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The Environmental Protection Agency’s Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards. Mary C. McKiel Standards Executive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Activities. Regulatory Based on legal mandates Enforceable by Federal and State Authorities

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards

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  1. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards Mary C. McKiel Standards Executive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  2. EPA Activities • Regulatory • Based on legal mandates • Enforceable by Federal and State Authorities • Incorporate voluntary consensus standards whenever possible • Voluntary Programs • Partnerships with stakeholders • Incentive programs • Use voluntary consensus standards as applicable

  3. Regulatory Actions • Laws for Environment, Health, Safety • Toxic Control Substances Act • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act • Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act • Law on Standards and Conformity Assessment • National Technology Transfer & Advancement Act • Trade Agreements • World Trade Organization • TBT – Technical Barriers to Trade • SPS – Sanitary and Phytosanitary

  4. Considerations in the Development of Technical Regulations Legally Defensible Simple Trade-related Obligations Voluntary Standards, i.e., NTTAA & OMB Circular Sound Analysis DECISION Timely Easy to Implement & Enforce Comprehensive Flexible Transparency Clear & Concise

  5. Voluntary Standards Used in Regulations: Examples • Regulatory Use of Voluntary standards for: • Refrigerant recovery equipment • Methods for examination of water and wastewater for E. coli • Permeation of liners for underground storage tanks • Measurement of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide content of exhaust gas from chemical recovery combustion sources

  6. Voluntary and Incentive Programs at US EPA: Examples • Energy Star – product oriented • Environmental Management Systems – help Federal agencies implement EMS • Pollution Prevention • Mercury reduction • Green purchasing • Recycling of Electronic Products

  7. Using Voluntary Standards in Voluntary and Incentive Programs • Voluntary and incentive programs use voluntary standards for: • Best practice guides in the Federal Energy Challenge – standards for green buildings, product manuafacturing and use, etc. • Environmentally Preferable Products – ASTM product testing standards • Energy Star – various standards • Environmental Management -- ISO 14001 • Recycling of Electronic Products – IEEE 1680

  8. Regulatory Resources • Introduction to Laws & Regulations http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawintro.htm • Current Laws & Regulations http://www.epa.gov/epahome/rules.html • EPA Test Methods http://www.epa.gov/epahome/index/ • U.S. Govt.-wide Regulations http://www.reginfo.gov

  9. Standards Resources • American National Standards Institute http://www.ansi.org • Standards In Government http://www.standards.gov • Conformity Assessment http://www.nist.gov http://web.ansi.org/public/ca_act.html • Search Engine http://www.nssn.org

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