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EPA Releases Final Biological Evaluations of Three Chemicals’ Impacts on Endangered Species
EPA has released its final biological evaluations (BEs) for effects of chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion on threatened and endangered species and their designated critical habitat.
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Register for the Spray Drift Management Webinar
EPA will offer a Strategies for Managing Pesticide Spray Drift Webinar on March 15, 2018.
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Science Advisory Panel Meeting on PBPK Modeling Postponed
EPA is postponing the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting scheduled for October 24-27, 2017 due to the unavailability of experts for the peer review panel.
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EPA Posts Draft Revised Biological Opinion for Malathion, Chlorpyrifos, and Diazinon for Public Comment
EPA is posting and seeking public comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) draft revised BiOp for malathion, chlorpyrifos, and diazinon, three organophosphate insecticides commonly used to control foliage and soil insect pests.
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Clean Water Indian Set-Aside Program
The Clean Water Indian Set-Aside Grant Program (CWISA) provides funding to Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages for wastewater infrastructure. The CWISA program is administered in cooperation with the Indian Health Service (IHS).
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Information on Maintaining or Restoring Water Quality in Buildings with Low or No Use
Checklist for building owners, building managers, and businesses to use when considering flushing a building’s plumbing before reopening.
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Drinking Water Treatment Technology Unit Cost Models
This page contains models by which federal laws and executive orders require EPA to estimate compliance costs for new drinking water standards.
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Radioactive Wastes From Coal-fired Power Plants
Like all rocks, coal contains small amounts of radioactive elements that are found naturally in the environment. Generally, wastes from coal-fired power plants are only slightly more radioactive than the average soil in the United States.
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Construction General Permit Inspector Training
Construction General Permit Inspector Training
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Regulation of Pesticide Residues on Food
EPA regulates pesticides used to protect crops and sets limits on the amount of pesticide remaining in or on foods in the U.S. The limits on pesticides on foods are called tolerances in the U.S. (maximum residue limits (MRLs) in many other countries).
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Pesticide Contacts and Organizational Information
This web area assists the pesticide registrants, other stakeholders, and the public in contacting pesticide regulatory staff to get information on issues of interest/concern
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Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) Grant Summaries 2014
The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is responsible for overseeing several grant programs for tribes and states which promote pollution prevention through source reduction and resource conservation.
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EPA Celebrates National Farmworker Awareness Week
EPA is celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week March 25 to March 31, 2021
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Final OCSPP Product Performance Test Guidelines for Antimicrobial Pesticides Series 810.2000-2200
EPA announces the availability of final test guidelines for “Series 810 – Product Performance Test Guidelines: Group B – Antimicrobial Efficacy Test Guidelines
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Strategic Vision for Adopting New Approach Methodologies - Reduction Strategies
Goals is to reduce laboratory animal studies while maintaining the scientific rigor of pesticide assessments. EPA published its Guiding Principles for Data Requirements
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LaPlace, Louisiana - Frequent Questions
Frequent questions related to chloroprene in LaPlace, LA
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Map of Grants Mining District Mines, Mills, and Sub-Districts (2017)
A map of Grants Mining District Mines, Mills, and Sub-Districts.
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EPA RCRA ID: WVD980554588
RCRA Corrective Action Cleanup Site for WVD980554588 AEP Kanawha River Plant in Glasgow, West Virginia
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EPA Calls for Comments on Candidates for Peer Review of Two Phthalates
EPA calls for comments on candidates to serve as ad hoc reviewers assisting the SACC in the peer review of the draft risk evaluations for DIDP and DINP. Comments are due May 9, 2024.
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EPA Opens Public Comment Period on Proposal to Register a New Mosquito Repellent Product
EPA is accepting public comments on its proposal to register the first outdoor product containing the insecticide transfluthrin.