An Analysis of Federal Legislative Jurisdictional Responsibilities for Toxic and Hazardous Materials

摘要

The purpose of this study is to provide research, analysis and summarization of federal agency jurisdictional responsibilities for toxic substances and hazardous materials as presently authorized under existing federal legislation. It is prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide comprehensive and factual information to expedite decisions and implementation of emergency management procedures. The present body of toxic substances control statutes is the result of incremental legislation enacted principally over the last twenty years. Thirty-three major pieces of federal legislation are summarized, indicating jurisdiction shared by eleven separate federal agencies. The complex network of 'patchwork' legislative control of toxic substances and hazardous materials has potentially dangerous implications for quick and effective emergency management. (Author)