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Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
Public Law 109-282, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 as amended (FFATA), requires disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds through a single publicly accessible website.
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January—February 2023 Newsletter
Check out our newsletter for stories about the Regional Administrator’s travels, addressing mercury contamination at a Superfund site, protecting public health in Hawai'i, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to protect drinking water, and more!
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FRS Environmental Interest Types
FRS environmental interest types
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What They are Saying: Leaders Across America Applauding EPA’s Action to Eliminate Animal Testing by 2035
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is renewing its commitment to reducing mammalian animal testing, with the ambitious goal of eliminating the practice by 2035.
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How Do I Know if a Fish I Caught is Contaminated?
Information on how the public can tell if a fish is contaminated with pollutants.
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Lighting Resources Inc, Phoenix, AZ
EPA's permit decision authorizing Lighting Resources Incorporated (LRI) to commercially store PCB wastes and decontaminate PCB-containing lighting ballasts at a commercial storage facility at 1522 East Victory Street, Suite 4, Phoenix, Arizona.
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National Recycling Strategy
This document summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the workgroup participants in 2019 and lays out the path forward for continued action in 2020. It also provides a foundation on which additional actions can be identified and taken.
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Food: Material-Specific Data
This page describes the generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of food materials, and explains how EPA classifies such material.
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Upgrading to MARPLOT 5.x
MARPLOT 5.x versions include significant changes from both the previous 4.x versions and the 3.x versions. To ensure that your data is successfully transferred from your old MARPLOT, follow these instructions carefully.
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Ingredients Used in Pesticide Products
Information about individual pesticides and related groups of pesticides, including regulatory decisions, risk assessments, public participation opportunities, Public Dockets, and how to search for information about pesticide ingredients and labels.
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Reducing Pesticide Drift
Provides information about pesticide spray drift, including problems associated with drift, managing risks from drift and the voluntary Drift Reduction Technology program that seeks to reduce spray drift through improved spray equipment design.
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SPECIATE
These documents describe the SPECIATE database, EPA’s repository of volatile organic gas and particulate matter (PM) speciation profiles for air pollution sources.
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NAFTA Guidance on Data Requirements for Pesticide Import Tolerances: Questions & Answers
These Qs&As provide details of implementation related to a guidance document describing the data requirements for establishing pesticide import tolerances in Canada and the United States: NAFTA Guidance on Data Requirements for Pesticide Import Tolerances.
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EPA Opens Comment Period for Draft Biological Opinions on Four Pesticides
EPA and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are seeking comment on two NMFS draft biological opinions on four pesticides. Metolachlor, bromoxynil and prometryn are herbicides used to control grasses and broadleaf weeds, and 1,3-D
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EPA Addresses Human Health and Ecological Risks Posed by 13 Pyrethroids
EPA is releasing interim registration review decisions for 13 pyrethroid insecticides. As part of this action, additional label changes are required for some bifenthrin, cyfluthrin and beta-cyfluthrin and prallethrin products to reduce potential human heal
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EPA Releases New Methodology to Detect Low Levels of PFAS in Plastic Containers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is releasing a new methodology for detecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in plastic containers, taking another step to protect the public from these harmful chemicals.
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EPA Awards $10 Million to Oregon State University to Support Pesticide Safety Education
The EPA is seeking public comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s opinion for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl.
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Public Comment Period Open for Glyphosate Draft Risk Assessments
Public Comment Period Open for Glyphosate Draft Risk Assessments
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EPA Requests Nominations for Experts to Serve on the July 17-20, 2018 FIFRA SAP Panel on Resistance in Lepidopteran Pests to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant Incorporated Protectants
FR Notice requesting nominations of experts to serve FIFRA SAP Panel meeting to consider and review resistance in Lepidopteran Pests to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Plant Incorporated Protectants
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EPA and USDA Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Help Protect Endangered Species and Support Sustainable Agriculture
EPA) and USDA signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to better align EPA’s strategies for protecting endangered species from pesticides with USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) practices.