Learn the Issues
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La EPA anuncia oportunidades de financiamiento para apoyar a las comunidades de trabajadores agrícolas
EPA News Release: La EPA anuncia oportunidades de financiamiento para apoyar a las comunidades de trabajadores agrícolas
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Projected Climate Threat to Waste Facilities
Explanations and adaptation strategies for climate change threats to waste facilities.
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Lean Thinking and Methods - 5S
introduction to 5S
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Construction Sector Snapshot
construction sector snapshot
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Electronic Products and Semiconductor Manufacturing Snapshot
electronic products and semiconductor manufacturing sector snapshot (interactive pdf)
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Learn About Sustainability
A general description of sustainability and why EPA is interested.
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Lean Manufacturing and the Environment
home page for lean manufacturing and the environment
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Case Studies and Best Practices
A compilation of case studies discussing environmental savings achieved through lean activities.
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EPA Efforts in North America
The three nations of North America are engaged in numerous partnerships to protect our common environment.
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Benefits of Clean School Buses
This webpage provides information on the benefits of electric and alternative fuel school buses.
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EPA Announces Next Steps to Protect Endangered Species from Chlorpyrifos
EPA has appointed a new chair and two new members and reappointed two current members to serve on the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP).
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EPA Announces Settlement with Ameresco Palmetto, LLC of Wellford, South Carolina, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations
EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Ameresco Palmetto, LLC of Wellford, South Carolina, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations
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Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA)
The Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA) provides DEP with the funding and authority to conduct cleanup actions at sites where hazardous substances have been released. HSCA also provides DEP with enforcement authority to force the persons who are responsible for releases of hazardous substances to conduct cleanup actions or to…
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EPA Webinar: NREL’s Procurement Analysis Tool for Renewable Energy Buyers
procurement analysis tool
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Hazard Ranking System (HRS)
A screening tool used to evaluate the risks to public health and the environment associated with a hazardous waste site. The HRS calculates a score on the potential or a hazardous substance spreading from the site through the air, water, or soil. EPA places sites with a HRS score of…
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National Priorities List (NPL)
The NPL is a list of hazardous waste sites identified by EPA as warranting further investigation into the extent of the risk they pose and whether cleanup of the site under EPA’s Superfund Remedial program is warranted. NPL listing does not promise remedial action, only detailed investigation.
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Exposure Pathway
The way in which a person can come into contact with a hazardous substance. Three common routes of exposure are breathing (inhalation); eating or drinking (ingestion); or contact to the skin (dermal contact).
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Contamination
A physical, chemical, biological, and/or radiological substance or matter that has an adverse effect on air, water, or soil quality.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
A Federal law (commonly known as “Superfund”) passed in 1980 and modified in 1986 by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). The law gives EPA the authority to investigate sites where there is a suspected threat to public health, or the environment caused by the release or potential release…
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What is the status of the criminal indictment against Erie Coke and how can we get more information about that?
The EPA East Avenue Study Area team is not involved with the proceedings for the criminal indictment against the Erie Coke Corporation. Please see the below links to the Department of Justice website for information about the case and victim witness assistance. Erie Coke Corporation Department of Justice Website Victim…