It was developed in 1997 and marketed as a mark of quality protection.

Money for the effort will come from the 0.25 percent county sales tax that is designated for water quality protection and restoration.

The reassessment was called for under the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act.

This would set air quality protection back decades to a time when states "raced to the bottom" to set the loosest standards.

The Clean Water Act is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States.

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation manage and preserve the land for water quality protection.

These opportunities include carbon emission offset payments for carbon sequestration in soils and trees and water quality protection, among others.

Basic Information The importance of Water Quality Standards and how they fit into overall water quality protection.

EPA and EPAT have collaborated on air quality protection for nearly twenty years.

It provided cost-share assistance to implement comprehensive water quality protection plans and was funded by earmarking a portion of the Agricultural Conservation Program.

This program, which builds on earlier USDA water quality protection efforts, includes research activities, projects involving landowners, and information and data development.

Mr. Herbert also suggests that my food quality protection bill would make it "more difficult for the E.P.A. to challenge a pesticide as dangerous."

These programs include water quality protection, habitat restoration, formal education, and interpretive programs that share with the public the significant role our national park plays in American history and culture.

But it took full effect in the early 80's as a wetlands and water quality protection measure and has since been only modestly enlarged to cover historical and archeological sites.

Water quality protection research involves the development and application of water quality criteria for protecting and restoring the biological, physical, and chemical integrity of water resources.

One of the most active organizations involved in wetland and water quality protection is the Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation (WACF).

The suit claims neglect on the part of the E.P.A. in carrying out the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act, which dictates strict limits on pesticide use.

We just need to make the quality protection system clearer and more consistent, all the more so given that we are trying, by way of international negotiations, to gain recognition for these systems.

Also, a billion and a half dollars in bond funds have gone to communities for water quality protection, including water quality planning, treatment of storm water and clean beaches since 2000.

"Weyerhaeuser applauds this important step that supports forest jobs while still providing water quality protection," said Tom Gideon, Timberlands Executive Vice President, Weyerhaeuser Company.

The provisions of this permit are designed to increase water quality protections and reduce discharges of pesticides to aquatic ecosystems, thus helping to protect human health and our nation's water quality.

The Virginia DEQ recognizes the water quality protection benefits of the UOSA nitrified discharge on the Occoquan Reservoir in State permits.

The administration's position is particularly untenable when the Environmental Protection Agency's own scientists concluded - on the same day - that strong air quality protections are extremely effective at removing mercury from the environment.

In April 1997, BASF proposed a new use for vinclozolin and thus all risks were reevaluated under the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).

-Food Quality Protection Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act were passed in 1996 which required EPA to screen pesticide chemical for potential to produce harmful effects.