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Table 2.7 (Continued)

5. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, andLiabilityAct (CERCLA
or Superfund Act): 40 CFR 300-399

Authorized EPA to investigate the origins of waste found in hazardous sites (i.e., the
Superfund site on the National Priority List) and force the generators and other
responsible parties to pay for the remediation.
Provided analytical support for investigation and remediation under CERCLA through
the Contract Laboratory Program (CLP), with the detailed methods contained in the
Statement of Work (SOW) (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/clp/methods.html)

Both the FIFRA and TSCA are administrated by the U.S. EPA whereas the FDCA
and OSHA are administrated by the FDA and OSHA, respectively. The FIFRA
requires the EPA to oversee the manufacture and use of ''-icides'' in the US, but
most commercial labs have little to no contact with the provisions in the FIFRA.
Under the TSCA, the EPA requires chemical producers to supply information
dealing with risk assessment of proposed products 90 days before proposed
manufacture or import. Such risk assessment includes tests for chemical fate,
environmental, and health effect, which are only tested in very specialized labs. Labs
performing the TSCA studies are required to comply with Good Laboratory Practice
Standards (40 CFR 792). Although the FDCA is administrated by the FDA, the
wastes and byproducts generated from the manufacture of these substances are
controlled by the EPA.
OSHA is probably the most important for industrial hygienists and safety
professionals in environmental health and safety. This act promulgates the standards,
sampling, and analytical methods for workplace environments such as asbestos,
dusts, and toxic vapors. One important aspect related to environmental sampling is
OSHA's requirement for a sampler to obtain HAZWOPER training certification
(29 CFR 1910.120) prior to actual sampling work on hazardous wastes and
materials.

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