EPA Releases Draft Guidance on Underground Injection of Carbon Dioxide at the Ground Water Protection Council's Annual Conference.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- The Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and released guidance Monday suggesting guidelines for states to follow when permitting the underground injection of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. from the U.S. Department of Energy's 25 Phase II pilot projects. Speaking at a meeting of The Ground Water Protection Council, the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. outlined a series of steps that state regulators should follow when issuing permits for these experimental pilot projects. The Ground Water Protection Council is a national association of state ground water and underground injection control agencies whose mission is to promote the protection and conservation of ground water resources. For more information, visit www.gwpc.org. |
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