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Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Neolpharma Inc.-PBG Puerto Rico LLC in Caguas, Puerto Rico - PRD090378225
The site was formerly owned by the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO). It consists of an approximately 1.75-acre parcel that was first developed for industrial use in 1977 by the Sylvania Manufacturing Company (later known as Sylvania
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Water Contamination Incident Remediation Plan (WaterCIRP)
A WaterCIRP is designed to be used by drinking water and wastewater utilities to detail how remediation actions will be implemented, monitored, and evaluated for effectiveness during water contamination incidents.
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River Rouge/Ecorse Sediment Site Characterization
Details progress made in the Michigan portion of the AOC since 2002.
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Celeron Island Sediment Site Characterization
Details progress made in the Michigan portion of the AOC since 2002.
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Clinton River AOC Delisting Targets (2009)
MDEQ guidance for developing BUI delisting targets outlines six components and steps that are required for developing a local, site specific restoration plan.
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Radiological Agents
The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Consequence Management Advisory Team (CMAT) provides radiological subject matter expert support to the 10 EPA Regions and other EPA program offices.
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RadTown Radioactive Atom: Teacher Information
Atoms make up everything in the world around us. Some of them are radioactive, which means they emit energy in the form of ionizing radiation. Use these activities to help students learn more about atomic structure.
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RadTown Radiation Exposure Activity 4: Exposure Pathways
Radioactive material, or radionuclides, travel in different ways. This activity asks students to create webs or chains that describe the ways in which we may interact with radiation through the world around us.
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RadTown Radiation Exposure: Vocabulary Activities
Learn more about radon with your students! This page provides background information for teachers and parents. Each RadTown activity for the classroom is Common Core State Standard (CCSS) and Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) aligned.
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RadTown Classroom Materials: The Radioactive Atom
The RadTown Radioactive Atom activities are designed to help students identify the structure of an atom and describe the structural changes that occur in unstable (radioactive) atoms as they decay.
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RadTown Radioactive Atom Activity 5: Half-Life
When a radioactive atom decays, it becomes a different element. The amount of time that it takes one half of the atoms present to decay is called “half-life.” Help your students understand half-life with this free classroom activity.
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History of Human Impacts on Charles River
Learn about the history of human impacts on the Charles river from 4000 BC to 2014
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About the Mystic River Watershed
Learn more about the Mystic River watershed.
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White Lake AOC Habitat Restoration Project
The Muskegon Conservation District and the White Lake Public Advisory Council in 2012 completed the White Lake AOC Shoreline Habitat Restoration Project to address the loss of shoreline and nearshore habitat.
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The Oswego River AOC Delisting Letter
Letter informing the International Joint Commission that the Oswego River AOC has been formally delisted.
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Chicago Rail and Port, LLC – Notice of Violation
environmental issues in southeast chicago nov
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Can smoke from the Canadian wildfires cause health concerns?
Most healthy adults and children will recover quickly from smoke exposure and will not have long-lasting health effects. But people with chronic diseases, such as asthma, other lung disease, or cardiovascular disease are at greater risk of experiencing more severe health effects. Children, pregnant people, and people over 65 also…
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Did drinking water samples from the American Legion in East Palestine have detections of vinyl chloride?
No. The drinking water supplied to the American Legion from the Village municipal water system has been tested weekly since the incident and vinyl chloride has not been detected in the drinking water, nor any of the water supply wells. A filter company collected water at the American Legion, and…
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Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Tribal Grant Implementation Document
This document is part of the tribal grant program to implement lead testing in schools and childcare facilities and shall be used in accordance with the EPA’s 3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water guidance
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Instructions for Accredited RRP Training Providers
This page provides instructions for accredited trainers to teach renovator and dust sampling technician courses according to the Renovation, Repair and Painting Regulation rule.