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Did You Know?
There are National Emissions Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants
Also known as NESHAPS, these emissions standards set by EPA for an air pollutant not covered by NAAQS that may cause an increase in deaths or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.Primary standards are designed to protect human health, secondary standards to protect public welfare.
Kentucky Lawyers specializing in Environmental Law focus on
litigation concerning environmental issues such as air pollution,
water contamination, chemical and nuclear waste, oil spills, and
other related matters.
Air Quality Standards, 1998
Percentage of persons living in counties not meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air quality standards
Percentage
29
Source: Aerometric Information Retrieval System, U.S. Environmental protection Agency.
The US government passed the National Environment Protection Act
(NEPA) in 1970 to help protect the environment from public and private
actions such as corporate pollution or excessive logging. The Environmental
Quality Improvement Act as well as the Environmental Education Act
and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are other measures
taken by the federal government to ensure protection of the environment,
and the quality of water and air.
Kentucky Verdicts and Settlements
Kentucky mother killed in car/truck accident receives multiple damages award
(8/11/2003)
Melissa Congleton, a married mother of two who worked at the Henry County John Deere distributor, was killed instantly when a 5.5 ton roll of steel coil slid off of a truck on U.S. Highway 421 and hit her car. The Plaintiff's claimed that the company
Common case types Kentucky Environmental Lawyers face on a
daily basis include:
State of the Earth's Ecosystems
Audio, RM, 44 kbps, 5:58, 4/22/2005
More than 1,300 hundred scientists have contributed to a new United Nations' report on the state of the world's ecosystems. We look at this "report card" for Earth. And we'll hear about a second U.N. report that recommends immediate steps we should take to protect our environment and encourage sustainable economic development. Source: National Public Radio
Definition:
(1) burning of certain types of solid, liquid or gaseous materials. (2) a treatment technology involving destruction of waste by controlled burning at high temperatures, e.g., burning sludge to remove the water and reduce the remaining residues to a safe, non-burnable ash which can be disposed of safely on land, in some waters or in underground locations.
Analyte
Definition:
A chemical for which a sample (such as water, air, blood, urine or other substance) is tested. For example, if the analyte is mercury, the laboratory test will determine the amount of mercury in the sample.
Latency period
Definition:
The period of time between exposure to something that causes a disease and the onset of the health effect. Cancer caused by chemical exposure may have a latency period of 5 to 40 years.
If you live in the following cities and need an Environment attorney you should contact
our Environment Attorney as soon as possible:
Ashland
Bardstown
Berea
Bowling Green
Campbellsville
Corbin
Covington
Danville
Elizabethtown
Erlanger
Florence
Frankfort
Ft Mitchell
Georgetown
Glasgow
Henderson
Hopkinsville
Latonia
Lexington
Louisville
Madisonville
Mayfield
Morehead
Murray
Newport
Nicholasville
Owensboro
Paducah
Pikeville
Radcliff
Richmond
Shelbyville
Shepherdsville
Versailles
Winchester
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Did You Know?
Air Quality Standards, 1998
Kentucky: Cabinet for Health and Family Services - Lead