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Contact Us about the Chesapeake Bay TMDL
contact information about the Chesapeake Bay TMDL program
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Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
In 2010 EPA established the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, a comprehensive "pollution diet" with accountability measures to restore clean water in the bay and local waters. It set limits for nutrients and sediment to meet water quality standards across the watershed
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Volume 8 - Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Discontinued Volume 8 on greenhouse ga emissions from the Emissions Inventory Improvement Program (EIIP)
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Volume 5 - Biogenic Sources
Biogenic source reference materials for biogenic emissions from the Emissions Inventory Improvement Program (EIIP).
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Inventory Management Plan Guidance
This page provides a description of scope 3 emissions, resources on scope 3 emissions, and scope 3 emissions factors
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EPA Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Activities Map
The map is a visual tool that includes individual data points representing compliance monitoring (including inspections) and enforcement activities at facilities throughout the Region 6 states
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EPA Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Activities Map
The map is a visual tool that includes individual data points representing compliance monitoring (including inspections) and enforcement activities at facilities throughout the Region 6 states.
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EPA Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Activities Map
The map is a visual tool that includes individual data points representing compliance monitoring (including inspections) and enforcement activities at facilities throughout the Region 6 states.
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Mystic River Watershed Water Quality Science Committee Meeting, February 11, 2009
Document(s) from the February 11, 2009 Water Quality Science Committee Meeting for the Mystic River Watershed.
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Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee Charge Topic 2022 - 2024
Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee Charge Topic 2022 - 2024
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FRRCC January 2024, Meeting Agenda
FRRCC Final Meeting Agenda for the January 30-31, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Environmental Management Systems
This site on Environmental Management Systems provides information and resources related to EMS for small businesses, private industry, and local, state and federal agencies, including EPA facilities.
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Why is the Navy continuing to flush drinking water lines?
Please refer to the Red Hill 2023 ACO, Attachment A: Statement of Work – Section 6.5.5 Maintenance Flushing Program (pdf page 63/page 19). Section 6.5.5.2 (pdf page 63/page 19 of the attachment) requires the Navy to develop a Maintenance Flushing Program for EPA approval. Section 6.5.5.3 requires the Navy to…
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Frequently Asked Questions About the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility
Frequently asked questions about the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawai'i and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham (JBPHH) drinking water system.
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How does EPA know that Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) detections at ʻAiea Wells are not related to any/all historic Red Hill fuel spills?
EPA evaluated the available data from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) and the Navy and we have concluded that Red Hill is an unlikely source for the following reasons: The chemical properties of the PAH compounds found in the BWS wells prevent them from easily dissolving into groundwater…
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How far has contamination spread in the aquifer? Is it moving toward our drinking water?
Groundwater contamination has been consistently detected in the Red Hill tank area. Contaminants believed to be associated with the Red Hill facility have been detected less consistently at outlying groundwater monitoring wells located about ¼ to ½ mile from the facility. Additional monitoring wells are planned further away from the…
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Why wasn’t the public consulted when drafting the 2023 Order?
EPA needed to immediately require the Navy to commit to certain aspects of transparency and oversight structure in order to formalize ongoing closure work that EPA was involved with. Therefore, EPA negotiated a draft Consent Order with the Navy as soon as possible. EPA shared the proposed order with all…
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Cleanups: What You Should Know
These links provide more information on what you can do to help with cleanup efforts.
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Are there any concerns about the potential environmental impacts of foams and coatings the Navy is proposing to use in the pipelines and tanks for closure?
Regulators have not approved the use of any foams or coatings for closure. The Navy’s Pipeline Removal Work Plan, which the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) (pdf) and EPA conditionally approved, includes the removal of the three fuel pipelines from the main fuel storage tanks to the underground pumphouse. In…
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EPA Announces Next Step in Gold Standard Review of Fluoride to Inform Protective Recommendations
EPA announced the next step in the agency’s accelerated review of public health risks from fluoride in drinking water: the agency’s release of the “Review of Science on Fluoride in Drinking Water: Preliminary Assessment Plan and Literature Survey.”