Learn the Issues
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Title V Program Evaluations in Massachusetts
EPA Title V program evaluation for Massachusetts, October 14, 2021.
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Urban Warming and Health
This page includes presentation and transcript PDFs from EPA's August 19, 2015 webcast, "Improving Heat Health Resilience through Urban Infrastructure Planning and Design."
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Sterigenics Willowbrook Facility: Community Meeting Presentations
List of presentations given at the Sterigenics Willowbrook Community Meeting held on May 29, 2019
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Outdoor Air Monitoring Data in the Willowbrook Community
Results of ambient air monitoring for ethylene oxide in Willowbrook, IL and surrounding communities
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For toxic endpoints, are milligrams per liter (mg / L) equivalent to parts per million (ppm)?
The endpoint concentrations for regulated toxic substances under the risk management program rule (40 CFR Part 68 Appendix A) are listed in units of milligrams per liter (mg/L). Is this equivalent to parts per million (ppm)? No, mg/L is not always equivalent to ppm. Whereas ppm is a volume-to-volume or…
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Ammonia (concentration 20% or greater) and Ammonia (anhydrous) Alternative Release Scenarios
Pursuant to the Risk Management Program regulations, the owner or operator shall identify and analyze at least one alternative release scenario for each regulated toxic substance held in a Program 2 or Program 3 process above its threshold (40 CFR §68.28). If a facility has both ammonia and ammonia (anhydrous)…
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Transportation exemption and EPCRA emergency planning
To what extent is an LEPC/TEPC required to plan if there are only a few (or no) facilities having extremely hazardous substances present in excess of threshold planning quantities, but there is significant interstate transportation of these and other hazardous substances? While Section 327 of Title III generally exempts the…
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EPA Registers New Active Ingredient Pyraclonil
The Environmental Protection Agency registered two pesticide products containing the new active ingredient Pyraclonil.
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DCPA (Dacthal) Technical Herbicide Product Suspended by EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency suspended the technical-grade product containing the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA)
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TMDL Report and Approval Documents for Shellcamp Pond, NH
View supporting documents for Shellcamp Pond in New Hampshire.
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History of Safer Choice and Design for the Environment
Past projects EPA's Design for the Environment in its alternatives assessments and safer chemicals programs
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Choosing the Right Gloves for Painting Cars
As part of the Auto Refinishing Shop Project, Design for the Environment created a fact sheet describing how to select the appropriate gloves when painting cars.
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Lean & Chemicals Toolkit: Executive Summary
basic summary of the Lean & Chemicals Toolkit
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Lean & Chemicals Toolkit: Chapter 1
this section discusses different types of chemical and hazardous waste and how to identify them
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Lean & Chemicals Toolkit: Chapter 5
This chapter discusses the management of chemicals in workspaces including point-of-use storage and visual management.
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Lean & Chemicals Toolkit: Chapter 2
this chapter of the lean & chemicals toolkit discusses the definition and gives examples of chemical waste
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Lean & Water Toolkit: Contents and Acknowledgements
Contents for the Lean & Water Toolkit
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The Lean & Water Toolkit
This is the introduction page for The Lean & Water Toolkit which helps people achieve cost savings through water reductions.
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Lean & Chemicals Toolkit: Chapter 6
This chapter describes product and process design as well as green chemistry and safer alternatives in production.
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Lean & Chemicals Toolkit: Chapter 7
This chapter summarizes the ideas covered in the previous five chapters.