Learn the Issues
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Coming Home
Identify when it is safe to return to your home after a flood and the tools you will need to renovate a home and what to wear during the cleanup process.
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Protecting Your Health
Details on safety and health concerns with mold, lead and asbestos. There is also specific information about generator safety and carbon monoxide exhaust.
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Frequent Questions About Flooded Homes
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding flooded homes. Topics cover mold, private wells, septic systems, mosquitos, and health.
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ENERGY STAR
Summary of Energy Star Developments over the Years
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Superfund: Operation and Maintenance and Long-Term Response Actions
Learn about two important Superfund Post Construction Completion activities: Operation and Maintenance (O&M) and Long-Term Response Actions (LTRA). Both activities help ensure remedies are properly maintained and perform as intended after cleanup.
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The WaterSense Current: Spring 2018
By taking a little time to perform maintenance on your sprinkler system, your landscape and your wallet will thank you. Learn more!
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Off-Site Rule Fact Sheet
Learn about the Off-Site Rule, what actions are affected, what wastes are affected, who is affected, and who to contact for more information.
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Superfund Site Reuse/Redevelopment
Learn about Superfund site reuse and redevelopment, where EPA works with communities and other partners to return hazardous waste sites to safe and productive use without adversely affecting the remedy.
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Small Business Coordinators List
This page is a list of the Small Business Coordinators for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs.
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Superfund Policy, Reports and Other Documents
Access publicly available Superfund policy, guidance, laws, data, reports, and documents.
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Superfund Sites in Reuse in New York
Noteable sites in reuse and continued use in New York include Love Canal, Onondaga Lake, Newtown Creek, Goldisc Recordings Inc., Marathon Battery Corp., Old Roosevelt Field Contaminated GW Area, SMS Instruments, Syosset Landfill, and Li Tungsten Corp.
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Impaired Waters and TMDLs in Region 2
Information about water resources and impaired water programs of Region 2.
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Site Evaluation for Dioxin at Superfund Sites
Learn about site evaluation of dioxin, including sampling and analytical methods for dioxin, at Superfund sites.
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Superfund: National Priorities List (NPL) Deletion Search
Search for deleted and partially deleted NPL Superfund sites by site name, state, or date.
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Superfund: Five Year Reviews
Learn about Five-Year Reviews (FYRs) at Superfund sites, a policy requirement when hazardous substances remain on site above levels that permit unlimited use and unrestricted exposure.
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Combined Sewer Overflows in the Great Lakes Basin-New York
There are 184 communities in the United States portion of the Great Lakes Basin that have combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
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Superfund: Post Construction Completion
Learn about the Post Construction Completion phase of Superfund site cleanup and why these activities are important for ensuring the long-term protection of human health and the environment.
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Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals, LLC, Burt, New York
Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals, LLC is located in northern Niagara County, south of Lake Ontario. The facility encompasses 350 acres, of which 30 acres are used for the production of organic peroxides.
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Superfund Sites in Region 8
View a comprehensive list of Superfund sites in Region 8, which includes links to site webpages, site name, city, county, state, and NPL status.
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Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Occidental Chemical Corporation in Niagara Falls, New York
The Occidental Chemical Corporation’s (OCC) Buffalo Avenue facility is located at 4700 Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls, New York, on the east bank of the Niagara River between Lake Erie and Lake America. The plant occupies approximately 115 acres, employs