Learn the Issues
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Grants for your Region: Information that is specific to EPA Region 7
Detailed Region 7 grant information that you will need when applying for grants in Region 7.
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Ground-level Ozone Basics
Learn the difference between good (stratospheric) and bad (tropospheric) ozone, how bad ozone affects our air quality, health, and environment, and what EPA is doing about it through regulations and standards.
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EPA RCRA ID: CTD000845248
CTD000845248, DEVON POWER LLC NAUGATUCK AVE Milford CT
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CWA Section 401 Regulatory Requirements
Clean Water Act Section 401 rulemaking effort
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Documents on Restoring Detroit River AOC
documents of the actions taken to remove the beneficial use impairments in St. Marys Area of Concern, starting with the remedial action plan and buis removal.
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Water System Partnerships Case Studies
Water system partnership case studies
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Lake Michigan LAMPs and Associated Reports
Geophysical and environmental overview of Lake Michigan, links to lakewide management plans, reports and Great Lakes AOCs impacting Lake Michigan
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Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Discussion March 26, 2024
Information related to Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Discussion March 26, 2024
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Product Specification Review
The America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 requires that the EPA shall “consider for review and revise, if necessary, any WaterSense performance criteria adopted before January 1, 2012.”
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Underground Injection Control Well Classes
This webpage provides the basic definition of each UIC well class as well as the concept of endangerment. Links for individual well class are also provided.
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Public Participation Guide: Transvaal and Delogoa Bay Colliery - Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa
This case study describes the efforts of two South African regulatory agencies to address environmental and public health and safety issues associated with a former coal mining site.
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Public Participation Guide: Skorpion Zinc Project Case Study - Namibia
This case study describes the efforts of an independent professional team working with South African and Namibian specialists to identify and address environmental and public health and safety concerns related to a zinc mine and refinery.
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How does radon get into your home?
Any home may have a radon problem. Radon is a radioactive gas. It comes from the natural decay of uranium that is found in nearly all soils. It typically moves up through the ground to the air above and into your home through cracks and other holes in the foundation…
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Radon Resources
Media Resources, Publications, webinars, Hotlines, NRAM Resources, Media campaigns for TV, radio and print for radon including access to PSAs and other radon media campaigns.
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What is the average level of radon found in homes in the U.S.?
Based on a national residential radon survey completed in 1991, the average indoor radon level is about 1.3 picocuries per liter (pCi/L) (50 becquerels per cubic meter (Bq/m3)) in air in the United States. The average outdoor level is about 0.4 pCi/L (15 Bq/m3). Learn more about radon by visiting…
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Where does radon come from?
Radon-222 is the decay product of radium-226. Radon-222 and its parent, radium-226, are part of the long decay chain for uranium-238. Since uranium is essentially ubiquitous (being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time) in the earth's crust, radium-226 and radon-222 are present in almost all rock and…
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Past Campaign Materials - Radon Media Resources
Media campaigns for TV, radio and print for radon including access to PSAs. This includes Living Healthy & Green, Green Sox, Eddie's Story, Build Green, Link to Dr. Oz and other radon media campaigns.
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Mold Information Slideshow
This page contains links to mold-related emergency preparedness pages.
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Publications about Mold
This page provides publication information about mold and moisture as well as other indoor air quality topics.
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What are the main ways to control moisture in your home?
Water in your home can come from many sources. Water can enter your home by leaking or by seeping through basement floors. Showers or even cooking can add moisture to the air in your home. The amount of moisture that the air in your home can hold depends on the…