Learn the Issues
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Ozone Designations - 2015 Standards - Oregon State Recommendations and EPA Response
Ozone Designations - 2015 Standards. Oregon State Recommendations and EPA Responses
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Ozone Designations - 2015 Standards - Georgia State Recommendations and EPA Response
Ozone Designations - 2015 Standards. Georgia State Recommendations and EPA Responses
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Ozone Designations - 2015 Standards - Arizona State Recommendations and EPA Response
Ozone Designations - 2015 Standards. Arizona State Recommendations and EPA Responses
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - September 19, 2024
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - January 8, 2025
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
This page contains information about the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement, including links to booklets describing the winners for each year.
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Smart Growth Fixes for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
Publication describing changes local governments can make to land use and building policies to prepare for climate change while bringing other environmental, economic, health, and social benefits.
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How Small Towns and Cities Can Use Local Assets to Rebuild Their Economies
This report offers strategies that small towns and cities can use to revitalize their economies and their neighborhoods.
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Preserve Open Space and Farmland: East Lake Commons, Decatur, Georgia
East Lake Commons shows how communities can protect existing open space while also providing a desirable place to live.
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Smart Growth in Your Community
Map of EPA smart growth project locations and text version.
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Birmingham Infrastructure Repair and Rehabilitation Project
WIFIA project.
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Tribal Water Quality Programs: Using Clean Water Act Section 106 Funding to Protect Water Resources, 2009 Status Report
2009 Report of the status of tribal water quality programs funded under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act.
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Grant Terms and Conditions
Grant Terms and Conditions Office of Grants and Debarment. Pertinent guidance information about grant terms and conditions.
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Are pipelines subject to 311 and 312?
Pipelines and similar transport systems are covered under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) (August 24, 1987). Must the "storage" of materials in these facilities be reported under Sections 311 and 312? Materials in pipelines are included in the general exemption for substances in transportation from all requirements under Title…
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Are mining facilities required to notify under Sections 311 and 312?
Mining facilities regulated by the Mining Safety and Health Administration, (MSHA) are not subject to OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) and, therefore, are not subject to the Sections 311 and 312 requirements. However, it should be noted that because MSHA covers only actual mining activities, all other operations, such as…
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Are marinas and airports included under the definition of "retail gas station?"
Gas stations in marinas and airports that sell fuel for boats and airplanes are not included within the definition of "retail gas station" for purposes of higher reporting thresholds EPCRA §§311/312. In the February 11, 1999, Federal Register, EPA added the phrase "for motor vehicle use on land" to the…
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Are government products unavailable to the public exempt?
Executive Order 12856 required federal facilities to comply with all aspects of EPCRA ( 58 FR 41981; August 6, 1993 ). Prior to this action, EPCRA did not apply to federal facilities. Consequently, interpretive language previously issued as guidance for non-federal facilities often does not address issues specific to federal…
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Agricultural exemption and turf grown at nursery
Sections 311 and 312 require facility owners or operators to submit Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and annual inventory reports (Tier I/Tier II Forms) for any hazardous chemical subject to OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard ( 29 CFR section 1910.1200 ) when present at a facility above threshold amounts ( 40…
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Tier II reporting for agricultural dusts and agricultural products handled in powdered form (i.e. combustible dust)
EPCRA Section 312 requires facility owners or operators to submit annual chemical inventory reports (Tier I/Tier II Forms) for any OSHA defined hazardous chemical subject to OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard ( 29 CFR section 1910.1200 ) when present at a facility above threshold amounts at any one time during the…
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What is meant by "molten" and "in solution" when describing extremely hazardous substances?
To assist state and local officials in the development of emergency response plans, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) requires the owner or operator of each facility at which an extremely hazardous substance (EHS) is present in an amount equal to or exceeding its threshold planning quantity (TPQ)…