Learn the Issues
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State School Environmental Health Statutes at a Glance
This page provides a list of school environmental health statutes as of July 2013.
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Combating Air Pollution at Schools
Learn how schools can improve air quality and health among students and staff.
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Assess and Improve Your School Environment
Use these resources to asses and improve the school environment.
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Healthy Child Care & Early Learning Facilities Self-Assessment
self assessment list
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Determining If a Cleaning Product Is a Pesticide Under FIFRA
Information that describes the Agency’s interpretation of the statutory and regulatory language applicable to products marketed as cleaning products that claim, state or imply that they mitigate a pest.
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EPA Decision Documents for Emergency Exemption Requests for Use Of Grignard Pure
Decision Documents for Emergency Exemption Requests for Use Of Grignard Pure
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Incident Reporting by Pesticide Manufacturers/ Registrants
Pesticides incidents must be reported by pesticide registrants. Find out more about how to report and what must be reported.
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Monitoring Papers & References
Ambient Water Monitoring and Assessment - Monitoring resources, tools, and studies
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Drinking Water Emergency Response
Information to help identify some of the issues you may face preparing for, during and after an event that can directly impact your health and the health of your family.
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Tips for Reducing Lead and Arsenic Exposure in the Butte Community
Lead may be found in the soil in yards and interior dust in the environment around Butte, Montana, as a result of decades of mining-related activities in and surrounding the community. Learn more about ways to reduce your exposure in around Butte.
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Michigan Title V Operating Permit Program Approval History
Title V operating permit program approval history in Michigan.
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Will EPA provide incentives to permit applicants who adopt Promising Practices, like an expedited permit process?
EPA is not providing incentives to permit applicants who adopt the Promising Practices, such as an expedited permit process. Nevertheless, permit applicants should be aware of the many benefits that can accrue to them if they adopt the Promising Practices to create a constructive dialogue with the community in which…
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Are permit applicants required to adopt the Promising Practices?
EPA is not requiring permit applicants to adopt the Promising Practices. Promising Practices are simply that: good ideas in the form of suggestions to permit applicants. Permit applicants may benefit from applying these Promising Practices. EPA hopes that when permit applicants practice early and meaningful dialogue with the community, they…
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EPA Actions does not require EPA regional offices to prioritize the same types of permits and adopt the same outreach activities. Why doesn’t EPA require regional offices to always prioritize certain permits and always do certain outreach activities?
EPA Actions strikes an important balance between national consistency and regional flexibility. The Agency‐wide guidelines establish national consistency by providing EPA’s expectations for the regional implementation plans. At the same time, EPA recognizes that the regional offices need the flexibility to take actions suited to the types of permits and…
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What will be included in regional implementation plans?
The regional implementation plans are expected to be consistent with the Agency‐wide guidelines finalized in EPA Actions. First, the Plans will address with more specificity the process that a regional office will use to prioritize permits for enhanced outreach. This includes outlining whether the regional office will use a screening…
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Why doesn’t EPA do enhanced outreach for every permit?
Robust public outreach and engagement can consume a substantial amount of resources from all stakeholders in a permitting process and would not be warranted for every permit action. EPA recognizes that its regional offices cannot enhance engagement for every EPA‐issued permit and that overburdened communities might be overwhelmed with process…
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If an EPA regional office finds that a permit may not have significant public health or environmental impacts, or may not impact an already overburdened community, can the permit still be prioritized for enhanced outreach? Will the permit receive any outreach at all?
EPA regional offices have the discretion to use other considerations to prioritize EPA‐issued permits for enhanced outreach that do not meet either or both of those criteria. One important consideration would be whether a community has expressed concerns over a permit application or renewal. EPA regional offices may consider prioritizing…
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What is the definition of “overburdened community” that is relevant for EPA Actions and Promising Practices?
EPA Actions and Promising Practices apply the description of overburdened communities articulated in EPA’s Plan EJ 2014. The term is used to describe the minority, low‐income, tribal and indigenous populations or communities in the United States that potentially experience disproportionate environmental harms and risks due to exposures or cumulative impacts…
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How will an EPA regional office determine whether a permitted activity may have significant public health or environmental impacts?
Permit applications provide information on the proposed project consistent with the requirements of particular statutes and regulations. EPA may also do its own assessment of the environmental and public health impacts of a proposed project, using modeling and monitoring data for example. Such information would inform an EPA regional office’s…
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If EPA is not changing the permitting process, why did EPA issue EPA Actions and associated regional implementation plans?
EPA is issuing EPA Actions to better meet its responsibilities under Executive Order 12898 by increasing meaningful engagement of overburdened communities in EPA’s permitting process in a way that is transparent and provides national consistency while maintaining some regional flexibility. As some commenters noted, EPA already has a legal obligation…