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  1. 76 FR 9780 - Notification of Deletion of System of Records; EPA Parking Control Office File (EPA-10) and EPA...

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    2011-02-22

    ... System of Records; EPA Parking Control Office File (EPA-10) and EPA Transit and Guaranteed Ride Home Program Files (EPA-35) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is deleting the systems of records for EPA Parking Control Office File...

  2. EPA Program Offices that Provide Assistance Agreements

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment. Through environmental statutes, EPA has nine program offices, that provide financial support through assistance agreements.

  3. INTEGRATED COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Office in cooperation with Gulf State agencies, EPA Regions 4 and 6, EPA's Office of Water and Office of Research and Development (ORD), and the GMP principal partners are developing an integrated coastal monitoring program for the Gulf of Mexico....

  4. EPA National Quality System Contacts

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Web links and contacts for the individual quality systems developed in support of the EPA Quality System by each EPA Regional Office, National Program Office and ORD National Research Laboratory and Center.

  5. Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Research Program Data Report 2002-2007

    EPA Science Inventory

    The work described in this report summarizes the data collected during 12 oceanographic cruises conducted from 2002-2007. The project was supported by the US EPA Office of Research and Development, in partnership with the US EPA Gulf of Mexico Program Office, the Office of Water,...

  6. EPA Response to Review of Office of Research and Development's Research Programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA's response to the review report of the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) Strategic Research Action Plans (StRAPs) and the cross-cutting program Roadmaps for Environmental Justice and Global Climate Change.

  7. EPA ETV Program for Vapor Intrusion

    EPA Science Inventory

    TITLE: EPA Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program Douglas W. Grosse Senior Environmental Engineer U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development National Risk Management Research Laboratory National Risk Management Research Laboratory Environmental Technology A...

  8. Competition Overview Presentation: The basics on competing for EPA assistance programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The basics on competing for EPA assistance programs. Finding EPA Competitive Opportunities and contact the Officer of Grants and Debarment competition staff should you have any additional questions or concerns.

  9. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH IN EPA

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) carries out research programs, many of which help EPA fulfill its environmental protection programs and lead to the development and commercial use of environmental technologies. any of the latter...

  10. 76 FR 74053 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reporting...

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    2011-11-30

    ... Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Climate Leaders...: John Sottong, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, (6202J... Inventory Pilot started during EPA's Climate Leaders Program. Title: Reporting Requirements Under EPA's...

  11. Report: EPA’s National Security Information Program Could Be Improved

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #12-P-0543, June 18, 2012. Under its classified NSI program, EPA has assigned responsibilities and provided guidance, training, and oversight. EPA program offices provide secure equipment and space, following NSI program specifications.

  12. 77 FR 27451 - Permitting Guidance for Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing Activities Using Diesel Fuels-Draft...

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    2012-05-10

    ... authority. The draft guidance includes EPA's interpretation of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and...., Washington, DC 20460. Hand Delivery: Office of Water (OW) Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301... Injection Control Program, Drinking Water Protection Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (MC...

  13. 78 FR 51719 - Draft Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of the Summary Information in the...

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    2013-08-21

    ... Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD). EPA is releasing this... Program is a human health assessment program that evaluates quantitative and qualitative risk information... IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest quality science-based human health assessments to support the...

  14. Overview of EPA Superfund human health research program.

    PubMed

    Kowalski, Lorelei; Denne, Jane; Dyer, Robert; Garrahan, Kevin; Wentsel, Randall S

    2002-03-01

    This paper presents major research needs for the Superfund program, and provides an overview of the EPA Office of Research and Development's (ORDs) current human health research program designed to fill some of those data gaps. Research is presented in terms of the risk paradigm and covers exposure, effects, and assessment activities directly funded by Superfund, as well as research not funded by Superfund but directly applicable to Superfund research needs. Research on risk management is not covered. Current research activities conducted by the Superfund program office are also included to provide a full picture of Superfund human health research activities being conducted by EPA.

  15. 40 CFR 1.49 - Office of Water.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... programs, is responsible for management of EPA's water programs. Functions of the Office include program... assistance to the regional activities in both enforcement and permitting programs. (b) Office of Water... for monitoring and evaluating the performance, progress, and fiscal status of the organization in...

  16. 40 CFR 1.49 - Office of Water.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... programs, is responsible for management of EPA's water programs. Functions of the Office include program... assistance to the regional activities in both enforcement and permitting programs. (b) Office of Water... for monitoring and evaluating the performance, progress, and fiscal status of the organization in...

  17. EPA eXcats

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The EPA eXcats is an enterprise-level data tracking application that provides management complaint tracking information for the EPA's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) External Compliance Program. EPA's OCR is responsible for enforcing several federal civil rights laws that together prohibit discrimination on the bases of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), disability, sex and age in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the EPA.

  18. 75 FR 35720 - Massachusetts: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

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    2010-06-23

    ...: Robin Biscaia, RCRA Waste Management Section, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration (OSRR 07-1... Restoration and Remediation (OSRR 07-1), EPA New England--Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston... Management Section, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration (OSRR 07-1), EPA New England--Region 1, 5 Post...

  19. Role of EPA in Asset Management Research – The Aging Water Infrastructure Research Program

    EPA Science Inventory

    This slide presentation provides an overview of the EPA Office of Research and Development’s Aging Water infrastructure Research Program (AWIRP). The research program origins, goals, products, and plans are described. The research program focuses on four areas: condition asses...

  20. USE OF ELECTROKINETICS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE REMEDIATION

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program was authorized as part of the 1986 amendments to the Superfund legislation. It represents a joint effort between U.S. EPA`s Office of Research and Development and Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. The progr...

  1. NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS - COLLABORATING FOR RESULTS, U.S. EPA ETV AND SBIR PROGRAMS REGIONAL WORKSHOP; MAY 8, 2007, U.S. EPA REGION 6, DALLAS, TEXAS, MEETING SUMMARY REPORT

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. EPA Envirnomental Technology Verification (ETV) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program hosted a workshop on May 8, 2007, at the EPA Region 6 office in Dallas, Texas. One goal of the workshop was to provide information about new innovative technologies to ...

  2. BASINs 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA announced the availability of the report, BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and User's Manual. This report was prepared by the EPA's Global Change Research Program (GCRP), an assessment-oriented program, that sits within the Office of Research and Development, that focuses on assessing how potential changes in climate and other global environmental stressors may impact water quality, air quality, aquatic ecosystems, and human health in the United States. The Program’s focus on water quality is consistent with the Research Strategy of the U.S. Climate Change Research Program—the federal umbrella organization for climate change science in the U.S. government—and is responsive to U.S. EPA’s mission and responsibilities as defined by the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. A central goal of the EPA GCRP is to provide EPA program offices, Regions, and other stakeholders with tools and information for assessing and responding to any potential future impacts of climate change. In 2007, the EPA Global Change Research Program (GCRP), in partnership with the EPA Office of Water, supported development of a Climate Assessment Tool (CAT) for version 4 of EPA’s BASINS modeling system. This report provides supporting documentation and user support materials for the BASINS CAT tool. The purpose of this report is to provide in a single document a variety of documentation and user support materials supporting the use

  3. Programs and Projects of the Office of General Counsel (OGC)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The Office of General Counsel (OGC) attorneys work with EPA headquarters and regional offices to provide legal support for the issuance of permits, the approval of state environmental programs, and the initiation and litigation of enforcement actions.

  4. About Region 3's Laboratory and Field Services at EPA's Environmental Science Center

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Mission & contact information for EPA Region 3's Laboratory and Field Services located at EPA's Environmental Science Center: the Office of Analytical Services and Quality Assurance & Field Inspection Program

  5. EPA WASTE MINIMIZATION RESEARCH PROGRAM: AN OVERVIEW

    EPA Science Inventory

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established a waste minimization research program within the Office of Research and Development's Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory which is the primary contact for pollution prevention research efforts concentrating on source ...

  6. EPA OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has prepared fifteen technical guidelines to evaluate the suitability of an ecological indicator in a monitoring program. The guidelines were fashioned to provide a consistent framework for indicator review and to provide direction f...

  7. 75 FR 69992 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund...

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    2010-11-16

    ... can be located at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The U.S. EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, (202) 566..., these response programs address the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields sites and...

  8. U.S. EPA OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has prepared fifteen technical guidelines to evaluate the suitability of an ecological indicator in a monitoring program. The guidelines were fashioned to provide a consistent framework for indicator review and to provide direction f...

  9. EPA's Southwest Ecosystem Services Research Program

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Ecosystem Services Research Program (ESRP) in the Office of Research and Development (ORD) is studying ecosystem services and the benefits to human well-being provided by ecological services. As part of this research effort, the Southwest Ecosystem Services Research Progra...

  10. Notification: Fiscal Year 2015 Risk Assessment of EPA's Purchase Card and Convenience Check Programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY15-0064, August 26, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office oflnspector General (OIG) plans to begin the preliminary research phase ofauditing the agency's purchase card and convenience check programs.

  11. Report: EPA Needs to Conduct Environmental Justice Reviews of Its Programs, Policies, and Activities

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #2006-P-00034, September 18, 2006. Our survey results showed that EPA senior management has not sufficiently directed program and regional offices to conduct environment justice reviews in accordance with Executive Order 12898.

  12. Today's Environmental Technologies-Innovative Solutions for Regional Issues, U.S. EPA ETV and SBIR Programs Regional Workshop, October 7-8, 2008, U.S. EPA Region 2, New York City, New York, Meeting Summary Report

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs hosted a workshop on October 7–8, 2008, at the EPA Region 2 office in New York City, New York. The goals of the workshop were to: (1) ...

  13. 78 FR 10166 - Access Interpreting; Transfer of Data

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    2013-02-13

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0036; FRL-9376-6] Access Interpreting; Transfer of Data AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to...

  14. VERIFYING CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES WITH EPA'S ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    The US EPA's Office of Research and Development Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program completed its five-year pilot period in 2001. Now in 2002 lessons learned in the pilot period are being incorporated seamlessly into six operating ETV Centers which cover technolo...

  15. 1990 UPDATE OF THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S SITE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) directed the U.S. Environmental Protection AGency (EPA) to establish an Alternative/Innovative Treatment Technology Research and Demonstration Program. The EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and the ...

  16. EPA Solicits Proposals for the Field Implementation Meeting Support Cooperative Agreement

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to manage a Field Implementation Meetings Support program. EPA expects to provide up to $500,000 annually, depending on the Agency’s budget, for a total of

  17. Review of U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development's Research Programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    A review report of the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) Strategic Research Action Plans (StRAPs) and the cross-cutting program Roadmaps for Environmental Justice and Global Climate Change.

  18. A Framework for Sustainability Indicators at EPA

    EPA Science Inventory

    The purpose of this document is to provide useful methods and guidance to support the application of sustainability indicators in EPA decision making, and particularly within the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) research programs. The primary target audience is EPA rese...

  19. EPA PROGRAMS AND THE REGULATION OF CARCINOGENS: METHODS AND PHILOSOPHIES

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report is part of the National Network for Environmental Studies Program conducted under the auspices of the Office of Cooperative Environmental Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This is a group paper which discusses the manner in which the EPA identifies, as...

  20. Review of U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development's Research Programs - 2017

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    A review report of the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) Strategic Research Action Plans (StRAPs) and the cross-cutting program Roadmaps for Environmental Justice and Global Climate Change.

  1. OVERVIEW OF THE MINE WASTE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM; INTERAGENCY COORDINATION MEETING ON MINING

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Mine Waste Technology Program is a Congressionally-mandated research program jointly administered by the EPA Office of Research and Development (for technical direction) and by the DoE Western Environmental Technology Office (administrative direction). The goal of the resear...

  2. 77 FR 59114 - Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances

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    2012-09-26

    ...; Pesticide Tolerances AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This....regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the... CONTACT: Laura Nollen, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental...

  3. Procedures to Help Program Offices with Earned Value Management

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA’s Earned Value Management (EVM) Procedures describe the Agency methods for collecting and reporting performance information on major IT investments. The EVM Procedures explain how EPA Program Offices are to receive, organize, analyze, and report cost.

  4. Ecosystem Services Research Program (ESRP) Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed and Estuary Study (APWES) Research Plan

    EPA Science Inventory

    The APWES is a place-based study for the U.S. EPA Ecosystem Services Research Program conducted through the collaboration across the EPA Office of Research and Development. The mission of the APWES is to develop ecosystem services science to inform watershed and coastal manageme...

  5. BASINs 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and User's Manual (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA announced the availability of the report, BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation and User's Manual. This report was prepared by the EPA's Global Change Research Program (GCRP), an assessment-oriented program, that sits within the Office of R...

  6. Overview of Aquatic Toxicity Testing under the U.S. EPA Oil Research Program

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development is developing baseline data on the ecotoxicity of selected petroleum products, chemical dispersants, and other spill mitigating substances as part of its Oil Research Program. Two diluted bitumens (dilbits) from the Alberta Tar Sand...

  7. Independent Quality Control Review of EPA OIG Operations

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The review considers selected audit work performed by EPA OIG, Office of Audit, Congressional and Public Liaison, Mission Systems, and Program Evaluation, during the period for 1 October 2006 through 30 September 2007 .

  8. High-End Scientific Computing

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA uses high-end scientific computing, geospatial services and remote sensing/imagery analysis to support EPA's mission. The Center for Environmental Computing (CEC) assists the Agency's program offices and regions to meet staff needs in these areas.

  9. 48 CFR 1552.211-79 - Compliance with EPA policies for information resources management.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... procedures set forth on the Office of Environmental Information policy Web site. Upon receipt of a work... majority of the Agency's IRM policies, standards, and procedures. (c) Section 508 requirements... by EPA or contractors operating EPA programs. (2) The analysis of requirements for, study of the...

  10. 48 CFR 1552.211-79 - Compliance with EPA policies for information resources management.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... procedures set forth on the Office of Environmental Information policy Web site. Upon receipt of a work... majority of the Agency's IRM policies, standards, and procedures. (c) Section 508 requirements... by EPA or contractors operating EPA programs. (2) The analysis of requirements for, study of the...

  11. EXPERIENCES WITH USING PROBABILISTIC EXPOSURE ANALYSIS METHODS IN THE U.S. EPA

    EPA Science Inventory

    Over the past decade various Offices and Programs within the U.S. EPA have either initiated or increased the development and application of probabilistic exposure analysis models. These models have been applied to a broad range of research or regulatory problems in EPA, such as e...

  12. 78 FR 68056 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's...

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    2013-11-13

    ... Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE... Environment (DfE) Logo Redesign Consultations'' (EPA ICR No. 2487.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW) to the Office... (EPA) will select a revised logo and messaging for its Design for the Environment (DfE) program. A key...

  13. 78 FR 54200 - Virginia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

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    2013-09-03

    ... take effect. We will then respond to public comments in a later final rule based on this proposal. You... Programs, U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. 4. Hand Delivery: At the... 3LC50, Office of State Programs, U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029...

  14. BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    In accordance with EPA's mission to minimize risks to human health and to safeguard ecological integrity, the EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) is committed to assessing and mitigating any risk posed by biotechnology-derived crops. Consequently, ...

  15. Report: Improvements Needed in Key EPA Information System Security Practices

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #10-P-0146, June 15, 2010. Williams Adley found that EPA program offices lacked evidence that they planned and executed tests of information system security controls as required by federal requirements.

  16. Report: EPA Can Improve Use of Federal Supply Schedules When Procuring Services

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #2003-P-00015, September 29, 2003. EPA contracting and program office personnel can increase competition for FSS awards by seeking and obtaining competitive quotes from more than just incumbent contractors.

  17. Analysis of EPA's Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO) Regional Program Performance: Fiscal Years 2005-2011

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This is a summary report of a series of analyses of the Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO) regional programs' performance in meeting their annual targets for the last seven years (2005-2011).

  18. EPA'S SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION (SITE) PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    In 1986, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen- cy`s Offices of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), and the Office of Research and Develop- ment (ORD) established a technology research, dem- onstration, and evaluation program to promote the development and use of alterna...

  19. Overview of U.S. EPA Aging Water Infrastructure Research Program - Interfacing with the Water Industry on Technology Assessment

    EPA Science Inventory

    This slide presentation summarizes key elements of the EPA Office of Research and Development’s (ORD) Aging Water Infrastructure (AWI) Research program. An overview of the national problems posed by aging water infrastructure is followed by a brief description of EPA’s overall r...

  20. Aquatic toxicity of petroleum products and dispersant agents determined under the U.S. EPA Oil Spill Research Program

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development has developed baseline data on the ecotoxicity of selected petroleum products and several chemical dispersants as part of its oil spills research program. Two diluted bitumens (dilbits) from the Alberta Tar Sands were tested for acu...

  1. 40 CFR 1.21 - General.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ...-cutting Agency headquarters and regional issues and conduct programs with respect to EPA's interface with...) The Office of General Counsel; and (e) Nine operational offices, each headed by an Assistant...

  2. An Exposure Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (External Review Draft)

    EPA Science Inventory

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has formed a working group comprised of individuals from several program offices including the Offices of Pesticides, Prevention, and Toxic Substances, the Office of Water, and the Office of Research and Development, Of...

  3. 76 FR 20974 - Implications of Climate Change for Bioassessment Programs and Approaches To Account for Effects

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    2011-04-14

    .... SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor for external... National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development. The... plans under changing conditions. The results of the study support research needs and key actions...

  4. 48 CFR 1552.211-79 - Compliance with EPA policies for information resources management.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... procedures set forth on the Office of Environmental Information policy Web site. Upon receipt of a work... majority of the Agency's IRM policies, standards, and procedures. (c) Section 508 requirements. Contract... by EPA or contractors operating EPA programs. (2) The analysis of requirements for, study of the...

  5. Profiling Developmental Toxicity of 387 Environmental Chemicals using EPA’s Toxicity Reference Database (ToxRefDB)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Toxicity Reference Databases (ToxRefDB) was developed by the National Center for Computational Toxicology in partnership with EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, to store data derived from in vivo animal toxicity studies [www.epa.gov/ncct/toxrefdb/]. The initial build of To...

  6. 77 FR 7576 - Draft Toxicological Review of 1,4-Dioxane: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated...

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    2012-02-13

    ... Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office of Research and Development. EPA is... Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541- 1964; facsimile: (919... EPA's IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates quantitative and qualitative risk...

  7. 76 FR 60825 - Draft Toxicological Review of Vanadium Pentoxide: In Support of Summary Information on the...

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    2011-09-30

    ...) within the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD). EPA is releasing this draft assessment solely... quantitative and qualitative risk information on effects that may result from exposure to chemical substances found in the environment. Through the IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest quality science- based...

  8. 76 FR 59696 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

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    2011-09-27

    ... Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Exchange Network Grants Progress...: Exchange Network Grants Progress Reports (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2207.04, OMB Control No. 2025... Network (NEIEN) Grant Program. The EPA Office of Environmental Information provides funding to EPA's...

  9. EPA ENERGY STAR: Tackling Growth in Home Electronics and Small Appliances

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Sanchez, Marla Christine; Brown, Richard; Homan, Gregory

    2008-11-17

    Over a decade ago, the electricity consumption associated with home electronics and other small appliances emerged onto the global energy policy landscape as one of the fastest growing residential end uses with the opportunity to deliver significant energy savings. As our knowledge of this end use matures, it is essential to step back and evaluate the degree to which energy efficiency programs have successfully realized energy savings and where savings opportunities have been missed.For the past fifteen years, we have quantified energy, utility bill, and carbon savings for US EPA?s ENERGY STAR voluntary product labeling program. In this paper, wemore » present a unique look into the US residential program savings claimed to date for EPA?s ENERGY STAR office equipment, consumer electronics, and other small household appliances as well as EPA?s projected program savings over the next five years. We present a top-level discussion identifying program areas where EPA?s ENERGY STAR efforts have succeeded and program areas where ENERGY STAR efforts did not successfully address underlying market factors, technology issues and/or consumer behavior. We end by presenting the magnitude of ?overlooked? savings.« less

  10. 40 CFR 60.48Da - Compliance provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 60.48Da Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED... extensions shall be granted by the relevant air division or office director of the appropriate Regional... Protection Agency (U.S. EPA); Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards; Sector Policies and Programs...

  11. 40 CFR 60.48Da - Compliance provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 60.48Da Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED... extensions shall be granted by the relevant air division or office director of the appropriate Regional... Protection Agency (U.S. EPA); Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards; Sector Policies and Programs...

  12. Learn About Laboratory Certification for Drinking Water

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA’s Office of Water Technical Support Center implements the Drinking Water Laboratory Certification Program in partnership with EPA Regions, EPA’s Office of Research and Development, and States.

  13. EPA Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1993-01-01

    The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Chemistry Laboratory (ECL) is a national program laboratory specializing in residue chemistry analysis under the jurisdiction of the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs in Washington, D.C. At Stennis Space Center, the laboratory's work supports many federal anti-pollution laws. The laboratory analyzes environmental and human samples to determine the presence and amount of agricultural chemicals and related substances. Pictured, ECL chemists analyze environmental and human samples for the presence of pesticides and other pollutants.

  14. OVERVIEW OF ECOTOXICOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND MEDAKA RESEARCH AT THE US EPA NATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS LABORATORY'S MID-CONTINENT ECOLOGY DIVISION

    EPA Science Inventory

    The US Environmental Protection Agency is a regulatory agency of the federal government whose mission it is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment -- air, water, land -- upon which life depends. The EPA has several Program and Regional Offices that for...

  15. Biphenyl

    Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

    Biphenyl ; CASRN 92 - 52 - 4 Human health assessment information on a chemical substance is included in IRIS only after a comprehensive review of toxicity data by U.S . EPA health scientists from several program offices , regional offices , and the Office of Research and Development . Sections I ( H

  16. Collaboration in Action: Office of Research and Development ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The "Collaboration in Action: US EPA's Office of Research and Develop - Current Wildfire Research Program" was invited by the USDA's US Forest Service's Scientific Executive Committee to provide USFS scientific leadership active and potential future opportunities for cooperation/collaboration. Health impacts of wildfire smoke merit the attention and action of the US EPA and current research is supported in the ACE and SHC Research Programs. Wildland fire smoke research has taken on greater importance because the 1) contribution of wildland fire PM emissions relative to total US PM emissions is increasing, 2) the population health impacts are measurable and costly, 3) vulnerable and sensitive populations at-risk are increasing attendant to our aging U.S. population and the increasing area of the wildland-urban interface, and 4) health impacts of smoke could be minimized by identifying at-risk individuals and reducing their exposures. Examples are provided. The "Collaboration in Action: US EPA's Office of Research and Develop - Current Wildfire Research Program" was invited by the USDA's US Forest Service's Scientific Executive Committee to provide USFS scientific leadership active and potential future opportunities for cooperation/collaboration.

  17. Bioremediation of Pit Lakes - Gilt Edge Mine

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 Superfund Office and the EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) Mine Waste Technology Program (MWTP) conducted a field-scale treatability study demonstrating an in situ bio/geochemical treatment technology ...

  18. Meet EPA Chemist Ana Rivera-Lupiáñez

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Ana Rivera-Lupiáñez is a chemist with EPA's Office of Pesticides Program/Health Effects Division of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C., where she helps assess the registration and proper use of pesticides.

  19. EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS): CAMDBS

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This web feature service contains location and facility identification information from EPA's Facility Registry Service (FRS) for the subset of facilities that link to the Clean Air Markets Division Business System (CAMDBS). Administered by the EPA Clean Air Markets Division, within the Office of Air and Radiation, CAMDBS supports the implementation of market-based air pollution control programs, including the Acid Rain Program and regional programs designed to reduce the transport of ozone. FRS identifies and geospatially locates facilities, sites or places subject to environmental regulations or of environmental interest. Using vigorous verification and data management procedures, FRS integrates facility data from EPA's national program systems, other federal agencies, and State and tribal master facility records and provides EPA with a centrally managed, single source of comprehensive and authoritative information on facilities. This data set contains the subset of FRS integrated facilities that link to CAMDBS facilities once the CAMDBS data has been integrated into the FRS database. Additional information on FRS is available at the EPA website https://www.epa.gov/enviro/facility-registry-service-frs.

  20. 78 FR 62455 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; District of Columbia...

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    2013-10-22

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 52 [EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0499; FRL-9901-35-Region3...: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Direct final rule. SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final action to..., Associate Director, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

  1. 1,2,3-Trichloropropane

    Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

    1,2,3 - Trichloropropane ; CASRN 96 - 18 - 4 Human health assessment information on a chemical substance is included in IRIS only after a comprehensive review of toxicity data by U.S . EPA health scientists from several program offices , regional offices , and the Office of Research and Development

  2. Collaboration in Action: Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)-Current Wildfire Program

    EPA Science Inventory

    The "Collaboration in Action: US EPA's Office of Research and Develop - Current Wildfire Research Program" was invited by the USDA's US Forest Service's Scientific Executive Committee to provide USFS scientific leadership active and potential future opportunities for co...

  3. Notification: Fiscal Year 2016 Risk Assessment of EPA’s Purchase Card and Convenience Check Program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY16-0229, July 14, 2016. The EPA OIG plans to begin a risk assessment of the EPA’s purchase card and convenience check program with the Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) within the Office of Administration and Resources Management (OARM).

  4. EPA Guidelines for States Regarding Online Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (MAP) Annual Refresher Training

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Memorandum dated July 9, 2007 from the Chief of the Fibers and Organics Branch, National Chemicals Program Division, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances to EPA Regional Asbestos Coordinators and State Regulatory Stakeholders.

  5. Cumulative Risk Assessment: Overview of Agency Guidance, Practice and Current Major Research Activities

    EPA Science Inventory

    Powerpoint presentation that includes the EPA's definition of CRA, relevant publications already in existence, the CRA Guidelines effort, science issues where research is still needed, program office practices related to CRA, and EPA research activities.

  6. IMPROVING AIR QUALITY THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATIONS

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program in 1995 as a means of working with the private sector to establish a market-based verification process available to all environmental technologies. Under EPA's Office of R...

  7. Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values for Bromofluorobenzene, p-

    EPA Science Inventory

    Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs) are developed by the EPA Office of Research and Development’s National Center for Environmental Assessment, Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center for OSRTI. Other EPA programs or external parties who may choose of their ...

  8. EPA Solicits Proposals for a Cooperative Agreement to Conduct the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is soliciting applications for a cooperative agreement to run the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), which provides the public with objective, science-based information on pesticide-related subjects.

  9. 75 FR 22401 - Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

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    2010-04-28

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-8821-7] Exposure Modeling Public Meeting AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling... Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South Building), 1st...

  10. 40 CFR 2.205 - Final confidentiality determination by EPA legal office.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... EPA legal office. 2.205 Section 2.205 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY... determination by EPA legal office. (a) Role of EPA legal office. (1) The appropriate EPA legal office (see... pending, the EPA legal office's determination shall serve as the final determination on appeal from an...

  11. APPLICATION, PERFORMANCE, AND COSTS OF ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    A critical review of biological treatment processes for remediation of contaminated soils is presented. The focus of the review is on documented cost and performance of biological treatment technologies demonstrated at full- or field-scale. Some of the data were generated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Bioremediation in the Field Program, jointly supported by EPA's Office of Research and Development, EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Waste, and the EPA Regions through the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program (SITE) Program. Military sites proved to be another fertile data source. Technologies reviewed in this report include both ex-situ processes, (land treatment, biopile/biocell treatment, composting, and bioslurry reactor treatment) and in-situ alternatives (conventional bioventing, enhanced or cometabolic bioventing, anaerobic bioventing, bioslurping, phytoremediation, and natural attenuation). Targeted soil contaminants at the documented sites were primarily organic chemicals, including BTEX, petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs), organic solvents, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides, dioxin, and energetics. The advantages, limitations, and major cost drivers for each technology are discussed. Box and whisker plots are used to summarize before and after concentrations of important contaminant groups for those technologies consider

  12. 78 FR 70255 - West Virginia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

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    2013-11-25

    ..., and they will not take effect. We will then respond to public comments in a later final rule based on..., U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029. 4. Hand Delivery: At the..., Office of State Programs, U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029, Phone...

  13. ORD GROUND WATER RESEARCH PLAN: STRATEGY FOR FY 1991 AND BEYOND

    EPA Science Inventory

    This document describes a ground water research plan for EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). The ground water research program is carried out by ORD's Office of Environmental Processes and Effects Research (OEPER), the Office of Modeling, Monitoring Systems, and Quali...

  14. Methods for Estimating the Social Benefits of EPA Land Cleanup and Reuse Programs (2007)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation’s National Center for Environmental Economics, and the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response’s Land Revitalization Office convened a workshop on risk assessment and benefit estimation methods in 2006.

  15. Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values for 1,1-Dichloropropene

    EPA Science Inventory

    Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs) are developed by the EPA Office of Research and Development’s National Center for Environmental Assessment, Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center for OSRTI. Other EPA programs or external parties who may choose of their ...

  16. Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values for 1,2-Dichloropropane

    EPA Science Inventory

    Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs) are developed by the EPA Office of Research and Development’s National Center for Environmental Assessment, Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center for OSRTI. Other EPA programs or external parties who may choose of their ...

  17. Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values for Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane, p,p-

    EPA Science Inventory

    Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs) are developed by the EPA Office of Research and Development’s National Center for Environmental Assessment, Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center for OSRTI. Other EPA programs or external parties who may choose of their ...

  18. Notification: Controls Over Results Produced by EPA Independent Laboratories

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OPE-FY16-0022, April 5, 2016. The EPA OIG plans to begin preliminary research on controls that the EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management’s Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) has in place to detect or prevent fraud.

  19. Chesapeake Bay Program Grant Guidance

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Grant Guidance and appendices for the Chesapeake Bay Program that describes how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 3’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) administers grant and cooperative agreement funds.

  20. 75 FR 6658 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Health...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-02-10

    ... Prospective Benefit-Cost Study of the Clean Air Act. DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Tuesday... Act Amendments, EPA conducts periodic studies to assess benefits and costs of the EPA's regulatory... evaluate the costs and benefits of EPA Clean Air programs for years 1990-2020. The Council HES met on...

  1. ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER (EPIC)

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) in the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) of the Office of Research and Development provides remote sensing technical support including aerial photograph acquisition and interpretation to the EPA Program Offices, ORD Laboratorie...

  2. Region 9 Tribal Grant Program - Project Officer and Tribal Contact Information Map Service

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This compilation of geospatial data is for the purpose of managing and communicating information about current EPA project officers, tribal contacts, and tribal grants, both internally and with external stakeholders.

  3. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Fenner-Crisp, P.

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs is trying to develop a complete picture of a chemical`s toxicity and exposure profile. It is also important to share information in the office`s files because of pesticides, particularly as a consequence of agricultural use, find their way into places not necessarily intended.

  4. Report: EPA Has Not Implemented Adequate Management Procedures to Address Potential Fraudulent Environmental Data

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #14-P-0270, May 29, 2014. The EPA is not ensuring that fraudulent laboratory environmental data is being communicated to appropriate program offices and data users, reviewed, and analyzed for its impact on human health and the environment.

  5. IRIS Toxicological Review of Naphthalene (Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials)

    EPA Science Inventory

    In July 2014, EPA released scoping and problem formulation materials for new IRIS assessments of ethylbenzene and naphthalene for public comment and discussion. The scoping information was based on input from EPA's program and regional offices and was provided for informational p...

  6. IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethylbenzene (Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials)

    EPA Science Inventory

    In July 2014, EPA released scoping and problem formulation materials for new IRIS assessments of ethylbenzene and naphthalene for public comment and discussion. The scoping information was based on input from EPA's program and regional offices and was provided for informational p...

  7. IRIS Toxicological Review of Naphthalene (2014, Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials)

    EPA Science Inventory

    In July 2014, EPA released scoping and problem formulation materials for new IRIS assessments of ethylbenzene and naphthalene for public comment and discussion. The scoping information was based on input from EPA's program and regional offices and was provided for informational p...

  8. IRIS Toxicological Review for Inorganic Arsenic (Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials)

    EPA Science Inventory

    In November 2012, EPA released scoping and problem formulation materials for the IRIS assessment of inorganic arsenic for public comment and discussion. The scoping information was based on input from EPA's program and regional offices and was provided for informational purposes....

  9. EPA's Sustainable Port Communities: a Knowledge System Approach to Increasing Resiliency

    EPA Science Inventory

    Create a Sustainability Assessment Toolbox for US ports that: • Addresses multiple issues faced by ports • Builds on work from other EPA Research Programs • Complements other resiliency work from federal and NGO partners, e.g.: EPA’s Office of Transportat...

  10. Technical Guidance for Constructing a Human Well-Being Index (HWBI): A Puerto Rico Example

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development’s Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program (EPA 2015) developed the Human Well-being Index (HWBI) as an integrative measure of economic, social, and environmental contributions to ...

  11. Envirofacts Data Warehouse

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The Envirofacts Data Warehouse contains information from select EPA Environmental program office databases and provides access about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States. The Envirofacts Warehouse supports its own web enabled tools as well as a host of other EPA applications.

  12. EPA Office of Research and Development - I/I Research Information Update

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Nation’s sanitary sewer infrastructure is aging, and is currently one of the top national water program priorities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Sanitary Sewer Overflow Analysis and Planning (SSOAP) Toolbox to assist communities in devel...

  13. DERMAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT: A SUMMARY OF EPA APPROACHES

    EPA Science Inventory

    This final report presents a concise description and evaluation of the approaches used in the Agency for dermal exposure assessment including a discussion about harmonization and research needs in this area. The report is intended to be used by EPA program offices in their effort...

  14. EPA/ORD VOC RECOVERY SEMINAR VIDEOTAPE - OVERVIEW

    EPA Science Inventory

    A videotape and summary report was prepared of NRMRL's VOC Recovery Seminar, 9/16-17/1998, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Seminar and Videotape describes the state-of-the-science in VOC recovery technologies to other EPA ORD labs, program offices, regions, state and local environmental ag...

  15. IRIS Toxicological Review of Ingested Inorganic Arsenic (2005 Sab External Review Draft)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), and Office of Water (OW) requested the SAB to provide advice to the Agency on several issues about the mode of carcinogenic action of various arsenic species and the implications of these issues f...

  16. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH STRATEGY

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has recently released a research strategy to guide its program to improve ecosystem risk assessment and risk management, which is one of the Agency's higheset priority search areas (http://www.epa.gov/ORD/WebPubs/fmal/eco.pdf). It is...

  17. Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values for 1,2,3,4,5-Pentabromo-6-Chlorocyclohexane

    EPA Science Inventory

    Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs) are developed by the EPA Office of Research and Development’s National Center for Environmental Assessment, Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center for OSRTI. Other EPA programs or external parties who may choose of their ...

  18. EPA'S WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SOIL TREATMENT RESEARCH

    EPA Science Inventory

    The mission of the EPA is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which life depends. In order to accomplish this mission, the Agency is organized into a series of regional and program offices. The ORD supports the various co...

  19. Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values for 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-Trifluoroethane

    EPA Science Inventory

    Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs) are developed by the EPA Office of Research and Development’s National Center for Environmental Assessment, Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center for OSRTI. Other EPA programs or external parties who may choose of their ...

  20. DEVELOPMENT OF A STRUCTURE-SEARCHABLE DATABASE FOR PESTICIDE METABOLITES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATES

    EPA Science Inventory

    USEPA is modifying and enhancing existing software for the depiction of metabolic maps to provide access via structures to metabolism information and associated data in EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). The database includes information submitted to EPA in support of pest...

  1. Report: Audits on EPA Recovery Act-Funded Diesel Emission Reduction Act Assistance Agreements Reported Programmatic and Management Challenges

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #14-R-0355, September 15, 2014. EPA should consider the issues identified in our prior reports as it takes actions directed by the Office of Management and Budget to assess risk inherent in its programs.

  2. Report: EPA Can Improve Its Reporting of Dollars Leveraged From the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Brownfields Program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #12-R-0898, Sept 27, 2012. EPA project officers verified grant recipient reported outputs and outcomes for Recovery Act brownfields assessments completed, acres ready for reuse, and cleanups completed, but did not always verify dollars leveraged.

  3. REGIONAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT (REVA): TARGETING RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AND PROVIDING OPTIONS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA) program is an approach to regional scale, priority-setting assessment being developed by EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). ReVA will effectively informs decision-makers as to the magnitude, extent, distribution, and unc...

  4. 75 FR 55728 - Withdrawal of Proposed Rules; Discontinuing Rulemaking Efforts Listed in the Unified Agenda of...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-09-14

    ... section 4 of TSCA was to support ATSDR's Substance Specific Applied Research Program, a program [email protected] . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the... Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), along with EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD), referred...

  5. Report: EPA Relying on Existing Clean Air Act Regulations to Reduce Atmospheric Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #2007-P-00009, February 28, 2007. EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office is relying on anticipated nitrogen deposition reductions from Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations already issued by EPA, combined with other non-air sources' anticipated reductions.

  6. 77 FR 58127 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; EPA ICR No. 2104...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-09-19

    ... . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Lentz, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, (5105T.... Title: Brownfields Program--Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.04, OMB... and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Pub. L. 107-118) (``the Brownfields Amendments'') was signed into...

  7. Measurement of Oil and Natural Gas Well Pad Enclosed Combustor Emissions Using Optical Remote Sensing Technologies

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD) and EPA Region 8 are collaborating under the EPA’s Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) program to evaluate ground-based remote sensing technologies that could be used to characterize emis...

  8. U.S. EPA/ORD LARGE BUILDINGS STUDY: RESULTS OF THE INITIAL SURVEY OF RANDOMLY SELECTED GSA BUILDINGS

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory (AREAL), Office of Research and Development (ORD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is initiating a research program to connect fundamental information on the key parameters and factors that influence indoor a...

  9. Report: EPA Did Not Fully Comply With Guidance Regarding OMB Circular A-123 Unliquidated Obligation Reviews

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #11-1-0069, January 19, 2011. Seventeen of 22 EPA regions and program offices did not fully comply with the guidance for conducting and reporting on their FY 2009 OMB Circular A-123 reviews of internal controls over the ULO process.

  10. Ecosystem Services Modeling Infrastructures: Simile/MIMES (Gund Institute) and FRAMES/3MRA (US EPA) Integrated Modeling for Forecasting

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Ecological Research Program (ERP) of the EPA Office of Research and Development has the vision of a comprehensive theory and practice for characterizing, quantifying, and valuing ecosystem services and their relationship to human well-being for environmental decision making. ...

  11. TEST REPORT FOR THE TRIAL BURN OF DINOSEB IN A PILOT-SCALE INCINERATOR

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the herbicide Dinoseb represents a significant human health hazard. PA estimates that there are approximately 5 million gallons affected by this action. As part of a program by the EPA Office of Research and Devel...

  12. 75 FR 19967 - Maneb; Cancellation Order for a Certain Pesticide Registration

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    2010-04-16

    ... INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re- evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs... questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under... Information? EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP...

  13. 77 FR 5797 - Draft Toxicological Review of Vanadium Pentoxide: In Support of Summary Information on the...

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    2012-02-06

    ... Office of Research and Development. EPA is releasing this draft assessment for the purposes of public... health assessment program that evaluates quantitative and qualitative risk information on effects that..., EPA provides the highest quality science- based human health assessments to support the Agency's...

  14. 78 FR 12051 - Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-02-21

    ...EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) plans to authorize various contractors to access information which was submitted to EPA under Title II of the Clean Air Act that may be claimed as, or may be determined to be, confidential business information (CBI). Access to this information, which is related to the Nonroad Diesel Engine Program will begin on February 22, 2013.

  15. 40 CFR 56.2 - Scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... procedures to be employed or policies to be followed by Regional Offices in implementing and enforcing the... Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) REGIONAL CONSISTENCY § 56.2 Scope. This part covers actions taken by: (a) Employees in EPA Regional Offices, including Regional...

  16. 40 CFR 56.2 - Scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... procedures to be employed or policies to be followed by Regional Offices in implementing and enforcing the... Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) REGIONAL CONSISTENCY § 56.2 Scope. This part covers actions taken by: (a) Employees in EPA Regional Offices, including Regional...

  17. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY: ELECTRO-PURE ALTERNATING CURRENT ELECTROCOAGULATION

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program was authorized as part of the 1986 amendments to the Superfund legislation. It represents a joint effort between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development and Office of Solid W...

  18. Report: EPA Office of Inspector General’s Report on Reducing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the Small Business Innovative Research Program, as Required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Pub. L. 112-81 (2012)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    September 28, 2012. The EPA OIG is required by Section 5143 of the NDA Act for Fiscal Year 201 2, Pub. L. No. 112-81 (2012), to report on reducing vulnerability to fraud, waste and abuse in the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program.

  19. Sustainable and Healthy Communities 2015 Research Accomplishments (Annual Report)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Program scientists—together with input from their partners from EPA program and regional offices, state environmental management agencies, community decision-makers, and the scientific community—are embracing a truly cross-disciplinary research portfolio.

  20. ANCHOR HILL PIT LAKE IN SITU TREATMENT, GILT EDGE MINE SUPERFUND SITE, S. DAKOTA, USA - A RETROSPECTIVE

    EPA Science Inventory

    The EPA Region VII Superfund office and the EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) Mine Waste Technology Program (MWTP)have been conducting a field scale technology demonstration of an in situ treatment of the Anchor Hill Pit Lake at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund...

  1. Measurement of Oil and Gas Well Pad Enclosed Combustor Emissions Using Optical Remote Sensing Technologies

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development and U.S. EPA Region 8 are collaborating to investigate the impact of energy production under the EPA’s Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) program. As part of this effort, a research study was conducted to evaluate technologies...

  2. 77 FR 65521 - Determination of Attainment for the San Francisco Bay Area Nonattainment Area for the 2006 Fine...

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    2012-10-29

    ...\\ EPA also concluded \\8\\ from its Technical System Audit of the BAAQMD Primary Quality Assurance..., Air Pollution Control Officer, BAAQMD, transmitting ``System Audit of the Ambient Monitoring Program... email. www.regulations.gov is an ``anonymous access'' system, and EPA will not know your identity or...

  3. Volunteer for Change: A Guide to Environmental Community Service.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Solid Waste and Emergency Response.

    This booklet contains examples of volunteer projects related to solid waste management as developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), whose mission is to protect human health and the natural environment. EPA's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) promotes volunteerism and community service programs for people of all ages. A variety of…

  4. Integrated Monitoring, Modeling and Mapping for Managing and Valuing Bundled Services in the US – Ecosystem Services Research and Development at the EPA

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Ecological Research Program (ERP) of the EPA Office of Research and Development has the vision of a comprehensive theory and practice for characterizing, quantifying, and valuing ecosystem services, and their relationship to human well-being for environmental decision making....

  5. 75 FR 7477 - Draft Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic: In Support of the Summary Information on the...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-02-19

    ... Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). The Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic was submitted to the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) for external peer... IRIS IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates quantitative and qualitative risk...

  6. 78 FR 8128 - Request for Nominations of Experts to the EPA Office of Research and Development's Board of...

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    2013-02-05

    ... Program; Homeland Security Research Program; Human Health Risk Assessment Research Program; Safe and... --atmospheric physics Biology --biogeochemistry --cell biology --endocrinology (endocrine disruptors... analysis --uncertainty analysis Nanotechnology Public Health --children's health --community health...

  7. DEVELOPING COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR PREDICTING CHEMICAL FATE, METABOLISM, AND TOXICITY PATHWAYS

    EPA Science Inventory

    ORD's research program in Computational Toxicology (CompTox) will enable EPA Program Offices and other regulators to prioritize and reduce toxicity-testing requirements for potentially hazardous chemicals. The CompTox program defines the "toxicity process" as follows : 1) a stre...

  8. 75 FR 67088 - Clean Water Act (CWA) and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Common...

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    2010-11-01

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0818; FRL-9218-6] Clean Water Act (CWA) and... solicit input on methods being evaluated by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) and the Office of Water (OW), with the support of the Office of Research and Development (ORD) to develop common...

  9. 78 FR 5292 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts and New Hampshire...

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    2013-01-25

    ... and New Hampshire. The revised programs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire include a test and repair..., EPA New England Regional Office, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 Post... Protection, Air Quality Planning Unit, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, (Mail code OEP05-2), Boston, MA 02109...

  10. Notification: Evaluation of EPA’s Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Section 18 Emergency Exemptions

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OPE-FY17-0024, August 21, 2017. The EPA OIG plans to begin preliminary research on the emergency exemption process used by the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention’s Office of Pesticide Programs.

  11. NOVOCS TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION REPORT

    EPA Science Inventory

    An evaluation of the MACTEC Inc., NoVOCs(TM) technology ws conducted under the SITE Program, in partnership with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command SW Division, the Navy Environmental Leadership Program, the EPA Technology Innovation Office and Clean Sites, Inc. Specificall...

  12. Region 9 Tribal Clean Water Act Programs and Grants

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA's Tribal Water Office in Region 9 manages all grants related to the Clean Water Act for over 100 federally recognized tribes and provides programmatic and technical assistance for water quality standards and CWA grant programs.

  13. 40 CFR 1.29 - Office of Inspector General.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Office of Inspector General. 1.29 Section 1.29 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GENERAL STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION... legislation and regulations to assess the impact on the administration of EPA's programs and operations. The...

  14. 75 FR 31775 - Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Pesticide General Permit for Point...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-04

    ... Faulk, EPA Headquarters, Office of Water, Office of Wastewater Management at tel.: 202-564-0768 or e... activities. Resource management parties 924110 Government (includes State departments Administration of... Solid in the regulation, State Waste Management administration, environmental agencies, and Programs...

  15. STANDARD EVALUATION PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTED DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICITY DATA

    EPA Science Inventory

    As a NAFTA-inspired multi-governmental initiative, experts from the US EPA (Office of Research and Development, Office of Pesticide Program, or OPP) and the PMRA (Pest Management Regulatory Agency) of Health Canada formed a working group to create a document that would serve as a...

  16. Notification: Follow-Up Review on OIG Report No. 13-P-0178, Improvements Needed in EPA Training and Oversight for Risk Management Program Inspections

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OPE-FY15-0054, July 15, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is starting a follow-up review on the EPA’s actions to address recommendations in the subject report, issued March 21, 2013.

  17. EPA'S NATIONAL COASTAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    The National Coastal Assessment (NCA) is an environmental monitoring program initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development in 2000. The goal is to monitor selected ecological indicators in the nation's estuarine waters and to produce an...

  18. OVERVIEW OF EPA'S LANDSCAPE SCIENCE PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development's National Exposure Research Laboratory has expanded it's ecological research program to include the development of landscape metrics and indicators to assess ecological risk and...

  19. OVERVIEW OF EPA'S LANDSCAPE SCIENCES PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development's National Exposure Research Laboratory has expanded it's ecological research program to include the development of landscape metrics and indicators to assess ecological risk and...

  20. Selected Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) conducts cutting-edge research that provides the underpinning of science and technology for public health and environmental policies and decisions made by federal, state and other governmental organizations. ORD’s six research programs identify the pressing research needs with input from EPA offices and stakeholders. Research is conducted by ORD’s 3 labs, 4 centers, and 2 offices located in 14 facilities. The EPA booth at APHL will have several resources available to attendees, mostly in the form of print materials, that showcase our research labs, case studies of research activities, and descriptions of specific research projects. The Selected Analytical Methods for Environmental Remediation and Recovery (SAM), a library of selected methods that are helping to increase the nation's laboratory capacity to support large-scale emergency response operations, will be demoed by EPA scientists at the APHL Experience booth in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday during the morning break. Please come to the EPA booth #309 for more information! To be on a loop at our ORD booth demo during APHL.

  1. BPPD Internal Application Checklists

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, BPPD internal application checklists for internal guidance to assist BPPD employees in their evaluation of applications submitted to BPPD by applicants and/or registrants.

  2. A Research Program on the Potential for Effects of Engineered Nanomaterials on Biological Systems

    EPA Science Inventory

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development, has developed a research program to evaluate the potential implications of engineered nanomaterials for human health and the environment. Among the major themes of the program are evaluating the in...

  3. EPA/OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT'S NATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS LABORATORY'S ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH INTERNET SITE

    EPA Science Inventory

    This Internet site provides information about the Office of Research and Development's National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory's Associate Director for Health (ADH) Internet site. The ADH is responsible for providing leadership for the health effects research program...

  4. 75 FR 65627 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations of Experts for the Review of EPA's...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-10-26

    ..., alternative remediation technologies, coastal restoration, and human health effects identified during the Gulf... spill remediation, management, and implementation of environmental protection and restoration programs... Office will acknowledge receipt of nominations. The names and bio-sketches of qualified nominees...

  5. 76 FR 48093 - Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Revisions to the Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-08-08

    ... provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn... information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information... EPA information about these programs and hazards in a risk management plan (RMP). The implementing...

  6. I-WASTE: EPA's Suite of Homeland Security Decision Support ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    In the U.S., a single comprehensive approach to all-hazards domestic incident management has been established by the Department of Homeland Security through the National Response Framework. This helps prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. A significant component of responding to and recovering from wide-area or isolated events, whether natural, accidental, or intentional, is the management of waste resulting from the incident itself or from activities cleaning up after the incident. To facilitate the proper management of incident-derived waste, EPA developed the Incident Waste Assessment and Tonnage Estimator (I-WASTE). I-WASTE was developed by the U.S. EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program in partnership with EPA program and regional offices, other U.S. government agencies, industry, and state and local emergency response programs. Presenting the disaster waste tool at the ORD Tools Café held in EPA Region 7th on Dec 9th.

  7. 40 CFR 2.204 - Initial action by EPA office.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Initial action by EPA office. 2.204... Confidentiality of Business Information § 2.204 Initial action by EPA office. (a) Situations requiring action. This section prescribes procedures to be used by EPA offices in making initial determinations of...

  8. Energy Star program benefits Con Edison

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    NONE

    Impressed with savings in energy costs achieved after upgrading the lighting and air conditioning systems at its Manhattan headquarters, Home Box Office (HBO) wanted to do more, James Flock, vice president for computer and office systems, contacted Con Edison Co. of New York in March 1991 to determine what the company could do to save money by reducing energy consumed by personal computers. Arthur Kressner, Con Edison Research and Development manager contacted industry organizations and manufacturers for advice, but was told only to shut off computers at night and on weekends. Kressner arranged a series of meetings with IBM andmore » the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to discuss the issue, then approached the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which was designing a program to promote the introduction and use of energy-efficient office equipment. In 1992, the EPA announced the Energy Star program for PCs, enabling manufacturers to display the Energy Star logo on machines meeting program criteria, including the ability to enter a sleep mode in which neither the computer nor monitor consume more than 30 W or electricity. Industry experts estimate national energy consumption by office equipment could double by the year 2000, but Energy Star equipment is expected to improve efficiency and help maintain electric loads.« less

  9. Science to Protect Public Health and the Environment--EPA Research Program Overview 2016-2019

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This document provides an overview of EPA’s research programs within the Office of Research and Development. This critically important work is providing the science needed to address the biggest problems facing environmental science.

  10. FY 2018 Grant Announcement: FY2018 Support for Geospatial Analysis Support

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) is announcing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partners with a proposal for providing geospatial analysis support

  11. Report: EPA Region 8 Needs to Better Manage the Risk Management Program for Airborne Chemical Releases

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #09-P-0130, March 30, 2009. The two Region 8 offices jointly responsible for implementing the CAA 112(r) Risk Management Program have not effectively planned or coordinated compliance assurance activities.

  12. Specific EPA Grant Programs

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The Office of Grants and Debarment establishes and provides national assistance agreement policies, guidance and training, oversees the Agency's assistance agreement competition policies and practices, provides compliance support, administers assistance.

  13. 40 CFR 59.409 - Addresses of EPA Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Addresses of EPA Offices. 59.409... National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings § 59.409 Addresses of EPA... manufacturer or importer resides. These areas are indicated in the following list of EPA Regional Offices: EPA...

  14. 40 CFR 59.409 - Addresses of EPA Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Addresses of EPA Offices. 59.409... National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings § 59.409 Addresses of EPA... manufacturer or importer resides. These areas are indicated in the following list of EPA Regional Offices: EPA...

  15. 40 CFR 59.409 - Addresses of EPA Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 6 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Addresses of EPA Offices. 59.409... National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings § 59.409 Addresses of EPA... manufacturer or importer resides. These areas are indicated in the following list of EPA Regional Offices: EPA...

  16. INCREASING DIVERSITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: THE ORD RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

    EPA Science Inventory

    The "Research Apprenticeship Program for High School Students" began in 1990 as a collaborative effort between EPA's Office of Research and Development in Research Triangle Park, NC and Shaw University, an Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in Raleigh, NC. The program a...

  17. RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Research Apprenticeship Program began in 1990 as a collaborative effort between EPA's Office of Research and Development in Research Triangle Park, NC and Shaw University in Raleigh, NC to address the under representation of minorities in the fields of science and engineering...

  18. A FRAMEWORK FOR AN INTEGRATED MONITORING PLAN FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO ECOSYSTEM

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Office in cooperation with its principal partners (Gulf State agencies, Federal agencies, private industry, etc.) and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) are developing an integrated c...

  19. OVERVIEW OF VOLUNTARY STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS TO ADDRESS PHARMACEUTICAL DISPOSAL

    EPA Science Inventory

    This presentation will provide an overview of current federal regulatory guidance for pharmaceutical disposal, currently funded pilot programs for take-back pilot studies, and state programs. The EPA Office of Water's role is to protect our Nation's watersheds and drinking water ...

  20. Notification: Preliminary Research on EPA's Design for the Environment Product Labeling Program OIG

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OPE-FY14-4012, November 06, 2013. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is starting preliminary research on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Design for the Environment (DfE) Product Labeling Program.

  1. The Environmental Protection Agency's program to close and clean up hazardous waste land disposal facilities. Hearing before the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, May 28, 1992

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    1993-01-01

    This hearing concerns the slow pace of EPA's actions to close and clean up most of the US hazardous waste land disposal facilities. Statements made personally to the subcommittee include Don R. Clay, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; Richard L. Hembra, Environmental Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division of the US General Accounting Office; Harold F. Reheis, Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources; Hon. Mike Synar, Chairman of the Subcommittee. Submitted for the record were 4 prepared documents from Don R. Clay, Richard L. Hembra; Sylvia Lowrance, Office of Solid Waste, EPA; Harold F. Reheis.

  2. EPA's Policy Permitting Limited Personal Use of Government Office Equipment for EPA Employees

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This document provides the EPA policy permitting limited personal use of Government office equipment. EPA's intent in authorizing limited personal use of Government office equipment is to provide you with a professional and supportive work environment.

  3. EPA's control technology approach to assisting states and regions with air toxics problems: Five case studies

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Nolen, S.L.; Dimmick, W.F.

    1990-10-01

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in June 1985 a new strategy to reduce public exposure to toxic air pollutants in the ambient air. Over the next 5-8 years, the strategy called for State and Local authorities to take on more of the lead regulatory role, with the Agency providing technical and financial assistance to their efforts. The shift in emphasis and responsibility from the Federal level to State and Local air toxics programs and the need to transfer expertise from the Federal level to the appropriate State or Local level prompted EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) andmore » EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) to develop and implement an innovative technical assistance program. This program is called the Control Technology Center (CTC). It has since been expanded to include technical assistance in the area of control of air toxics, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs); emission measurements; and other areas where expertise is available to ORD and OAQPS. During the CTC's first year of operation, operating guidelines were developed and three categories of technical assistance were established. These categories are telephone HOTLINE calls, direct engineering assistance, and technical guidance projects. The CTC HOTLINE is a special telephone number which State and Local Agencies can call for easy access to EPA personnel who can provide prompt assistance in a variety of ways including discussions, references to pertinent literature, and referrals to other EPA personnel. In some cases, a HOTLINE call will require more in-depth engineering analysis indicating a need for direct engineering assistance.« less

  4. 75 FR 43478 - Rhode Island: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-07-26

    ... submitting comments. E-mail: biscaia.robin@epa.gov . Fax: (617) 918-0642, to the attention of Robin Biscaia. Mail: Robin Biscaia, RCRA Waste Management Section, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration (OSRR 07... Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to: Robin Biscaia, RCRA Waste Management Section, Office of Site...

  5. 76 FR 71023 - FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-16

    ... Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review Common Effects Assessment Methodology developed in the Office of Pesticide Programs and Office of Water. DATES: The meeting will be held on January 31, 2012 to... Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact...

  6. About the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The EPA Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) provides advice, information, and recommendations to EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) on technical and management issues of its research programs.

  7. Selected Regional Judicial Officer Cases, 2005 - Present

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This dataset contains selected cases involving EPA's Regional Judicial Officers (RJOs) from 2005 to present. EPA's Regional Judicial Officers (RJOs) perform adjudicatory functions and act as Agency neutrals in administrative cases. EPA's RJOs are senior attorneys with backgrounds in EPA enforcement, general law, or both.

  8. National Water Program End of the Year Performance Reports and Best Practices

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Each year, EPA's Office of Water conducts an assessment of the end of the year results for all performance measures of the National Water Program to determine progress in meeting the goals outlined in the Agency's Strategic Plan and NWPG.

  9. SITE DEMONSTRATION OF THE BASIC EXTRACTIVE SLUDGE TREATMENT PROCESS

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program, in cooperation with EPA Region 5, the Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) planned and executed a pilot-scla e evaluation of the Basic Extyractive Sludge Treatment (B...

  10. Emerging Approaches and Opportunities to inform Internal Dosimetry and Inter-individual Variability

    EPA Science Inventory

    This talk provided an update to EPA ORD scientists and program officers about planned research within the Chemical Safety for Sustainability program to address chemical toxicokinetics and strategies to understand better the range of variability across different populations and li...

  11. REAL-TIME MONITORING OF DIOXINS AND OTHER ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This project is part of EPA's EMPACT program which was begun in 1998 and is jointly administered by EPA's Office of Research and Development, the National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA), and the National Center for Environmental Assessment. The program was developed to provide understandable environmental information on various research initiatives to the public in a timely manner on various issues of importance. This particular project involves development of the application of an on-line, real time, trace organic air toxic monitor, with special emphasis on dioxin-related compounds. Research efforts demonstrate the utility and usefulness of the Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionization (REMPI) analytical method for trace organics control, monitoring, and compliance assurance. Project objectives will be to develop the REMPI instrumental method into a tool that will be used for assessment of potential dioxin sources, control and prevention of dioxin formation in known sources, and communication of facility performance. This will be accomplished through instrument development, laboratory verification, thermokinetic modelling, equilibrium modelling, statistical determinations, field validation, program publication and presentation, regulatory office support, and development of data communication/presentation procedures. For additional information on this EMPACT project, visit the website at http://www.epa.gov/appcdwww/crb/empa

  12. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency national network of research centers: A case study in socio-political influences on research

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Morehouse, K.

    1995-12-01

    During the 15 years that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has supported university-based research centers, there have been many changes in mission, operating style, funding level, eligibility, and selection process. Even the definition of the term {open_quotes}research center{close_quotes} is open to debate. Shifting national priorities, political realities, and funding uncertainties have powered the evolution of research centers in EPA, although the agency`s basic philosophy on the purpose and value of this approach to research remains essentially unchanged. Today, EPA manages 28 centers, through the Office of Exploratory Research. These centers are administered under three distinct programs. Each program hasmore » its own mission and goals which guide the way individual centers are selected and operated. This paper will describe: (1) EPA`s philosophy of reserach centers, (2) the complicated history of EPA research centers, (3) coordination and interaction among EPA centers and others, (4) opportunities for collaboration, and (5) plans for the future.« less

  13. Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) Climate Change Adaptation Training

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This training discusses climate vulnerabilities and methods for incorporating adaptation measures into OLEM programs. This training is meant to follow completion of EPA's Introductory Climate Change Training.

  14. 77 FR 2060 - Amendment of the System of Records for Records of Pesticide Applicators Certified Under EPA...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-01-13

    ...Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs, Field and External Affairs Division, is giving notice that it proposes to amend an existing system of records that contains personally identifiable information (PII) which is collected in the process of certifying individuals to apply restricted use pesticides (RUPs) as private or commercial applicators. This amendment gives notice that the Agency plans to make the name of the applicator and information pertaining to the certification granted by EPA publicly available on an EPA Web site.

  15. HABSOS INTEGRATED CASE STUDY FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO

    EPA Science Inventory

    This project is part of a Harmful Algal Bloom Observing System Pilot Project for which the Gulf of Mexico Program is the coordinator. The Program office along with the EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory will be working with the NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center, the National...

  16. 77 FR 28378 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-14

    ... Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Brownfields Program-- Accomplishment..., Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, (5105T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200...: Brownfields Program--Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.04, OMB Control No...

  17. About EPA's Offices of Regional Counsel

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information about the U.S. EPA Offices of Regional Counsel (ORCs), which are located within each EPA Regional office and provide day-to-day support to each Region and Headquarters for all general legal matters.

  18. Tribal Land Cleanup Laws and Regulations

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA works collaboratively with tribes, states, and local governments to preserve our land. A number of federal statutes or laws form the legal basis for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response programs.

  19. About the Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education (OPEEE)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    OPEEE leads and coordinates EPA programs to provide national leadership in promoting environmental literacy and establishes and maintains close working relationships with a broad range of public- and private-sector organizations.

  20. Tribal Science 2016 Webinar Series: ecoAmbassadors Program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The U.S. EPA Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) Seminar Series presents the Tribal Science Webinar Series, co-hosted by the National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) and the Office of Science Policy.

  1. 48 CFR 1552.203-71 - Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Inspector General Hotline poster. 1552.203-71 Section 1552.203-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Provisions and Clauses 1552.203-71 Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster. As prescribed... all contract options. Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline Poster (AUG 2000) (a) For EPA...

  2. 48 CFR 1552.203-71 - Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... Inspector General Hotline poster. 1552.203-71 Section 1552.203-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Provisions and Clauses 1552.203-71 Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster. As prescribed... all contract options. Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline Poster (AUG 2000) (a) For EPA...

  3. 48 CFR 1552.203-71 - Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... Inspector General Hotline poster. 1552.203-71 Section 1552.203-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Provisions and Clauses 1552.203-71 Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster. As prescribed... all contract options. Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline Poster (AUG 2000) (a) For EPA...

  4. 48 CFR 1552.203-71 - Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... Inspector General Hotline poster. 1552.203-71 Section 1552.203-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Provisions and Clauses 1552.203-71 Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster. As prescribed... all contract options. Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline Poster (AUG 2000) (a) For EPA...

  5. 48 CFR 1552.203-71 - Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... Inspector General Hotline poster. 1552.203-71 Section 1552.203-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Provisions and Clauses 1552.203-71 Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline poster. As prescribed... all contract options. Display of EPA Office of Inspector General Hotline Poster (AUG 2000) (a) For EPA...

  6. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE EPA

    EPA Science Inventory

    The EPA GIS-QA Team was created to fill the gap between the EPA Quality Assurance (QA) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) communities. All EPA Offices and Regions were invited to participate. Currently, the EPA GIS-QA Team consists of members from the EPA Regional Offices...

  7. Efficiency improvements in US Office equipment: Expected policy impacts and uncertainties

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Koomey, J.G.; Cramer, M.; Piette, M.A.

    This report describes a detailed end-use forecast of office equipment energy use for the US commercial sector. We explore the likely impacts of the US Environmental Protection Agency`s ENERGY STAR office equipment program and the potential impacts of advanced technologies. The ENERGY STAR program encourages manufacturers to voluntarily incorporate power saving features into personal computers, monitors, printers, copiers, and fax machines in exchange for allowing manufacturers to use the EPA ENERGY STAR logo in their advertising campaigns. The Advanced technology case assumes that the most energy efficient current technologies are implemented regardless of cost.

  8. 40 CFR 2.204 - Initial action by EPA office.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    .... Action shall be taken under this section whenever an EPA office: (1) Learns that it is responsible for..., the EPA office shall contact a responsible official of each such business to learn whether the... office shall— (i) Furnish the notice of opportunity to submit comments prescribed by paragraph (e) of...

  9. ROE Acid-Sensitive Waters

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The polygon dataset represents areas with acid-sensitive waters in the contiguous United States. Summary data in this indicator were provided by EPA??s Office of Atmospheric Programs and are taken from a publication documenting how surface waters have responded to reduced air emissions of acid rain precursors (U.S. EPA, 2003) and from more recent unpublished results (U.S. EPA, 2014). Trends are based on data collected in two networks: the TIME project and the LTM project. Because both networks are operated by numerous collaborators in state agencies, academic institutions, and other federal agencies, the monitoring data are not available in a single publication or database. The trend data in this indicator are based on observations documented in several publications (see pages 15-17 of U.S. EPA, 2003).

  10. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Whitney, K.

    This report covers work the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Office of Automotive Engineering has conducted for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the Coordinating Research Council (CRC) in support of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). Section 1506 of EPAct requires EPA to produce an updated fuel effects model representing the 2007 light - duty gasoline fleet, including determination of the emissions impacts of increased renewable fuel use. This report covers the exhaust emissions testing of 15 light-duty vehicles with 27 E0 through E20 test fuels, and 4 light-duty flexible fuel vehiclesmore » (FFVs) on an E85 fuel, as part of the EPAct Gasoline Light-Duty Exhaust Fuel Effects Test Program. This program will also be referred to as the EPAct/V2/E-89 Program based on the designations used for it by the EPA, NREL, and CRC, respectively. It is expected that this report will be an attachment or a chapter in the overall EPAct/V2/E-89 Program report prepared by EPA and NREL.« less

  11. EPA'S COASTAL 2000 PROGRAM, NORTHEAST COMPONENT - AGENCIES FROM MULTIPLE STATES COLLECTING COMPARABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: IT WORKS

    EPA Science Inventory

    Coastal 2000 is an environmental monitoring program initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development in 2000. The goal is to monitor selected ecological indicators in the nation's estuarine waters and produce an assessment of the health of ...

  12. Rehabilitation, Replacement and Redesign of the Nation's Water and Wastewater Infrastructure as a Valuable Adaptation Opportunity

    EPA Science Inventory

    In support of the Agency's Sustainable Water Infrastructure Initiative, EPA's Office of Research and Develpment initiated the Aging Water Infrastructure Research Program in 2007. The program, with its core focus on the support of strategic asset management, is designed to facili...

  13. Evaluating Urban Resilience to Climate Change: A Multi-Sector Approach (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA is announcing the availability of this final report prepared by the Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) Research Program, located within the Office of Research and Development, with support from Cadmus. One of the goals of the ACE research program is to provide scientific informat...

  14. OPTIMIZING WATER TREATMENT PLANT PERFORMANCE USING THE COMPOSITE CORRECTION PROGRAM - 1998 EDISION (EPA/625/6-91/027)

    EPA Science Inventory

    Staff of USEPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory and Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water collaborated in the development of both the original and revised
    versions of this handbook.

    The Composite Correction Program (CCP) has b...

  15. Key Elements and challenges of USEPA’s developing ecological services research program

    EPA Science Inventory

    Over the past year, EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) has redirected research within the Ecological Services Research Program (ESRP) to focus on ecosystem services and their associated benefits to human well-being. By 2009, all of EPA/ORD’s Ecological Services Resear...

  16. 40 CFR 272.1151 - State-administered program: Final authorization.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Management and Budget's Publication Office, 7461 Crowner Drive, Lansing, Michigan 48913, Phone: (517) 322..., DC 20460. Phone: (202) 382-5926; U.S. EPA, Region V, Waste, Pesticides and Toxics Division, Program Management Branch, 7th floor, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL. Phone: Ms. Judy Feigler, (312) 886-4179...

  17. 40 CFR Appendix E to Part 122 - Rainfall Zones of the United States

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Appendix E to Part 122 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) WATER PROGRAMS EPA ADMINISTERED PERMIT PROGRAMS: THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM Pt. 122, App. E... Protection Agency, Office of Water, Nonpoint Source Division, Washington, DC, 1986. [55 FR 48073, Nov. 16...

  18. 40 CFR Appendix E to Part 122 - Rainfall Zones of the United States

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Appendix E to Part 122 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) WATER PROGRAMS EPA ADMINISTERED PERMIT PROGRAMS: THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM Pt. 122, App. E... Protection Agency, Office of Water, Nonpoint Source Division, Washington, DC, 1986. [55 FR 48073, Nov. 16...

  19. 78 FR 58536 - Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Panel for the Review of the EPA...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-09-24

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL--9901-26-OA] Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science... Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces... contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office...

  20. 75 FR 54031 - Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-09-03

    ... below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lo, EPA Region IX, (415) 972- 3959, lo[email protected] Meredith Kurpius, EPA Region 9, Air Quality Assessment Office, to Doris Lo, EPA Region 9, Air Planning... Officer, GBUAPCD, to Doris Lo, EPA Region 9, Air Planning Office, with attachments. The Coso Operating...

  1. 76 FR 39104 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-05

    ... concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab... SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Background: Exposure to lead through drinking water results primarily from the corrosion of lead pipes and plumbing materials. EPA's Office of Water (OW) promulgated...

  2. Condition Assessment of Wastewater Collection Systems

    EPA Science Inventory

    This project will assist wastewater utilities with the condition assessment of their deteriorating wastewater collections systems, and will support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Program Offices with addressing proposed capacity, management, operation and mainte...

  3. BIOREMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

    EPA Science Inventory

    In 1987, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) initiated the Biosystems Technology Development Program to anticipate and address research needs in managing our nation's hazardous waste. The Agency believes that bioremediation of...

  4. Notification: Review of EPA’s Transit Subsidy Program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY15-0080, January 30, 2015. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to begin preliminary research on EPA’s current transit subsidy practices, policies and procedures.

  5. EPIC'S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPIC completes approximately 150 site characterizations annually using current and historical aerial photographs. This work is done in support of EPA Regional and Program
    offices. Site characterization provides detailed information about a site and its history, often going ba...

  6. Report: EPA Did Not Properly Process a Hospital Disinfectant and Sanitizer Registration

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #2007-P-00018, March 29, 2007. EPA’s Office of Pesticides Program-Antimicrobials Division (OPP-AD) did not properly process registration for an antimicrobial pesticide that was the subject of our review.

  7. 76 FR 2109 - Methomyl: Cancellation Order for Amendments to Terminate Use of Methomyl on Grapes; Correction

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-01-12

    ...: Tom Myers, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental...; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this...

  8. 76 FR 80937 - Notice of Final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan; Re-Opening Public Comment Period

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-12-27

    ... develop standards for wastewater discharges produced by natural gas extraction from underground coalbed and shale formations as well as mercury discharges from dental offices. EPA is also accepting...

  9. IRIS Toxicological Review of Ingested Inorganic Arsenic (2005 ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), and Office of Water (OW) requested the SAB to provide advice to the Agency on several issues about the mode of carcinogenic action of various arsenic species and the implications of these issues for EPA's assessment of the cancer hazard and risks of organic and inorganic arsenic. The panel will review an OPP Science Issue Paper (with an attachment prepared by ORD) and a revised hazard and dose response assessment/characterization for inclusion in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) prepared by OW. Inorganic arsenic is used for hardening copper and lead alloys. It also is used in glass manufacturing as a decolorizing and refining agent, as a component of electrical devices, in the semiconductor industry, and as a catalyst in the production of ethylene oxide.

  10. 76 FR 69734 - Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of New Mexico

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-09

    ... Water System Supervision Program. New Mexico has adopted the Lead and Copper Rule Short Term Revisions... water. EPA has determined that this rule revision submitted by New Mexico is no less stringent than the... the following offices: New Mexico Environment Department, Drinking Water Bureau, 525 Camino De Los...

  11. Evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Public Outreach Program during the Certification Process at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA) contracted with Phoenix Environmental and EnviroIssues to evaluate the effectiveness of its public outreach program during its certification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM.

  12. U.S. EPA ACCOUNTABILITY RESEARCH

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Office of Research and Development (ORD) has implemented a program to develop and validate environmental public health indicators. These indicators are intended to reflect the impact on public health that results from environmental decision-making and to help clarify the ben...

  13. CRITICAL EVALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) has prepared fifteen technical guidelines to evaluate the suitability of an ecological indicator in a monitoring program. The guidelines were fashioned to provide a consistent framework for indicator review and to provide guidance fo...

  14. IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexachloroethane (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Hexachloroethane: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  15. IRIS Toxicological Review of Urea (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Urea: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  16. Biofuels Research at EPA - slides

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development supports the Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment through its research programs. ORD scientists and engineers lead research efforts designed to be credible, relevant and timely ...

  17. IRIS Toxicological Review of Pentachlorophenol (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Pentachlorophenol: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  18. 75 FR 54147 - Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-09-03

    ... wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human health, and agricultural advocates; the... Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY... Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200...

  19. Mercury Research Strategy

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Research and Development (ORD) is pleased to announce the availability of its Mercury Research Strategy. This strategy guides ORD's mercury research program and covers the FY2001 2005 time frame. ORD will use it to ...

  20. COMPUTATIONAL TOXICOLOGY: FRAMEWORK, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

    EPA Science Inventory

    Computational toxicology is a new research initiative being developed within the Office of Research and Development (ORD) of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Operationally, it is defined as the application of mathematical and computer models together with molecular c...

  1. 40 CFR 59.210 - Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ....210 Section 59.210 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS... (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), Director, Air, Radiation..., Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), Director, Air, Pesticides, and...

  2. 40 CFR 59.210 - Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ....210 Section 59.210 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS... (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), Director, Air, Radiation..., Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), Director, Air, Pesticides, and...

  3. 40 CFR 59.210 - Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ....210 Section 59.210 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS... (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), Director, Air, Radiation..., Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), Director, Air, Pesticides, and...

  4. 40 CFR 59.210 - Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ....210 Section 59.210 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS..., District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), Director, Air, Radiation, and..., Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), Director, Air, Pesticides, and Toxics...

  5. Standard Evaluation Procedures (SEPs) and Data Entry Spreadsheet Templates (DESTs) for Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) Tier 1 Assays

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This page provides information and access to Standard Evaluation Procedures (SEPs) and Data Entry Spreadsheet Templates (DESTs) developed by EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).

  6. 40 CFR 725.60 - Withdrawal of submission by the submitter.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ..., OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Rm. 6428, Washington... Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Rm. 6428, Washington, DC 20004. (ii... Document Control Office (DCO), EPA East Bldg., 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Rm. 6428, Washington, DC 20004...

  7. 40 CFR 59.210 - Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ...-3507. EPA Region VI (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Director, Multimedia Planning.... EPA Region X (Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Washington), Director, Office of Air Quality, 1200 Sixth Avenue...

  8. Technical Support for Contaminated Sites | Science Inventory ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    In 1987, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD), Office of Land and Emergency Management, and EPA Regional waste management offices established the Technical Support Project. The creation of the Technical Support Project enabled ORD to provide effective technical assistance by ensuring ORD scientists and engineers were accessible to the Agency’s Office and Regional decision makers, including Remedial Project Managers, On-Scene Coordinators, and corrective action staff. Five ORD Technical Support Centers (TSCs) were created to facilitate this technical assistance. Three of the five TSCs are supported by the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program, and are summarized in the poster being presented:• Engineering Technical Support Center (ETSC) in Cincinnati, Ohio• Ground Water Technical Support Center (GWTSC) in Ada, Oklahoma• Site Characterization and Monitoring Technical Support Center (SCMTSC) in Atlanta, GeorgiaOver the past 29 years, the Technical Support Centers have provided numerous influential products to its internal Agency clients and to those at the State level (through the EPA Regions). These products include, but are not limited to the following: Annual TSC reports from the three Centers, a hard-rock mining conference every other year, PRO-UCL software development for site characterization statistics, groundwater modeling using state-of-the-art modeling software, numerical mo

  9. Underground Test Area Quality Assurance Project Plan Nevada National Security Site, Nevada, Revision 0

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Irene Farnham

    This Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) provides the overall quality assurance (QA) program requirements and general quality practices to be applied to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office (NNSA/NSO) Underground Test Area (UGTA) Sub-Project (hereafter the Sub-Project) activities. The requirements in this QAPP are consistent with DOE Order 414.1C, Quality Assurance (DOE, 2005); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans for Modeling (EPA, 2002); and EPA Guidance on the Development, Evaluation, and Application of Environmental Models (EPA, 2009). The QAPP Revision 0 supersedes DOE--341, Underground Test Area Quality Assurancemore » Project Plan, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Revision 4.« less

  10. Stormwater Management in Response to Climate Change Impacts: Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes Regions (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) research program, located within the Office of Research and Development, with support from ICF International. One of the goals of the ACE research program is to provide sci...

  11. Stormwater Management in Response to Climate Change Impacts: Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes Regions (External Review Draft)

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) research program, located within the Office of Research and Development, with support from ICF International. One of the goals of the ACE research program is to provide sci...

  12. DOCUMENTATION FOR THE GRIDDED HOURLY ATRAZINE EMISSIONS DATA SET FOR THE LAKE MICHIGAN MASS BALANCE STUDY: A FINAL CONTRACT REPORT

    EPA Science Inventory

    In order to develop effective strategies for toxics management, the Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), in 1994, launched an ambitious five year program to conduct a mass balance study of selected toxics p...

  13. Transforming an EPA QA/R-2 quality management plan into an ISO 9002 quality management system.

    PubMed

    Kell, R A; Hedin, C M; Kassakhian, G H; Reynolds, E S

    2001-01-01

    The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR) requires environmental data of known quality to support Superfund hazardous waste site projects. The Quality Assurance Technical Support (QATS) Program is operated by Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc. to provide EPA's Analytical Operations Center (AOC) with performance evaluation samples, reference materials, on-site laboratory auditing capabilities, data audits (including electronic media data audits), methods development, and other support services. The new QATS contract awarded in November 2000 required that the QATS Program become ISO 9000 certified. In a first for an EPA contractor, the QATS staff and management successfully transformed EPA's QA/R-2 type Quality Management Plan into a Quality Management System (QMS) that complies with the requirements of the internationally recognized ISO 9002 standard and achieved certification in the United States, Canada, and throughout Europe. The presentation describes how quality system elements of ISO 9002 were implemented on an already existing quality system. The psychological and organizational challenges of the culture change in QATS' day-to-day operations will be discussed for the benefit of other ISO 9000 aspirants.

  14. A Systems Approach to Small Fish Ecotoxicogenomics

    EPA Science Inventory

    At present, the largest and most integrated effort in the area of ecotoxicogenomics within US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development is a research program titled Linkage of exposure and effects using genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics in sma...

  15. ORD RESEARCH PLAN FOR ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS

    EPA Science Inventory

    This research strategy was developed to provide a roadmap for the EPA Office of Research and Development's program on endocrine disruptors. It was developed by a team of scientists representing all of ORD's National Laboratories and Centers and is intended to pro...

  16. Evaluation and Use of Water Monitoring Data in Pesticide Aquatic Exposure Assessments

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The EPA Office of Pesticide Programs uses a tiered approach to risk assessment. The tiered approach screens out low-risk pesticides and focuses refined assessments and resources on pesticides most likely to pose a risk of concern.

  17. SITE PROGRAM CURRENT AND FUTURE INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR GROUNDWATER TREATMENT

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) conducts research related to the demonstration and evaluation of innovative cleanup technologies. One of the mechanisms for the evaluation of innovative field-scale technologies for hazardous ...

  18. PROMOTING AIR QUALITY THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION

    EPA Science Inventory

    The paper discusses the promotion of improved air quality through environmental technology verifications (ETVs). In 1995, the U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development began the ETV Program in response to President Clinton's "Bridge to a Sustainable Future" and Vice Presiden...

  19. IRIS Toxicological Review of Tetrahydrofuran (THF) (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has released the Toxicological Review of Tetrahydrofuran: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  20. EPA APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF INDICATORS FOR ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development (ORD) is continuing research efforts initiated by the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) on ecological indicator development. An ORD Ecological Indicators Working Group has been form...

  1. IRIS Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  2. 75 FR 34736 - Draft FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-18

    ... Accountability, Office of the Chief Financial Officer [email protected] . Instructions: EPA's policy is that... Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Financial Officer. [FR Doc. 2010-14649 Filed 6-17-10; 8:45... Financial Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460...

  3. Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA has finalized its Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide. This assessment addresses the potential carcinogenicity from long-term inhalation exposure to ethylene oxide. Now final, this assessment updates the carcinogenicity information in EPA’s 1985 Health Assessment Document. EPA’s program and regional offices may use this assessment to inform decisions to protect human health. The Toxicological Review and charge were reviewed internally by EPA and by other federal agencies and White House Offices before public release. Consistent with the May 2009 IRIS assessment development process, all written comments on IRIS assessments submitted by other federal agencies and White House Offices are made publicly available. Accordingly, interagency comments and the interagency science consultation materials provided to other agencies, including interagency review drafts of the IRIS Toxicological Review of Ammonia and the charge to external peer reviewers, are posted on this site.

  4. What is in my air? Feds facilitating citizen science in the EPA Next Generation Air Monitoring Program

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    French, R. A.; Preuss, P.

    2013-12-01

    Recent advances in the development of small-scale and inexpensive air pollutant sensors, coupled with the ubiquitous use of wireless and mobile technology, will transform the field of air quality monitoring. For the first time, the general public may purchase air monitors, which can measure their personal exposure to NOx, Ozone, black carbon, and VOCs for a few hundred dollars. Concerned citizens may now gather the data for themselves to answer questions such as, ';what am I breathing?' and ';is my air clean?' The research and policy community will have access to real-time air quality data collected at the local and regional scale, making targeted protection of environmental health possible. With these benefits come many questions from citizen scientists, policymakers, and researchers. These include, what is the quality of the data? How will the public interpret data from the air sensors and are there guidelines to interpret that data? How do you know if the air sensor is trustworthy? Recognizing that this revolution in air quality monitoring will proceed regardless of the involvement of the government, the Innovation Team at the EPA Office of Research and Development, in partnership with the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance and the Office of Air and Radiation, seized the opportunity to ensure that users of next generation air sensors can realize the full potential benefits of these innovative technologies. These efforts include releasing an EPA Draft Roadmap for Next Generation Air Monitoring, testing air sensors under laboratory and field conditions, field demonstrations of new air sensor technology for the public, and building a community of air sensor developers, researchers, local, state and federal officials, and community members through workshops and a website. This presentation will review the status of those programs, highlighting the particular programs of interest to citizen scientists. The Next Generation Air Monitoring program may serve as a model for similar efforts in the EPA and at other Federal Agencies, who would like to take an active role in facilitating the future of citizen science and environmental monitoring.

  5. RESEARCH PLAN FOR ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS (DRAFT)

    EPA Science Inventory

    This research strategy was developed to provide a roadmap for the EPA Office of Research and Developments program on endocrine disruptors. It was developed by a team of scientists representing all of ORDs National Laboratories and Centers and is intended to provide guidance to bo...

  6. IRIS Toxicological Review of Libby Amphibole Asbestos (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the, Toxicological Review of Libby Amphibole Asbestos: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  7. MULTIPLE STRESSOR RISKS TO COMMON LOON AND OTHER PISCIVOROUS BIRD POPULATIONS

    EPA Science Inventory

    Mercury contamination remains a high priority issue for several EPA Program Offices andRegions because of widespread atmospheric deposition and concerns of accumulation through aquatic food webs. Although there is evidence of reduced productivity in some piscivorous birds and wid...

  8. SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION FOR RISK ASSESSMENTS TO PROTECT NON-TARGET PLANTS FROM HERBICIDES

    EPA Science Inventory

    SCIENCE QUESTIONS:

    EPA's Office of Pesticides Programs (OPP) requires scientifically credible information and methods to assess health and ecological risks from chemical pesticides. However the suite of standard bioassays and approaches available to OPP to determine these ...

  9. Report: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Outlays Reported Under Five EPA Assistance Agreements

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #2007-4-00078, September 24, 2007. The Tribe did not comply with the financial and program management standards under Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 31 and 35, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87.

  10. IRIS Toxicological Review of Thallium and Compounds (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Thallium and Compounds: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  11. IRIS Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid (Tca) (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Trichloroacetic Acid: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  12. Index of Human Well-Being for the U.S.: A TRIO Approach

    EPA Science Inventory

    In 2011, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development program, Sustainable and Healthy Communities, coined the term TRIO (Total Resources Impact Outcome) to represent approaches that fully incorporate all three pillars of community susta...

  13. Emissions & Measurements - Black Carbon | Science ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Emissions and Measurement (EM) research activities performed within the National Risk Management Research Lab NRMRL) of EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) support measurement and laboratory analysis approaches to accurately characterize source emissions, and near source concentrations of air pollutants. They also support integrated Agency research programs (e.g., source to health outcomes) and the development of databases and inventories that assist Federal, state, and local air quality managers and industry implement and comply with air pollution standards. EM research underway in NRMRL supports the Agency's efforts to accurately characterize, analyze, measure and manage sources of air pollution. This pamphlet focuses on the EM research that NRMRL researchers conduct related to black carbon (BC). Black Carbon is a pollutant of concern to EPA due to its potential impact on human health and climate change. There are extensive uncertainties in emissions of BC from stationary and mobile sources. Emissions and Measurement (EM) research activities performed within the National Risk Management Research Lab NRMRL) of EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD)

  14. FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT MODELING IN SUPPORT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO PROGRAM

    EPA Science Inventory

    The primary purpose of this task is to serve as ORD liaison with USEPA's Gulf of Mexico Program Office. Liaison activities include 1) managing joint work between EPA and the US Navy; 2) serving as ORD lead for the RARE projects; 3) serving as a member of the State and Federal ta...

  15. 76 FR 39401 - Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement Agreement; Textron Inc., Whittaker...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-06

    ....S. EPA Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912. DATES: Comments must be... at U.S. EPA Region 1, OSRR Records and Information Center, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mailcode... be addressed to Audrey Zucker, U.S. EPA Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mailcode OES04-2...

  16. 76 FR 63295 - Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-10-12

    ... the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with...; Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures; 40 CFR... with change. EPA ICR Number 2028.06; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and...

  17. USER MANUAL FOR EXPRESS, THE EXAMS-PRZM EXPOSURE SIMULATION SHELL

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Environmental Fate and Effects Division (EFED) of EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs(OPP) uses a suite of ORD simulation models for the exposure analysis portion of regulatory risk assessments. These models (PRZM, EXAMS, AgDisp) are complex, process-based simulation codes tha...

  18. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT: AISIN SEIKI 6.0 KW NATURAL-GAS-FIRED ENGINE COGENERATION UNIT

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development operates the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program to facilitate the deployment of innovative technologies through performance verification and information dissemination. Congress funds ETV in response to the belief ...

  19. Why is Improving Water Quality in the Gulf of Mexico so Critical?

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The EPA regional offices and the Gulf of Mexico Program work with Gulf States to continue to maximize the efficiency and utility of water quality monitoring efforts for local managers by coordinating and standardizing state and federal water quality data

  20. 78 FR 25436 - SFIREG Environmental Quality Issues Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

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    2013-05-01

    ... human health, environmental exposure to pesticides, and insight into EPA's decision-making process. You.... SUMMARY: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and... External Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200...

  1. Water Reuse and Soil Column Studies for Alternative Water Resource Development

    EPA Science Inventory

    The National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) has developed a holistic water research program in order to identify engineering and management options for safe and expanded use ...

  2. AN OVERVIEW OF PATHOGEN RESEARCH IN THE MICROBIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT RESEARCH DIVISION

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division of the EPA Office of Research and Development's National Exposure Research Laboratory has a robust in-house research program aimed at developing better occurrence and exposure methods for waterborne pathogens....

  3. IRIS Toxicological Review of Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride) (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride): In support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health. This ...

  4. CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND NATIONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS)

    EPA Science Inventory

    Resource Purpose:Data collected annually from EPA Regional Offices and States on the 51 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) programs. The data provides the Agency with information on sources and uses of CWSRF funds to finance wastewater management projects, nonpoint ...

  5. EVALUATING THE WATER QUALITY EFFECTIVENESS OF WATERSHED-SCALE SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAMS

    EPA Science Inventory

    The US EPA Office of Research and Development, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) and the Upper Big Walnut Creek Quality Partnership created a collaborative team of eleven agencies and universities to develop a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness...

  6. SCIENCE RESULTS INTEGRATION. BRINGING MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES TO REGIONAL WATER MONITORING PROGRAMS

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) develops innovative methods for use in environmental monitoring and assessment by scientists in Regions, states, and Tribes. Molecular-biology-based methods are not yet established in the environmental monitoring "tool box". SRI (Sci...

  7. IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health. N/A

  8. 78 FR 60870 - Exposure Modeling Public Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-10-02

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9400-8] Exposure Modeling Public... Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held for 1 day on October 8, 2013. This Notice announces... Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (North Building), Fourth...

  9. 77 FR 31353 - An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, AK

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    2012-05-25

    ... prepared by the EPA's Region 10 (Pacific Northwest and Alaska), EPA's Office of Water, and EPA's Office of Research and Development. The EPA conducted this assessment to determine the significance of Bristol Bay's... under the Clean Water Act. The assessment is intended to provide a scientific and technical foundation...

  10. Notification: Audit of EPA's Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training's Law Enforcement Availability Pay Reporting

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY18-0075, November 30, 2017. The EPA OIG plans to begin preliminary research on the EPA Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training's (OCEFT's) law enforcement availability pay (LEAP) reporting.

  11. 77 FR 42304 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-07-18

    ..., Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington..., and submit this information to EPA. EPA uses this information to construct a complete picture of the...

  12. IRIS Toxicological Review of Chloroprene (Peer Review Plan) ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Chloroprene (C4H5Cl; 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene, CASRN 126-99-8) is a volatile, flammable liquid monomer used exclusively in the manufacture of neoprene (polychloroprene) elastomer which is used to make diverse products such as belts, hoses, gloves, wire coatings, and tubing. Chloroprene has a high vapor pressure, readily evaporates from water and solid surfaces, and readily oxidizes and form dimers and other oxygenated species in the absence of stabilizers (e.g., phenothiazine). When released to soil it may leach into groundwater, but breakdown via hydrolysis is not likely. Absorption into the body is possible through the lungs, gastrointestinal tract, or skin, and widespread distribution is evidenced by many target sites exhibiting effects. EPA has not developed an assessment of the potential for human health effects from exposure to chloroprene. Initial stages of development for this assessment are underway. The assessment is likely to include an oral reference value (RfD), an inhalation reference value (RfC), and a carcinogenicity assessment. Chloroprene will be entered into IRIS. IRIS is the Agency-approved source of toxicological and risk information accessible to the public, EPA regional offices, state governments and EPA regulatory program offices. This evaluation supports the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards-Office of Air and Radiation in assessing the hazardous effects of chemicals that are listed as the greatest threat to the public

  13. THE EPA LEAD SCAVENGER STUDY

    EPA Science Inventory

    With assistance from the Association of State and Territorial Air and Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO), the U.S. EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) and the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) conducted a survey to determine the distribution of ...

  14. AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER - SUMMARY OF MEASUREMENTS CONDUCTED BY EPA-ORD

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development (EPA-ORD) was requested by EPA's Region 2 office in New York on 9/12/01 to assist with air quality monitoring in response to the collapse of the World Trade Center. Scientists at the U.S. EPA-ORD's Nati...

  15. Congressional Testimony: Statement of Wade T. Najjum Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee on Transportation

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Statement of Wade T. Najjum Assistant Inspector General for Program Evaluation Office of Inspector General U.S. EPA Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. House of Representatives

  16. MODELLING PHYTOPLANKTON IN LAKE MICHIGAN USING A HIGH RESULUTION CARBON-BASED FRAMEWORK

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Lake Michigan Mass Balance Project was initiated by the U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office to determine strategies for managing toxic chemicals in the lake basin. The hydrophobicity of most of these chemicals necessitates a solid understanding of autochthonous produ...

  17. IRIS Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  18. 78 FR 46332 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; National Estuary Program

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    2013-07-31

    ... FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McShane, Oceans and Coastal Protection Division, Office of Wetlands... the final FR Notice. Dated: July 22, 2013. Paul Cough, Director, Oceans and Coastal Protection... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0369; FRL-9840-2] Proposed Information Collection...

  19. 78 FR 40027 - Novaluron; Pesticide Tolerances

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    2013-07-03

    ... chromatography/ultraviolet (HPLC/UV) method) are available to enforce the tolerance expression. The method may be... available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (OPP... instructions and additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets . FOR FURTHER...

  20. HYDROLOGY AND SEDIMENT MODELING USING THE BASINS NON-POINT SOURCE MODEL

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Non-Point Source Model (Hydrologic Simulation Program-Fortran, or HSPF) within the EPA Office of Water's BASINS watershed modeling system was used to simulate streamflow and total suspended solids within Contentnea Creek, North Carolina, which is a tributary of the Neuse Rive...

  1. 40 CFR 45.130 - Evaluation of applications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... ASSISTANCE TRAINING ASSISTANCE § 45.130 Evaluation of applications. (a) Consistent with 40 CFR 30.301, the appropriate EPA program office staff will review training applications in accordance with the following... technical merit; (2) Competency of the proposed staff in relation to the type of project proposed; (3...

  2. IRIS Toxicological Review of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  3. 75 FR 56013 - Technical Amendments to Pesticide Regulations

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    2010-09-15

    ...: Kathryn Boyle, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection... number: (703) 305-5884; e- mail address: boyle.kathryn@epa.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Does this.... Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial...

  4. IRIS Toxicological Review of Cis-& Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of cis- & trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  5. USEPA’s Ecological Exposure Modeling Science: Frameworks, Components and the Emerging Community of Practice for Reuse

    EPA Science Inventory

    The Ecosystem Services Research Program of the EPA Office of Research and Development envisions a comprehensive theory and practice for characterizing, quantifying and valuing ecosystem services and their relationship to human well-being. This vision of future environmental deci...

  6. 76 FR 69730 - Pesticide Products; Receipt of Applications to Register New Uses

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    2011-11-09

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0005; FRL-9326-6] Pesticide Products; Receipt of... notice announces receipt of applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently... on-line instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory...

  7. INTERACTION AND IMPACTS OF THE DETROIT RIVER ON LAKE ERIE

    EPA Science Inventory

    This preliminary modeling effort synthesizes information collected by the US EPA Great Lakes National Program Office project and collaborators over the past 4 years and is pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the US-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Although these are p...

  8. 75 FR 74713 - Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations; Correction

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-12-01

    ...: Maia Tatinclaux, Pesticide Re- evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental... action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. How... action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014. Publicly available docket materials...

  9. OLEM Performance Assessment Information

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This asset includes a variety of data sets that measure the performance of Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) programs in support of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer's Annual Commitment System (ACS) and Performance Evaluation Reporting System (PERS). Information is drawn from OLEM's ACRES, RCRAInfo, CERCLIS/SEMS, ICIS, and LUST4 systems, as well as input manually by authorized individuals in OLEM's program offices. Information is reviewed by OLEM program staff prior to being pushed to ACS and entered into PERS. This data asset also pulls in certain performance information input directly by Regional Office staff into ACS. Information is managed by the Performance Assessment Tool (PAT) and displayed in the PAT Dashboard.Information in this asset include:--Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993: Measures reported for Innovations, Partnerships and Communications Office (IPCO), the Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR), the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR), the Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI), and the Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST).-- Performance and Environmental Results System (PERS): Includes OLEM's information on performance results and baselines for the EPA Annual Plan and Budget.--Key Performance Indicators: OLEM has identified five KPIs that are tracked annually.--Integrated Cleanup Initiative: A pilot pe

  10. Technical Support for Contaminated Sites

    EPA Science Inventory

    In 1987, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD), Office of Land and Emergency Management, and EPA Regional waste management offices established the Technical Support Project. The creation of the Technical Support Project enabled...

  11. UPPER MISSOURI RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (EMAP-UMR): 2000 PILOT STUDY FINDINGS AND FURTHER DIRECTION

    EPA Science Inventory

    The EPA Office of Research and Development's Mid-Continent Ecology Division has undertaken an EMAP study to assess the condition of selected resources of the Upper Missouri River mainstem (riverine) aquatic habitats, riparian habitats, and reservoirs. In 2000, we completed pilot ...

  12. 40 CFR 56.3 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 5 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Policy. 56.3 Section 56.3 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) REGIONAL CONSISTENCY § 56.3 Policy. It is EPA's policy to: (a) Assure fair and uniform application by all Regional Offices of the...

  13. 40 CFR 56.3 - Policy.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 5 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Policy. 56.3 Section 56.3 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) REGIONAL CONSISTENCY § 56.3 Policy. It is EPA's policy to: (a) Assure fair and uniform application by all Regional Offices of the...

  14. 75 FR 34671 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Limiting Emissions of...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-18

    ... From Consumer Products AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY....0--Consumer Products to Delaware's Regulation 1141 (formerly SIP Regulation No. 41)--Limiting... Fernandez, Office of Air Program Planning, Mailcode 3AP30, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III...

  15. Workshop: Community Based Environmental Decision Making, Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop in the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series (2000)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Proceedings from a one-day workshop cosponsored by US EPA Office of Economy and Environment and National Center for Environmental Research and the National Science Foundation Decision, Risk,and Management Science Program on community-based decision making

  16. 76 FR 9409 - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary Lead Smelting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-02-17

    ... at EPA's campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, or at an alternate facility nearby... Programs Division, Metals and Minerals Group (D243-02), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research...-02), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research...

  17. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT: MOBILE SOURCE RETROFIT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES: CLEAN CLEAR FUEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.’S, UNIVERSAL FUEL CELL

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development operates the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program to facilitate the deployment of innovative technologies through performance verification and information dissemination. Congress funds ETV in response to the belief ...

  18. 75 FR 35025 - Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC); Request for Nominations for 2010 Clean Air Excellence...

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    2010-06-21

    ... 202-564-1082 or 202- 564-1352 (Fax), mailing address: Office of Air and Radiation (6102A), 1200.../caaac by clicking on Awards Program or by contacting Mr. Pat Childers, U.S. EPA at 202-564-1082 or 202...

  19. ORD Scientific and Engineering Technical Support for RPMs – Ground Water Technical Support Center

    EPA Science Inventory

    ORD Scientific and Engineering Technical Support for RPMs (and Others) is a hybrid informational and panel session that focuses on the technical support available from EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) to RPMs and other EPA cleanup program staff. Examples of technica...

  20. WORKSHOP REPORT: COMPUTATIONAL TOXICOLOGY: FRAMEWORK, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, SEPTEMBER 29-30, 2003, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA

    EPA Science Inventory

    Computational toxicology is a new research initiative being developed within the Office of Research and Development (ORD) of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Operationally, it is defined as the application of mathematical and computer models together with molecular c...

  1. Congressional Testimony: Statement of Wade T. Najjum Before the Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Statement of Wade T. Najjum Assistant Inspector General for Program Evaluation U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Before the Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate

  2. ARCTIC VEGETATION AND SOIL DATABASE OF ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES AND PCBS IN ALASKA AND SIBERIA

    EPA Science Inventory

    The US EPA Office of Research and Development conducted the Arctic Contaminant Research Program (Landers, D. H. et al. 1992) from 1991 to 1994 through the Corvallis, Oregon, research laboratory. The purpose of this effort was to evaluate the evidence for atmospheric contaminatio...

  3. 75 FR 51036 - Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations

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    2010-08-18

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0597; FRL-8840-4] Pesticide Emergency Exemptions..., Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions were...), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington...

  4. 77 FR 66834 - Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-11-07

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0019; FRL-9362-1] Pesticide Emergency Exemptions..., Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions were...), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC...

  5. 78 FR 21945 - Notice of Receipt of Pesticide Products; Registration Applications To Register New Uses

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-04-12

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0025; FRL-9383-7] Notice of Receipt of Pesticide...). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register new uses for pesticide... mail. Mail correspondence to the Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs...

  6. 77 FR 13599 - Pesticide Products; Receipt of Applications To Register New Uses

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-03-07

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0012; FRL-9337-6] Pesticide Products; Receipt of... notice announces receipt of applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently... instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P...

  7. 75 FR 53689 - Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

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    2010-09-01

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1016; FRL-8842-5] Issuance of an Experimental Use...-2009-1016. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at http... Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2010-21716 Filed 8-31-10; 8:45 am...

  8. HANDBOOK FOR PREPARING OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REPORTS (EPA/600/K-95/002)

    EPA Science Inventory

    This Handbook is intended to assist authors and editors when preparing documents that report the results and conclusions of ORD's research, development, and demon-stration programs. The Handbook contains a listing of reference documents to be used in writing a report, a discuss...

  9. 78 FR 44947 - Request for Nominations for 2014 Clean Air Excellence Awards Program

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    2013-07-25

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9838-8] Request for Nominations for 2014 Clean Air Excellence... Air Excellence Awards. SUMMARY: This notice announces the competition for the 2014 Clean Air... that the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) announces the opening of competition for the 2014...

  10. 77 FR 24487 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-04-24

    ... INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Rand, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (6207J... are very potent greenhouse gases with global warming potentials several thousand times that of carbon....regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material...

  11. Solid Waste Management Available Information Materials. Total Listing 1966-1976.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Larsen, Julie L.

    This publication is a compiled and indexed bibliography of solid waste management documents produced in the last ten years. This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publication is compiled from the Office of Solid Waste Management Programs (OSWMP) publications and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) reports. Included are…

  12. 78 FR 69084 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Air...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-11-18

    ..., Surface Impoundment and Containers (Renewal) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice... Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundment and Containers (40 CFR Part 264, Subpart CC, and 40 CFR..., Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, Environmental...

  13. How EPA Uses Dietary data from USDA for Exposure Assessments

    USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

    Background: To present the procedures the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) uses to update the estimates of dietary exposure to pesticides using the consumption data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey, What We Eat in America and methodology a...

  14. 76 FR 44904 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; State Water...

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    2011-07-27

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0424; FRL-9443-7] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; State Water Quality Program Management Resource Analysis... is planning to submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of...

  15. AN UPDATE ON SOME ARSENIC PROGRAMS AT THE US EPA

    EPA Science Inventory

    An Update on Some Arsenic Projects at the United States

    Environmental Protection Agency*

    Charles O. Abernathy1, Michael Beringer2, Rebecca L Calderon3,

    Timothy McMahon4 and Erik Winchester3

    Offices of Science and Technology1, Solid Waste...

  16. Impact of CO2 Intrusion into USDWs, the Vadose Zone, and Indoor Air

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Water Research Program in the Office of Research and Development is conducting research to better detect and quantify leakage into USDWs, the vadose zone, the atmosphere, and buildings. Research in this initiative is focused in thr...

  17. RapidTox - Tools for Rapid Risk Assessments (BOSC)

    EPA Science Inventory

    Risk assessments are needed for hundreds to thousands of chemicals, many of which do not have the rich data sets required, for instance, for IRIS or PPRTV assessments. EPA program offices and groups (OLEM, OPP Inerts, OPPT and others) still need to carry out to risk assessments f...

  18. 76 FR 41247 - Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations; Correction

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-13

    ... Tatinclaux, Pesticide Re- evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection... particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. How can I get copies... docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017. Publicly available docket materials are available...

  19. IRIS Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (Egbe) (Final Report)

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.

  20. 77 FR 15099 - Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting

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    2012-03-14

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-9341-4] Exposure Modeling Public...: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held for one day on March 20, 2012. This notice... Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South Building), Fourth...

  1. 48 CFR 1553.209-70 - EPA Form 1900-26, Contracting Officer's Evaluation of Contractor Performance.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ..., Contracting Officer's Evaluation of Contractor Performance. 1553.209-70 Section 1553.209-70 Federal... 1553.209-70 EPA Form 1900-26, Contracting Officer's Evaluation of Contractor Performance. As prescribed... evaluation of Contractor performance. ...

  2. Aquatic toxicity of petroleum products and dispersant agents ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development has developed baseline data on the ecotoxicity of selected petroleum products and several chemical dispersants as part of its oil spills research program. Two diluted bitumens (dilbits) from the Alberta Tar Sands were tested for acute and chronic toxicity to standard freshwater and marine organisms given their spill potential during shipment within the United States. Separately, two reference crude oils representing a range of characteristics, and their mixtures with four representative dispersants, were tested to evaluate acute and chronic toxicity to marine organisms in support of Subpart J of the U.S. National Contingency Plan. Water accommodated fractions (WAF) of oil were prepared using traditional slow-stir methods and toxicity tests generally followed U.S. EPA standard effluent testing guidelines. WAFs were characterized for petroleum hydrocarbons including alkyl PAH homologs. The results of these studies will assist the U.S. EPA to assess toxicity data for unconventional oils (dilbits), and establish baseline toxicity data for selected crude oils and dispersant in support of planning and response activities. Abstract reporting the results of EPA's oil and dispersant toxicity testing program

  3. 75 FR 4069 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-01-26

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9106-8] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of.... SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is... may contact Ms. Kyndall Barry, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U...

  4. 75 FR 10479 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee...

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    2010-03-08

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9124-1] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of... may contact Ms. Kyndall Barry, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U...

  5. 75 FR 71694 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Two Public Quality Review Teleconferences of...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-11-24

    ... review of EPA's ``Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene'' on December 15, 2010 and (b) a quality... of Trichloroethylene'' (October 2009), and (2) a draft report peer reviewing EPA's draft document... draft assessment entitled ``Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene'' (October 2009). EPA's Office of...

  6. Sustainable Confined Disposal Facilities for Long-term Management of Dredged Material

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-07-01

    need to resort to a full-blown risk assessment . Ideally, a set of look-up criteria could be developed for beneficial use applications where no direct...EPA-905-R-99-006. Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments Program. Chicago, IL: Great Lakes National Program Office. Olin-Estes, T. J...maintenance dredging Hydrodynamic modeling to assess benefits, adjust cuts, and optimize dredging time intervals Dredge more efficiently Silent

  7. Glossary of terms related to health, exposure, and risk assessment

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    1989-03-01

    Many state and local agencies are developing or implementing programs to control emissions of toxic air pollutants. To successfully carry out these programs, agency personnel must be familiar with a wide range of issues and terms related to health, exposure, and risk assessment for toxic air pollutants. Understanding these issues and terms is not always an easy task. This glossary was prepared by the U.S. EPA's Air Risk Information Support Center (Air RISC) as a resource tool for State and local air pollution control agencies and U.S. EPA Regional Offices. The purpose of the glossary is to define terms thatmore » are commonly used in health, exposure, and risk assessments for toxic air pollutants.« less

  8. EPA GEOSPATIAL QUALITY COUNCIL

    EPA Science Inventory

    The EPA Geospatial Quality Council (previously known as the EPA GIS-QA Team - EPA/600/R-00/009 was created to fill the gap between the EPA Quality Assurance (QA) and Geospatial communities. All EPA Offices and Regions were invited to participate. Currently, the EPA Geospatial Q...

  9. 76 FR 12732 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Air...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-03-08

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9277-5] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of... Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science... inquiry regarding EPA's draft monitoring documents for NO X and SO X should be directed to Dr. Richard...

  10. Computational Toxicology as Implemented by the US EPA ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Computational toxicology is the application of mathematical and computer models to help assess chemical hazards and risks to human health and the environment. Supported by advances in informatics, high-throughput screening (HTS) technologies, and systems biology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA is developing robust and flexible computational tools that can be applied to the thousands of chemicals in commerce, and contaminant mixtures found in air, water, and hazardous-waste sites. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) Computational Toxicology Research Program (CTRP) is composed of three main elements. The largest component is the National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT), which was established in 2005 to coordinate research on chemical screening and prioritization, informatics, and systems modeling. The second element consists of related activities in the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) and the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL). The third and final component consists of academic centers working on various aspects of computational toxicology and funded by the U.S. EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. Together these elements form the key components in the implementation of both the initial strategy, A Framework for a Computational Toxicology Research Program (U.S. EPA, 2003), and the newly released The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Strategic Plan for Evaluating the T

  11. Assessment of the Impacts of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality (External Review Draft)

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report was prepared by the Global Change Research Program (GCRP) in the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) of the Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is intended for managers and scientists worki...

  12. Congressional Testimony: Statement of Wade T. Najjum Before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Statement of Wade T. Najjum Assistant Inspector General for Program Evaluation Office of Inspector General U.S. EPA Before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives

  13. Manpower Planning for Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Texas, LP-8.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Texas State Dept. of Water Resources, Austin.

    This report presents the implementation results of a pilot test of a manpower planning methodology developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water Programs. Project outputs and projections are described and illustrated in sections of the report dealing with work to be done, organizational staffing plan, transfers and…

  14. 75 FR 54622 - Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-09-08

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0019; FRL-8843-8] Pesticide Emergency Exemptions..., Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions were... Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW...

  15. 77 FR 40354 - Permitting Guidance for Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing Activities Using Diesel Fuels-Draft

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-07-09

    ... INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherri Comerford, Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program, Drinking Water Protection Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (MC-4606M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200... Fracturing and the Safe Drinking Water Act Web site, http://water.epa.gov/type/groundwater/uic/class2...

  16. 40 CFR 150.17 - Addresses for the Office of Pesticide Programs.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    .... Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the docket index at regulations.gov, some information is not publicly available, e.g... address. For instructions on visiting the docket, go to http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. (3...

  17. 40 CFR 150.17 - Addresses for the Office of Pesticide Programs.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    .... Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the docket index at regulations.gov, some information is not publicly available, e.g... address. For instructions on visiting the docket, go to http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. (3...

  18. 76 FR 67436 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-11-01

    ... Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Pulp and Paper Production... FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office... Production (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1657.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0387. ICR Status: This ICR...

  19. 76 FR 77997 - Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education; Request for Nominations of Candidates for...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-12-15

    ... nominations of diverse candidates, EPA encourages nominations of women and men of all racial and ethnic groups... looking for individuals who demonstrate the ability to make the time commitment, strong leadership skills, strong analytical skills, strong communication and writing skills, the ability to evaluate programs in an...

  20. 76 FR 28776 - Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals; Correction

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-18

    ... INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol P. Stangel, Pesticide Re- evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs... entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. How can I get copies of this... identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0909. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the...

  1. TOXCAST, A TOOL FOR CATEGORIZATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF CHEMICAL HAZARD BASED ON MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION DOMAINS

    EPA Science Inventory

    Across several EPA Program Offices (e.g., OPPTS, OW, OAR), there is a clear need to develop strategies and methods to screen large numbers of chemicals for potential toxicity, and to use the resulting information to prioritize the use of testing resources towards those entities a...

  2. 40 CFR 63.13 - Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 10 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Addresses of State air pollution... PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES General Provisions § 63.13 Addresses of State air pollution control agencies...

  3. 40 CFR 63.13 - Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 10 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Addresses of State air pollution... PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES General Provisions § 63.13 Addresses of State air pollution control agencies...

  4. 40 CFR 63.13 - Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 10 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Addresses of State air pollution... PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES General Provisions § 63.13 Addresses of State air pollution control agencies...

  5. Visiting EPA Region 3’s Offices

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Information on visiting EPA Region 3’s offices in Philadelphia, Pa., Annapolis, Md., Fort Meade, Md. and Wheeling, W. Va. including the address, building access, public transportation and driving directions.

  6. 77 FR 77074 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-12-31

    .../ Institutional Steam Generating Units (Renewal) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice... that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget... Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA...

  7. 40 CFR 93.155 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... determination on the action. If the action has multi-regional or national impacts (e.g., the action will cause....164 must provide to the appropriate EPA Regional Office(s), State and local air quality agencies, any... Regions), the Federal agency, as an alternative to sending it to EPA Regional Offices, can provide the...

  8. 40 CFR 93.155 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... determination on the action. If the action has multi-regional or national impacts (e.g., the action will cause....164 must provide to the appropriate EPA Regional Office(s), State and local air quality agencies, any... Regions), the Federal agency, as an alternative to sending it to EPA Regional Offices, can provide the...

  9. 40 CFR 93.155 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... determination on the action. If the action has multi-regional or national impacts (e.g., the action will cause....164 must provide to the appropriate EPA Regional Office(s), State and local air quality agencies, any... Regions), the Federal agency, as an alternative to sending it to EPA Regional Offices, can provide the...

  10. 75 FR 29339 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the SAB Panel for the...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-25

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9154-7] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of... Aquatic Ecosystems and Aquatic Life Benchmark for Conductivity AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public...

  11. 75 FR 28803 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-24

    ... INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles M. Petko, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA), National Air and Radiation... Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC... viewing at the Office of Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334...

  12. 75 FR 7592 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-02-22

    ... concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab... reviews of three draft SAB Panel reports: (1) The SAB Drinking Water Committee's draft Review of EPA's... and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Background: (1) The SAB Drinking Water...

  13. IRIS Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes (Final Report ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA has finalized the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessment of Trimethylbenzenes (TMBs). This assessment addresses the potential non-cancer and cancer human health effects from long-term exposure to TMBs. Now final, this assessment will be the first IRIS assessment for TMBs that may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health. The IRIS Toxicological Review of Trimethylbenzenes was originally released for a 60-day public comment period on June 29, 2012. EPA revised the toxicological review in response to the public comments received and released the finalized TMB assessment.

  14. Identification of Provisions of EPA's Part 70 Operating Permits Regulation Applicable to Tribal Operating Permits Program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This document may be of assistance in applying the Title V air operating permit regulations. This document is part of the Title V Policy and Guidance Database available at www2.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-operating-permit-policy-and-guidance-document-index. Some documents in the database are a scanned or retyped version of a paper photocopy of the original. Although we have taken considerable effort to quality assure the documents, some may contain typographical errors. Contact the office that issued the document if you need a copy of the original.

  15. Valuation of damages to recreational trout fishing in the Upper Northeast due to acidic deposition

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Englin, J.E.; Cameron, T.A.; Mendelsohn, R.E.

    1991-04-01

    This report documents methods used to estimate economic models of changes in recreational fishing due to the acidic deposition. The analysis was conducted by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) and its subcontractors for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) in support of the National Acidic Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP). The primary data needed to estimate these models were collected in the 1989 Aquatic Based Recreation Survey (ABRS), which was jointly funded by the DOE and the EPA's Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation. 11 refs., 5 figs., 15 tabs.

  16. 40 CFR 59.409 - Addresses of EPA Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507. EPA Region VI (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico..., Washington), Director, Office of Air Quality, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. (b) Each manufacturer and...

  17. 40 CFR 59.409 - Addresses of EPA Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Division, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507. EPA Region VI (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico..., Washington), Director, Office of Air Quality, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. (b) Each manufacturer and...

  18. EPA GEOSPATIAL QUALITY COUNCIL STRATEGY PLAN FY-02

    EPA Science Inventory



    The EPA Geospatial Quality Council (GQC), previously known as the EPA GIS-QA Team - EPA/600/R-00/009, was created to fill the gap between the EPA Quality Assurance (QA) and Geospatial communities. All EPA Offices and Regions were invited to participate. Currently, the EPA...

  19. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH NEWS #9: ORD PROVIDES TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO EPA/OIA & DOS INITIATIVE IN EGYPT

    EPA Science Inventory

    This ninth edition reports on a workshop on global climate change that was held in Cairo, Egypt, on May 10-12, 1999. The workshop represented a successful partnership between EPA's Office of International Affairs, Office of Research and Development (ORD), Office of Air and Radiat...

  20. 48 CFR 1553.209-71 - EPA Form 1900-27, Project Officer's Evaluation of Contractor Performance.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... Officer's Evaluation of Contractor Performance. 1553.209-71 Section 1553.209-71 Federal Acquisition Regulations System ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CLAUSES AND FORMS FORMS Prescription of Forms 1553.209-71 EPA Form 1900-27, Project Officer's Evaluation of Contractor Performance. As prescribed in 1509.170-4...

  1. 40 CFR 2.101 - Where requests for records are to be filed.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... (2822T), NW, Washington, DC 20460; e-mail: [email protected]gov. You may also access EPA Headquarters and Regional Freedom of Information Offices' Web sites at http://www.epa.gov/foia and submit a request via an...; e-mail: [email protected]gov. (2) Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI): EPA, FOI Officer, 290 Broadway, 26th Floor...

  2. 40 CFR 2.101 - Where requests for records are to be filed.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... (2822T), NW, Washington, DC 20460; e-mail: [email protected]gov. You may also access EPA Headquarters and Regional Freedom of Information Offices' Web sites at http://www.epa.gov/foia and submit a request via an...-mail: [email protected]gov. (2) Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI): EPA, FOI Officer, 290 Broadway, 26th Floor, New...

  3. 40 CFR 2.101 - Where requests for records are to be filed.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... (2822T), NW, Washington, DC 20460; e-mail: [email protected]gov. You may also access EPA Headquarters and Regional Freedom of Information Offices' Web sites at http://www.epa.gov/foia and submit a request via an...; e-mail: [email protected]gov. (2) Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI): EPA, FOI Officer, 290 Broadway, 26th Floor...

  4. 40 CFR 2.101 - Where requests for records are to be filed.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... (2822T), NW, Washington, DC 20460; e-mail: [email protected]gov. You may also access EPA Headquarters and Regional Freedom of Information Offices' Web sites at http://www.epa.gov/foia and submit a request via an...; e-mail: [email protected]gov. (2) Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI): EPA, FOI Officer, 290 Broadway, 26th Floor...

  5. 40 CFR 2.101 - Where requests for records are to be filed.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... (2822T), NW, Washington, DC 20460; e-mail: [email protected]gov. You may also access EPA Headquarters and Regional Freedom of Information Offices' Web sites at http://www.epa.gov/foia and submit a request via an...-mail: [email protected]gov. (2) Region II (NJ, NY, PR, VI): EPA, FOI Officer, 290 Broadway, 26th Floor, New...

  6. Notification: EPA Conferences – Maximizing Cost Efficiencies

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY14-0381, February 2, 2015. The EPA OIG plans to begin field work with an objective modified from our October 2, 2014, kickoff meeting with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO).

  7. Meet EPA Scientist Ken Bailey, M.En.

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Ken Bailey is currently on detail to EPA's Office of Research and Development from the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Assistant Secretary/Indian Affairs. He is an environmental scientist specializing in remote sensing.

  8. 77 FR 34897 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Permit to Construct...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-06-12

    ...-0394, Ms. Kathleen Cox, Associate Director, Office of Permits and Air Toxics, Mailcode 3AP10, U.S... preconstruction permitting requirements under Maryland's New Source Review (NSR) program. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final rule...

  9. 77 FR 28543 - Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Permit To Construct...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-05-15

    ...-0292, Ms. Kathleen Cox, Associate Director, Office of Permits and Air Toxics, Mailcode 3AP10, U.S... preconstruction permitting requirements under Maryland's New Source Review (NSR) program. In the Final Rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's SIP submittal as a direct final rule...

  10. 75 FR 37794 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Air Quality...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-30

    ... the Second Section 812 Prospective Benefit-Cost Study of the Clean Air Act. DATES: The AQMS will... particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) emissions and air quality changes for the Second Section 812 Benefit-Cost... Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), EPA conducts periodic studies to assess benefits and costs of programs...

  11. Region 9 Renewable Energy

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Renewable energy production is expected to increase significantly in the next 25 years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Center for Program Analysis (OCPA) has initiated the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative to demonstrate the enormous potential that contaminated land and mining sites provide for developing renewable energy in the U.S.

  12. An Assessment of Decision-Making Processes: The Feasibility of Incorporating Climate Change Information into Land Protection Planning (External Review Draft)

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report was prepared by the Global Change Research Program (GCRP) in the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) of the Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This draft report is a review of decision-making pro...

  13. Comparison of mercury and selenium concentrations in whole fish and fillets analyzed in fish collected in the Lower Mississippi River

    EPA Science Inventory

    The science and practice of environmental assessment have been advanced by research done by the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development's (ORD) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). In short, the condition of a resource can be estimated from key chemical, ph...

  14. EPA EMERGENCY PLANNING TOOLBOX

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development and Office of Water/Water Security Division have jointly developed a Response Protocol Toolbox (RPTB) to address the complex, multi-faceted challenges of a water utility's planning and response to intentional contamination of drinking wate...

  15. 48 CFR 1535.007 - Solicitations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... OF CONTRACTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING 1535.007 Solicitations. (a) Contracting officers... Confidential Business Information, in all solicitations when the contracting officer has determined that EPA may furnish the contractor with confidential business information which EPA had obtained from third...

  16. 75 FR 71701 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations of Experts for the Review of a Draft...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-11-24

    ... fluctuation in microbial populations. The EPA Office of the Science Advisor's Risk Assessment Forum has.... Kathryn Gallagher, Executive Director, Risk Assessment Forum, Office of the Science Advisor US EPA, Mail... person or organization may nominate qualified individuals in the areas of expertise described above for...

  17. TOXCAST, A TOOL FOR CATEGORIZATION AND ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Across several EPA Program Offices (e.g., OPPTS, OW, OAR), there is a clear need to develop strategies and methods to screen large numbers of chemicals for potential toxicity, and to use the resulting information to prioritize the use of testing resources towards those entities and endpoints that present the greatest likelihood of risk to human health and the environment. This need could be addressed using the experience of the pharmaceutical industry in the use of advanced modern molecular biology and computational chemistry tools for the development of new drugs, with appropriate adjustment to the needs and desires of environmental toxicology. A conceptual approach named ToxCast has been developed to address the needs of EPA Program Offices in the area of prioritization and screening. Modern computational chemistry and molecular biology tools bring enabling technologies forward that can provide information about the physical and biological properties of large numbers of chemicals. The essence of the proposal is to conduct a demonstration project based upon a rich toxicological database (e.g., registered pesticides, or the chemicals tested in the NTP bioassay program), select a fairly large number (50-100 or more chemicals) representative of a number of differing structural classes and phenotypic outcomes (e.g., carcinogens, reproductive toxicants, neurotoxicants), and evaluate them across a broad spectrum of information domains that modern technology has pro

  18. U.S. EPA Superfund Program's Policy for Risk and Dose Assessment

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Walker, Stuart

    2008-01-15

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) has primary responsibility for implementing the long-term (non-emergency) portion of a key U.S. law regulating cleanup: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, CERCLA, nicknamed 'Superfund'. The purpose of the Superfund program is to protect human health and the environment over the long term from releases or potential releases of hazardous substances from abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The focus of this paper is on risk and dose assessment policies and tools for addressing radioactively contaminated sites by the Superfund program. EPA has almost completedmore » two risk assessment tools that are particularly relevant to decommissioning activities conducted under CERCLA authority. These are the: 1. Building Preliminary Remediation Goals for Radionuclides (BPRG) electronic calculator, and 2. Radionuclide Outdoor Surfaces Preliminary Remediation Goals (SPRG) electronic calculator. EPA developed the BPRG calculator to help standardize the evaluation and cleanup of radiologically contaminated buildings at which risk is being assessed for occupancy. BPRGs are radionuclide concentrations in dust, air and building materials that correspond to a specified level of human cancer risk. The intent of SPRG calculator is to address hard outside surfaces such as building slabs, outside building walls, sidewalks and roads. SPRGs are radionuclide concentrations in dust and hard outside surface materials. EPA is also developing the 'Radionuclide Ecological Benchmark' calculator. This calculator provides biota concentration guides (BCGs), also known as ecological screening benchmarks, for use in ecological risk assessments at CERCLA sites. This calculator is intended to develop ecological benchmarks as part of the EPA guidance 'Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Process for Designing and Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments'. The calculator develops ecological benchmarks for ionizing radiation based on cell death only.« less

  19. EPA Announces Collaborative Innovative Research in Mass. and New York to Address State Environmental Issues

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced research projects addressing priority environmental and human health problems in 14 states through partnerships between EPA’s research office, regional offices, and states.

  20. EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA is releasing the draft report, EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments (Volume 1), that was distributed to Federal agencies and White House Offices for comment during the Science Discussion step of the IRIS Assessment Development Process. Comments received from other Federal agencies and White House Offices are provided below with external peer review panel comments. The objective of this report is to respond to the NAS coments on dose-response modeling conducted in the EPA Reassessment of the health effects associated with dioxin exposure.

  1. EPA'S GROUND WATER TECHNICAL SUPPORT CENTER

    EPA Science Inventory

    The purpose and the services provided by EPA's Ground Water Technical Support Center (GWTSC) will be presented. In 1987 the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Regional Waste Management Offices, and ORD established the Technical Support Project (TSP)

    The purpos...

  2. IRIS Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (Final Report) ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA has finalized the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment of benzo[a]pyrene. This assessment addresses the potential cancer and noncancer human health effects from long-term exposure to benzo[a]pyrene. Now final, this assessment will update the toxicological information on benzo[a]pyrene posted in 1987. EPA’s program and regional offices may use this assessment to inform decisions to protect human health. EPA is undertaking an update of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) health assessment for benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). The outcome of this project is an updated Toxicological Review and IRIS Summary for BaP that will be entered into the IRIS database.

  3. Denver Radium Site -- Operable Unit X closeout report for the US Environmental Protection Agency

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    1992-03-01

    The Denver Radium Site consists of properties in the Denver area having radioactive contamination left from radium processing in the early 1900s. The properties are divided into 11 groups or operable units'' to facilitate remedial action management of the Site. Under the provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to respond to a release of a hazardous substance or to a substantial threat of such a release into the environment. EPA or the state conducts a site inspection and uses the Hazard Ranking System to determine placement onmore » the EPA National Priorities List (NPL). In 1983, EPA placed the Denver Radium Site on the NPL, making it eligible for cleanup under the EPA Superfund Program. Through a series of interagency agreements,EPA has enlisted the support of the US Department of Energy Grand junction Projects Office and Chem-Nuclear Geotech, Inc., for remedial design and remedial action activities at the Denver Radium Superfund Site.The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) is managing the waste transportation and disposal contract.« less

  4. Denver Radium Site -- Operable Unit X closeout report for the US Environmental Protection Agency

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Not Available

    1992-03-01

    The Denver Radium Site consists of properties in the Denver area having radioactive contamination left from radium processing in the early 1900s. The properties are divided into 11 groups or ``operable units`` to facilitate remedial action management of the Site. Under the provisions of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to respond to a release of a hazardous substance or to a substantial threat of such a release into the environment. EPA or the state conducts a site inspection and uses the Hazard Ranking System to determine placement onmore » the EPA National Priorities List (NPL). In 1983, EPA placed the Denver Radium Site on the NPL, making it eligible for cleanup under the EPA Superfund Program. Through a series of interagency agreements,EPA has enlisted the support of the US Department of Energy Grand junction Projects Office and Chem-Nuclear Geotech, Inc., for remedial design and remedial action activities at the Denver Radium Superfund Site.The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) is managing the waste transportation and disposal contract.« less

  5. US EPA's Ecological Risk Assessment Support Center ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    BackgroundThe ERASC provides technical information and addresses scientific questions of concern or interest on topics relevant to ecological risk assessment at hazardous waste sites for EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) personnel and the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) staff. Requests are channeled to ERASC through the Ecological Risk Assessment Forum (ERAF). To assess emerging and complex scientific issues that require expert judgment, the ERASC relies on the expertise of scientists and engineers located throughout EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) labs and centers.ResponseERASC develops responses that reflect the state of the science for ecological risk assessment and also provides a communication point for the distribution of the responses to other interested parties. For further information, contact Ecology_ERASC@epa.gov or call 513-569-7940.

  6. 76 FR 21345 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Two Public Teleconferences of the Clean Air...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-04-15

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9296-2] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of... Methods Subcommittee AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science [[Page 21346

  7. Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and Smoke-free Homes

    MedlinePlus

    ... asthma trigger. Eliminating secondhand smoke from the indoor environment will improve the indoor air quality. View the 1992 EPA Risk Assessment (PDF) (525 pp, 4 MB, About PDF ) , U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Washington, DC, ...

  8. Report: EPA Can Improve Its Oversight of Audit Followup

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Report #2007-P-00025, May 24, 2007. EPA is generally undertaking actions for the nine water-related reports in our review— seven directed to the Office of Water (OW) and two directed to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA).

  9. 40 CFR 144.82 - What must I do to protect underground sources of drinking water?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 22 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What must I do to protect underground... Operators of Class V Injection Wells § 144.82 What must I do to protect underground sources of drinking... State or EPA Regional Office UIC Program to protect USDWs, and you must properly close your well when...

  10. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE WINTERTIME BOISE, IDAHO, AIR SHED: A COMPREHENSIVE FIELD STUDY REPORT FOR THE U.S. EPA OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING AND STANDARDS

    EPA Science Inventory

    A large-scale ambient monitoring program vas conducted in Boise, Idaho, during the 1986-1987 winter heating season to evaluate the impact of residential wood combustion (RWC) and automotive emissions on the local air shed. onsecutive 12-h particle, organic, and gaseous samples we...

  11. IRIS Toxicological Review of Urea (Final Report) | Science ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Urea: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health. The draft Toxicological Review of Urea provides scientific support and rationale for the hazard and dose-response assessment pertaining to chronic exposure to Urea.

  12. Preliminary Steps Towards Integrating Climate and Land Use (ICLUS): the Development of Land-Use Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Emissions Storylines (2008, External Review Draft)

    EPA Science Inventory

    This report was prepared by the Global Change Research Program (GCRP) in the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) of the Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This draft report is a description of the methods u...

  13. Rio Blanco, Colorado, Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program Sampling and Analysis Results for 2009

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    None

    2009-12-21

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management conducted annual sampling at the Rio Blanco, Colorado, Site, for the Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring Program (LTHMP) on May 13 and 14, 2009. Samples were analyzed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Radiation&Indoor Environments National Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada. Samples were analyzed for gamma-emitting radionuclides by high-resolution gamma spectroscopy and tritium using the conventional and enriched methods.

  14. EPA office of solid waste (OSW) report to Congress

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Derkics, D.

    1996-12-31

    An EPA Office of Solid Waste Report to Congress is presented in outline form. The following topics are discussed: special waste chronology; statutory hazardous waste exemption; 1988 report to Congress findings; 1993 regulatory determination; current (1996), regulatory status of fossil fuel combustion wastes; co-management study; Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) activities; EPRI coal ash field study sites; oil ash total combustion; fossil fuel combustion; current EPA activities; and Federal Register Notice.

  15. ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICAL RISK MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN THE US EPA'S OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    EPA Science Inventory

    Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are receiving increasing media and scientific attention. Concerns about these chemicals stem from the possibility of serious human and wildlife effects and environmental persistence. The US EPA Office of Research and Development's National ...

  16. REVA'S WEB-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION TOOLKIT (EDT)

    EPA Science Inventory

    ReVA’s pilot region has been the Mid-Atlantic Region, which includes EPA Region III along with watersheds feeding the Chesapeake Bay. EPA’s Office of Research and Development has worked in partnership with the EPA regional office, other agencies, universities, and stakeholders in...

  17. 75 FR 43979 - Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard-Notice of Determination

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-07-27

    ... England Region, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Oceans and Coastal Protection Unit, Five Post Office... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-R01-OW-2010-0318, FRL-9180-3] Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard--Notice of Determination AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of...

  18. 76 FR 39395 - Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard-Notice of Determination

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-06

    ... England Region, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Oceans and Coastal Protection Unit, Five Post Office... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-R01-OW-2011-0364, FRL-9430-1] Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard--Notice of Determination AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of...

  19. 75 FR 38516 - Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard-Notice of Determination

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-07-02

    ... England Region, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Oceans and Coastal Protection Unit, Five Post Office... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-R01-OW-2010-0316, FRL-9170-4] Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard--Notice of Determination AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of...

  20. 76 FR 22394 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconferences of the Science...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-04-21

    ...The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two public teleconferences of the SAB Panel to discuss its draft report of the review of EPA's Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan.

  1. 76 FR 7199 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-02-09

    ...The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the SAB Panel to conduct an independent review of EPA's Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan.

  2. EPA RE-Powering Mapper Feasibility Studies

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) Office of Communications, Partnerships and Analysis (OCPA) initiated the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative to demonstrate the enormous potential that contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites provide for developing renewable energy in the United States. As part of the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative, the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) evaluated the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites. These reports pair EPA's expertise on contaminated sites with the renewable energy expertise of NREL.

  3. EPA Administrative Law Judge Legal Documents

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This dataset contains Decisions and Orders originating from EPAs Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), which is an independent office in the Office of the Administrator of the EPA. The Administrative Law Judges conduct hearings and render decisions in proceedings between the EPA and persons, businesses, government entities, and other organizations which are or are alleged to be regulated under environmental laws. Administrative Law Judges preside in enforcement and permit proceedings in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Most enforcement actions initiated by the EPA are for the assessment of civil penalties. The Decisions and Orders are organized into three categories: (1) alphabetical listing by the respondent involved, (2) reverse chronological listing by date, and (3) Decisions and Orders under FIFRA Section 6. This dataset includes Decisions and Orders dating back to 1989 in the Reverse Chronological list, Decisions and Orders dating back to 1997 in the Alphabetical list, and a few Decisions and Orders dating back to 1974 under FIFRA Section 6.

  4. US EPA GEOSPATIAL QUALITY COUNCIL: ENSURING QUALITY IN GEOPSPATIAL SOLUTIONS

    EPA Science Inventory

    In 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development, Environmental Sciences Division, created the EPA Geospatial Quality Council (GQC) to fill the gap between the EPA Quality Assurance (QA) and Geospatial communities. GQC participants inclu...

  5. 40 CFR 725.29 - EPA acknowledgement of receipt of submission.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 30 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false EPA acknowledgement of receipt of... Procedures § 725.29 EPA acknowledgement of receipt of submission. (a) EPA will acknowledge receipt of each... Toxics Document Control Officer. (b) The acknowledgement does not constitute a finding by EPA that the...

  6. 40 CFR 172.26 - EPA review of permits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 24 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false EPA review of permits. 172.26 Section... EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS State Issuance of Experimental Use Permits § 172.26 EPA review of permits. (a... designated State agency shall notifiy EPA of the action by forwarding to the appropriate EPA Regional Office...

  7. 40 CFR 172.26 - EPA review of permits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 25 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false EPA review of permits. 172.26 Section... EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS State Issuance of Experimental Use Permits § 172.26 EPA review of permits. (a... designated State agency shall notifiy EPA of the action by forwarding to the appropriate EPA Regional Office...

  8. 40 CFR 172.26 - EPA review of permits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 23 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false EPA review of permits. 172.26 Section... EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS State Issuance of Experimental Use Permits § 172.26 EPA review of permits. (a... designated State agency shall notifiy EPA of the action by forwarding to the appropriate EPA Regional Office...

  9. 40 CFR 172.26 - EPA review of permits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 25 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false EPA review of permits. 172.26 Section... EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS State Issuance of Experimental Use Permits § 172.26 EPA review of permits. (a... designated State agency shall notifiy EPA of the action by forwarding to the appropriate EPA Regional Office...

  10. 40 CFR 172.26 - EPA review of permits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 24 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false EPA review of permits. 172.26 Section... EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS State Issuance of Experimental Use Permits § 172.26 EPA review of permits. (a... designated State agency shall notifiy EPA of the action by forwarding to the appropriate EPA Regional Office...

  11. 76 FR 40726 - Notification of Public Teleconferences of the Science Advisory Board Radiation Advisory Committee...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-07-11

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9435-3] Notification of Public Teleconferences of the Science... Protection Agency (EPA), Science Advisory Board Staff Office. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science... information concerning the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found at the EPA SAB Web site at http// www.epa...

  12. Let the IRIS Bloom:Regrowing the integrated risk information system (IRIS) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    PubMed

    Dourson, Michael L

    2018-05-03

    The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an important role in protecting public health. Originally it provided a single database listing official risk values equally valid for all Agency offices, and was an important tool for risk assessment communication across EPA. Started in 1986, IRIS achieved full standing in 1990 when it listed 500 risk values, the effort of two senior EPA groups over 5 years of monthly face-to-face meetings, to assess combined risk data from multiple Agency offices. Those groups were disbanded in 1995, and the lack of continuing face-to-face meetings meant that IRIS became no longer EPA's comprehensive database of risk values or their latest evaluations. As a remedy, a work group of the Agency's senior scientists should be re-established to evaluate new risks and to update older ones. Risk values to be reviewed would come from the same EPA offices now developing such information on their own. Still, this senior group would have the final authority on posting a risk value in IRIS, independently of individual EPA offices. This approach could also lay the groundwork for an all-government IRIS database, especially needed as more government Agencies, industries and non-governmental organizations are addressing evolving risk characterizations. Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc.

  13. EPA Alternative Dispute Resolution Contacts

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The success of EPA's ADR efforts depends on a network of talented and experienced professionals in Headquarters offices and EPA Regions. For Agency-wide ADR information, please contact the Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center.

  14. Response to March 12, 2001 Sierra Club Midwest Office Comments on Wisconsin's Title V Program

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This document may be of assistance in applying the Title V air operating permit regulations. This document is part of the Title V Policy and Guidance Database available at www2.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-operating-permit-policy-and-guidance-document-index. Some documents in the database are a scanned or retyped version of a paper photocopy of the original. Although we have taken considerable effort to quality assure the documents, some may contain typographical errors. Contact the office that issued the document if you need a copy of the original.

  15. U.S. EPA'S RESEARCH TO UPDATE GUIDANCE FOR QUANTIFYING LANDFILL GAS EMISSIONS

    EPA Science Inventory

    Landfill emissions, if left uncontrolled, contribute to air toxics, climate change, tropospheric ozone, and urban smog. EPA's Office of Research and Development is conducting research to help update EPA's landfill gas emission factors. The last update to EPA's landfill gas emiss...

  16. IG Statement: Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on OIG report Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Statement of Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention.

  17. 75 FR 11883 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-03-12

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9126-2] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff...

  18. 78 FR 13056 - Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of Availability and Comment Period for the...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-02-26

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9784-9] Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of..., and Use by Non-EPA (External) Organizations and Two Associated QA Handbooks; Extension of Comment..., Production, and Use by Non-EPA (External) Organizations and two associated QA Handbooks. The notice of...

  19. 78 FR 67140 - Office of Environmental Information; Pause the Development of the Draft Quality Standard for...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-11-08

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9902-70-OEI] Office of Environmental Information; Pause the... (External) Organizations and Two Associated QA Handbooks AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA... Environmental Data Collection, Production, and Use by Non-EPA (External) Organizations and two associated QA...

  20. 78 FR 7779 - Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of Availability and Comment Period for the...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-02-04

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9776-1] Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of..., and Use by Non-EPA (External) Organizations and Two Associated QA Handbooks; Extension of Comment..., Production, and Use by Non-EPA (External) Organizations and two associated QA Handbooks. The notice of...

  1. First National Expert and Stakeholder Workshop on Water Infrastructure Sustainability and Adaptation to Climate Change

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) and EPA Office of Water (OW) joinined efforts to assess and evaluate programmatic, research & development (R&D) needs for sustainable water infrastructure development and effective adaptation to climate changes. The purpose of this pr...

  2. 78 FR 48434 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-08

    [email protected] . Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. EPA's policy is that all comments received..., unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business... CONTACT: William Nichols, Office of Emergency Management, Regulation and Policy Development Division...

  3. 76 FR 35216 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-06-16

    ...The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the chartered SAB on July 5, 2011 to conduct a quality review of a draft SAB report, Review of EPA's Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan (Quality Review Draft).

  4. 40 CFR 55.6 - Permit requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Administrator through the EPA Regional Office. (iii) The delegated agency shall send a copy of any preliminary... through the EPA Regional Office at the time of the determination and shall make available to the... or is expected in the future to cause or contribute to a violation of any applicable State or Federal...

  5. 40 CFR 55.6 - Permit requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Administrator through the EPA Regional Office. (iii) The delegated agency shall send a copy of any preliminary... through the EPA Regional Office at the time of the determination and shall make available to the... or is expected in the future to cause or contribute to a violation of any applicable State or Federal...

  6. 40 CFR 55.6 - Permit requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Administrator through the EPA Regional Office. (iii) The delegated agency shall send a copy of any preliminary... through the EPA Regional Office at the time of the determination and shall make available to the... or is expected in the future to cause or contribute to a violation of any applicable State or Federal...

  7. 40 CFR 55.6 - Permit requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Administrator through the EPA Regional Office. (iii) The delegated agency shall send a copy of any preliminary... through the EPA Regional Office at the time of the determination and shall make available to the... or is expected in the future to cause or contribute to a violation of any applicable State or Federal...

  8. 40 CFR 55.6 - Permit requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Administrator through the EPA Regional Office. (iii) The delegated agency shall send a copy of any preliminary... through the EPA Regional Office at the time of the determination and shall make available to the... or is expected in the future to cause or contribute to a violation of any applicable State or Federal...

  9. Workshop: Addressing Regulatory Challenges In Vapor Intrusion: A State-of-the Science Update Focusing On Chlorinated VOCs

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Offices of Research and Devevlopment and Solid Waste and Emergency Response continue to collaborate on providing technical assistance and support to EPA regional offices, other federal agencies, state regulators, and other intere...

  10. Statistical Framework for Recreational Water Quality Criteria and Monitoring

    EPA Science Inventory

    Discussion between the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) and the EPA Office of Water (OW), which is charged with setting criteria in accordance with the BEACH Act of 2000, have made it clear that in-depth statistical guidance for such criteria is needed. In January 20...

  11. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EDB, BENZENE, AND 1,2-DCA AT GASOLINE SPILL SITES

    EPA Science Inventory

    With assistance from the Association of State and Territorial Air and Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO), the U.S. EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) and the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) conducted a survey to determine the distribution of ...

  12. OIG News Release: EPA Office of Inspector General to provide ‘heads up’ on dates audit and evaluation reports will be issued

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    March 27, 2018. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General (EPA OIG), beginning in April 2018, will announce in advance the dates it expects to issue most audit and evaluation reports.

  13. 75 FR 28009 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification To Convene Workgroups of Experts for Rapid...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-19

    ... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9153-1] Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification To... Mexico Oil Spill AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science... technical expertise, knowledge, and experience; availability and willingness to serve; absence of financial...

  14. EPA Region 10 Climate Change and TMDL Pilot Project - South Fork Nooksack River, Washington

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 and EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of Water (OW) have launched a pilot research project to consider how projected climate change impacts could be incorporated into a TMDL and influence restoration...

  15. Notification: Preliminary Research on the Office of Air and Radiation’s Timekeeping Practices and Compliance With Regulations and Policies

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY17-0090, December 29, 2016. The EPA OIG plans to begin preliminary research on the Office of Air and Radiation’s timekeeping practices and compliance with federal regulations and related EPA policies and procedures.

  16. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN THE MID-ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS (USA) USING WHAT IF: A COLLABORATION OF THE CANAAN VALLEY INSTITUTE, THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND REGION III

    EPA Science Inventory

    As described in its Highlands Action Program, the Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) partnered with the US EPA to develop a watershed assessment and management tool that allows managers to evaluate riparian restoration actions to improve instream habitat quality and aquatic community ...

  17. Industrial Hygiene Issues

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Brisbin, Steven G.

    1999-01-01

    This breakout session is a traditional conference instrument used by the NASA industrial hygiene personnel as a method to convene personnel across the Agency with common interests. This particular session focused on two key topics, training systems and automation of industrial hygiene data. During the FY 98 NASA Occupational Health Benchmarking study, the training system under development by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was deemed to represent a "best business practice." The EPA has invested extensively in the development of computer based training covering a broad range of safety, health and environmental topics. Currently, five compact disks have been developed covering the topics listed: Safety, Health and Environmental Management Training for Field Inspection Activities; EPA Basic Radiation Training Safety Course; The OSHA 600 Collateral Duty Safety and Health Course; and Key program topics in environmental compliance, health and safety. Mr. Chris Johnson presented an overview of the EPA compact disk-based training system and answered questions on its deployment and use across the EPA. This training system has also recently been broadly distributed across other Federal Agencies. The EPA training system is considered "public domain" and, as such, is available to NASA at no cost in its current form. Copies of the five CD set of training programs were distributed to each NASA Center represented in the breakout session. Mr. Brisbin requested that each NASA Center review the training materials and determine whether there is interest in using the materials as it is or requesting that EPA tailor the training modules to suit NASA's training program needs. The Safety, Health and Medical Services organization at Ames Research Center has completed automation of several key program areas. Mr. Patrick Hogan, Safety Program Manager for Ames Research Center, presented a demonstration of the automated systems, which are described by the following: (1) Safety, Health and Environmental Training. This system includes an assessment of training needs for every NASA Center organization, course descriptions, schedules and automated course scheduling, and presentation of training program metrics; (2) Safety and Health Inspection Information. This system documents the findings from each facility inspection, tracks abatement status on those findings and presents metrics on each department for senior management review; (3) Safety Performance Evaluation Profile. The survey system used by NASA to evaluate employee and supervisory perceptions of safety programs is automated in this system; and (4) Documentation Tracking System. Electronic archive and retrieval of all correspondence and technical reports generated by the Safety, Health and Medical Services Office are provided by this system.

  18. 40 CFR 725.50 - EPA review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 30 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false EPA review. 725.50 Section 725.50... REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCESSES FOR MICROORGANISMS Administrative Procedures § 725.50 EPA review. (a) MCANs... Document Control Officer receives a complete submission, or the date EPA determines the submission is...

  19. 40 CFR 725.50 - EPA review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 31 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false EPA review. 725.50 Section 725.50... REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCESSES FOR MICROORGANISMS Administrative Procedures § 725.50 EPA review. (a) MCANs... Document Control Officer receives a complete submission, or the date EPA determines the submission is...

  20. 40 CFR 725.50 - EPA review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 32 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false EPA review. 725.50 Section 725.50... REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCESSES FOR MICROORGANISMS Administrative Procedures § 725.50 EPA review. (a) MCANs... Document Control Officer receives a complete submission, or the date EPA determines the submission is...

  1. 40 CFR 725.50 - EPA review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 31 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false EPA review. 725.50 Section 725.50... REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCESSES FOR MICROORGANISMS Administrative Procedures § 725.50 EPA review. (a) MCANs... Document Control Officer receives a complete submission, or the date EPA determines the submission is...

  2. 40 CFR 725.50 - EPA review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 32 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false EPA review. 725.50 Section 725.50... REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW PROCESSES FOR MICROORGANISMS Administrative Procedures § 725.50 EPA review. (a) MCANs... Document Control Officer receives a complete submission, or the date EPA determines the submission is...

  3. Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA announced the availability of the final report, Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines. This report describes the scenarios and models used to generate national-scale housing density scenarios for the conterminous US to the year 2100 as part of the Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS) project. The report was prepared by the Global Change Research Program (GCRP) in the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) of the Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The ICLUS report describes the methods used to develop land-use scenarios by decade from the year 2000 to 2100 that are consistent with these storylines.

  4. IRIS Toxicological Review of Ammonia Noncancer Inhalation ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    EPA has finalized the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessment of Ammonia (Noncancer Inhalation). This assessment addresses the potential noncancer human health effects from long-term inhalation exposure to ammonia. Now final, this assessment will update the current toxicological information on ammonia posted in 1991. EPA’s program and regional offices may use this assessment to inform decisions to protect human health. EPA completed the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) health assessment for ammonia. IRIS is an EPA database containing Agency scientific positions on potential adverse human health effects that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure to chemicals in the environment. IRIS contains chemical-specific summaries of qualitative and quantitative health information in support of two steps of the risk assessment paradigm, i.e., hazard identification and dose-response evaluation. IRIS assessments are used in combination with specific situational exposure assessment information to evaluate potential public health risk associated with environmental contaminants.

  5. Notification: EPA Investments in Information Technology Products and Services

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY14-0307, June 10, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office oflnspector General (OIG) plans to begin preliminary research on the EPA's management of information technology (IT) investments.

  6. 40 CFR 40.120 - Publication of EPA research objectives.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Publication of EPA research objectives... FEDERAL ASSISTANCE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS § 40.120 Publication of EPA research objectives. The Office of Research and Development of EPA publishes a statement of research objectives and priorities...

  7. NIEHS/EPA Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers: 2017 Annual Meeting Proceedings

    EPA Science Inventory

    The 2017 Annual Meeting of the NIEHS/EPA Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers was hosted by EPA in collaboration with NIEHS and the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs). The meeting was held at the EPA Region 9 offices i...

  8. 76 FR 37112 - National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-06-24

    ... advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental policy, technology, and management... Second Advice Letter on EPA Workforce Planning: Leadership Capabilities and Culture for ``One EPA'' and..., [email protected] , (202) 564-5320, U.S. EPA, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Management and...

  9. Introduction to EPA's Stormwater Calculator - Incorporating Low Impact Development and Climate Science Tools

    EPA Science Inventory

    The EPA Office of Research and Development released its National Stormwater Calculator (SWC) which is available at: http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/wswrd/wq/models/swc/ (contact: SWC@EPA.gov). It is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of run...

  10. 78 FR 53144 - Request for Nominations of Experts To Augment the Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-08-28

    ... Science Advisory Board Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee for the Review of the EPA's Draft... Ethylene Oxide AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science... policies. The National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in the EPA's Office of Research and...

  11. A Citizen Science and Government Collaboration: Developing ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is actively involved in supporting citizen science projects and providing communities with information and assistance for conducting their own air pollution monitoring. As part of a Regional Applied Research Effort (RARE) project, EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) worked collaboratively with EPA Region 2 and the Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC) in Newark, New Jersey, to develop and test the “Air Sensor Toolbox for Citizen Scientists.” In this collaboration, citizen scientists measured local gaseous and particulate air pollution levels by using a customized low-cost sensor pod designed and fabricated by EPA. This citizen science air quality measurement project provided an excellent opportunity for EPA to evaluate and improve the Toolbox resources available to communities. The Air Sensor Toolbox, developed in coordination with the ICC, can serve as a template for communities across the country to use in developing their own air pollution monitoring programs in areas where air pollution is a concern. This pilot project provided an opportunity for a highly motivated citizen science organization and the EPA to work together directly to address environmental concerns within the community. Useful lessons were learned about how to improve coordination between the government and communities and the types of tools and technologies needed for conducting an effective citizen science project that can be app

  12. 75 FR 33616 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Closed Meetings of the Science Advisory...

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    2010-06-14

    ... Closed Meetings of the Science Advisory Board's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Committee... Agency's (EPA), Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting and teleconference of the....gov . The SAB Mailing address is: U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental...

  13. 76 FR 44912 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Closed Meetings of the Science Advisory...

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    2011-07-27

    ... Closed Meetings of the Science Advisory Board's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Committee... Agency's (EPA), Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting and teleconference of the[email protected] . The SAB Mailing address is: U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. Environmental...

  14. 77 FR 15099 - Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Webinar/Teleconference

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    2012-03-14

    .... SUMMARY: The EPA Office of the Science Advisor announces a public Webinar/teleconference of the HSRB to... difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, the EPA may not be able to consider your comment... Protection Agency, Office of the Science Advisor, Mail Code 8105R, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington...

  15. EPA RESPONSE PROTOCOL TOOLBOX TO HELP EVALUATION OF CONTAMINATION THREATS & RESPONDING TO THREATS: MODULE 1-WATER UTILITY PLANNING GUIDE

    EPA Science Inventory

    EPA's Office of Research and Development and Office of Water/Water Security Division have jointly developed a Response Protocol Toolbox (RPTB) to address the complex, multi-faceted challenges of a water utility's planning and response to intentional contamination of drinking wate...

  16. Small Drinking Water Systems Communication and Outreach ...

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    As part of our small drinking water systems efforts, this poster highlights several communications and outreach highlights that EPA's Office of Research and Development and Office of Water have been undertaking in collaboration with states and the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators. To share information at EPA's annual small drinking water systems workshop

  17. 76 FR 36120 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public Meeting of the Clean Air Scientific...

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    2011-06-21

    ... science, including key science judgments that are important to the design and scope of exposure and risk... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-9321-9] Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a...: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff...

  18. 40 CFR 63.13 - Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 9 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices. 63.13 Section 63.13 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL... POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES General Provisions § 63.13 Addresses of State air pollution control agencies...

  19. 40 CFR 63.13 - Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 9 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Addresses of State air pollution control agencies and EPA Regional Offices. 63.13 Section 63.13 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL... POLLUTANTS FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES General Provisions § 63.13 Addresses of State air pollution control agencies...

  20. 78 FR 77673 - Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Cadie Auto Salvage Site, Belvidere...

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    2013-12-24

    ... the proposed settlement may be obtained from Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of... addressed to Peter Felitti, Assoc. Regional Counsel, EPA, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., mail code: C-14J, Chicago, Illinois 60604. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Felitti...

  1. Tutorial Video Series: Using Stakeholder Outreach to Increase Usage of ToxCast Data (SOT)

    EPA Science Inventory

    Christina Baghdikian1, Tina Bahadori2, Russell S. Thomas2, Kevin Crofton2 and Monica Linnenbrink2; 1ASPPH Fellow Hosted by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, 2U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Durham, NCTutorial Video Series: Using Stakeholder Outreach to Inc...

  2. 77 FR 74820 - Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee: Knox County Supplemental Motor...

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    2012-12-18

    ... model and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) projection model. EPA is proposing approval of this draft SIP... Regional Office's normal hours of operation. The Regional Office's official hours of business are Monday... at that time, EPA approved mobile emissions and NONROAD models. New emissions data for both the new...

  3. Notification: Review on the Effectiveness of EPA's Environmental Education Activities

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OPE-FY15-0050, October 16, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans to begin preliminary research on the effectiveness of the EPA's Environmental Education activities.

  4. Online and classroom tools for Climate Change Education

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Samenow, J. P.; Scott, K.

    2004-12-01

    EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs has developed unique tools for educating students about the science of global warming and on actions that help address the issue. These tools have been highly successful and used in hundreds of classrooms across the country. EPA's Global Warming Kids' Site features interactive web-based animations for educating children, grades 4-8, about climate change. The animations illustrate how human activities likely influence the climate system through processes such as the greenhouse effect and carbon and water cycles. The pages also contain interactive quizzes. See: http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/animations.html For advanced high school and college students, EPA is nearing completion on the development of interactive visualizations of the emissions and climate scenarios featured in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Third Assessment Report. These visualizations allow students to choose a scenario and see how emissions, the climate and the earth's surface change over time. The Global Warming Wheelcard Classroom Activity Kit is designed to help teachers of middle school students introduce the concept of human induced global warming in the context of how rates of energy usage can influence the increase or eventual slowing of climate change. The Climate Change, Wildlife, and Wildlands Toolkit for Teachers and Interpreters was produced in a partnership among three agencies - EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service (NPS). Both classroom teachers and outdoor interpreters find it useful in conveying information about climate change science and impacts to their students and visitors. The development of the toolkit led to a larger program between EPA and NPS that assists parks in inventorying their emissions, creating action plans, and talking to the public about what they are doing - a "lead by example" type program that the two agencies hope to replicate in other venues in the coming year.

  5. Identifying the Cost of Non-monetary Incentives (ICONIC)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-12-01

    topics. a. Inspection Optimization Model The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed a linear programming model designed for a state air...and other special pays that can distort the environment and amenities that the next assignment offers.23 The primary objective of this work is to...Government Printing Office, 2005). http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06125.pdf (accessed September 28, 2008). Van Boening, Mark, Tanja F. Blackstone

  6. Notification: Evaluation of EPA Oversight of Disaster Debris Management

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OPE-FY15-0012, November 24, 2014. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to begin preliminary research on EPA's oversight of disaster debris management in December 2014.

  7. Notification: Audit of Certain EPA Electronic Records Management Practices

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Project #OA-FY13-0113, December 13, 2012. This memorandum is to notify you that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Inspector General, plans to begin an audit of certain EPA electronic records management practices.

  8. Notification: Audit New Mexico Environment Department's timekeeping practices and procedures for EPA grants

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    May 4, 2012. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of the Inspector General, is initiating an audit of New Mexico Environment Department’s (NMED’s) timekeeping practices and procedures for EPA grants.

  9. 76 FR 20349 - Draft Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium: In Support of Summary Information on the...

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    2011-04-12

    ... Workshop. SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor for external... Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office of Research and Development. EPA is releasing this draft assessment... be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. Eastern Research Group, Inc. invites...

  10. EPA Facilities and Regional Boundaries Download Package, US, 2012, US EPA, SEGS

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This downloadable package contains the following layers: EPA facility points, EPA region boundary polygons and EPA region boundary polygons extended to the 200nm Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Included in this package are a file geodatabase (v. 10.0), Esri ArcMap map document (v. 10.0) and XML files for this record and the layer level metadata. This SEGS dataset was produced by EPA Office of Environmental Information (OEI).

  11. Environmental education: Ensuring a sustainable future

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Rogers, D.P.; Lee, J.C.

    1997-12-31

    It is important to remember that personal actions and decisions have a significant impact on the environment. Although they may sometimes forget, today`s school children are the policy and decision makers of tomorrow. Today`s students must be exposed to factual information about the environment so they will be able to make responsible and informed ecological decisions. Since the National Environmental Education Act was signed into law in 1990, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken an active role in ensuring a sustainable future through environmental education. Through its education programs, the EPA strives to increase environmental literacy throughout the countrymore » and encourages young people to pursue careers in math, science, engineering, communications, and other fields essential to a sustainable environment. The US Environmental Protection Agency`s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is an international center for air quality research and information. One of the ways OAQPS invests in the environmental preservation of the Nation is through unique environmental education programs that target teachers and students of all ages. To be sure that environmental education programs incorporate a complete look at the environment, including issues associated with air quality, the EPA works with North Carolina teachers and students through the Education and Outreach Group`s Environmental Education Program. The EPA recognizes that the key to a sustainable future is engaging teachers and others in significant environmental education experiences. They will in turn instill a sense of environmental stewardship in America`s young people. There is hope that by the year 2000, every citizen will be fluent in the principles of ecology.« less

  12. 76 FR 39102 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the SAB Mercury...

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    2011-07-05

    ... a Public Teleconference of the SAB Mercury Review Panel AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA...) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Mercury Review Panel. DATES: The teleconference.... Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB Mercury Review Panel will hold a...

  13. 75 FR 57779 - Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the SAB Dioxin Review Panel

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    2010-09-22

    ... a Public Meeting of the SAB Dioxin Review Panel AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA...) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB Dioxin Review Panel to continue its review of EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments, External Review Draft...

  14. A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE US EPA OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    EPA Science Inventory

    The US EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) has a fairly long, eventful, and largely successful QA history, in spite of the fact that the Agency' s QA focus has been elsewhere. For most of the past decade, we QA professionals in ORD have had little opportunity other than ...

  15. EPA Office of Water (OW): Nutrient, Sediment, and Pathogens Water Impairments

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    National dataset consisting of a snapshot of 303(d) Listed Impaired Waters combined with Impaired Waters with TMDLs whose parent cause is Nutrients, Sediments, and Pathogens. The snapshot constitutes the top water impairments. The Impaired Waters with TMDLs and the 303(d) Listed Impaired Waters are combined into three mapping service layers in MyWaters Mapper application to provide a comprehensive view of each of these impairments. These waters are linked to the 303(d) information stored in EPAs Assessment and TMDL Tracking and Implementation System (ATTAINS). Below is a brief description of the two programs.The 303(d) Listed Impaired Waters program system provides impaired water data and impaired water features reflecting river segments, lakes, and estuaries designated under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. Each State will establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for these waters. Note the CWA Section 303(d) list of impaired waters does not represent waters that are impaired but have an EPA-approved TMDL established, impaired waters for which other pollution control mechanisms are in place and expected to attain water quality standards, or waters impaired as a result of pollution and is not caused by a pollutant; therefore, the Impaired Waters layers do not represent all impaired waters reported in a state's Integrated Report, but only the waters comprised of a state's approved 303(d) list. For more information regarding impaired waters refer to EPA's

  16. EPA Perspectives on Nanoinformatics for Prioritization and Toxicity Testing

    EPA Science Inventory

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development is investigating the environmental health and safety implications of engineered nanomaterials. Research activities as outlined in ORD’s Nanomaterial Strategy (http://www.epa.gov/nanoscience/files/...

  17. Overview of Clean Air Title V Financial Management and Reporting: A Handbook for Financial Officers and Program Managers

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This document may be of assistance in applying the Title V air operating permit regulations. This document is part of the Title V Policy and Guidance Database available at www2.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/title-v-operating-permit-policy-and-guidance-document-index. Some documents in the database are a scanned or retyped version of a paper photocopy of the original. Although we have taken considerable effort to quality assure the documents, some may contain typographical errors. Contact the office that issued the document if you need a copy of the original.

  18. 40 CFR 57.806 - Presiding Officer.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Technology § 57.806 Presiding Officer. (a) Assignment of Presiding Officer. (1) The Administrator shall, as... EPA employee who is an attorney to serve as presiding officer. (b) Powers and duties of Presiding...

  19. Endocrine disrupting chemicals research program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: summary of a peer-review report

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Harding, Anna K.; Daston, George P.; Boyd, Glen R.; Lucier, George W.; Safe, Stephen H.; Stewart, Juarine; Tillitt, Donald E.; Van Der Kraak, Glen

    2006-01-01

    At the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development, a subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors Executive Committee conducted an independent and open peer review of the Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Research Program (EDC Research Program) of the U.S. EPA. The subcommittee was charged with reviewing the design, relevance, progress, scientific leadership, and resources of the program. The subcommittee found that the long-term goals and science questions in the EDC Program are appropriate and represent an understandable and solid framework for setting research priorities, representing a combination of problem-driven and core research. Long-term goal (LTG) 1, dealing with the underlying science surrounding endocrine disruptors, provides a solid scientific foundation for conducting risk assessments and making risk management decisions. LTG 2, dealing with defining the extent of the impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), has shown greater progress on ecologic effects of EDCs compared with that on human health effects. LTG 3, which involves support of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Program of the U.S. EPA, has two mammalian tests already through a validation program and soon available for use. Despite good progress, we recommend that the U.S. EPA a) strengthen their expertise in wildlife toxicology, b) expedite validation of the Endocrine Disruptors Screening and Testing Advisory Committee tests, c) continue dependable funding for the EDC Research Program, d) take a leadership role in the application of “omics” technologies to address many of the science questions critical for evaluating environmental and human health effects of EDCs, and e) continue to sponsor multidisciplinary intramural research and interagency collaborations.

  20. Environmental Protection Agency Award Recipient Responsibilities

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    Itemized Award Phase information. Information about the Recipient's Responsibilities Upon Notification of the Award, The EPA Project Officer Responsibilities, and EPA Grant Specialists Responsibilities.

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