Learn the Issues
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EPA Selects 24 Gulf Watershed Projects for Water Quality and Local Economies
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gulf of America Division (GAD) announced 24 projects selected from the Innovative Solutions for Improving Water Quality and Strengthening Local Economies in the Gulf of America Watershed Notice.
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EPA Deputy Administrator Fotouhi and DOE Deputy Secretary Danly Advance President Trump’s Energy Agenda in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah
On August 20, 2026, EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi and DOE Deputy Secretary James Danly traveled to Utah to advance President Trump’s energy agenda across multiple sectors.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Names New Director to Advance Long Island Sound Restoration
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited Long Island and announced that EPA has named Nicole (Nikki) Tachiki the Director of the Long Island Sound Partnership, further delivering on commitments to protect the Long Island Sound.
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EPA Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s Amended Phase III WIP
EPA's evaluation
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Chesapeake Bay Program Office Most Effective Basins Funding
In the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Appropriations Conference Report, an increase to the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Budget was provided for “state-based implementation in the most effective basins.”
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Coal Combustion Residuals
The EPA supports the environmentally sound recycling of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) and has developed regulations on the safe disposal of CCR in landfills and surface impoundments.
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SERC-TERC Update: January 2023
SERC-TERC Update: January 2023
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SERC-TERC Update: January 2024
SERC-TERC Updates: January 2024
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SERC-TERC Update: February 2024
SERC-TERC Update: February 2024
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Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Question and Answer Manual and Response to Comment Documents
This document addresses commonly asked questions regarding the disposal and clean up of PCBs.
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Guidance for Sampling Certain Types of Wastes Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Guidance on sampling of PCB waste in natural gas pipelines, PCB remediation waste after cleanup, non-porous surfaces, and PCB bulk product waste.
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Interpretive Statement on Change in Ownership of Real Property Contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Guidance on the transfer of ownership of real property that is contaminated with PCBs as a prohibited distribution in commerce of PCBs
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Technical Guidance for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Ships
The Environmental Protection Agency's guidance on exporting older ships containing PCBs for disposal, or holding a ship containing PCBs for purposes of export for disposal.
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Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Site Revitalization Guidance Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Guidance on characterizing, cleaning up, containing, and disposing of PCB waste (for example, soil and other debris generated as a result of any PCB spill cleanup).
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Test Methods for Determining the Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Buildings Materials
This page contains document pages and links for testing PCBs within building materials.
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Fact Sheets Summarizing Research on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in School Buildings
This page contains PDF fact sheets on PCB research.
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Additional Information and Research on Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Contamination and Mitigation in Buildings
This page contains related reports to the research conducted for PCBs within building materials.
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Study Plans Related to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Schools
This page contains PDF links to reports conducted about PCBs in building materials in schools.
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Cancer Dose-Response Assessment for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Application to Environmental Mixtures
This report updates the cancer dose-response assessment for PCBs and shows how information on toxicity, disposition, and environmental processes can be considered together to evaluate health risks from PCB mixtures in the environment.
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Disposal of Fluorescent Light Ballasts (FLB)
Guidance on the disposal of PCB containing fluorescent light ballasts.