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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.

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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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.

Release Date: January 23, 2026

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Public Comment Period Open for Glyphosate Draft Risk Assessments

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

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.

EPA Shares National Marine Fisheries Service’s Final Endangered Species Act Biological Opinion for Carbaryl and Methomyl

EPA is sharing the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) final biological opinion for the pesticides carbaryl and methomyl.

ChemSTEER-Chemical Screening Tool for Exposures and Environmental Releases

Models can provide useful exposure estimates. OPPT's models and tools are intended to be used by scientists and engineers familiar with exposure assessment principles.

Comparison of Features Across PRIA 1, 2, 3 & 4

Table lists the key components of each iteration of PRIA.

Verification Testing of Air Pollution Control Technology Quality Management Plan Revision 2.3

The Air Pollution Control Technology Verification Center was established in 1995 as part of the EPA’s Environmental Technology Verification Program to accelerate the development and commercialization of improved environmental technologies’ performance.