Learn the Issues
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Learn About RSEI
Basic information about the EPA Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) model
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EasyRSEI Basics
How to use EasyRSEI and description of its rankings, trends, query functionality and data views.
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21-Day Content Screen
Under PRIA, EPA has 21 days after it receives the pesticide application and the fee to conduct an initial screen of the application’s contents for completeness and for the applicant to make necessary corrections. This page provides the checklists we use.
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Multi-Year Workplan for Conventional Pesticide Registration
Introduces conventional pesticide registration workplans
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Fluridone Petition and Response (8/29/2024)
Petition(s) and Response(s) for Fluridone
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Health - Adverse Birth Outcomes
Information about babies born preterm and those born with low birth weight.
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Health - Childhood Cancer
Information about new childhood cancer cases and deaths caused by childhood cancer.
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Health - Respiratory Diseases
Information about children with asthma and emergency room visits and hospitalizations due to asthma and other respiratory causes.
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Biomonitoring - Mercury
Information information about mercury levels measured in women.
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Biomonitoring - Lead
Information about lead levels measured in children.
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Does the medical exclusion apply to chemicals at doctors' offices and pharmacies?
Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) require facility owners or operators to file inventory reports detailing the name, amount, and location of hazardous chemicals present at a facility in excess of the established threshold quantities. Hazardous chemicals are defined by the Occupational Safety…
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Land Revitalization
General statement of land revitalization
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Change of ownership and responsibility for Tier II reporting
A facility changed ownership during the third quarter of the 1990 calendar year. Which owner/operator is responsible for the submission of Section 312 Tier II form for the calendar year 1990? Both owners and operators have responsibility for reporting under Section 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act…
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Applicability of EPCRA §§302 and 304 to EHSs produced on-site
If an extremely hazardous substance is not stored on-site but is produced in a process such as incineration, is it exempt from both threshold planning quantity calculation and release reporting if the release is covered by a Clean Air Act permit? If the hazardous substance is produced on-site in a…
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Are there Tier II deadline extensions?
Section 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) requires covered facilities to submit a Tier II form to their State or Tribal Emergency Response Commission (SERC or TERC), Local or Tribal Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC or TEPC), and local fire department on March 1st of every year…
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What are extremely hazardous substances (EHSs)?
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 304 release reporting requirements apply to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) hazardous substances and EPCRA extremely hazardous substances (EHSs). What are EHSs? The EHS list was first compiled by EPA, and subsequently incorporated into EPCRA, to identify…
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List of state underground storage tank agencies
Where can state/local offices get contact names and addresses for their UST agencies? A list of state UST agencies can be found on U.S. EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks homepage at www.epa.gov/ust. A list of SERCs and LEPCs can be found by going through OEM's webpage on partnering agencies…
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What You Can Do to Reduce Plastic Waste
This webpage hosts tips for reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic waste in your life.
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Benefits of Addressing Plastic Pollution
This webpage describes the many benefits to addressing plastic pollution.
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Best Practices
This webpage highlights best practices for addressing plastic waste include regulatory and policy interventions, behavioral and educational campaigns, partnerships, and locally appropriate technologies.