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U.S. EPA
U.S. EPA's 2008 Report on the Environment
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| Title | U.S. EPA's 2008 Report on the Environment |
| Description | This report provides U.S. citizens with a resource to help them understand current environmental trends. It relies on a number of environmental indicators to illustrate these trends and evaluate EPA''s strategic planning. |
| Organization | U.S. EPA |
| Year | 2008 |
| URL | http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=190806 |
| Level of Technical Detail | High |
| Direct Access to Data | Yes |
| Direct Access to Metadata | Yes |
| EPA Region | Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7, Region 8, Region 9, Region 10 |
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| Link to Organization | http://www.epa.gov/ |
| Contact Information | roe@epa.gov |
| Environmental Indicator Scale | National, Regional |
| Additional Information | Data Quality and Limitations, Interpreting and Using Indicators |
| Information about the indicators in the report | ||
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| Environmental Category in the Report | Indicator in the Report | EPA Web Taxonomy |
| Air Quality | Acid deposition | Air:Acid Rain Air:Air Quality |
| Air Quality | Air quality index | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Air toxic emissions | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Hazardous Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ambient concentrations of benzene | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ambient concentrations of carbon monoxide | Air:Air Pollution:Mobile Sources of Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ambient concentrations of lead | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ambient concentrations of manganese compounds in EPA Region 5 | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ambient concentrations of nitrogen dioxide | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ambient concentrations of ozone | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ambient concentrations of particulate matter | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Particulate Matter |
| Air Quality | Carbon monoxide emissions | Air:Air Pollution:Mobile Sources of Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Concentrations of ozone depleting substances | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Lake and stream acidity | Air:Acid Rain Water:Surface Water:Lakes Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Water:Surface Water:Streams |
| Air Quality | Lead emissions | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Mercury emissions | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Nitrogen oxide emissions | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ozone and particulate matter concentrations for U.S. counties in the U.S./Mexico border region | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Particulate Matter |
| Air Quality | Ozone injury to forest plants | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Ozone levels over North America | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Particulate matter emission | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Particulate Matter |
| Air Quality | Regional haze | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Particulate Matter |
| Air Quality | Sulfur dioxide emissions | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Air Quality | Volatile organic compound emissions | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Chemicals | Fertilizer applied for agricultural purposes | Industries: Agricultural Industry Soils & Land:Agroecosystems Pesticides |
| Chemicals | Pesticide residues in food | Pesticides Food Safety |
| Chemicals | Reported pesticide incidents | Pesticides |
| Chemicals | Toxic chemicals in production-related wastes combusted for energy recovery, released, treated, or recycled | Chemicals |
| Coastal Waters | Coastal benthic communities | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Coastal Waters | Coastal fish tissue contaminants | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Food Safety:Fish & Wildlife Consumption |
| Coastal Waters | Coastal sediment quality | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants:Sediments:Contaminated Sediments |
| Coastal Waters | Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Long Island Sound | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Coastal Waters | Submerged aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay | Water:Surface Water:Estuaries Species |
| Coastal Waters | Tropic state of coastal waters | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Species |
| Coastal Waters | Wetland extent, change, and sources of change | Water:Wetlands |
| Consumption of Fish and Shellfish | Coastal fish tissue contaminants | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Food Safety:Fish & Wildlife Consumption |
| Consumption of Fish and Shellfish | Contaminants in lake fish tissue | Water:Surface Water:Lakes Food Safety:Fish & Wildlife Consumption |
| Contaminated Land | Current human exposures under control at high-priority cleanup sites | Health Risks:Exposure Cleanup:Cleanup Sites |
| Contaminated Land | Migration of contaminated groundwater under control at high priority cleanup sites | Cleanup:Cleanup Sites Water:Ground Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | High and low stream flows | Water:Surface Water:Streams |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Long Island Sound | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Lake and stream acidity | Water:Surface Water:Streams Air:Acid Rain Water:Surface Water:Lakes Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Nitrogen and phosphorous in streams in agricultural watersheds | Water:Surface Water:Streams Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Water:Water Pollution:Non-Point Sources of Water Pollution Industries: Agricultural Industry |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Nitrogen and phosphorous in wadeable streams | Water:Surface Water:Streams Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Water:Water Pollution:Non-Point Sources of Water Pollution |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Nitrogen and phosphorous loads in large rivers | Water:Surface Water:Rivers Water:Water Pollution:Non-Point Sources of Water Pollution Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Sea level | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Air:Climate Change |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Sea surface temperature | Water:Surface Water:Oceans Air:Climate Change |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | Streambed stability in wadable streams | Water:Surface Water:Streams |
| Critical Physical and Chemical Attributes | U.S. and global mean temperature and precipitation | Air:Climate Change |
| Diversity and Biological Balance | Benthic macrovinvertebrates in wadable streams | Water:Surface Water:Streams Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Species |
| Diversity and Biological Balance | Bird populations | Species |
| Diversity and Biological Balance | Coastal benthic communities | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Species |
| Diversity and Biological Balance | Fish faunal intactness | Species |
| Diversity and Biological Balance | Non-indigenous benthic species in the estuaries of the Pacific Northwest | Water:Surface Water:Estuaries Research & Analysis:Monitoring:Biomonitoring Species |
| Diversity and Biological Balance | Submerged aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay | Water:Surface Water:Estuaries Species |
| Drinking Water Quality | Population served by community water systems with no reported violations of health based standards | Water:Drinking Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants:Drinking Water Contaminants |
| Ecological Exposure to Contaminants | Coastal fish tissue contaminants | Water:Surface Water:Oceans:Coastal Environments Food Safety:Fish & Wildlife Consumption |
| Ecological Exposure to Contaminants | Contaminants in lake fish tissue | Water:Surface Water:Lakes Food Safety:Fish & Wildlife Consumption |
| Ecological Exposure to Contaminants | Ozone injury to forest plants | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Pollutants & Contaminants:Air Pollutants:Criteria Air Pollutants |
| Ecological Processes | Carbon storage in forests | Industries: Agricultural Industry: Forestry |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Ecological connectivity in EPA Region 4 | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Forest extent and type | Soils & Land Industries: Agricultural Industry: Forestry |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Forest fragmentation | Soils & Land Industries: Agricultural Industry: Forestry |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Land cover | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Land cover in the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Land use | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Relative ecological condition of undeveloped land in EPA Region 5 | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Urbanization and population change | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Extent and Distribution of Ecological Systems | Wetland extent, change, and sources of change | Water:Wetlands |
| Fresh Surface Water | High and low stream flows | Water:Surface Water:Streams |
| Fresh Surface Water | Lake and stream acidity | Water:Surface Water:Streams Air:Acid Rain Water:Surface Water:Lakes Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants |
| Fresh Surface Water | Nitrogen and phosphorous in streams in agricultural watersheds | Water:Surface Water:Streams Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Water:Water Pollution:Non-Point Sources of Water Pollution Industries: Agricultural Industry |
| Fresh Surface Water | Nitrogen and phosphorous in wadeable streams | Water:Surface Water:Streams Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Water:Water Pollution:Non-Point Sources of Water Pollution |
| Fresh Surface Water | Streambed stability in wadable streams | Water:Surface Water:Streams |
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Concentrations | Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Air:Climate Change |
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Concentrations | U.S. Greenhouse gas emissions | Air:Air Pollution Air:Air Quality Air:Climate Change |
| Groundwater | Nitrate and pesticides in shallow ground water in agricultural watersheds | Water:Ground Water Pollutants & Contaminants:Water Pollutants Water:Water Pollution:Non-Point Sources of Water Pollution Industries: Agricultural Industry |
| Indoor Air Quality | Blood contaminant level | Air:Air Pollution:Indoor Air Pollution Health Effects |
| Indoor Air Quality | U.S. homes above EPA''s radon action level | Air:Air Pollution:Indoor Air Pollution Radiation & Radioactive Radon |
| Land Cover | Forest extent and type | Soils & Land Industries: Agricultural Industry: Forestry |
| Land Cover | Land cover | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Land Cover | Land cover in the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Land Use | Land use | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Land Use | Urbanization and population change | Sustainable Development Soils & Land |
| Waste | Quantity of RCRA waste generated and managed | Wastes:Hazardous Waste Cleanup:Cleanup Sites:RCRA Corrective Action |
| Waste | Quantity of municipal solid waste generated and managed | Wastes:Solid Waste:Municipal Solid Waste |
| Wetlands | Wetland extent, change, and sources of change |