Learn the Issues

This page shows all of the pages at www.epa.gov that are tagged with Learn the Issues.

  • EPA RCRA ID: OHD980279376

    Overview of the City of Toledo Site.

  • Guidance Documents on Substantial Risk Notifications under TSCA

    Guidance documents for TSCA Section 8(e) which states 'Any person who manufactures a chemical substance and obtains information that the chemical is harmful to health or the environment shall inform the EPA.'

  • Reporting a TSCA Chemical Substantial Risk Notice

    Section 8(e) states that Any person who manufactures a chemical substance and obtains information that the chemical is harmful to health or the environment shall inform the EPA.

  • EPA Requires California’s Central Valley Meat Company to Improve Chemical Safety

    EPA News Release: EPA Requires California’s Central Valley Meat Company to Improve Chemical Safety

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  • RadTown Radon Activity 3: Indoor Radon Levels

    Radon is a threat to health because it tends to collect inside homes and buildings, sometimes to high levels, and can cause lung cancer. In this activity, students will learn more about how to test their homes for radon, and will learn about radon levels.

  • Children’s Health Risk Assessment Tools and Guidance

    Find EPA children's health risk assessment tools, guidance and framework.

  • RadTown Radon Activity 2: Radon Vacuum

    Homes and buildings draw radon into basements, pipes, and lower floors. Using this NGSS and CCSS aligned activity, students can learn more about radon in their homes and schools.

  • Natural Radionuclides in Private Wells

    Private wells are usually not regulated or inspected for radionuclides. Some states regulate private wells. Well owners are responsible for making sure their drinking water is safe to drink and should test their wells for radionuclides every three years.

  • Radioactively Contaminated Sites

    Radioactively contaminated sites are cleaned up under a variety of government programs. The EPA's Superfund program identifies, ranks, and cleans up the most hazardous sites in the United States.

  • Public Notices, Meetings and Events in EPA's South Central Region

    Public notices and events in EPA's South Central region (Region 6).

  • Sole Source Aquifer Project Review

    Guidance on the EPA's review process for proposed federal financially-assisted projects which lie within the identified project review area.

  • Alabama Sinkhole Locations

    Endangered Species Protection Bulletins set forth geographically specific pesticide use limitations for the protection of threatened and endangered (listed) species and their designated critical habitat.

  • Texas plants habitat photos

    Endangered Species Protection Bulletins set forth geographically specific pesticide use limitations for the protection of threatened and endangered (listed) species and their designated critical habitat.

  • SPECIATE Documentation

    This page links to the PDF called "The development and uses of EPA’s SPECIATE database"

  • Greening Tribal Casinos

    Tribally owned or operated gaming facilities have many opportunities to implement green building and operations. Environmental improvements can save money and have lasting environmental and social impacts for the Tribe and for facility visitors.

  • Threshold determination for a single process with oleum and sulfur trioxide

    Oleum, which is a mixture of sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide, is listed as a regulated toxic substance in 40 CFR §68.130. Sulfur trioxide is also listed individually as a regulated toxic substance. If a single process consists of one vessel containing oleum and one vessel containing sulfur trioxide, must…

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  • Change of Ownership

    If a facility that is subject to the risk management program regulations in 40 CFR Part 68 is sold to another owner, is the facility required to make a correction or a full update of its risk management plan (RMP)? If there are no changes in the covered operations at…

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  • Which chemicals are covered by the general duty provisions?

    For CAA section 112(r)(1), General Duty, what are the chemicals that are covered? There is no specific list of substances which subject a stationary source owner or operator to the general duty provisions. The general duty provisions apply to owners and operators of all stationary sources which have any "extremely…

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  • Owner / Operator Compliance Audit Timeline

    The regulations in 40 CFR §§68.58 and 68.79 require the owner or operator of facilities to conduct and document compliance audits at least every three years, although an owner or operator is not required to conduct a compliance audit prior to submitting a facility’s first RMP. Must an owner or…

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  • Are agricultural facilities subject to the risk management program requirements?

    Are agricultural facilities potentially subject to the risk management program requirements in 40 CFR Part 68? Yes. Although there is one specific exemption from the provisions of 40 CFR Part 68 for ammonia held by a farmer for use as an agricultural nutrient (40 CFR §68.125), there is no general…

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