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  2. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - Wikipedia

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    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Other short titles: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976: Long title: An Act to provide technical and financial assistance for the development of management plans and facilities for the recovery of energy and other resources from discarded materials and for the safe disposal of discarded materials, and to regulate the management of hazardous waste.

  3. List of professional designations in the United States

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    Licensure by individual state boards, examination by National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Certified Sales Engineer: CSE Certified by the North American Association of Sales Engineers (NAASE) Master of Engineering Management: MEM Professional engineering business degree comparable to an MBA. Model Law Engineer MLE

  4. Mixed waste (radioactive/hazardous) - Wikipedia

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    The fundamental and most comprehensive statutory definition is found in the Federal Facilities Compliance Act (FFCA) where Section 1004(41) was added to RCRA: "The term 'mixed waste' means waste that contains both hazardous waste and source, special nuclear, or byproduct material subject to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954."

  5. Solid waste policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Solid Waste Tree, Based on Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid waste means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or an air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial ...

  6. Brownfield regulation and development - Wikipedia

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    The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act was passed in 1976 and is the federal government's approach to the regulation of hazardous waste under a “cradle to the grave” scheme. It is important to Brownfields because at birth, RCRA applied only to active hazardous waste sites. It included no remedial or retroactive measures for regulating ...

  7. Biomedical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Biomedical engineering is regulated in some countries, such as Australia, but registration is typically only recommended and not required. [33] In the UK, mechanical engineers working in the areas of Medical Engineering, Bioengineering or Biomedical engineering can gain Chartered Engineer status through the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

  8. List of medical abbreviations: R - Wikipedia

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    Meaning R: respiration, (right) RA: refractory anemia rheumatoid arthritis right atrium room air RAD: reflex anal dilatation right axis deviation reactive airway disease radiation absorbed dose reactive attachment disorder: Rad hys: radical hysterectomy: RAE: right atrial enlargement RAI: radioactive iodine: RAIU: thyroid reactive iodine uptake ...

  9. Healthcare engineering - Wikipedia

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    The American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), established in 1962, [4] was one of the first to publicize the term healthcare engineering.ASHE, as well as its many local affiliate societies, is devoted to the health care physical environment, including design, building, maintenance, and operation of hospitals and other health care facilities, which represents only one sector of ...