1) What is the “Superfund” law? When was it created? 2) Using this site: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/ identify one brownfield/Superfund site within 200 miles of Louisville and respond to the following items. a. Where is it located? U.S. Doe Gaseous Diffusion Plant Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky b. What contaminant(s) is/are present? Technetium, uranium, thorium, plutonium, neptunium, trichloroethylene, polychlorinated biphenyls c. What affects does that contaminant have on? 1. People
for liability of persons responsible for releases of hazardous waste at these sites, and can establish a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries to make available for cleanup when no responsible party could be recognized. The National Priorities List, or NPL, is a list of the worst hazardous waste sites that have been identified by Superfund. (Boorse & Wright, 2011, p. 578). Any site on the NPL is eligible for cleanup using Superfund Trust money. One particular site on the NPL is the Smokey Mountain
could entice students to live on campus, increasing the revenue that would have been lost to outside companies. With enough recruitment and retention the project would pay for itself quickly. According to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics and the National Center for Educational Progress, four out of five college students are not proficient writers. This has been a reoccurring problems since 1998. Many factors contribute to this data, but it is evident that students
These effects put British people into disadvantage, one sample is that immigrants are given priority in housing benefits from government. The last type of outcomes from immigration into the United Kingdom are the neutral consequence, some examples are multiculturalism and the percentage of international students studying at universities. This category
abnormalities, and mothers having children who are getting sick. Friendswood is ranked below the national average in air quality, water quality, superfund sites, and health cost. Although, Friendswood is ranked lower in all of the previously mentioned topic areas, they are all within a five percent difference of the national average, except for the water quality, which is a fifteen percent difference from the national average. A less then five percent difference isn't that bad when compared to the overall
demonstrate beneficence in everything he or she does. However, healthcare agencies are not perfect and there are some topics that the Joint Commission has decided could be improved on. They have formulated a list of goals focused primarily on improving nursing care. This list is called the National Patient Safety Goals. One of these goals focuses on reducing the harm associated with clinical alarm systems. This is an immensely important topic, as there have been reports of major injury and even death
000 Americans die annually while awaiting an organ transplant. In other countries of the world thousands more whose lives could be extended or transformed through transplants lost their lives because of unavailable organs. The waiting list is ever growing and the list of those willing to donate seems to be shrinking. This can be attributed to lack of motivation and knowledge among the prospective donors. According to a research done by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Kidney transplant, only
website for the FBI (fbi.gov) states that the agency is tasked with investigating terrorism, cyber crime, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The Department of Justice (DOJ) (2004) issued a new set of priorities for the agency, the priorities were listed by importance. Number one on the list was preventing a terrorist attack, number three was protecting against
Someone is added to national transplant waiting list every ten minutes. 122,423 people are waiting for some type of organ to save their life, although, not every can get an organ to save their life. Twenty two
Article 3 specifies the scope of UCPD, including factual regulatory remit and a list of areas which fall outside its application. According to Article 3(1), the UCPD ‘shall apply to unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices before, during and after a commercial transaction in relation to a product’. Business-to-consumer commercial practices, as defined in Article 2(d), refer to ‘any act, omission, course of conduct or representation, commercial communication including advertising and marketing
Dealing with matters of national security is no joke, especially for anybody who works in the aviation field. Hundreds, if not thousands, of threats are made every day against the security of the United States, and many of these instance occur within airports or are directed towards airplanes. There has been an increase in aviation security and overall airport security as a result of the attack on September 11, 2011. Due to the increase of threats and needed authority to counteract and diminish these
From the Radiation and National Security section, what is the NRC doing for nuclear power plants, radioactive materials, and international safeguards for national security? Please provide a brief summary. Undoubtedly the NRC is committed to protecting the public against nuclear products that may be inadvertently or deliberately released into the environment. To this end, the agency in collaboration with other governmental security agencies has invested tremendously in the security of nuclear plants
for how they will make decisions and react to both good and bad situations. The Smithsonian is an extremely successful company and they are no different. They have written a detailed plan that contains their mission statement, their vision, their priorities, and their-long term goals. A company’s mission is their ultimate goal, what it is they hope to accomplish. The Smithsonian assumes their mission as their social responsibility. It is the reason that the Smithsonian was formed and will continue
must be the member of the OPTN. The 42 CFR 121.4 list explains policies that OPTN is responsible which includes distribution of cadaveric organ, testing of donors to avoid the spread of infectious diseases, inequalities caused by socioeconomic status, and training of transplant surgeons and physicians. The section 121.5 of 42 explains the regulation followed by the OPTN members which includes the transplant hospitals members must list the name list for designated transplant program, guarantee the
contribute to and benefit from national preparedness.” (FEMA, 2015). Local communities recognize their risks and conclude on how they will handle the significant amount of risks. Local governments discover and address their greatest risks by finishing the Threat and Hazard
The U.S. Constitution Preamble lists the government’s five goals for filling the needs of the citizens. The current U.S. budget is not allocating its funds to meet the goals listed in the Preamble as well as it could be. In each of the three budget clusters, the U.S. government should make adjustments in the way it is distributing money: changes involving The Big Five, changes involving The Middle Five, and changes involving The Little Guys. The Big Five is the largest cluster in the Federal Budget
supplies such as; Pencils, crayons, laptops, notebooks, etc. just for those few things would be over several-hundred. But with bills, mortgage payments, monthly car payments, etc., that is a lot of money to be spent, and school supplies aren’t the top priority, which gravely affects the student’s environment on which he/she learns and develops throughout the
capacities, and mostly tertiary medical centers, specialty hospitals, and a number of re-nationalized provincial hospitals managed by DOH. According to the Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA) the total health expenditure increased at an annual rate of 13.2 percent to P431.0 billion in 2011 from P380.8 billion in 2010. The national government accounted for 12.3 percent and local governments were responsible for 14.7 percent. The remainder was accounted for by social insurance and grants from the
years, four priorities seem especially critical: preventing child abuse and neglect, enhancing children’s intellectual and social development, providing support and guidance to vulnerable adolescents and working intensively with juvenile offenders. These aren’t the preventive strategies that can make a difference, but they are the ones that offer the strongest evidence of effectiveness. And they also fit our growing understanding of the roots delinquency and violent crime. The first priority is to invest
are based on circumstances or happenings as they existed fourteen centuries ago? Could it be ignorance stemming from lack of education? The prime vital issue of the nation's education has from the birth of the country been the last on the lists of priorities of all our governments. The majority of the ministers who have been given the education and science and technology portfolios have not only been unconnected with either the field of education or of science and technology but have largely been