Science & Technology
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All NPL Partial Site Deletion Narratives for West Virginia Ordnance (USARMY)
All NPL Partial Site Deletion Narratives for West Virginia Ordnance (USARMY)
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All NPL Partial Site Deletion Narratives for Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant
All NPL Partial Site Deletion Narratives for California Gulch
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All NPL Partial Site Deletion Area Maps for Ellsworth Air Force Base
All NPL Partial Site Deletion Area Maps for Omaha Lead
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Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 1996 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge 1996 award winner, Monsanto Company, developed a safer synthesis for DSIDA, a key building block for the herbicide RoundUp. The synthesis uses no ammonia, cyanide, or formaldehyde.
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KABAM Version 1.0 User's Guide and Technical Documentation - Appendix A - Description of Bioaccumulation Model
The purpose of this model is to estimate chemical concentrations (CB) and BCF and BAF values for aquatic ecosystems. KABAM is a simulation model used to predict pesticide concentrations in aquatic regions for use in exposure assessments.
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Indirect Dietary Residential Exposure Assessment Model (IDREAM) Implementation
The Indirect Dietary Residential Exposure Assessment Model (IDREAM) estimates indirect ingestion exposure to disinfectants used in residential settings on hard surfaces where there may be inadvertent transfer to edible items prepared on those surfaces.
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Standard Operating Procedure for Using the NAFTA Guidance to Calculate Representative Half-life Values and Characterizing Pesticide Degradation
Results of the degradation kinetics project and describes a general approach for calculating and selecting representative half-life values from soil and aquatic transformation studies for risk assessment and exposure modeling purposes.
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KABAM Version 1.0 User's Guide and Technical Documentation - Appendix E - Selection of Bird Species of Concern and Corresponding Biological Parameters
Bird species of concern were identified to define default parameters (body weight and diet composition) to represent birds in KABAM. KABAM is a simulation model used to predict pesticide concentrations in aquatic regions for use in exposure assessments.
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Why isn’t there an outdoor air monitor in my county?
EPA and its partners in State, local, and tribal air monitoring programs work closely to design and implement ambient air monitoring networks to meet multiple monitoring objectives including: providing air pollution data to the general public in a timely manner; supporting compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)…
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T-HERPS Version 1.0 User's Guide for Risk to Amphibians and Reptiles from Pesticides
T-HERPS estimates dietary exposure and risk to terrestrial-phase amphibians and reptiles from pesticide use. Currently approved for assessing exposure and risk to the California red-legged frog and terrestrial-phase herptiles with similar dietary behavior
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KABAM Version 1.0 User's Guide and Technical Documentation - Appendix C - Explanation of Default Values Representing Biotic Characteristics of Aquatic Ecosystem, Including Food Web Structure
Information relevant to KABAM and explanations of default parameters used to define the 7 trophic levels. KABAM is a simulation model used to predict pesticide concentrations in aquatic regions for use in exposure assessments.
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CRP - IXB Trigger Sprayer Screw & Snap-on
child resistant packaging
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PFAM 2.0 - Documentations
The advanced capabilities of PFAM include accounting for water and pest management practices and for degradation in soil and aquatic environments, as well as for post processing of discharged paddy waters to a user-defined receiving water.
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Recent Updates/Changes to EnviroAtlas
List of updates recently made to the EnviroAtlas Interactive Map.
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Flutriafol Request for Exclusive Use Extension and Response
Petition(s) and Response(s) for Flutriafol
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Additional Guidance for Evaluating and Calculating Degradation Kinetics in Environmental Media
EFED compiled examples where the PestDF (version 0.8.4), the tool used most commonly by USEPA to conduct kinetic analysis following the NAFTA guidance, results required additional interpretation. Here are some of these examples.
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NAFTA Guidance for Evaluating and Calculating Degradation Kinetics in Environmental Media :DD Memo
Signed Division Director memo, December 17, 2012, with original announcement to EFED scientists of tools and approaches for evaluating and calculating degradation kinetics in environmental media. There is more updated information that this available.
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Improving Labels to Reduce Pesticide Drift
We encourage pesticide manufacturers to state on their product labels that applicators should use DRT-rated technologies in applying pesticide products. The page includes information on how to obtain approval to add these instructions.
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2016 e-CDRweb User Guide – Secondary Authorized Official
This document presents the user guide for the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics’ (OPPT) 2016 e-CDRweb tool. This document is the user guide for the Secondary Authorized Official (AO) user of the 2016 e-CDR web tool.
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WATERS (Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results System)
A system that unites water quality information from several independent and unconnected databases.