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What are some tips for making my resume and job application more competitive?

Please see this link for tips on building a federal resume: https://www.usajobs.gov/help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/ . Please see this link for tips on what to include in your federal resume: https://www.usajobs.gov/help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/

Last published: October 2, 2025

Does EPA CID require a background check?

Yes, as a condition of employment, applicants are required to pass an extensive employment suitability investigation during the hiring process. The investigation includes a urinalysis for illegal drug use, credit and record checks, in-depth interviews with former and current colleagues, neighbors, friends, professors, etc. and employment and educational verifications. In…

Last published: October 2, 2025

Do EPA CID Agents carry firearms?

Yes, Special Agents are required to carry firearms and periodically qualify with their service weapon. Firearms instruction is included in the basic agent training program.

Last published: October 2, 2025

Training

This page contains links to training sessions outside of EPA's website

Military Base Closures: Guidance on EPA Concurrence in the Identification of Uncontaminated Parcels under CERCLA Section 120(h)(4)

This memo addresses the approach EPA should use in determining whether to concur that a parcel has been properly identified by the military as 'uncontaminated' and therefore transferable.

Facilitator's Guide for How to Plan Projects Using the Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP QAPP) Training Workshop

The workshop provides knowledge needed to conduct a successful scoping meeting as a part of the Systematic Planning Process and to record the results in a QAPP consistent with the UFP.

NAVSTA Newport RA Completion Report, September 2019

Remedial Action Completion Report

Does having a disability disqualify me from being a Special Agent?

Special Agents are subject to medical standards. As defined by the Office of Personnel Management, Special Agent duties require moderate to arduous physical exertion involving walking and standing, use of firearms, and exposure to inclement weather. Manual dexterity with comparatively free motion of finger, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, and knee…

Last published: October 2, 2025

Federal Facilities Institutional Controls (ICs)

This page describes Institutional Controls (ICs) that help minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by ensuring appropriate land or resource use.

Lead Test Kit Stakeholder Meeting

Lead Test Kit Stakeholder Meeting Documents

Buck Slip: "If You're Not Lead Safe Certified, Disturbing Just Six Square Feet Could Cost You Big Time"

Dollar" sized stuffer for current mailings to keep customers informed on EPA Renovation, Repair & Painting Rule. Designed to fit perfectly in a standard A10 envelope.

Carbon Dioxide as a Fire Suppressant: Examining the Risks (EPA, 2000)

Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the statutory authority to set phase-out dates for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and to evaluate potential risks posed by proposed ODS substitutes.

How to Make Your Home Lead-Safe

This page provides information on how you can reduce your family's risk of lead exposure and prevent lead poisoning.

Mitigation Menu

EPA is proposing to use this ecological mitigation menu website as an extension of certain pesticide labels to provide more information for pesticide users with respect to runoff/erosion mitigation on FIFRA section 3 labels.

Marine Protection Permitting in EPA Region 1

Overview of marine protection permitting in New England, US. Includes materials dumped in the Region, MPRSA permits issues, dredged material testing guidance, ocean site descriptions and information, regional dredging teams and other partnerships

Environmental Assessment for the Designation of an Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site for the Southern Maine, New Hampshire, and Northern Massachusetts Coastal Region

Environmental Assessment for IOSN