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The Article is a case study regarding a rule governing cooling water towers for power plants promulgated pursuant to the Clean Water Act (”CWA”). It analyzes the history of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (”OIRA”) within the Office of Management and Budget (”OMB”), and its influence in compelling the Environmental Protection Agency (”EPA”) to conduct cost-benefit analysis of al...

Omega-3 fatty acids are products of secondary metabolism, essential for growth and important for human health. Although there are numerous reports of bacterial production of omega-3 fatty acids, less information is available on the biotechnological production of these compounds from bacteria. The production of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5ω3) by a new species of marine bacteria Shewanella el...

DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as the result of work sponsored by the California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, their employees, or the State of California. The Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, the State of California, their employees, contractors, ...

This paper was prepared as the result of work sponsored by the California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, their employees, or the State of California. The Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, the State of California, their employees, contractors, and subcontr...

This paper was prepared as the result of work sponsored by the California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, their employees, or the State of California. The Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, the State of California, their employees, contractors, and subcontr...

This paper was prepared as the result of work sponsored by the California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, their employees, or the State of California. The Energy Commission, Cal/EPA, the State of California, their employees, contractors, and subcontr...

Urban air pollution is a matter of concern due to its health hazards and the continuous population growth exposed it at different urban areas worldwide. Nowadays, more than 55% world live in areas. One main challenges guide control policies related pollutant source assessment. In this line, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Positive Matrix Factorization (EPA-PMF) has been extensively emplo...

2 On December 11, 1980 the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter, creating the federal gov-ernment's program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. It quickly became clear, however, that the new Superfund program could not address all of the hazardous waste disposal sites being discovere...

This office consists of six professionals and support personnel concerned with the evaluation of environmental health hazards due mainly to chemical agents. An effort initiated earlier to pull together toxicologic information on organ systems and their diseases in humans with environmental or occupational chemical exposures was continued. It received its impetus when the cause of the Legionaire...