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Urban Waters 10-Year Anniversary Workshop Sessions - Dec. 1, 2021

UWFP 10th Anniversary Workshops to identify strategic actions to increase UWFP capacity to advance climate equity and job creation.

Links Related to the Green-Duwamish Watershed (Washington)

This page contains a list of links and resources related to the Green-Duwamish Watershed in Washington

Photo Gallery for Anacostia Watershed (Washington, DC/Maryland)

Anacostia Watershed (Washington, DC/Maryland) of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership (UWFP) reconnects urban communities with their waterways by improving coordination among federal agencies and collaborating

News about Lake Pontchartrain Area/New Orleans (Louisiana)

New Orleans/Lake Pontchartrain of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership (UWFP) reconnects urban communities with their waterways by improving coordination among federal agencies and collaborating with community-led efforts.

About the Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant

A fact-sheet about the five start and urban waters restoration grant, 2017

EPA Announces Proposed Registration of New Pesticide Florylpicoxamid

EPA released its proposed registration decision for three products containing the new active ingredient florylpicoxamid, a broad-spectrum fungicide that can be used on food crops and golf courses.

EPA Shares Fish and Wildlife Service’s Final Endangered Species Act Biological Opinion for Methomyl

EPA is sharing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS’s) final biological opinion (BiOp) for the pesticide methomyl.

Urbanization and Stormwater Runoff

Stormwater runoff is generated from rain and snowmelt that flows over land and does not soak into the ground. Runoff can pick up and deposit harmful pollutants into streams, lakes, and groundwater.

Inventory Potential Contaminant Sources

This page provides information about creating a contaminant source inventory listing all known and potential contaminant sources or activities of concern within a source water protection area (SPWA) that may pose a threat to drinking water supplies.

EPA's Role in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), established in 1972, is the designated program addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level for the United Nations.

How To Report Under CDR

Provides links to CDR documents and tools that can be used for CDR reporting

Utilizing the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to Support Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) Compliance

These webinar slides provide an overview of the LCRI and cover how the DWSRF can be used to comply with the upcoming regulation at its compliance deadline of November 1st, 2027

EPA Finalizes Review of Upper Hudson PCB Cleanup after Considering Public Comment; Agency Will Issue Report Addendum by 2027

EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Review of Upper Hudson PCB Cleanup after Considering Public Comment; Agency Will Issue Report Addendum by 2027

Release Date: January 16, 2025

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC and Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC Settlement

Information about Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC and Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Clean LP Air Act Settlement

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a settlement Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (“Chevron Phillips”), that will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from three of Chevron Phillips’s petrochemical