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  2. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - Wikipedia

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    Congress enacted RCRA to address the increasing problems the nation faced from its growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. RCRA was an amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965. The act set national goals for: Protecting human health and the natural environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal.

  3. Exemptions for fracking under United States federal law

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    The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 was passed "to protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal, to conserve energy and natural resources, to reduce the amount of waste generated, and to ensure that wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner."

  4. Environmental policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hazardous waste regulations began in the United States in 1976 with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to govern hazardous waste from its initial generation to final disposition (cradle-to-grave regulation) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to anticipate possible hazards from chemicals.

  5. Reverse telephone directory - Wikipedia

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    However, unlike a standard telephone directory, where the user uses customer's details (such as name and address) in order to retrieve the telephone number of that person or business, a reverse telephone directory allows users to search by a telephone service number in order to retrieve the customer details for that service.

  6. List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production

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    RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; RCKST – rig checkshot; RCD – rotating control device; RCI – reservoir characterization instrument (for downhole fluid measurements e.g. spectrometry, density) [25] RCL – retainer correlation log; RCM – reliability-centred maintenance; RCR – remote component replacement (tool) RCU ...

  7. George Washington University - Wikipedia

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    The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States.Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington, D.C.'s jurisdiction.

  8. Veganism - Wikipedia

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    Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products and the consumption of animal source foods, [12] and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals.

  9. Dagestan - Wikipedia

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    Sulak Canyon is one of the world's deepest canyons Kakhib, one of many abandoned auls in Dagestan Abandoned Lezgin village of Grar Rutulian village Luchek. Dagestan (/ ˌ d æ ɡ ɪ ˈ s t æ n,-ˈ s t ɑː n / DAG-i-STA(H)N; Russian: Дагестан; IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan]), officially the Republic of Dagestan, [a] is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe ...