U.S. Corps of Engineers: An executive department and the primary federal manager of the nation’s water resources. The Corps build and maintain much of the nation’s navigation and flood damage reduction infrastructure and regulates the issuance of Clean Water Act dredge and fill and other permits to the private sector. For over 225 years, the Corps has transformed our nation’s rivers and coasts, constructing 11,000 miles of inland waterway navigation channels, 8,500 miles of levees and seawalls, and
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The Clean Air Act James Huckabone ENV/320 9/10/2012 Siroos Mostaghimi The Clean Air Act The Clean Air Act was established in 1970 when the United States government decided to a more drastic role in protecting the countries air from unwanted pollution. There were a few amendments to the Clean Air Act in the following years to come, one being in the year 1977 and the other coming in 1990. Although having control over pollution did not just start in 1970 the United States Government
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ANALYSIS Alumina Risk Analysis Sabrina Waters University of Phoenix MBA 560 Introduction Alumina, Inc. is a $4 billion dollar industry that focuses on aluminum. Alumina, Inc. has withheld a clean image in the past and works hard to retain this image. An incident occurred five years ago where oil was spilled into Lake Dira in which Kelly Bates claims that her daughter now suffers from leukemia due to the spill into the water. Environmental
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Green Economy Canada is considered an annex 1 country. It has many CDM projects around the world to help non annex 1 countries reduce greenhouse gas emission. In china, Canada is involved with various projects in different parts of the country. Canada is engaged with the very large Guangrun Hydropower CDM project located in the Jianshi County, Hubei Province of China. Along with Canada, Netherlands, Italy, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Norway and
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Non-Employment Conflict Management The Wamayo River has three tributaries that make the Pacific Northwest’s river basin. They have built three dams in the last two years that use hydropower, an inexpensive and renewable energy source, irrigation of water to farmers, and they also support a multi-billion dollar timber and paper industry and the home of the Wamayo salmon. The local authorities want hydropower to provide substantial amounts of electricity to the region within the
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issue in Missouri? Congress decided to change the number of waterways protected in Missouri in 2001. The president of Missouri Conservation Federation, Glenn Chambers stated “Just less than 70 percent of Missouri streams are at risk of losing Clean Water Act protection. And about 700 thousand acres, just under 700 thousand acres of wetlands, may already have lost protection," (Mcgowin, 2009). Now the conservation department fears that the unprotected waterways are going to be transformed into
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SUMMARY OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq. (1972) The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. The basis of the CWA was enacted in 1948 and was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the Act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. "Clean Water Act" became the Act's common name with amendments in 1972. Under the CWA
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evaluation inspection of Alumnia; during the inspection Alumnia was found to be in violation because their PAHs were above the prescribed limit, although this violation was corrected (UOP, Business Simulation, 2010). Although Alumnia had maintained a clean record since, they should make it a policy to review all environmental regulations that pertain to the discharges and the chemical contents and the effects on the environment to avoid future violations. In addition to the violation five years ago
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violation of the Clean Water Act. In 1948, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) was enacted to regulate water pollution by establishing water quality standards that define which bodies of water can be used for public drinking, recreation, propagation of fish and wildlife, and agricultural and industrial uses. Under the FWPCA, dischargers of pollutants are required to maintain monitoring equipment, keep samples, and keep records. This act is also referred to as the Clean Water Act. Alumina
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Business Regulation Simulation University of Phoenix Alumina Inc. is a $4 billion aluminum maker based in the United States (U.S.) and operates in eight other countries around the world. The company has business interests in automotive components and the manufacture of packaging materials, bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting (University of Phoenix, 2008). The U.S. market constitutes 70% of the company’s sales. A crisis has arisen from allegations of environmental damages
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