EPA是什么、如何办理EPA注册?

The American conversation about protecting the environment began in the 1960s.  Rachel Carson had published her attack on the indiscriminate use of pesticides, Silent Spring, in 1962.  Concern about air and water pollution had spread in the wake of disasters.  An offshore oil rig in California fouled beaches with millions of gallons of spilled oil. Near Cleveland, Ohio, the Cuyahoga River, choking with chemical contaminants, had spontaneously burst into flames.  Astronauts had begun photographing the Earth from space, heightening awareness that the Earth’s resources are finite.

In early 1970, as a result of heightened public concerns about deteriorating city air, natural areas littered with debris, and urban water supplies contaminated with dangerous impurities, President Richard Nixon presented the House and Senate a groundbreaking 37-point message on the environment.  These points included:

re four billion dollars for the improvement of water treatment facilities;

asking for national air standards and stringent guidelines to lower motor vehicle emissions;

launching federally-funded research to reduce automobile pollution;

ordering a clean-up of federal facilities that had fouled air and water;

seeking legislation to end the dumping of wastes into the Great Lakes;

proposing a tax on lead additives in gasoline;

forwarding to Congress a plan to tighten safeguards on the seaborne transportation of oil; and

approving a National Contingency Plan for the treatment of oil spills.

EPA注册通过之后，是否有证书？

答： 简单产品类，不利用化学品发挥作用的产品：没有证书。但是公司和工厂信息登记之后，也就是获得公司号和工厂号之后，EPA会发放一个通知函。

针对化学品类或者发动机类，有证书。