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GPO Access Resources by Topic: The Environment
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Frequently Requested
Information | Environmental Regulations
| Environmental Legislation
Purchase Environmental Publications | Additional
Federal Environmental Resources
Frequently Requested Information
- 2005 Final Rule Affecting Environmental Protection Agency (Regional Haze regulations and Guidelines for best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has published a Final Rule affecting 40 CFR part 51, Regional Haze regulations and Guidelines for best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations in the July 5, 2005 issue of the Federal Register. The part of July 5th's Federal Register affecting the Medicare Program is available in text and PDF format directly below.
- PART III: Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR part 51, Regional Haze regulations and Guidelines for best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations; Final Rule (81 pages)
TEXT (555 KB) | PDF (483 KB)
In addition, the Friday, July 5, 2005 issue of the Federal Register containing these Final Rules can also be found in the Federal Register on GPO Access by using
the browse feature.
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): Title
40 -- Protection of Environment
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment. Programs
addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement
are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up
are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the
code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.
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Federal Environmental Regulations
Use the Federal Register (FR), Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), and List
of Sections Affected (LSA) to locate new, proposed, and amended regulations
concerning the environment. You can also find, review, and submit comments
on Federal rules open for comment using Regulations.gov
or find out about developing or recently completed regulations using the
Unified Agenda.
The following is a list of executive branch agencies that issue regulations
related to the environment, and where they appear in the CFR.
- Council on Environmental Quality -- Title
40, V
- Department of Agriculture
- Office of Environmental Quality -- Title
7, XXXI
- Forest Service -- Title
36, II
- Natural Resources Conservation Service --Title
7, VI
- Department of Commerce
- Fishery Conservation and Management -- Title
50, VI
- National Marine Fisheries Service -- Title
50, II, IV, VI
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- Title
15, IX; Title
50, II, III, IV, VI
- Council on Environmental Quality -- Title
40, V
- Department of Interior
- Bureau of Land Management -- Title
43, II
- Endangered Species Committee --Title
50, IV
- Geological Survey -- Title
30, IV
- National Park Service -- Title
36, I
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service -- Title
50, I, IV
- Department of Transportation
- Federal Highway Administration -- Title
23, I, II
- Environmental Protection Agency --Title
5, LXII, Title
40, I, IV, VII
- Federal Acquisition Regulation -- Title
48, Title
15
- Property Management Regulations -- Title
41, Chapter 115
- Office of Environmental Quality -- Title
7, XXXI
- Fishery Conservation and Management -- Title
50, VI
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- Title
15, IX, Title
50, II, III, IV, VI
NOTE: This list of issuing agencies is based upon Appendix
C of the 2002-2003 U.S. Government Manual.
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Federal Environmental Legislation
Pending and approved legislation, debates on legislation, transcripts of
hearings, bill status, and research reports concerning the environment can
be found in the following GPO Access databases:
The following is a list of congressional committees related to the environment:
- House of Representatives > Committee
on Resources
Five subcommittees are responsible for bills and matters relating to:
National Parks, Recreation, & Public Lands; Fisheries Conservation,
Wildlife & Oceans; Energy & Mineral Resources; Water & Power;
and Forests & Forest Health.
- Senate > Agriculture,
Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Four subcommittees (Subcommittee on Aging, Subcommittee on Children
and Families; Subcommittee on Employment; Safety, and Training; and
Subcommittee on Public Health) are responsible for bills and matters
that related such health related issues as: aging, biomedical research
and development, domestic activities of the American National Red Cross,
handicapped individuals, occupational safety and health, including the
welfare of miners, and public health.
- Senate > Environment
And Public Works Committee
Responsible for bills and matters relating to the protection of the
environment, air and water pollution control, relief from natural disasters,
endangered species, fish and wildlife refuges and programs; and the
nation's interstate highway system, flood control and navigation projects,
air and water pollution control, rural and community economic development,
and relief from natural disasters
- Senate > Energy
and Natural Resources Committee
Has oversight and legislative responsibility for public lands that public
lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest
Service including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas;
establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and wilderness designation
therein; military land withdrawals; reserved water rights; national
mining and minerals policy and general mining laws; surface mining,
reclamation and enforcement; mining education and research; Federal
mineral leasing; Naval oil shale reserves; and deep seabed mining.
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Purchase Federal Environmental Publications
View a collection of health care related publications available for purchase
from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore
in the following topics:
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