We conducted a review of FEMAâs activities in response to Hurricane Katrina, which details FEMAâs responsibilities for three of the four major phases of disaster management â preparedness, response, and recovery â during the first five weeks of the federal response.n New Orleans, one ship with a capacity of 2,634 passengers had 2,118 on board (80 percent occupied); another ship with the same 34 DHS OIG Office of Audits conducted an initial review of the decision to use cruise ships to provide housing for victims and first responders.
The Civic GX is powered by compressed natural gasâmethaneâthe simplest and cleanest-burning hydrocarbon available. With an economical 113-hp, 1.8-Liter engine, the EPA has called the Civic the âworldâs cleanest internal-combustion vehicleâ with 90% cleaner emissions than the average gasoline-powered car on the road in 2004. And get this: in Utah, natural gas can be purchased for $0.63 per gallon.
As the acting federal authority, the EPA lays down the law, literally, on any type of emissions standards in the U.S. The Clean Air Act has provisions that allow California to implement its own automotive emissions standards and other states to adopt California's standards at their own discretion.ou've probably heard the expression California emissions.. This is simply shorthand for the state standards defined by California's Air Resources Board (CARB). Today, CARB's level of enforcement, known as LEV (Low-Emission Vehicle) 2, makes the EPA's standard look like an easy Sunday drive.