9) (15 points) Congratulations, you have graduated and scored a job at one of th

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9) (15 points) Congratulations, you have graduated and scored a job at one of the Charleston area's largest consulting firms. You have just finished typical first day stuff (choosing your screensaver, arranging your cubicle, etc) when your new supervisor walks in. "Listen-new person, have to go to a company shareholders pat ourselves on the back meeting this aftemoon that just came up three months ago. I scheduled a meeting with a new client today and you need to brief the client on what regulations apply to their site. They own a large industrial/agricultural facility on a few hundred acres. They want to redevelop part of it and keep part of it operating as is, part has existing contamination; part has new chemical and biotechnology operations, part has day to day operations that result in hazardous as well as municipal solid waste. You need to brief them on what three (3) major federal regulations apply to their site and what those requlations mean. You also need to let them know specifically which requlations apply to their different on site problems and operations here is a list of those operations or problems." The descriptions of the specific regulations need to be very detailed The list: Developing a genetically engineered strain of soybeans to resist cold and draught Groundwater contamination on a closed parcel of land from TCE contamination in 1945 Soil contamination from 1980 - all carcinogens- wants to redevelop the site for new use Solid waste from the buildings, machine shop, and motor pool Hazardous waste (generated daily) from three ethylene crackers Low level hazardous waste from two ammonia production facilities Final research and development of a novel agricultural pesticide that will likely hit the market next vear Production of a new food additive/preservative Production of a new cosmetic The company also wants to know under what act they can be fined if their production disposal practices and storage practices are not appropriate o

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The following are the 3 federal laws that regulate the agricultural field . Laws of Food and drug adminstration , Environmental agency and Animal and plant health inspection service (APHIS) regulate the Client's onsite operations. The Animal and plant health service provides certain laws that should be followed by the agricultural /industrial unit so that the plants that are under study are not affected by pests and diseases. APHIS also regulates genetically engineered plants and denote them as 'Regulated articles'. APHIS denotes a particular plant a pest depending on their own set of rules like the gentic material must be properly regulated , the function of a foreign genetic material must be known , the procedure should not create new plant virus etc.. If the plant - regulated articles must be shipped , the company should get proper permission prior to shipping. Environmental protection agency's (EPA) act Federal insecticide , fungicide and Rodenticide ,regulates the use of pesticides in the agricultural companies. New pesticides synthesised must be approved by EPA before it is marketed. Federal facility complaince act provides certain regulations for waste disposal from the industries. Under this Resource conservation and recovery act states the method of handling waste disposal. Violations in the waste disposal act is a punishable offence under resource conservation and recovery act. Rules under Resource conservation act include Harzardous waste management program, solid waste management and under ground storage tank program. There are also certain programmes in Resource conservation act , so that the waste materials can be recycled. The food and drug administration act regulates the production of food items that is prouced in the industry. The act under this agency called food and drug administration centre for food safety and applied nutrition regulates synthesis of preservative and additives. Under this act violation of rules is a punishable offence under the act of section 409 , for adultration .

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