Learn the Issues
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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 7.0: Electric Utility Policies
Focuses on the authorites that state legislatures have granted to PUCs to regulate electricity and reliability, as these authorities directly affect utilities' and customers' investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and CHP.
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Benchmarking and Building Performance Standards Policy Toolkit
Benchmarking & Building Performance Standards Policy Toolkit
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How do we know that we have not been exposed to contamination from the Landfill for the past 40+ years?
EPA works closely with its partner, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in evaluating potential health exposures from waste sources. ATSDR has the ability to look at the cancer registry data to evaluate potential past exposures, while EPA’s role is to evaluate current and future exposure. ATSDR…
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Is EPA planning on taking samples from the basements in the homes you are sampling in the Norwood community? If not, why not?
EPA is not planning to collect samples from residential basements or crawl spaces at this time. EPA installed six groundwater wells within the Old Norwood Dump, Norwood Lower Park, and the Winona Homes neighborhood. Groundwater wells will not be placed on private residential properties. The wells will be used to…
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How does EPA develop a “sampling plan” for a site like the Norwood Landfill Site?
EPA uses the information available, including community input, regarding the boundaries and geographic areas of waste that may have been deposited or where contaminated soil may have been placed. The team selects its soil sampling locations based on those areas and consults historic aerial images that help depict those boundaries…
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What state or federal agencies are responsible for evaluating records from the PADOH cancer registry? Are all types of cancers considered in this evaluation [including rare and/or environmentally associated cancers]?
A few important items to note regarding the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry: PADOH’s Pennsylvania Cancer Registry is a statewide data system responsible for collecting information on all new cases of cancer diagnosed or treated in Pennsylvania. It is part of the National Program of Cancer Registries administered by the Centers for…
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What exactly is EPA looking for when it takes samples from the soil around residential homes?
Typically, a person’s primary exposure to soil occurs within the top two feet – working or playing in the yard, gardening, tracking soil into the home, etc. EPA collected samples from the top two feet of soil during the site investigation, focusing the evaluation in the area of the highest…
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What does it mean when EPA finds contamination that “exceeds screening levels?”
Screening levels are not the same as cleanup or action levels. An exceedance of a screening level indicates the need for additional evaluation, potentially including a site-specific risk assessment.
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Will EPA conduct sampling in local parks in the Norwood community?
EPA will sample Norwood Park because of its close proximity to the Old Norwood Dump and Norwood Landfill. There is no current information that would warrant sampling in other parks.
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Lesson 1: When Does the Rule NOT Apply?
CROMERR does not apply to e-reporting in some cases, such as fax submissions, some transfers between states and EPA, or submissions not under Title 40.
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Checklists to Guide Initial and Annual Regulatory Reviews of Financial Responsibility Demonstrations for Underground Injection
this webpage provides information on financial responsibility checklists available to state regulators.
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Clean Vehicles: Clean Fleets Related Links for State and Local Transportation Resources
This page provides links to EPA and non-EPA Web-based resources that provide additional information on clean vehicles.
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Community Sampling Maps at Walter Coke, Inc.
Community Sampling Maps at Walter Coke, Inc.
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Tronox Frequently Asked Questions
Tronox, LLC Frequently Asked Questions from August 2010
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Information Sheet for Riggins School
Information Sheet for Riggins School, Birmingham, Alabama. May 2010. These EPA Fact Sheets were issued to the School District for distribution to faculty, students and parents.
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Frequently Asked Questions. Results of Community Environmental Sampling, Birmingham
Frequently Asked Questions. Results of Community Environmental Sampling: Collegeville, Harriman Park and Fairmont Neighborhoods, North Birmingham, AL
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Ports Primer – 7.6 Case Studies: Environment
Case studies highlighting projects with near-port communities and ports to reduce environmental impacts.
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What is the geographic definition of the Norwood Landfill Site?
The Norwood Landfill Site consists of multiple areas, including the Old Norwood Dump, the Norwood Landfill, and the Winona Homes Neighborhood. Based upon EPA’s extensive historical research which includes historical aerial photos, newspaper archives from the late 1950’s through the mid-1960’s, historic Norwood Borough Council meeting minutes from the late…
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Data Evaluation Report on Community Environmental Sampling Event
Revised Data Evaluation, Tronox (Kerr-McGee) Site, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
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Tronox Results of Community Environmental Sampling
Fact Sheet on Results of Community Environmental Sampling: In the Vicinity of Tronox LLC (Formerly Kerr McGee) Facility, Columbus, MS (Dated August 2010)