Mid-Year 1998 Preliminary Emergency Department Data from the Drug Abuse Warning211 Network

摘要

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 has developed a211u001ecorrective action strategy (CAS) to accelerate corrective action at Resource 211u001eConservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) facilities. This document was developed as 211u001eguidance to help regulators and facilities make meaningful progress with 211u001ecorrective action at RCRA sites. The two primary objectives of this guide are to 211u001eprioritize corrective action at facilities, and streamline corrective action 211u001eadministrative procedures, resulting in the protection of human health and the 211u001eenvironment. Although the CAS was developed for the RCRA program, its purpose is 211u001econsistent with the cleanup principals and goals of other waste cleanup programs. 211u001eTherefore, this guide may be useful to other persons engaged in cleaning up 211u001estorage tanks, voluntary cleanup programs and Brownfields programs. This guide 211u001edescribes a risk management strategy that, can be implemented during any phase of 211u001ecorrective action, introduces the use of a risk-based screen that prioritizes 211u001ereleases at a facility to better focus time and money on releases that pose a 211u001esignificant and unacceptable risk, and provides guidance for its implementation. 211u001eEPA contemplates that the value of this guide will be demonstrated through EPA 211u001eand/or state pilot projects.