Lead Air Pollution Standard Proposed by EPA
EPA administrator Douglas M. Castle announced a proposed national ambient air quality standard for airborne lead to protect public health, aiming to shield children from long term exposure. The proposal sets a 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter monthly average and invites extensive public comment while acknowledging uncertainties in the science and the need for coordination with other EPA offices and federal agencies.
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EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Douglas M. Castle
Costie
Castle
Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Center For Disease Control
California
Pennsylvania
Montana
Oregon
Minimum Wage Rise Highlights and EPA Lead Rules
Secretary of Labor announces the federal minimum wage increase to 6 5 an hour effective January 1, boosting pay for about 45 million workers and extending annual increases to reach 3.35 by 1981. The EPA outlines lead emission controls, costs, health risks, and public comment procedures for a new ambient lead standard due by 1982 with hearings set for January 17, 1978 and a deadline for comments February 17, 1978.
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Ray Marshall
Congress
Carter
Marshall
Department of Labor
The
Labor Department
Employment Standards Administration
Joseph Padgett
Strategies and
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park
North Carolina
EPA Headquarterers
M. Street
Washington, D.C
EPA
Public Information Reference Unit
Port Isabel Commissioners to meet Monday December 9 7 30 pm
The Port Isabel City Commissioners will hold a regular session Monday December 9 at 7 30 pm in the Municipal Building. The Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1 Board will meet Wednesday December 11 at ? pm in the Water District Office. public attendance invited.
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Port Isabel
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1
Water District
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Natural Resources Defense Council
U.S. District Court
Southern District
New York
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Cameron County
Sevings Association Dadon Str of
Bow
SRE AN
Tia Wa
Water Board
South Padre Island
OLD Fashion Breakfast
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