Activities of the Environmental Protection Agency Concerning Phthalate Esters

By Newburg-Rinn, Steven D.

Book Id: WPLBN0000162358
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Activities of the Environmental Protection Agency Concerning Phthalate Esters
Author:	Newburg-Rinn, Steven D.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Clean Water Act Pursuant to Section 304(a)(l) of the Clean Water Act, EPA is required periodically to review and publish criteria for ambient water quality. Under the authority of this section of the Act and in satisfaction of the Settlement Agreement in Natural Resources Defense Council, et al., v. Train, 8 E.R.C. 2120 (1976), modified, 12 E.R.C. 1833 (D.D.C. 1979), EPA is required to publish criteria documents for 65 pollutants which Congress, in the 1977 amendment to the Act, designated as toxic under Section 307(a)(l). Among the 65 designated compounds were the phthalate esters. In November, 1980, EPAs Office of Water Regulations and Standards made available an ambient water quality criteria document for several of the phthalate esters. These Section 304(a)(l) criteria are not rules and they have no regulatory impact. Rather, these criteria present scientific data and guidance on the environmental effects of pollutants which can be useful to derive regulatory requirements.