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What You Can Do: In Your Home

Our homes can be major sources of nutrient pollution. There are a few simple things you can do to prevent nutrient pollution around your home, including changing your cleaning supplies, cleaning after your pet, being energy efficient, and more.

Documents of General Electric Company - Hudson Falls in Hudson Falls, New York

2001 Consent Decree: Nucor Corporation, Inc. Multimedia Settlement

This is the consent decree for Nucor Corporation, Inc. Multimedia Settlement

Where This Occurs: Air

Airborne nitrogen compounds, especially nitrogen oxides, contribute to the formation of air pollutants like smog, which can restrict visibility and affect human health.

Petroleum Refinery National Case Results

Results from EPA settlements with petroleum refineries

Where This Occurs: Ground Water and Drinking Water

As ground water works its way through the soil, it can pick up excess nutrients and transport them to the water table. When polluted groundwater reaches drinking water systems it can pose serious public health threats.

TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-20-0154

This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-20-0154.

Where This Occurs: Coasts and Bays

Nutrient pollution impairs about two-thirds of the nation's coastal areas and more than one-third of the nation's estuaries.

TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-20-0146

This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-20-0146.

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Cheminova, Inc.

This is the cafo for Cheminova, Inc

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Dow Chemical

These are the cafos for Dow Chemical

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Weatherford International, Inc.

This is the cafo for Weatherford International Inc.

TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-20-0161

This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-20-0161.

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Helm Agro US, Inc.

This is the ssuro and cafo for Helm Agro US, Inc

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Nisso America Inc.

This is the cafo for Nisso America Inc.

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Bayer CropScience

This is the cafo for Bayer CropScience

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Bayer CropScience LP

This is the cafo for Bayer CropScience LP

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Healthtex Distributors

This is the cafo Healthtex Distributors

Pesticides Imports Enforcement - Pace International LLC

This is the cafo for Pace International, LLC

Where This Occurs: Lakes and Rivers

Nutrient pollution builds up in our nation's lakes, ponds, and streams. EPA's 2010 National Lakes Assessment found that almost 20 percent of the 50,000 lakes surveyed had been impacted by nitrogen and phosphorus pollution.