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Prior to submitting a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request consider checking the electronic sources listed below which may provide the desired information. This list is not comprehensive, but contains links to sites which contain information most frequently requested in Region 3. If the information is not available on the Internet please choose option 2(send an e-mail message directly to the Region 3 FOIA Office) or option 1 (complete Region 3's on-line form) to submit a FOIA request.

EPA Region 3's Administrative Records on the Internet (ARweb)
Facility Indexing Initiative (FII) - To check in which databases EPA has information on the subject facility first search in FII.
Envirofacts - Envirofacts is a data warehouse which permits access to all EPA databases currently available for public use. Search the databases and generate reports from this partial list of databases
CERCLIS - Search the Superfund Database by facility name and geographic location.
Region 3's Hazardous Waste Management Division - Contains RBC Table, narrative summaries for NPL sites, Brownfields information, most recent congressional briefings.
RCRIS - Search the Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System by facility name, geographic location, standard industrial classification and chemical.
WCMD - Reports of Non-Sensitive Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Data.
AIRS - Search the Aerometric Information Retrieval System by facility name, geographic location, and standard industrial classification.
PCS - Search the Water Discharge Permit database.
GICS - Look for grant information in the Grants Information and Control System.
Publications - Full-text or abstracts of EPA Publications.
Publications (NCEPI) - Central repository for EPA Publications which are available free of charge.
Publications (NEPIS) - Search for and print or order EPA Publications including many which may no longer be available in print.
Record of Decision System (RODS) provides the justification for the remedial action (treatment) chosen at a Superfund site.
Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Basic Query - The Basic Query allows you to conduct a search of the nation's hazardous waste sites against commonly requested search fields, such as: site name, state, zip code, and contaminants of concern.
Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query - In order to obtain results using the Basic Query, search criteria must be entered in at least one field. However, results will generally be more specific
when more search criteria are entered. In order to obtain results using the Advanced Query, either the Display or Count option must be selected in at least one field before submitting search criteria.

EPA Mid-Atlantic Compliance Assistance
Compliance Assistance
Compliance Assistance - Headlines
Upcoming Events (Meetings & Presentations)
Information for Colleges and Universities
Information for Prisons and Correctional Institutions
Information for Hospitals

EPA Mid-Atlantic Enforcement Information
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Recent Enforcement Actions
Citizen Tip and Complaint Form
Index of Supplemental Environmental Projects - A supplemental environmental project (SEP) is a project that produces environmental or public health and safety benefits beyond those required by law, for which a credit may be granted by EPA to offset partially the penalty imposed in the settlement of an enforcement action.
Supplemental Environmental Projects Idea Bank - A supplemental environmental project (SEP) is a project that produces environmental or public health and safety benefits beyond those required by law, for which a credit may be granted by EPA to offset partially the penalty imposed in the settlement of an enforcement action.

EPA Mid-Atlantic Small Business Information - The EPA offers small businesses a wide variety of compliance assistance resources and tools designed to assist businesses to comply with federal and state environmental laws. These resources can help businesses understand their obligations, improve compliance and find cost-effective ways to comply through the use of pollution prevention and other innovative technologies.

EPA Mid-Atlantic Self-Auditing Information
Environmental Audits and Self-Disclosures - This page provides information concerning environmental audits, incentives for self-policing, government agency requirements including analytical articles, relevant U.S. EPA resources and policies, information about Region 3 cases which were settled successfully under U.S. EPA's Self-Disclosure Policy, and links for further research.
Environmental Audits & Self-Disclosures Resolved Utilizing the Audit Policy
Policies and Resources - Environmental Audits & Self-Disclosures
Procedures for Self-Disclosing - Environmental Audits & Self-Disclosures

EPA Mid-Atlantic Environmental Justice Information
Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race,
color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of
environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Concerned Citizens

Major Databases
Envirofacts - Access information about environmental activities anywhere in the U.S.
Surf Your Watershed - Find information about land areas that catch rain and snow and drain to specific marshes, streams, lakes, rivers or ground water.
Center for Environmental Information and Statistics - A convenient source of information on environmental quality, status and trends.
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) - Provides a database of human health effects that may result from exposure to a variety of substances found in the environment.
Sector Facility Indexing Project - Profiles compliance and inspection history, chemical releases and spills related to petroleum refining, iron and steel production, metal refining and smelting, pulp manufacturing, and automobile assembly.
List of other online EPA Databases - Access databases that provide information about Air, Pollution Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Solid Wastes and Emergency Response, and Water.
Enviro$en$e - part of the U.S. EPA's web site, provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. Our search engine searches multiple web sites (inside and outside the EPA), and offers assistance in preparing a search.

OTHER RESOURCES

There are a number of Web sites which contain information from directly from EPA or relevant information through their respective missions. Please note that you will be exiting EPA's Web site.

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - Search this database for many EPA publications available for purchase. Here are direct links to separately maintained databases of EPA documents.
Records of Decision.
Superfund Publications.
Government Information Locator System (GILS) - GILS identifies public information resources within the Federal Government. GILS is a decentralized collection of agency-based information locators which directs users to relevant Federal Government information resources.

EPA works with other Federal agencies and links to those working regularly with Region 3 are:
Army Corps of Engineers
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Coast Guard

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