 9781500106904 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
Stormwater to Street Trees: Engineering Urban Forests for Stormwater Management
ISBN: 9781514281864 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The presence of trees in a streetscape, neighborhood, and community can decrease the amount of stormwater runoff and pollutants that reach local waters. Cities employ a variety of measures to manage stormwater runoff. However, most do not take advantage of the stormwater utility benefits trees provide. In urban areas, trees are part of the managed municipal infrastructure. Installing trees in locations that are engineered to retain stormwater is a great way to augment existing stormwater management systems, increasing their capacity and improving water quality while greatly improving urban...
The presence of trees in a streetscape, neighborhood, and community can decrease the amount of stormwater runoff and pollutants that reach local water...
|
cena:
60,98 |
![]() |
Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust
ISBN: 9781505957921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 674 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust (DE) represents EPA's first comprehensive review of the potential health effects from ambient exposure to exhaust from diesel engines. The assessment was developed to provide information about the potential for DE to pose environmental health hazards, information that would be useful in evaluating regulatory needs under provisions of the Clean Air Act. The assessment identifies and characterizes the potential human health hazards of DE (i.e, hazard assessment) and seeks to estimate the relationship between exposure and disease response...
This Health Assessment Document for Diesel Engine Exhaust (DE) represents EPA's first comprehensive review of the potential health effects from ambien...
|
cena:
162,69 |
![]() |
Congressionally Requested Inquiry Into the EPA's Use of Private and Alias Email Accounts
ISBN: 9781500641023 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. We found no evidence that the EPA used, promoted or encouraged the use of private "non-governmental" email accounts to circumvent records management responsibilities or reprimanded, counseled or took administrative actions against personnel for using private email or alias accounts for conducting official government business. EPA senior officials said they were aware of the agency records management policies and, based only on discussions with these senior officials, the OIG found no evidence that these individuals had used private email to circumvent federal recordkeeping responsibilities....
We found no evidence that the EPA used, promoted or encouraged the use of private "non-governmental" email accounts to circumvent records management r...
|
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
EPA Should Clarify and Strengthen Its Waste Management Oversight Role With Respect to Oil Spills of National Significance
ISBN: 9781500106058 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans
ISBN: 9781511926348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
89,46 |
![]() |
Fish Tissue Analysis for Mercury and PCBs from a New York City Commercial Fish/Seafood Market
ISBN: 9781500822743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) current pesticide risk assessment process, a pair of laboratory avian reproduction tests with mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) is conducted to evaluate how dietary pesticide exposure affects a standard suite of reproduction endpoints (USEPA 1996). This report was prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by ICF International under contract. Additionally, we gratefully acknowledge the programs and individuals mentioned below for their contributions to this project.
In the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) current pesticide risk assessment process, a pair of laboratory avian reproduction test...
|
cena:
77,26 |
![]() |
Opportunities for EPA-Wide Improvements Identified During Review of a Regional Time and Materials Contract
ISBN: 9781500627409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. We recommend that the Regional Administrator for Region 9 direct the contracting officer for EPS90804 to require CORs to document oversight according to regulations and policies, which he agreed to do. We also recommend that the Regional Administrator recover funds for the prohibited clause, as well as determine if the clause is in other contracts and recover funds for those contracts. Finally, we recommend that the Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management enforce the requirement for CORs to ensure contract staff meet the qualifications, and review EPA's practices...
We recommend that the Regional Administrator for Region 9 direct the contracting officer for EPS90804 to require CORs to document oversight according ...
|
cena:
73,19 |
![]() |
EPA Needs an Agency-Wide Plan to Provide Tribal Solid Waste Management Capacity Assistance
ISBN: 9781499777093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
69,12 |