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Success Stories
Find out how EPA Brownfields Grant recipients are transforming properties across the country to improve and protect the environment, boost the local economy and enhance communities now and for years to come.
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To whom do I report an oil discharge?
A facility should report discharges to the National Response Center (NRC) at 1-800-424-8802 or 1-202-267-2675 . The NRC is the federal government's centralized reporting center, which is staffed 24 hours per day by U.S. Coast Guard personnel. If reporting directly to NRC is not practicable, reports also can be made…
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Availability of electronic SPCC Plan template
Part 112, Appendix G to prepare an SPCC Plan. Is the Tier I qualified facility SPCC Plan template available in an electronic version? EPA has made available electronic versions of the Tier I qualified facility Plan template to help the owner or operator of a Tier I qualified facility develop…
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Regional Response Teams
There are thirteen in the U.S., each representing a geographic region (including the Caribbean and the Pacific Basin). Composed of representatives from field offices of the agencies that make up the National Response Team, and state representatives.
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Protecting Communities from Chemical Accidents: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Video)
Training video to raise awareness of EPCRA to planners, responders, state and local government officials, and the public.
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Air Quality Dispersion Modeling - Preferred and Recommended Models
Refined air quality models that are currently listed in Appendix W (PDF) and are required to be used for State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions for existing sources and NSR and PSD programs.
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Integrated Water Analysis Tools
Integrated water analysis tools offer a wide spectrum of valuable information into a single interface. A few of these tools are applications that are geared for the public.
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RadTown Uranium Activity 6: Radiation Cleanup and Advocacy Objectives
Uranium was primarily mined for nuclear weapons development in the 1940s, and many Native American and Alaska Native communities have been further exposed to radiation as a result of these activities. Learn more about the history of community advocacy.
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Radiation Science, Research and Technology
Learn more about the ways we use radioactive material in research and education. Visit RadTown, the Environmental Protection Agency’s radiation education website to learn more about radiation in the world around us.
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RadTown Radioactive Atom: Vocabulary Activities
Increase your students’ science literacy with vocabulary activities from EPA! Learn more about radioactivity, how it works, and how we talk about it using free printable materials and lesson plans.
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UIC Permits in EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9)
Underground Injection Control (UIC) permits in EPA's Pacific Southwest, Region 9.
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Local Action Framework
The Local Action Framework: A Guide to Help Communities Achieve Energy and Environmental Goals is a step-by-step guide designed to help local and tribal governments plan, implement, and evaluate new or existing energy or environmental projects.
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Materials used in Technical Webinar on Draft Biological Evaluations for Three Chemicals
May 5th 2016, Technical Webinar on Draft Biological Evaluations for Three Chemicals
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Can a producer manufacturing only conventional gasoline purchase RFG, blend it with the conventional gasoline at the refinery, and use the combined blend volume and properties as part of the refinery's compliance calculations starting January 1, 1995?
See More Frequent Questions about Fuels Registration, Reporting, and Compliance Help . Combining finished RFG and finished conventional gasoline is not an act of "producing or importing" under the RFG/anti-dumping regulations. Consequently, the resulting product would not be included in the refinery's compliance calculations. Under § 80.78(a)(10), however, such product…
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Public Notices, Meetings and Events in EPA's Pacific Southwest
EPA’s Pacific Southwest (Region 9) office encourages public participation in addressing environmental issues. When EPA hosts public meetings, events, or other opportunities for public participation, they will be found here.
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Resources about Brownfields and Urban Agriculture
This page provides Urban Agriculture Resources & Related Links from the federal government and other resources.
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Underground Injection Control in Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, MP, GU)
Underground injection control (UIC) information specific to EPA's Pacific Southwest, Region 9, including: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Island Territories, and 148 tribal nations.
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Public Hearing: Proposed Rulemaking for Arizona Underground Injection Control Primacy Program
EPA is seeking public input on EPA’s intent to approve Arizona’s request to have primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) section 1422.
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Proposed Rulemaking: Arizona Underground Injection Control Primacy Program
The State of Arizona has submitted an application under Section 1422 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) seeking primary enforcement responsibility (or "primacy") for the underground injection control (UIC) program for all Classes I – VI injection wells.
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Sampling and Analysis Plan - Guidance and Template v.4 - General Projects - 04/2014
Word document and PDF containing sampling and analysis plan version 4 for general projects