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Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program 2020 Goals Closeout

The current corrective action program has been driven by aspirational goals that were focused on meeting certain cleanup measures by the year 2020. These ambitious goals were to meet three important milestones at 95% of facilities.

Guidance for Remediation Waste Management at Hazardous Waste Cleanup Facilities

A collection of resources for facilities and their operations who are working to safely manage remediation wastes from hazardous waste leaks and spills at corrective action sites.

Diagrams Showing Actions for Reducing Exposures to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Indoor Building Environments

This diagram compliments the document, PCBs in Building Materials: Q's & A's, on how exposure to PCBs can be assessed and reduced in school buildings. It describes actions for reducing exposures to PCBs in indoor school building environments.

General Conformity Training Module 2.3: Demonstrating Conformity

Module 2.3 explains how an agency demonstrates conformity under General Conformity Regulations.

C-MORE Grant Program: Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products

EPA will provide grants to businesses that manufacture construction materials and products for developing and verifying EPDs, and to States, Indian Tribes, and nonprofits that support such businesses in achieving these outcomes.

Implementation of the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone: Final Nonattainment Area Classifications Approach

Fact sheet and final rule information related to the ozone nonattainment area classifications approach

Development of Nutrient Endpoints for Allegheny Plateau and Ridge and Valley Ecoregions of Pennsylvania: TMDL Application

2017 Emissions Modeling Platform

Modeling files from the 2017 Emissions Modeling Platform

Maps of the Proctor Creek Watershed

A collection of 5 maps of the Proctor Creek Watershed, with descriptions

Study: Multimedia Sampling During the Application of Biosolids on a Land Test Site

This project integrated research from several disciplines to evaluate the effects of land application of biosolids on air and volatile emissions and soil microbial characteristics. Measurements included chemical, physical, and microbiological analytes.

EPA Toxicity Spreadsheet Statistical Tool

The NPDES permitting program offers training courses, workshops, and webinars to explain the regulatory framework and technical considerations of the NPDES permit program.

POTW Sludge Sampling and Analysis Guidance Document

In view of the variability of municipal sludge quality,appropriate procedures must be followed to collect and analyze samples that accurately represent each POTW's sludge quality.

2015 Great Lakes Human Health Fish Fillet Tissue Study

This page contains information about 2015 Great Lakes Human Health Fish Fillet Tissue Study

Fact Sheet: Heat Drying

Heat drying is an effective biosolids management option for many facilities that desire to reduce biosolids volume while also producing an endproduct that can be beneficially reused.

U.S. Government GMI Accomplishments: 2014 Annual Report

The U.S. Government’s Global Methane Initiative Accomplishments ANNUAL REPORT December 2014

U.S. Government Methane to Markets Partnership Accomplishments: 2010 Annual Report

Summarizes the contributions of participating U.S. government agencies and highlights their 2009 projects and activities

U.S. Government Methane to Markets Partnership Accomplishments: 2009 Annual Report

Summarizes the contributions of participating U.S. government agencies and highlights the projects and activities since the launch of the Partnership in November 2004

U.S. Government Methane to Markets Partnership Accomplishments: 2006 Annual Report

Summarizes the contributions of participating U.S. government agencies and highlights the projects and activities since the launch of the Partnership in November 2004

U.S. Government GMI Accomplishments: 2011 Annual Report

Summarizes the contributions of participating U.S. government agencies and highlights their 2010 projects and activities

Application Guidelines

Application Guidelines for Equivalency Recommendation by the U.S. EPA’s Pathogen Equivalency Committee (PEC)