Learn the Issues
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Learn What Information You’ll Find in this Website and Who To Contact
See the changes made to the new website for gasoline standard programs including regulations, developed by EPA, in collaboration with refiners, renewable fuel producers, and many other stakeholders.
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About Diesel Fuels
This page provides brief information on diesel fuel and fuel additives, health and environmental impacts on diesel fuels and benefits from diesel emission reduction.
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Emissions Testing Laboratory
This page provides links to NVFEL facility and technical capabilities.
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Case Studies: Improving Environmental Performance and Economic Prosperity at Ports and in Near-Port Communities
Case Study links for improving environmental performance and economic prosperity at ports and in near-port communities. Case studies on equipment upgrades, jobs and benefits, land use and transportation, port-community engagement, and citizen science.
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Ports Primer: 7.5 Potential Community Interests
Communities have interests in environmental impacts of ports including environmental justice; public health outcomes; climate adaptation/resilience; air quality; ecological impacts; nuisance; and access to natural areas and open space.
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Ports Primer: Introduction
An introductory letter to the Ports Primer for Communities from Chris Grundler, director of EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality.
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Ports Primer: 4.1 Port Impacts to Local Communities
State and local governments are important players in port governance and in oversight of transportation projects that may affect ports. Private corporations may also play a role if they lease or own a terminal at a port.
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Ports Primer: 7.0 Environmental Impacts
Port operations can lead to environmental impacts on air, water and land. Many communities with environmental justice concerns also experience disparities in health outcomes that they attribute to exposure to emissions from port operations.
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Ports Primer: 5.0 Land Use and Transportation
Land use at ports can have a direct impact on neighboring residential communities.
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Community-Port Collaboration: Training Modules and Resources
This page supplies links to community-port collaboration training related to the community-port collaboration toolkit as well as other training.
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Community Action Roadmap Step 6: Build Momentum for Change
Step 6 of the Community Action Roadmap is about building momentum for change by reflecting and evaluating, celebrating success, formalizing and institutionalizing, and deciding what's next.
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Quantifying and Characterizing Near-Port Populations in the Conterminous United States
EPA identifies populations near ports in a more sophisticated manner than traditional proximity analyses.
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Ports Primer: 4.0 Port-Community Relations
Ports support and benefit local, regional and national economies through their role in creating jobs and transporting goods. The relationship between ports and near-port communities can be complex, as illustrated by case studies.
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Best Clean Air Practices for Port Operations
This page provides links to best practice resources for port authorities, terminal operators and fleet owners, drayage truckers, and rail and locomotives as well as a link to case studies on best practice.
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Congressional and Media Protocols
The OIG's Office of Congressional and Public Affairs is the primary point of contact for all media and congressional inquiries on matters related to the OIG, which ensures that they are handled expeditiously.
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National Tribal Operations Committee (NTOC)
Brief description of National Tribal Operations Committee (NTOC)
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Diving Case Study: Passive Sampling for PCBs
EPA divers demonstrate use of polyethylene passive sampling devices in the Lower Duwamish River to determine bioavailability of PCBs.
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Diver Training
Training requirements for EPA's scientific divers, and training available to other organizations.
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Reference Documents
Reference documents for RTOC
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Contact Us about the Chesapeake Bay TMDL
contact information about the Chesapeake Bay TMDL program