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Private Drinking Water Wells

Provides information on private drinking water wells, types of well, well construction. How to prevent health risks associated with private wells is also discussed.

General Information About Injection Wells

This webpage provides general background information on injection wells used to place fluids in the subsurface. It also provides information on use, different categories, and how they are regulated. Information on the protection is also provided.

Large-Capacity Cesspools

This page will help you provides general information about large-capacity cesspools, why large-capacity cesspools are banned, how to properly close them when no longer in use.

Class II Oil and Gas Related Injection Wells

This page provides background information on the uses of Class II wells, their regulatory requirements, and how the requirements protect USDWs.

Protecting Underground Sources of Drinking Water from Underground Injection (UIC)

Provide information on: individual injection well classes; regulations specific to each well class; technical guidance; compliance assistance; federal, state, and tribal/territory roles and responsibilities.

Tribal Community-Based Social Marketing Training Guide

The Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) Training Guide and recycling toolkit provides an overview of how to increase the adoption of sustainable behaviors and recycling practices with a community.

04.28.2021 Building Capacity in Action Asset Management Webinar Slides

Slides for April 28, 2021 webinar

National Estuary Program Reports

A collection of reports about The National Estuary Program

Find a Regional Contact for Air Quality SIPs/FIPs/TIPs

EPA staff contacts for Air State Implementation Plans (SIP) in each of our ten regional offices.

State of the Bay Report for Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Information on the current condition of the Delaware Eastuaries.

Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans

A listing of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for Estuary Programs

Local Foods, Local Places Case Study: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Case study about using local foods to revitalize downtown North Wilkesboro, NC, through the Livable Communities in Appalachia Program.

Region 4 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Permitting Process

Region 4 OCS Permitting Process

Numeric Nutrient Water Quality Criteria

Our Built and Natural Environments

Our Built and Natural Environments summarizes research that shows how development patterns affect the environment and human health, and how certain development patterns can reduce the environmental and human health impacts of development.

Local Foods, Local Places Case Study: Passaic, NJ

Case study about how the Local Foods, Local Places workshop in Passaic, NJ, helped the city plan to improve access to healthy food and support local businesses.

Framework for Creating a Smart Growth Economic Development Strategy

This step-by-step guide can help small and mid-sized cities, particularly those that have limited population growth, areas of disinvestment, and/or a struggling economy, build a place-based economic development strategy.

Así es el Desarrollo Inteligente

Spanish translation of This Is Smart Growth, giving examples of how smart growth development looks in communities of all types across the country.

Podcast: Local Foods, Local Places in Harlan, Kentucky

Podcast about a Local Foods, Local Places project in Harlan, KY, to help the town use local foods to diversify its economy, improve residents' health, and revitalize the downtown.

Parking Spaces/Community Places

This report highlights proven approaches that balance parking with broader community goals.