Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

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United States federal law environmental law

The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 is a U.S. federal law that established a national policy prioritizing source reduction and environmentally sound practices to prevent pollution before it is created.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pollution Prevention Act	2
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 canonical	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
amendsOrAffects	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act reporting ⓘ
appliesTo	federal agencies ⓘ manufacturing facilities ⓘ
codifiedAt	42 U.S.C. §13101 et seq. ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
definesTerm	pollution prevention ⓘ source reduction ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
encourages	information sharing on pollution prevention ⓘ technical assistance to businesses ⓘ voluntary pollution prevention programs ⓘ
establishesPolicyOn	environmentally sound recycling ⓘ pollution prevention ⓘ safe disposal ⓘ source reduction ⓘ waste treatment ⓘ
focusesOn	changes in production processes ⓘ efficient use of energy ⓘ efficient use of raw materials ⓘ efficient use of water ⓘ use of less toxic substances ⓘ
hasLongTitle	An Act to encourage pollution prevention and for other purposes ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
policyHierarchy	disposal ⓘ recycling ⓘ source reduction ⓘ treatment ⓘ
policyStatement	disposal or other release into the environment should be employed only as a last resort ⓘ pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source whenever feasible ⓘ pollution that cannot be prevented or recycled should be treated in an environmentally safe manner whenever feasible ⓘ pollution that cannot be prevented should be recycled in an environmentally safe manner whenever feasible ⓘ
primaryGoal	encourage cleaner production practices ⓘ prevent pollution at the source ⓘ reduce pollution generation ⓘ
promotes	education and training on pollution prevention ⓘ integration of pollution prevention into regulatory programs ⓘ research and development in pollution prevention technologies ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 101-508 Title VI ⓘ
relatedTo	Toxics Release Inventory ⓘ
requires	EPA to collect and disseminate information on source reduction ⓘ U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics ⓘ surface form: EPA to develop and implement a pollution prevention strategy EPA to establish a source reduction clearinghouse ⓘ EPA to promote source reduction practices ⓘ
sector	environmental protection ⓘ
shortTitle	Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pollution Prevention Act
signedBy	George H. W. Bush ⓘ
yearEnacted	1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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TRI → legalBasis → Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 ⓘ

subject surface form: Toxics Release Inventory

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 → shortTitle → Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pollution Prevention Act

U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics → implements → Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pollution Prevention Act

Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award → relatedTo → Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 ⓘ