Facts: Section 3(c)(1)(D)(ii) of FIFRA authorizes EPA to consider certain previously submitted data only if the "follow-on" and registrant has offered to compensate the original registrant for use of the data. The legislation provides for binding arbitration. However, if the registrants fail to agree on compensation, the arbitrator's decision is subject to judicial review only for "fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct." The manufacturing firms engaged in the development and marketing of chemicals used in pesticides, appealed the EPA decisions and began proceedings in Federal District Court to challenge the constitutionality of the arbitration provisions. They argued EPA violated Article III of the Constitution by allocating to arbitrators the functions of judicial officers and by limiting
Thus it capitalized on known wastes issues by shifting responsibility onto the taxpayer to the tune of millions in costs laden on the town after receiving benefit of a free waste facility and over-taxing the public waste management in not bothering to updated it’s gifted sewage plant. Cost after cost was pinned onto these gifts as no good deed went unpunished, the town ended up spending many millions more in just cleaning up after the company it subsidized by buying more land to dispose of waste. All of this was initiated by Seabound in Albert Lea as it did with many towns, by grooming it with feel good agenda designed to elicit better subsidy packages. The promise of more jobs to strengthen the local economy, after a downturn preceded by previous companies failing, cleared the way for millions of easy dollars being funneled into the coffers of Seabound with added side benefits. The price of work was cheap but Seabound found an even cheaper price in hiring desperate immigrant workers on wages barely livable.
Issues Outcomes Discussion Past EPA Violation Exposure to litigation Any future problems that could be attributed to Alumina; could be pointed here Violation of environmental discharge norms EPA Alumina effects vs. traffic in the area. Accusation Settlement, damaged reputation Kelly bates attributes Childs leukemia to alumina contamination Perception Media control, Deferring issue to heavy traffic in area, Possibly publishing internal investigation; inviting EPA evaluation; contributing to traffic issue FOIA Full disclosure , partial, no release Let out company secrets, give a little but not to much, lead to possible cover up allegation News agencies potential loss of costumers News agencies have Time and money Loss of revenue to
Unit I Case: Sackett v. EPA (2012). Anonymous Anonymous Facts: Michael and Chantell Sackett & Environmental Protection Act are the parties within the lawsuit disputing if the Sacketts are responsible for violating the Environmental Protection Act (Sackett v. EPA 2012). The disagreement was over the Sacketts challenging the issuance of a citation from the EPA because the Sacketts were violating the Clean Water Act by placing field material on the property. The Clean water act forbids the dumping of any contaminants by anybody without the proper certification permitting the discarded materials to be dumped in a body of water (Sackett v. EPA 2012). The Sacketts did not believe that their property violated the Clean Water act, requesting a hearing with the EPA, which was denied by the United States District Court for the District of Idaho (Sackett v. EPA 2012).
( articles.latimes.com) In the case they brought up the Clean Water act in which its suppose to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, providing assistance to publicly owned treatment works for the improvement of wastewater treatment, and maintaining the integrity of wetlands. (www.epa.gov). But how they used the act they tried saying that it was also used for rivers and bays as well. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held the county responsible for the overflowing of the ground water that flowed pasted the monitor making it illegal "discharge" of pollution. ( articles.latimes.com).
Unfortunately, these decisions did not come to me as intuitively as I would have liked. I later analyzed the issues to gain a comprehensible perception of each issue. An analysis of the stakeholders was conducted to identify low to high risks for the shareholders and the CEO of G-BioSport. My conclusion was based on the duties that I should advocate ethically within the company and of personal belief which was to disseminate the information broadly regarding risk for specific groups, and offer to refund or replace the contaminated products at the purchase
1). Four main regulatory compliance approaches arise when talking about confined spaces: the risk-based approach, the control-and-command approach, the oxygen deficiency approach, and countries that regulate it loosely or not at all (Enhesa, 2011). This particular scenario involves the risk-based approach and also the control-and-command approach, basically putting the responsibility on the employer and not the employee (Medical News Today, 2011). NewCorp should apologize to Paul and place him in a environmentally safe area as well as taking the control-and-command regulatory approach. This approach forces NewCorp to focus on the safety of the
The discussion regarding the interpretation of facts, or studies results was an issue at the center of the debate, and how common ground would be achieved. Analysis of theoretical concepts: The simulation asked that members only to read their role responsibility which was instrumental to the “real” experiences of how a group functions. The group content of making solid recommendations to the governor regarding the oil spill that all organizations felt was fair and reasonable took on many elements of the group processes. Communication from
Running head: COMPARATIVE REVIEW Introduction The article “Why Prostitution Initiative Misses” was written by Ronald Weitzer, a professor at George Washington University who specializes in criminology. The article is about prostitution and the proposed Measure Q a bill initiated by the city of Berkeley. The second article “The Legalization of Prostitution” was written by James Bovard a libertarian author and lecturer who have written several books on social issues. The article states several reasons of why legalizing prostitution is important. Article One The purpose of the article is to state why Measure Q, a proposition on the November 2004 ballot in the city of Berkeley, is negative and should not be passed.
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Lisa M Sauvan Troy University Abstract This paper will evaluate the arguments, both for and against the fluorination of the public water supply. Amongst the discussion will be the history as to why fluorination of city water began, what benefits were intended to come from it, and how these benefits were to be tested. Finally, an analysis of how the human body metabolizes fluoride, as well as signs and symptoms of both toxicity and deficiency will be provided in support of derived conclusions. Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Since the discovery of fluoride in the early 1900s, major and smaller cities alike around the United States have been adding fluoride to the public water supply. This has been done in an effort to reduce dental carries in the population and improve overall oral hygiene.