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environmental protection agency

environmental protection agency
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    • an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

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    1. USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency. (1996).
    2. on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
    3. on behalf of the Unites States Environmental Protection Agency
    4. Ministry of Environment and Energy Danish Environmental Protection Agency
    5. The procedure applied by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency is clearly described, as well as the criteria upon which the decisions to grant or refuse exemptions are based.
    6. The notification also contains a guidance document issued by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency for operators willing to apply for an exemption.
    7. The Agreement provides for the European Commission, together with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to develop Tier II of the imaging equipment specification, thereby amending Annex C of the Agreement.
    8. In order to properly assist the Community, the Agency should be allowed to develop its expertise in all aspects of civil aviation safety and environmental protection covered by this Regulation.
    9. The Agreement provides for the European Commission, together with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to reassess the specifications for label qualification of office equipment listed in Annex C to the Agreement as market conditions change. Developments in the field of computer monitors have led to a revision of the specifications.
    10. The Third report on the implementation of the Nitrates Directive in Ireland and the recent Environmental Protection Agency reports covering the period 2001-2003 submitted to the Commission showed that mean nitrate concentration recorded in groundwater is of the order of 2,5 mg/L N and concentrations greater than 50 mg/L nitrates were recorded in no more than 2 % of the sampling points.
    11. CODE), Title 26, $40A, point (d), the term biodiesel is defined as the monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from plant or animal matter which meet - (a) the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection Agency under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C 7545), and, (b) the requirements of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) D6751.
    12. According to the US Internal Revenue Code [4] (US. CODE), Title 26, Section 40A, point (d), the term biodiesel is defined as the monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from plant or animal matter which meet (a) the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the Environmental Protection Agency under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C 7545), and, (b) the requirements of the American Society of Testing and Materials D6751.
    13. The notification contains a description of when such an exemption process can be contemplated in practice, pointing for instance at the unforeseen disproportionate effects of a ban, at situations where it turns out that alternatives are not available or not suitable, or at situations where the overall level of greenhouse gas emissions converted to carbon dioxide equivalent are demonstrated to be lower for a system containing F-gases. The notification also contains a guidance document issued by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency for operators willing to apply for an exemption.
    14. Any reference to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the coordination of energy efficient labelling programmes for office equipment shall be understood as including a reference to the Exchange of Letters between the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Norway, the Ministry of Industry in Iceland and the Office of Economic Affairs of Liechtenstein, except in Articles 11 and 14 where the reference to the former remains.