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Track 2: Mid-Format Batteries – Current Policies, Practices, and Trends

On September 12, 2024, the EPA hosted a virtual working session for Track 2: mid-format batteries on current policies, practices, and trends as part of EPA’s battery collection best practices initiative.

Track 2: Mid-format Batteries – In-Person Working Session on Exploring Collection Best Practices and Labeling Guidelines

On January 27-28, 2025, EPA hosted an in-person working session in Arlington, VA for Track 2: Mid-format batteries as part of EPA’s battery collection best practices and voluntary labeling guidelines initiative.

Track 2: Mid-Format Batteries – Role of Manufacturers and Retailers in Promoting Safer Use and Management

On October 15, 2024, the EPA hosted a virtual working session for Track 2: mid-format batteries - the role of manufacturers and retailers in promoting safer use and management.

1977 QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems Volume III: Stationary Source-Specific Methods

Table of Contents for the QA Handbook for Air Pollution Measurement Systems Volume III: Stationary Source-Specific Methods

Current and Previously Registered Section 3 Plant-Incorporated Protectant (PIP) Registrations

This Web page lists products containing plant-incorporated protectants. Find information about registration dates and regulatory background documents.

Biopesticide Active Ingredients

Listing of biopesticide active ingredients

Does EPA Actions apply to permits that are jointly issued by EPA and a state, tribal, or local permitting authority with partially delegated permitting authority?

EPA regional offices will decide whether a permit that EPA jointly issues with a state, tribal, or local permitting authority should be considered for prioritization for enhanced outreach as described in EPA Actions on a case‐by‐case basis. EPA will take into account its role and authority in issuing the specific…

Last published: July 9, 2026

Do EPA Actions or the Promising Practices impact any obligations the States may have under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other non‐discrimination statutes?

As recipients of federal financial assistance, States have affirmative obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other non‐discrimination statutes. This notice does not address or modify those obligations. For further information about the obligations under these statutes, please refer to EPA’s Guidance to Environmental Protection…

Last published: July 9, 2026

Developing a Successful State Environmental Health Program for Schools

This page helps you develop a successful environmental health program for your school.

Title V Program Evaluations in Massachusetts

EPA Title V program evaluation for Massachusetts, October 14, 2021.

The EPA OIG Identifies Multiple Factors Contributed to the Delay in Constructing CSO Tanks at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in NYC

Best Practices for Conferences Funded with an Assistance Agreement

Conferences may be funded with an assistance agreement if the principal purpose is not for the direct benefit of the Government The Best Practices Guide for Conferences attached here, will help Agency and recipient personnel make correct planning and

TMDL Report and Approval Documents for Shellcamp Pond, NH

View supporting documents for Shellcamp Pond in New Hampshire.

Fraud Alert: Grantees Disclose Violations to OIG

Notification: Fraud Alert: Grantees Disclose Violations to OIG

Town Flush with Benefits from New Water System

An EPA-funded project to replace the aging and undersized water lines in a Virginia town has transformed the community–providing cost savings, improved water quality and greater public safety, while eliminating leaks that drained half of the town' water.