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Learn about ocean-based climate mitigation techniques that may potentially alleviate certain impacts of climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it for long periods in the ocean

Kansas SIP: EPA Approved Kansas Source Specific Requirements 40 CFR 52.870(d)

EPA Approved Source Specific Requirements 40 CFR 52.870(d)

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Permitting

Proposed marine carbon dioxide removal activities—including field research—that involve the disposition of material into a body of water likely need a permit from the EPA or a state with delegated permitting authority.

Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress

Information about the Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress including progress made and links to supporting documents

Air Toxics Strategy

OAQPS Air Toxics Strategy - An Overview

Restoration of the Florida Everglades

To obtain information about federal/state restoration efforts, including cleanup plans and possible timelines for action

Reply of acting EPA Inspector General to General Counsel Memorandum – Seven Day Letter

November 7, 2019: Reply of acting EPA Inspector General to General Counsel Memorandum – Seven Day Letter

IG Statement: Whistleblower Protection Statement from Inspector General O’Donnell

Feb 3, 2020 - The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 provide protection rights against retaliation for federal employees who engage in protected whistleblowing activities.

Statement of EPA Inspector General Sean O’Donnell on PFAS Hearing

OIG News Release: Owner of Water Treatment Company in Tumwater, Wash., Pleads Guilty, Sentenced for Falsification of Public System Water Samples to Lab After EPA OIG Investigation

Clearwater Utility Services of Tumwater, Wash., and its owner pleaded guilty to their roles in defrauding state regulators and customers through the submittal of false water samples from a public water system to a laboratory for lead and copper testing.

Statement of EPA Inspector General on report titled Special Review of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Capabilities to Effectively Administer Its Programs and Operations

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Federal Facilities

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is the Federal statute that governs the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides in the United States.

In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of America, on April 2010

This is the consent decree for Transocean Consent Decree. This Document Relates to: No. 10-4536

Air Products LLC Settlement

Air Products has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in civil penalties to resolve hazardous waste mismanagement violations at its Pasadena, TX chemical manufacturing facility.

BP Exploration, Inc. Multimedia Settlement

Information on BP Exploation RCRA, SDWA, CERCLA Settlement.

Millard Refrigerated Services, LLC Clean Air Act (CAA) Settlement

This is the background information for Millard Refrigerated Services, LLC Clean Air Act Settlement

CF Industries, Inc. Settlement

CF Industries, Inc. has agreed to spend approximately $12 million to implement a treatment system for hazardous wastes at its Plant City, FL. phosphoric acid.

Complaint and Summary Judgment: Deepwater Horizon – BP Gulf of America Oil Spill

This is the complaint and judgement summary for the Deepwater Horizon.

Dyno Nobel Information Sheet

The Dyno Nobel facility in St. Helens, Oregon, makes ammonia and nitric acid (used in fertilizer) under high pressure and temperature, increasing the risk of explosions. The facility also makes related chemical products used for fertilizer, refrigerant.

Dyno Nobel Inc. Missouri Information Sheet

Dyno Nobel, Inc. (Dyno Nobel) is a global manufacturing company that operates an explosives manufacturing facility in Carthage, Missouri and an ammonium nitrate facility in Louisiana, Missouri.