Science & Technology
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Report: Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Fiscal Years 2017 and 2016 Financial Statements
Report #18-F-0040, November 15, 2017. The CSB received an unmodified opinion on its fiscal years 2017 and 2016 financial statements.
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Semiannual Report: April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017
Semiannual Report: #EPA-350-R-17-002, November 17, 2017. During this 6-month period (April 1, 2017 - September 30), the OIG issued a variety of audit and evaluation reports to help the EPA meet its mission to protect human health and the environment.
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Report: Self-Insurance for Companies With Multiple Cleanup Liabilities Presents Financial and Environmental Risks for EPA and the Public
Report #18-P-0059, December 22, 2017. The EPA's ability to oversee self-insurance instruments is impaired, leaving the agency and taxpayers vulnerable to billions of dollars in financial risk and the public vulnerable to environmental risk.
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2020 AirToxScreen
Background information on the 2020 version of AirToxScreen
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AirToxScreen Overview
Background information about the Air Toxics Screening Assessment (AirToxScreen) - what it is and how to use the data
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AirToxScreen Mapping Tool
Link to the AirToxScreen Mapping Tool
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AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms
Glossary of key terms used in AirToxScreen and other risk assessments
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Air Emissions Inventories
This site provides access to emissions data, regulations and guidance, electronic system access, resources and tools to support trends analysis, regional, and local scale air quality modeling, regulatory impact assessments.
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Cesium’s Interaction in the Built Environment
EPA experimentally assessed the migration of cesium into urban materials, including asphalt, brick, concrete, limestone, and granite.
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Chemical Fate & Transport
EPA conducts research to help responders and decision makers understand the fate and transport of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) so that they can minimize human health effects and environmental impacts following the release of a CWA.
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Contaminant Fate, Transport & Exposure
Large scale contamination incidents can affect a wide variety of surfaces, environments, and infrastructure. Knowledge of the persistence, life cycle, and movement of of these contaminants can help inform sampling, cleanup, and remediation decisions.
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2021 Decon Conference Proceedings
Links to speaker presentations, Q&A sessions, and videos from EPA's 2021 International Decontamination Research & Development Conference.
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Considering Trade-offs in Contamination Cleanup Webinar
EPA's ORD offers free public webinars on recent research results. Watch a webinar on the Trade-off Tool for Sampling, a GIS-based tool to help responders develop sampling plans and consider the costs and trade-offs during contamination cleanup/response.
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Cesium’s Movement in the Natural Environment
EPA has studied Cesium’s interactions with the natural environment at the bench, pilot and field-scale.
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Radiological Technology Demonstration
Description of the Wide Area Urban Radiological Containment, Mitigation, and Clean up Technology Demonstration was held at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio, June 22‐25, 2016.
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Assessing Exposure
EPA is interested in the risk posed by exposure to contaminants that could be adapted to be used as weapons, like chem, bio, and rad agents. EPA assesses information on the exposure and toxicity of these agents with risk assessments.
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Virtual Reality: A Training Tool for Biological Sampling Webinar
Description and recording of the Virtual Reality Training Tool webinar, part of EPA's Emergency Response Research Webinar Series.
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Building Resiliency: Emergency Water Treatment System Webinar
Description, presenter bios, and link to a recording of a research webinar on the EPA/WaterStep Water on Wheels Cart.
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Managing Contaminated Drinking Water Post-Hurricane
The EPA's ORD offers free public webinars on recent research results. Watch a pre-recorded webinar discussing a simulated post-hurricane contamination of a drinking water distribution system, its decontamination, and results.
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Leveraging Stormwater Modeling to Prepare and Recover from Emergencies
The EPA's ORD offers free public webinars on recent research results. Watch a pre-recorded webinar demonstrating how EPA's Storm Water Management Model can be used for emergency response and preparedness through case study findings and preview a new tool.