Learn the Issues
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Greenhouse Gas Overview
Search the GHG data for individual facilities by name, or location or filter the data set by state or county, industrial sectors, annual facility emissions thresholds and greenhouse gases.
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RadNet Overview
RadNet is a national network monitoring stations that regularly samples the nation's air, precipitation, drinking water, or pasteurized milk for a variety of radionuclides and radiation types.
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TRI Statistics
The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) contains information about more than 650 toxic chemicals that are being used, manufactured, treated, transported, or released into the environment.
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NGGS Overview
The Next Generation Grants System (NGGS), a web-based system contains information on the recipient of the grant, fellowship, cooperative agreement and interagency agreement, including the name of the entity accepting the award.
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Envirofacts Overview
This website provides access to several EPA databases to provide information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States.
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SDWIS Search for Indian Tribes
The Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) contains information about public water systems and their violations of EPA's drinking water regulations.
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EPA Conducting Review of North Sanitary Landfill Superfund Site
EPA is conducting a five-year review of the North Sanitary Landfill Superfund site, also known as Valleycrest Landfill.
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Press Releases related to Transportation, Air Pollution, and Climate Change
Press releases for EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality
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Michigan Title V Operating Permit Program Approval History
Title V operating permit program approval history in Michigan.
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EPA Actions does not require EPA regional offices to prioritize the same types of permits and adopt the same outreach activities. Why doesn’t EPA require regional offices to always prioritize certain permits and always do certain outreach activities?
EPA Actions strikes an important balance between national consistency and regional flexibility. The Agency‐wide guidelines establish national consistency by providing EPA’s expectations for the regional implementation plans. At the same time, EPA recognizes that the regional offices need the flexibility to take actions suited to the types of permits and…
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Are permit applicants required to adopt the Promising Practices?
EPA is not requiring permit applicants to adopt the Promising Practices. Promising Practices are simply that: good ideas in the form of suggestions to permit applicants. Permit applicants may benefit from applying these Promising Practices. EPA hopes that when permit applicants practice early and meaningful dialogue with the community, they…
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Criteria Air Pollutants
This web area will provide access to information on setting and implementing the outdoor air quality standards for the six criteria air pollutants.
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Will EPA provide incentives to permit applicants who adopt Promising Practices, like an expedited permit process?
EPA is not providing incentives to permit applicants who adopt the Promising Practices, such as an expedited permit process. Nevertheless, permit applicants should be aware of the many benefits that can accrue to them if they adopt the Promising Practices to create a constructive dialogue with the community in which…
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What will be included in regional implementation plans?
The regional implementation plans are expected to be consistent with the Agency‐wide guidelines finalized in EPA Actions. First, the Plans will address with more specificity the process that a regional office will use to prioritize permits for enhanced outreach. This includes outlining whether the regional office will use a screening…
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Why doesn’t EPA do enhanced outreach for every permit?
Robust public outreach and engagement can consume a substantial amount of resources from all stakeholders in a permitting process and would not be warranted for every permit action. EPA recognizes that its regional offices cannot enhance engagement for every EPA‐issued permit and that overburdened communities might be overwhelmed with process…
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If an EPA regional office finds that a permit may not have significant public health or environmental impacts, or may not impact an already overburdened community, can the permit still be prioritized for enhanced outreach? Will the permit receive any outreach at all?
EPA regional offices have the discretion to use other considerations to prioritize EPA‐issued permits for enhanced outreach that do not meet either or both of those criteria. One important consideration would be whether a community has expressed concerns over a permit application or renewal. EPA regional offices may consider prioritizing…
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Trump EPA Unveils Proposal to Save Truckers $12 Billion by Revising Unworkable Biden-Era Rule
Agency Proposes to Eliminate DEF Deratements Entirely
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal estimated to save American truckers $12 billion through commonsense revisions to unnecessary and unworkable Biden-era compliance requirements.
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What is the definition of “overburdened community” that is relevant for EPA Actions and Promising Practices?
EPA Actions and Promising Practices apply the description of overburdened communities articulated in EPA’s Plan EJ 2014. The term is used to describe the minority, low‐income, tribal and indigenous populations or communities in the United States that potentially experience disproportionate environmental harms and risks due to exposures or cumulative impacts…
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EMC Technical Support
Emission Measurement Center Technical Support
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How will an EPA regional office determine whether a permitted activity may have significant public health or environmental impacts?
Permit applications provide information on the proposed project consistent with the requirements of particular statutes and regulations. EPA may also do its own assessment of the environmental and public health impacts of a proposed project, using modeling and monitoring data for example. Such information would inform an EPA regional office’s…