Background and responsibilities. A. EPA EPA is an independent agency responsible for implementing and enforcing a number of federal environmental statutes. With respect to accidental chemical releases, EPA has responsibilities concerning notification, emergency response, and investigation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA has related responsibilities, including implementation of a 1 CSB uses ‘incident’ in lieu of ‘accident’ to capture a broad range of preventable circumstances while EPA uses ‘accident’ in keeping with the terminology of section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. For purposes of this MOU, the two terms are synonymous. program to prevent and mitigate accidental chemical releases that pose a threat to the public or the environment, investigation, and research into chemical hazards, hazards analysis, release and dispersion modeling, and release mitigation. Special Agents of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) are authorized to exercise those law enforcement powers specified in Section 3063 of Title 18 of the United States Code for the investigation of criminal violations of all laws administered by EPA.
Background and responsibilities. Ek has been employed by the Company as President for Powerwave’s European Business Unit, reporting to Xxx Xxxxxxx, President and COO for Powerwave Technologies worldwide. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Powerwave” shall mean the worldwide Powerwave Group.
