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Safely Use Rodent Bait Products

Rat and mouse poison products, if misused, can potentially harm you, your children, or your pets. Always read the product label and follow all directions. Choose safe rodenticide products, store pesticides properly, and use bait stations appropriately.

Options for Dealing With Rodent Infestations

After removing sources of food and water and shelter, your next options are rodent traps and poisons (rodenticides). Rat or mouse traps may be lethal (snap traps) or live (cage-type), and poison baits must be placed in tamper-resistant bait stations.

Choosing a Bait Station Product for Household Use

Information on tamper-resistant, weather-resistant, and other products that meet EPA safety standards and can help consumers control household rodents while greatly reducing accidental exposure to children, pets, and non-target wildlife.

EPA Issues Test Order for PFAS Used in Manufacturing Under National Testing Strategy

EPA Issues Test Order for PFAS Used in Manufacturing Under National Testing Strategy October 9,2024

Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $30,311,000 in Funding to Kentucky to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Protects Communities from Lead in Drinking Water, Announces $30,311,000 in Funding to Kentucky to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

• Release Date: October 9, 2024

EPA Releases Section 18 Emergency Exemption Program Information and Training Resource for State Lead Agencies and Extension Agents

The EPA is seeking public comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s opinion for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl.

Remedial Action Plan for Torch Lake AOC

Describes the environmental setting, impaired uses, sources of pollution, and restoration goals.

Docket Reference Manual: Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket (Interim Final)

This manual facilitates the process of identifying and adding facilities to the Docket, as well as to facilitate activities after a facility has been added.

Institutional Controls and Transfer of Real Property under CERCLA Section 120(h)(3)(A), (B) or (C)

This document provides guidance to the EPA on the exercise of EPA's discretion under CERCLA section 120(h)(3)(A),(B), or (C) when EPA is called upon to evaluate institutional controls as part of a remedial action.

Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office Project Successes

A general overview of the FFRRO process for defining facility status and an example from Tennessee

Fast-Track Cleanup at Closing DoD Installations

The Fast-Track Cleanup program strives to make parcels available for reuse as quickly as possible by the transfer of uncontaminated or remediated parcels, the lease of contaminated parcels where cleanup is underway, or the 'early transfer' of contaminated property undergoing cleanup.

Using the Five-Year Review Community Outreach Materials

The Federal Workgroup on Five-Year Reviews developed these training tools to help site managers at federal facilities communicate with community members about the purpose and process of five-year reviews.

Enforcement Actions at Government-Owned Contractor Operated Facilities

This page contains the text of two memos regarding government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities.

Policy on Future Environmental Compliance Agreements

This is a memorandum from the U.S. Secretary of Energy, regarding future environmental compliance agreements.

Federal Facilities Remedial Site Inspection (SI) Summary Guide

This guide assists federal agencies in obtaining sufficient information to meet National Contingency Plan requirements and identifies data that should be included in an SI.

Department of Energy Compliance Agreements

The purpose of this memorandum is to again reaffirm DOE's commitment to working with EPA and the States to establish enforceable agreements at its major facilities.

Military Base Closures: Updated Status of Prior Base Realignments and Closures

As the Department of Defense (DOD) prepares for the 2005 base realignment and closure (BRAC) round, questions continue to be raised about the transfer and environmental cleanup of unneeded property arising from the prior four BRAC rounds and their impact on cost and savings and on local economies.

UXO Incident Report

Cases where unexploded ordnance (UXO), chemical munitions/agents, or other military munitions of World War I or later vintage resulted in death or injury to civilians in the United States

Policy on Listing Mixed Ownership Mine or Mill Sites Created as a Result of the General Mining Law of 1872 on the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket

EPA’s policy recognizes that mine or mill sites should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and it does not address the status of the federal government as a potentially responsible party.

Military Base Closures: Observations on Prior and Current BRAC Rounds

DOD indicates that recommendations from the previous BRAC rounds were implemented within the 6-year period mandated by law. As a result, DOD estimated that it reduced its domestic infrastructure by about 20 percent; about 90 percent of unneeded BRAC property is now available for reuse.