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Deviation from 40 CFR 35.3520(e)(3) for Off-Stream Reservoir in Defiance, Ohio (2001)

This memo responds to the request for a deviation from 40 CFR 35.3520(e)(3), which prohibits DWSRF financing of reservoirs.

Developing Water System Partnerships with the DWSRF (EPA 816-F-21-002)

This fact sheet describes DWSRF eligibilities related to water system partnerships.

Addressing Water Affordability with the DWSRF (EPA 816-F-21-007)

This fact sheet describes ways the DWSRF can help address water affordability.

Using Standards to Improve Disinfectant Efficacy Testing

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Microbiology Laboratory Branch within the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) actively participates with ASTM International Committee E35 and Subcommittee E35.15 to develop new and revise exis

Using Standards to Procure Environmentally Preferable Products and Services

Using Standards to Procure Environmentally Preferable Products and Services

Using Standards to Promote the Reuse of Rare Earth Materials

Reusing rare earths can help reduce the impacts of mining as well as increase the resiliency and security of the United States by ensuring access to these materials for new products.

Using Standards to Facilitate the Safe Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into National Airspace

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) development of the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0)

Using Standards to Protect Building Occupants from Wildfire Smoke

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Guidelines for Protecting Building Occupants from Smoke During Wildfire and Prescribed Burn Events Committee (GPC44).

Using International Standards for Lead Paint Analysis to Prevent Lead Exposure

EPA has been working with international partners through the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (Alliance) to promote international standards for lead paint sampling and analysis in developing countries. The Alliance is a cooperative initiative jointl

Using Standards to Improve Water Quality

Discover the many ways EPA has used standards to improve water quality

Floods across Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee

Information from EPA about across flooding Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee response and recovery efforts.

Iowa - Cleanups

Iowa non NPL Cleanup Sites and documents

EPA Pacific Southwest (Region 9) Regional Laboratory

Located in Corvallis and Newport, Oregon, and in Hayward, California, the Region 9 Laboratory is an integrated science center whose mission is to protect human health and the environment in EPA’s Pacific Southwest region (Region 9).

EPA Completes Reviews at 27 Superfund Sites Across the Pacific Southwest

As a key indicator of the advancement of long-term Superfund cleanups, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed comprehensive reviews of cleanups at 27 Superfund sites across Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada in Fiscal Year 2025.

EPA Reports to Congress on Technology Transfer

These reports summarize technology transfer activities of the EPA’s federal laboratories, by fiscal year. These are required by congress annually.

Grand River 101

This page contains specific projects and organization overviews including: education efforts, connecting local governments, removing the dams and restoring the rapids.

Passaic River 101

This page contains general information and also examples of programs and organizations working in the Passaic location including: cleaning up the Passaic, US Army Corps of Engineers, the Newark Riverfront Park

Program Updates - Northwest Indiana

This page will house program updates for ongoing projects in this urban waters location by year.

Patapsco Watershed 101

This page contains Urban Waters examples. Featured projects and organizations in this Partnership include the Green Pattern Book Mapping Tool, Humanim, the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, and Blue Water Baltimore.

EPA Highlights New Mortgage Forbearance Extension Secured as LA Wildfire Survivors Rebuild

Private-sector relief bolsters federal efforts to ease the financial burden on families

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today highlighted a new private-sector commitment that has been secured to help Los Angeles wildfire survivors rebuild.

• Release Date: June 3, 2026