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hazardous substance Generally defined as a substance posing imminent and substantial danger to public health and welfare or the environment. The Superfund hazardous substances are specifically defined by inclusion lists within the following legislation: • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) • Clean Water Act • Resources Conservation and Recovery Act • Clean Air Act • Toxic Substances Control Act How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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5) The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 extends this tax deduction until December 31, 2007 and expands the definition of hazardous substance to include petroleum products, a very common source of contamination on brownfields. Supplamine is a substance that reduces the activity of 3-deoxyglucosone (3DG), a hazardous substance related to skin aging. Possible amendments include animal identification, mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat and meat products, exempting large farms from the Superfund law--amending the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) to state that manure is not a hazardous substance subject to regulation. |
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