Learn the Issues

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  • EPA in Connecticut

    Portal for news and information about EPA's efforts in Connecticut and CT environmental conditions.

  • About Small Wastewater Systems

    Many small and rural communities, including those in Indian Country and along the U.S.-Mexico border, struggle with aging or inadequate wastewater treatment systems, or do not have access to basic wastewater services.

  • EPA Releases Tools to Assist Air Agencies in Exceptional Events Demonstrations

    EPA released three enhanced user-friendly tools to help state, local, and Tribal air agencies expedite, develop, and prepare demonstrations of exceptional events.

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  • Public Outreach on Idaho NPDES Program Authorization

    Public comments, hearings testimony, and EPA's responses to public comments on Idaho's NPDES program authorization.

  • Pesticide Product Bilingual Labeling Tracking and Reporting

    Pesticide Product Bilingual Labeling Tracking and Reporting

  • Webinars, Meetings and Resources

    Find information about upcoming Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Webinars and links to IAQ Webinar Recordings

  • Asthma

    Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening respiratory disease that affects the quality of life for millions of Americans. EPA is committed to educating all Americans about what asthma is.

  • Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

    This web site will educate the public about indoor environmental issues, including health risks and the means by which human exposures can be reduced.

  • Civil Rights

    OCRA enforces federal civil rights laws .

  • Counting Ammonia and Ammonium Hydroxide for Emergency Planning Notification under EPCRA section 302

    Ammonium hydroxide is a solution of ammonia in water. If a facility stores ammonium hydroxide (CAS #1336-21-6) in a large storage tank on site, should the facility include the quantity of ammonia in ammonium hydroxide for the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 302 emergency planning notification? The…

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  • Cardlock Fueling Stations and EPCRA 311 / 312

    Cardlock fueling stations are locations that allow businesses to obtain a card for each driver or vehicle and then provide 24-hour, automated access to the fueling station by using the card. For the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) material safety data sheet (MSDS) and chemical inventory reporting, gasoline…

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  • Differences between the risk management program and EPCRA

    How do the Clean Air Act (CAA) risk management program requirements differ from the hazardous chemical reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)? The hazardous chemical reporting requirements under EPCRA sections 311 and 312 ( 40 CFR Part 370) are separate and distinct from those under…

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  • Should very similar combinations of hazardous chemicals be aggregated?

    How should a person determine whether very similar combinations of hazardous chemicals (e.g., different colors of paint or different blends of gasoline) that have separate MSDSs (Material Safety Data Sheet) should be aggregated for Tier II reporting? The owner or operator of a facility may make the EPCRA §§311 and…

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  • Can states designate liquified petroleum gas facilities under Section 302

    Does the statute allow the state to designate facilities which produce, use, or store certain quantities of liquified petroleum gas as emergency planning facilities? EPA considers the designation of additional facilities to be accomplished through naming individual sites or companies, or by designation of certain classes of facilities as newly…

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  • Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling

    The area will transform MSW information( to include what was in our Advancing SMM report) to better serve our audience’s needs. It will also hold data on certain industrial wastes, related job creation, and in the future, hazardous waste.

  • Waste Reduction Model

    To help solid waste planners and organizations track/report GHG emissions reductions from various waste management practices. To assist in calculating GHG emissions of baseline and alternative waste management practices and provide the history of WARM.

  • Sustainable Materials Management

    To introduce businesses, NGOs, and government officials to the concept of Sustainable Materials Management (SMM). To provide tools to allow stakeholders to take a lifecycle approach managing their materials, & to encourage them to join a SMM challenge.

  • Sustainable Management of Food

    To provide information to organizations to help them implement sustainable food management, including joining the Food Recovery Challenge. To provide education and information to communities and concerned citizens.

  • Ammonia present in ammonium hydroxide

    The list of regulated toxic substances at 40 CFR Section 68.130 includes both "ammonia (anhydrous)" and "ammonia (conc 20% or greater)," but does not include a specific listing for "ammonium hydroxide." The Chemical Abstract Registry Service (CAS) number for ammonium hydroxide is 1336-21-6, and the CAS number for ammonia is…

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  • Moss Landing Vistra Battery Fire Response

    As guests in the Monterey community, we are committed to completing our work with the utmost respect and collaboration with Monterey County and other local officials. Transparency and community engagement throughout the process is central to our approach.

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