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Appendix C: Laws, Regulations, and Standards Related to Academic Research Institutions and Disaster Resilience
Pages 385-394

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From page 385...
... Another useful resource is Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, which includes detailed information on safety laws and standards pertinent to laboratories (NRC, 2011b, Chapter 11)
From page 386...
... . Animal Welfare Act of Signed into law by President Johnson, this act regulates the 1966, Public Law 89-544, use of animals in order to ensure their humane care and as amendedb treatment.
From page 387...
... Superfund Amendments This act, which amended the Comprehensive Environmental and Reauthorization Act of Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 1986, Title III–Emergency established the Emergency Planning and Community RightPlanning and Community to-Know Act. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know, Public Law Right-to-Know Act of 1986 requires each state governor 99-499, as amendedj to appoint a state emergency response commission; each state emergency response commission in turn is charged with appointing local emergency planning committees.
From page 388...
... W Bush in 1990, Act of 1990, Public Law this act provides "a clear and comprehensive national 101-336, as amendedm mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities" as well as "clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities." Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Known as the Clery Act, this act requires higher education Campus Security Policy and institutions to disclose campus security policies and to Campus Crime Statistics Act disclose statistics for the following: murder, sexual offenses, of 1990, Public Law 101- robbery, assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, manslaughter, 42, as amendedn arson, and other crimes, including those related to drug and weapon possession.
From page 389...
... . National Earthquake The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program was Hazards Reduction Program originally signed into law in 1977 but was reauthorized in Reauthorization Act of 2004 in order to better incorporate improved standards, 2004, Public Law 108-360t tools and practical guidance for the fire safety design and retrofit of structures.
From page 390...
... 9 CFR Part 121, Animals Part 121 implements the provisions of the Agricultural and Animal Products: Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 setting forth the Possession, Use, and requirements for possession, use, and transfer of select Transfer of Select Agents agents and toxins. The biological agents and toxins listed in and Toxinsw this part have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, to animal health, or to animal products.
From page 391...
... . n  Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990, Public Law 542, 101st Cong.
From page 392...
... . v  Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002, Part II, Subtitle B of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, Public Law 88, 107th Cong.
From page 393...
... 2004. Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation regarding the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.


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