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“1,1-Dichloroethylene (DCE) (3 pp, 147K, About PDF)

1,2-Dichloroethylene (DCE) (3 pp, 137K, About PDF)
2010/15 PFOA Stewardship Program
40 CFR
40th Anniversary
608 certification
608 (Section of the Clean Air Act)
609 certification
609 (Section of the Clean Air Act)
8(e) notices under TSCA
8700-12, Form
8700-23, Form
A
Acetone
Acid rain
Acquisition Management
Acquisition Management, Office of
Acronyms
Acute exposures
Administration and Policy, Office of
Administration and Resources Management, Office of
Administration, Office of
Administrative Law Judges, Office of
Administrator, Office of the
Adopt Your Watershed
Advisory committees, scientific
Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (COUNCIL)
Aerosols
Aging
Agriculture
AgSTAR Program
AHERA (Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act)
Air
Air and Radiation, Office of
Air conditioning
• In buildings
• In motor vehicles
• recharging motor vehicle A/C systems with refrigerant
Air ducts
Air Facility System
Air permits
Air pollutants
Air pollution emissions
• National and local trends in emissions
Air pollution monitoring
Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI)
Air quality
Air Quality Planning and Standards, Office of
Air Quality System (AQS)
Air toxics
• Trends in
Air transport rule
Aircraft
AIRNow
All Appropriate Inquiries Rule
Allowance trading
ALOHA
Aluminum recycling
Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center (AMTIC)
American Indian Environmental Office
Ammonia
Animal feeding operations (AFOs)
• Compliance monitoring
• Effluent guidelines
• Wastewaters from
Anniversary, EPA 40th
Annual EPA performance and accountability reports
Annual Performance Plan, EPA
Anthrax
Antifreeze
Antimicrobial pesticides
AP-42: Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors
• Fugitive dust on roadways
• Stationary point and area sources
Apps for the Environment
Arctic Contamination/Arctic Council
Arsenic
• Chromated copper arsenate (CCA)
• Health hazard information
• In drinking water
Asbestos
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
Asbestos Hotline
Ash
• bottom
• fly
• Asian carp
Asthma
Atmospheric modeling
Atmospheric Programs, Office of
Atomic Energy Act
Atrazine
Automobiles
• Air conditioning
• Fuel economy
• Green Vehicle Guide
• Importing
• Parts recycling
• Testing and measuring emissions from
Avian flu
B
Basel Convention
Batteries
• Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act of 1996 (Battery Act)
• Recycling used batteries
• When regulated as hazardous waste
Beaches
• Closures and advisories
Bed bugs
Benzene
• Health hazard information
• In ground water and drinking water
Best Available Control Technology (BACT)
Bilateral agreements
• Canada
○ Air Quality Agreement
○ Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
○ Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
• Japan
○ Agreement on Cooperation in Environmental Protection
• Mexico – see “US-Mexico Border”
• Taiwan
○ Agreement in the Field of Environmental Protection
• Thailand
○ Agreement in the Area of Environmental Protection
Binational Toxics Strategy
Biocriteria
Biodiesel
Biofuels
• Economics of
• Storing
Biological indicators
Biological pollutants
Biomass
Biopesticides
• Regulating
Bioremediation
• Of ground water
• Soil vapor extraction
• Thermal desorption
Biosolids
Biotechnology
Bird flu
Bisphenol A (BPA)
• Technical information on risks from
• Consumer information from other federal agencies
○ Information for parents (HHS.gov)
○ Questions and Answers (Nat’l Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
○ FDA information
Blogs
• Greenversations list of all blogs
• It’s Our Environment
• It All Starts With Science
• Environmental Justice in Action
• Greening the Apple (New York City)
• Healthy Waters for EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region
• Conversando Acerca de Nuestro Medio Ambiente (español)
Boats and ships
• Diesel
• Gasoline
Boiler MACT
Boiler slag
Border 2020, U.S.-Mexico program
Bottom ash
BP oil spill
BPA (Bisphenol A)
• Technical information on risks from
• Consumer information from other federal agencies
○ Information for parents (HHS.gov)
○ Questions and Answers (Nat’l Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
○ FDA information
Brenntag Midsouth site in East Point, Georgia
Brownfields
Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Office of
Budget
Budget, Office of
Burning, backyard
Buses
• Clean School Bus USA program
Business
C
Cadmium
• health and safety data reporting — cadmium in consumer products
• in drinking water
California, southern
CAIR (Clean Air Interstate Rule)
Calendars, senior EPA managers
CAMEO
CAMR (Clean Air Mercury Rule)
Cap and trade
Carbendazim and orange juice (U.S. FDA)
• U.S. EPA info
• U.S. FDA info
Carbofuran
• Reregistration
Carbon dioxide
Carbon footprint
Carbon monoxide
• As an air pollutant
• Indoor air issues
• National and local trends in carbon monoxide levels
Carbon sequestration
Carbon tetrachloride
CARE (Community Action for a Renewed Environment)
Careers
Carp, Asian
Carpet America Recovery Effort Exit
Cars
• Air conditioning
• Fuel economy
• Green Vehicle Guide
• Importing
• Testing and measuring emissions from
CASAC (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee)
CCA (Chromated copper arsenate)
Cellphones
• Radiation and
○ information in EPA RadTown USA website
○ information in frequent questions database
• Recycling
Cement kiln dust waste
Center for Environmental Finance
Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM)
Central Data Exchange (CDX)
CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) (Superfund)
Certification, 608
Certification, 609
Centro de Informacin sobre Contaminacin de Aire
CESQGs (Conditionally exempt small quantity generators)
CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
CFLs (compact fluorescent lightbulbs)
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
Characteristic wastes
Charles River
Chemical spills, how EPA responds to
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Office of
Chemicals
• Chemical import-export requirements
• Confidential business information
• Existing chemicals
• Inventory Update Reporting (IUR)
• Nanotechnology under TSCA
• New chemicals
• Pre-manufacturer notification (PMN)
• Significant New Use Rule (SNUR)
• TSCA Section 8(e) reporting
Chesapeake Bay
CHIEF
Chief Financial Officer, Office of the
Child care, healthy
Children’s health
Children’s Health Protection, Office of
Chinese drywall
• U.S. government Drywall Information Center
• May 2009 EPA sampling analysis (PDF) (9 pp., 680K, about PDF)
Chinese language resources
• Simplified Chinese
• Traditional Chinese
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Chromated copper arsenate
Chromium
• in drinking water
CICA
Civil Enforcement, Office of
Civil Rights, Office of
Clean Agriculture USA program
Clean Air Act
• Plain English Guide
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)
Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR)
Clean Air Research Program
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Clean Construction USA program
Clean Diesel Campaign
Clean energy
Clean Ports USA program
Clean School Bus USA program
Clean Water Act
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Cleanup
Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emissions Factors (CHIEF)
Climate change
• Endangerment findings (December 2009)
Climate Leaders
Climate protection partnerships
Clothianidin
• Pollinator protection
• Registration status
• 2008 news story about bee protection
• 2003 fact sheet (PDF)
Coal ash rule (proposed May 2010)
Coal combustion products
Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2)
Coal, electricity from
Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40: Protection of the Environment
Coliform
Collision Repair Campaign
Colony collapse disorder
Columbia River Basin
Columbia space shuttle accident
Combined Heat and Power Partnership
Combined sewer overflows
Combustion
• Hazardous waste
• Indoor air quality issues
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)
Community right-to-know
Compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs)
Compliance
• Assistance
• Monitoring
• Incentives and auditing
• Office of
Composting
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (Superfund)
Comprehensive procurement guidelines
Computational toxicology
Computer recycling
Conditionally exempt small quantity generators (CESQGs)
Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Office of
Congressional Justification, EPA
Conformity, transportation
Consent decrees
Construction and demolition debris
Construction equipment
Consumer confidence reports (provided by community water systems to their customers)
Contaminants, drinking water
Contaminated sediments
• In Superfund
• In water
Contracts
Cooperative Environmental Management, Office of
Coral reefs
Corrective action (RCRA)
Creosote
Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training, Office of
Criteria pollutants
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)
Crude oil and natural gas waste
Cruise ships, discharges from
CSAPR (Cross-Sate Air Pollution Rule)
Cyanide
• Consumer fact sheet
• Detailed information
D
Data registry services
Databases
DDT
Decommissioning and decontamination
Dental amalgam
Design for the Environment
Didymo
Dimock, PA
Diesel
• Boats and ships
• Fuel
• Off-road equipment
Dioxin
• Consumer fact sheet
• Detailed information
Directory, EPA
Disasters
Disinfection byproducts
Dockets
Dredged material
Drinking water
• in schools and child care facilities
• Research Program
• State Revolving Fund
Drinking Water Academy
Drinking Water Hotline
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Drought
Dry cleaning
• 2006 regulation on perc emissions
Drywall, Chinese
• U.S. government Drywall Information Center
• May 2009 EPA sampling analysis (PDF) (9 pp., 680K, about PDF)
Ducts, air
E
E-2121
E85 fuel (PDF)
Early action compacts
Earth Day
ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online)
E. coli
Ecological Research Program
Economics, National Center for Environmental
Ecosystems research
Ecosystems science
eCycling
Education, environmental
Effluent guidelines
e-GGRT
Electronic greenhouse gas reporting tool
Electronics recycling
Emergencies, preparing for
Emergencies, reporting
Emergencies, weather
Emergency Management, Office of
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Emergency response
Emissions, air pollution
Emissions: clearinghouse for air emissions inventories, factors, models and monitoring
Emissions factors and AP 42
• WebFIRE tool
Emissions, fuel
Emissions inventories
Emissions Measurement Center
Emissions, measuring
Emissions trading
Employee directory
Employment
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Protection Program
Endangerment findings for greenhouse gases (December 2009)
Endocrine disruptors
Endosulfan
Energy
• Clean and renewable
Energy Star
Enforcement
• Criminal
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of
Enhanced Chemical Management Program
Engines
• Cars
• Heavy duty (trucks and buses)
• Offroad
Envirofacts
Enviromapper
Environmental Appeals Board
Environmental assessments
Environmental education
Environmental finance
Environmental impact statements
Environmental indicators
Environmental Information Exchange Network
Environmental Information, Office of
Environmental justice
• program information
• blog
• Office of
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
• Verification of
Environmental Technology Verification Program
Environmentally preferable purchasing
EPA history
EPA methods
EPANET software
EPCRA (Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act)
ePEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool)
español
• EPA en español
• Comunicados en español
• Conversando Acerca de Nuestro Medio Ambiente (blog)
Estuaries
Ethanol
Ethylbenzene
• Consumer fact sheet
• Health hazard information
Existing Chemicals (TSCA) Action Plans
Exports
• Of hazardous wastes
Exposure research
Exxon Valdez oil spill
F
FACA (Federal Advisory Committee Act)
Facility Response Plan
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Farm equipment
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC)
Fecal coliforms
Federal Activities, Office of
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
Federal Advisory Committees
Federal Electronics Challenge
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
Federal Facilities Reuse and Restoration Office
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFCA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Federal Register (FR)
FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act)
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP)
Finance Center – paying EPA
Financial assistance
Financial Management, Office of
Financial Services, Office of
Financial statements, EPA
Fine particles
Fish consumption advisories
Flea and tick protection for pets
Flooding
Fluoride
Fly ash
FOIA (Freedom of Information Act)
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFCA)
Food irradiation
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
• Pesticides
• Agriculture
Food scraps
Forchlorfenuron (PDF)
Forests and climate change
Formaldehyde
Fossil fuel combustion waste
FR (Federal Register)
Fracking
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Freon
Frequent questions
Fuel economy
Fuels and fuel additives
• Alternative/clean
• Diesel
• Gasoline
• Renewable
Fugitives
Furans
G
Garbage
Gas mileage
• Tips to reduce the amount of gas you use
• Green Vehicle Guide
GE/Housatonic River site
General Counsel, Office of
Generators, hazardous waste
Geospatial program
Geothermal energy
Glass recycling
Global Affairs and Policy, Office of
Global Change Research Program
Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
Global warming
• High global warming potential (GWP) gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6)
Glossary
Going green
Good Neighbor Environmental Board (GNEB)
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)
Gowanus Canal Superfund site
Granite countertops, radon in
Grants
Grants and Debarment, Office of
Great Lakes
Great American Woodstove Changeout Campaign
Green Book (Areas of the country that have not attained air quality standards for criteria pollutants)
Green buildings
Green chemistry
Green communities
Green conventions
Green engineering
Green, going
Green infrastructure
Green living
Green meetings
Green Power Partnership
Green products
Green roofs
Green sports
Green Suppliers Network
Green Vehicle Guide
GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership
Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Greening EPA
GreenScapes
Greenversations, all blog list
Ground-level ozone
Ground water
Ground Water and Drinking Water, Office of
Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Research Program
Gulf of Mexico
H
Halons
Hazard ranking system
Hazardous air pollutants
Hazardous waste
HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons)
Health and environmental effects research
Heat, extreme
Heat islands
Hexavalent chromium
• in drinking water
High Global Warming Potential (GWP) Partnership Programs
High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge
Homeland security
• Office of
• Research
Hotlines
Household hazardous waste
Hudson River PCBs
Human health
Human Health Research Program
Human Resources, Office of
Hurricanes
• Isaac
• Katrina and Rita (2005)
• Sandy
• Preparation and recovery
Hydraulic fracturing
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
Hydrofracking
Hydronic heaters
Hydronic Heaters Program
Hydroelectricity and hydropower
I
Ice and snow
Importing/exporting
• Hazardous wastes
New chemicals
• Vehicles
Indicators, biological
Indoor air quality
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program
Indicators, environmental
Industrial ecology
Industrial sectors
• Compliance assistance for industrial sectors
• Sectors Strategies Program
Industrial waste
Information Analysis and Access, Office of
Information Collection, Office of
Innovation
Innovative technologies
Insect repellents
Inspection and maintenance (I/M)
Inspections, compliance
Inspector General Hotline — recognizing fraud, waste and abuse
Inspector General, Office of
Institutional controls, Superfund
Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
International Activities
International treaties, timeline of (America.gov)
International visitors
Internships
Invasive species
Iodine
Iodomethane
Irradiation of food
IRIS
Isaac, hurricane recovery
ISO 14000 and 14001
J
Japan 2011
Jobs
• Summer jobs for students
K
Katrina, response to Hurricane
Kingston, TN Fossil Plant Fly Ash Release
Korean language resources
Kyoto Protocol
L
Labs21 (Labs for the 21st Century) program
Laboratories
Labs, EPA
Lakes
Lakes, Great
Land disposal restrictions (LDRs)
Land Research Program
Land revitalization
Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP)
Landfills
Landscape ecology
Lawn and garden equipment
Laws and regulations
LD50
Lead
• At Superfund sites
• In air
• In drinking water
• in indoor air
• In jewelry
• Information Center Hotline
• National and local trends in levels in the air
• Paint
• Phaseout in gasoline
• Renovation Rule
• Training for renovation contractors
Legislation
LEPCs (Local Emergency Planning Committees)
Libby, Montana Superfund site
Libraries
Light bulbs, compact fluorescent
List of Lists
Listservs
Listed wastes
Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs)
Local Government Advisory Committee
Local Governments Reimbursement Program
Locomotives
London Convention
Long Island Sound
Love Canal
M
MACT standards
• Boiler MACT
• For hazardous waste combustors
• Summaries of EPA’s final air toxics MACT rules
Malathion
Management and International Services, Office of
Manifests, hazardous waste
Marine debris
Marine engines
• Diesel
• Gasoline
Marine pollution treaties
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
MATS (Mercury and air toxics standards for power plants)
Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs)
• List of MCLs for drinking water contaminants
Medical waste
Melamine contamination in China (FDA.gov)
Mercury
Mercury and air toxics standards (MATS) for power plants
Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008
Metered dose inhalers
Methane
Methane to Markets Partnership
Methods Information Communication Exchange (MICE) Service
Methyl bromide
• Pesticide reregistration status
• Phaseout of production and import
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methyl iodide
Mexico Border 2020
MICE Service
Microbiology
Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment (MAIA)
Mileage, gas
Milk spills
Mineral processing waste
Mines
• Abandoned
• Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP)
• Mining waste
• Mosquito control
• Mountaintop
• Protection from naturally-occurring radioactive materials in mines
Mixed waste
• Mixed Waste Rule
• Radiation protection
Mobile Air Conditioning Climate Protection Partnership
Mobile sources
Models
Mold
Monitoring
• Air pollution
• Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
• As part of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
• Ecological resources
• Radiation
• Ultraviolet irradiance
• Water quality
Montreal Protocol
Mosquito control
Most wanted
Motor vehicle air conditioning
Motorcycles
Mountaintop mining
• Surface coal mining activities under Clean Water Act section 404
MPG (miles per gallon)
MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether)
Multimedia
Municipal solid waste
Mystic River
N
NAAQS (National Ambient Air Quality Standards)
Nail salons
Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program
Nanotechnology
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT)
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
National Center for Computational Toxicology
National Center for Environmental Assessment
National Contingency Plan (NCP)
National Dialogue on Access to Environmental Information
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)
• For hazardous waste combustors
• For radionuclides
National Emissions Inventory
National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI)
National Environmental Performance Partnership System
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
National Exposure Research Laboratory
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
National Homeland Security Research Center
National Lead Information Center Hotline
National Library Network
National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) Exit
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
National Priorities List (NPL)
National Response System
National Response Team
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
Natural disasters and weather emergencies
Natural Gas STAR Program
NCEPI
NEPA
NESHAPs (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants)
• For hazardous waste combustors
• For radionuclides
New Bedford Harbor, MA
New Chemicals Program
New source review
Newsroom
Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
• National and local trends in NO2 levels
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
NOx
Noise
• Labeling of hearing protection devices
Nonattainment areas
Nonpoint source pollution
North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
NPDES
NPIC Exit
NPL
NSCEP/NEPIS
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Nurdles
Nutrient pollution
Nutrient pollution policy and data
O
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Ocean dumping
Ocean Dumping Act
Ocean-going vessels, emissions from
Oceans
Office of International and Tribal Affairs
Offices, EPA
Oil and gas sector
• Air pollution standards
• Compliance assistance
• Effluent guidelines
• Exemption from federal hazardous waste regulations under RCRA
• Inspector General report on improvement of air emissions data for oil and gas sector
○ February 2013 report in full (PDF)
○ February 2013 report at a glance (PDF)
○ EPA response (PDF)
○ IG comment on response (PDF)
• Greenhouse gas reporting: Petroleum and natural gas systems sector
• Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE)
• Regulation of construction activities under Clean Water Act
• Underground injection control regulations
Oil Pollution Act
Oil spill, BP
Oil spills
• Reporting
On-scene coordinators
Open government
Organizational chart, EPA
Ozone
• 8-hour designations
• Generators sold as air cleaners
• Ground-level ozone
• National and local trends in ozone levels
• Ozone-depleting substances (ODSs)
• Ozone depletion
• Ozone layer
• Ozone pollution
• Regional transport
• Stratospheric ozone
P
Pandemic flu
Paper recycling
Particle pollution
Particulate matter (PM)
• 2.5 (fine particles)
• 10
• National and local trends in PM levels
• Research
Pavillion, WY groundwater investigation
Pay-as-you-throw
Paying EPA
PBDEs (flame retardants)
PBTs (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic) chemicals
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
Peer review
People finder
Perchlorate
Perchloroethylene (“perc”; tetrachloroethylene)
• Toxicological summary
• 2012 tox review (PDF)
Perfluorooctanoic acid
Performance and Accountability Reports
Permits
• Acid rain
• Air
• New source review
• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
• Operating
• Waste (RCRA)
Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
Pesticide Programs, Office of
Pesticides
• and food
• Consumer information
• Disposal
• Health and safety
• Hotline Exit
• Household wastes
• Imports and exports
• In agriculture
• Reevaluation
• Registering
• Registration review
• Regulating
• Reregistration
• Tolerances
• Types
• Worker safety and training
Pets, protecting
PFOA
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)
Phosphide and phosphine fumigants
Phosphorus and nitrogen pollution
Pick 5 for the Environment
Planning, Analysis and Accountability, Office of
Planning and budget
Planning, Resources and Outreach, Office of
Plastic
• bags
• Bisphenol A (BPA) in
• health effects of burning
• pellets
• recycling
• types of
Plug-In To eCycling
Plutonium
PM (particulate matter)
• 2.5 (fine particles)
• 10
• National and local trends in PM levels
• Research
Podcasts
Polluted runoff
Policy, Economics and Innovation, Office of
Pollution/pollutants
• Air pollution
• Hazardous waste and garbage
• Pesticides, chemicals and toxins
• Water pollution
Pollution prevention
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Office of
Pollution Prevention Act
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
POPs (persistent organic pollutants)
POPs Protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)
Potentially responsible parties
Power plants and air pollution
• Ozone and particle pollution (Cross-State Air Pollution Rule)
• Greenhouse gas emissions
• Mercury and air toxics
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Office of,
see Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
PSAs
Publicly owned treatment works (POTWs)
Puget Sound Georgia Basin
Public Affairs, Office of
Public service announcements
Q
Quality Management Program
Quality System for Environmental Data and Technology
R
R-22
RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse (RBLC)
Radiation and Indoor Air, Office of
Radiation
• Cellphones, and
○ information in EPA RadTown USA website
○ information in frequent questions database
• Cleaning up contaminated sites
• Health effects
○ Japan 2011
• Laws and regulations
• Mixed waste
• Monitoring for radiation
• Naturally-occurring
• Preparing for and responding to accidents
• Radioactivity of atoms
• Radionuclides
• Sources
• Wastes, managing
RAD (Responsible Appliance Disposal) Program
RadNet
Radon
• Hotline
• in granite countertops
Raymark Industries Superfund site (Stratford, CT)
RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE)
• Basic information
• Applicability
• Compliance
• Emission standards
• Copies of the regulations
• Technical information and fact sheets
• Implementation files
• Webinar (December 2011)
Records of decision (ROD), Superfund
Recovery Act
Recycling
• Recycling computers and other electronics
Refrigerants
Refrigeration
Regional and Bilateral Affairs, Office of
Regional offices, EPA
Regulations
Regulatory agendas
Regulatory economic analyses
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Remedy decisions, Superfund
Remodeling and indoor air quality
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program
Renovate Right (PDF) (20 pp., 3.3 MB, about PDF)
Renovation
• voluntary guidelines for indoor air quality during a home energy upgrade
• lead training for contractors
• Repair and Painting Rule
Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program
Report on the Environment
Research
Research and Development, Office of
Research grants
Resource Conservation and Recovery, Office of
Resource and Information Management, Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC)
Retail industry
Revitalization, land
RFS (Renewable Fuel Standard) Program
RICE (Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines)
Right-to-know, community
Rio +20 Conference on Sustainable Development
Risk assessment
Risk Management Plans (RMPs)
Risk management research
RMPs (Risk Management Plans)
Roofs, green
Rotterdam Convention
Rulemaking Gateway
S
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Safe Drinking Water Hotline
San Joaquin Valley
Sandy, response to Hurricane
Sanitary sewer overflows
SARA (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act)
Schedules, senior EPA managers
Schools
• Asbestos in schools
• Clean School Bus USA Drinking water in schools
• Drinking water in schools
• Energy Star for K-12 school districts
• Environmental education
• Healthy School Environments
• HealthySEAT software program
• Indoor air quality (IAQ):
○ Identifying, correcting, and preventing IAQ problems in schools
○ Designing new schools and repairing old ones to enhance learning environments
• Integrated pest management in schools
• Regulations that Affect K-12 Schools (PDF)
• Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3)
• Siting guidelines
• Smart growth and schools
• Sunwise Program for schools
Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3)
Science Advisor, Office of the
Science Advisory Board
Science advisory organizations
Science and technology
Science and Technology, Office of
Science Coordination and Policy, Office of
Science Inventory
Science and Technology Policy Council
Science Policy, Office of
Scientific Advisory Panel, FIFRA
Secondhand smoke
Section 608
Section 609
Sector Strategies Program
September 11th
Septic systems
SERCs (State Emergency Response Commissions)
Sewage sludge
Shellfish
Ships, emissions from ocean-going
Sick building syndrome
Site Remediation Enforcement, Office of
Slag, boiler
Sludge, sewage
Small businesses, information for
Small business ombudsman
Small Business Ombudsman Hotline
Small Business Programs, Office of
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA)
Small Community Advisory Subcommittee
Small quantity generators (SQGs)
Smart growth
SmartWay program
Smog
Smoke, secondhand
Snow and ice
Snowmobiles
SO2
Solar energy
Solid waste (also see “Waste”)
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of
Solvents
• Complying with regulations in sectors including metal finishing, paints and coats, printing, printed wiring board manufacture
• Dry cleaning emission standards
• Regulation of ozone-depleting solvents
• Regulation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Soot
Southern California, environmental protection in
Spanish website (see also “espanol”)
SPCC (Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure) Rule
Special wastes
Speeches, Administrator
Spending
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule
Sprawl
Staff directory
State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs)
State environmental agencies
State Implementation Plans (SIPs)
State Revolving Funds
• Clean Water
• Drinking Water
Statutes, environmental
Steel recycling
Stewardship
Stimulus bill
Stink bugs
Stockholm Convention
STORET (water monitoring data warehouse)
Stormwater
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs)
Strategic Plan, EPA
Stratospheric ozone
Students
Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
• Allowances
• National and local trends in SO2 levels
Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) Emission Reduction Partnerships
• Electric Power Systems
• Magnesium Industry
Summer jobs for students
SunWise program
Superfund
• Cleanup process
• Common contaminants at Superfund sites
• Remedy decisions
• Sites near where you live
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Office of
Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)
Sustainable Futures Initiative (SF)
Sustainable Skylines Initiative
Sustainability
SW-846 – Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods Swim advisories
SWMM (Storm Water Management Model)
SWPPPs (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans)
System of Registries
T
TCE (trichloroethylene)
• in drinking water
• November 2009 draft tox review
TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure)
Teaching Resources
Technology
Technology Operations and Planning, Office of
Technology Solutions, Office of
TENORM (Technologically-Enhanced, Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials)
Test methods
Testimony statements
Textile recycling
Thermometers, fever
Thermostats
Thimerosal
Three Mile Island
Tier 2/Tier II Vehicle and Gasoline Sulfur Program
Tier II Chemical Inventory Reports
• State Reporting Requirements
Timeline, EPA 40th Anniversary
Times Beach
Tires, scrap
TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads)
Toluene
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Tornadoes
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
• TSCA Section 8(e) notices
Training
Transport rule (Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR))
Transportation and Air Quality, Office of
Transporters, hazardous waste
Treaties, timeline of international (America.gov)
Treatment, storage and disposal under RCRA
Treatment technologies
• Air sparging
• Biological agents
• Bioremediation
○ Citizen’s Guide (PDF) (2 pp., 1.4 MB, about PDF)
○ Of ground water
• Dispersing agents
• Dual-phase extraction
• Gelling agents
• Oil spill response techniques
• Soil vapor extraction
• Sorbents
• Thermal desorption
TRI (Toxics Release Inventory)
Tribes
Trichloroethylene (TCE)
• in drinking water
• November 2009 draft tox review
Triclosan
Trucks
TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act)
• TSCA Section 8(e) notices
TTN (Air pollution technology transfer network)
U
Urban Waters Program
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Underground injection control
Underground Storage Tanks, Office of
Underground storage tanks (USTs)
Universal wastes
Uranium mill tailings
• Regulation under radiation NESHAPs
US-Mexico Border
• 2020 Program
• Information Center on Air Pollution (CICA)
Used oil
Utility MACT
UV Index
UV radiation
V
VAG Mine Site in Eden/Lowell, Vermont
Valley of the Drums
Vapor Intrusion
Vietnamese language resources
Volcanoes
Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP)
Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP)
Vehicles (also see “Automobiles”)
• On-road (cars, light and heavy trucks, buses and motorcycles)
• Off-road (aircraft, boats and ships, personal watercraft, locomotives, snowmobiles, dirt bikes, lawn mowers, farm, construction and mining equipment, locomotives, etc.)
Visibility
Violations, environmental
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• Summary of national emissions
W
Waste
• Corrective action
• Generators
• Hazardous
• Household hazardous
• Listed
• Manifests
• Medical
• Minimization
• Municipal (garbage)
• Transporters
• Treatment, storage and disposal
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Wastewater management
• Pretreatment
• Treatment technologies
• Treatment, municipalities and
Wastewater Management, Office of
WasteWise program
Water
• Drinking
• Ground
• Storm
Water efficiency
Water, Office of
Water quality
• Advisories
• Contaminants
• Criteria
• Monitoring
• Nutrient pollution
• Research Program
• Standards
• Trading
Water research
Water security
WaterSense program
Watershed Academy
Watersheds
WebFIRE (EPA’s online emissions factor repository, retrieval, and development tool)
Wells, private drinking water
West Coast Diesel Collaborative
West Nile Virus
Wetlands
Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Office of
Widgets
Wildfires
• Health effects from wildfire smoke
Wind energy
WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)
Wood waste
Woodstoves
World Trade Center – EPA response to September 11
X
X-rays
Y
Yard trimmings
Yucca Mountain
Z
ZIP code search”