Learn the Issues

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  • Health - Adverse Birth Outcomes

    Information about babies born preterm and those born with low birth weight.

  • Health - Childhood Cancer

    Information about new childhood cancer cases and deaths caused by childhood cancer.

  • Health - Respiratory Diseases

    Information about children with asthma and emergency room visits and hospitalizations due to asthma and other respiratory causes.

  • Biomonitoring - Mercury

    Information information about mercury levels measured in women.

  • Biomonitoring - Lead

    Information about lead levels measured in children.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Benefits of Addressing Plastic Pollution

    This webpage describes the many benefits to addressing plastic pollution.

  • 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.

  • NPDES Permit Status Reports

    These reports show the backlog status nationwide, based on EPA databases and input from EPA regions and states. The reports show a snapshot in time, keep in mind that the status of facilities and the universe of permits change.

  • Old Church Rock Abandoned Uranium Mine

    Information about EPA's cleanup of the Old Church Rock Mine (OCRM) site, a former uranium mine located along the west side of State Highway 566 approximately 13 miles northeast of Gallup, NM in the Church Rock Chapter of the Navajo Nation.

  • Challenges

    This webpage describes the many challenges organizations face when managing plastic waste.

  • Haystack #1 Abandoned Uranium Mine

    Information and updates about the Haystack #1 Abandoned Mine in Navajo Nation's Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mine district.

  • Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee and Pesticide Regulatory Reform Meetings

    EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs will hold a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on Wednesday, May 3, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and on Thursday, May 4, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

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