Science & Technology
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Smoke Ready Communities
Smoke Ready Communities landing page featuring steps to becoming smoke ready, examples of smoke response plans, and links to resources for individuals and communities to learn more about smoke preparedness.
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EPA Support Before, During, and After a Wildland Fire
Overview of potential wildfire and smoke impacts related to air quality, water quality, and hazardous waste and disaster debris. Resources and information about the role EPA plays in supporting communities before, during, and after wildfires.
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Take Action on Wildland Fires and Smoke
Links to resources about wildland fire preparation, response, and recovery; smoke ready communities; and indoor air quality during smoke events.
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Wildland Fires and Public Health Effects
This page provides overview information about wildland fires and public health with definitions of wildfires, prescribed fires, and smoke along with a summary of health effects of smoke exposure.
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Turning Stone Casino and Resort Verona (Tribal Area), NY
A new resource recovery facility capable of generating 77 MW
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Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Part A-1), Final, April, 1992
The analytical data objective for baseline risk assessments is that uncertainty is known and acceptable, not that uncertainty be reduced to a particular level
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Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Part B-1), Final, May, 1992
This document is the second part (Part B) of the two-part guidance for data useability in risk assessment.
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EPA Region 3 Sensor Loan Program
This program is to assist community groups, educators, state agencies, local agencies, and tribes with conducting small-scale localized air monitoring projects.
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Air Quality Analysis
This site provides information for air quality data analysts inside and outside EPA. Much of the information is in the form of documented analyses that support the review of the national air quality standards.
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Viewing WATERS Data using Google Earth
The content and purpose of each mapping service WATERS exposes.
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Databases Related to Pesticide Risk Assessment
Information and links to pesticide database resource information. Database topics include environmental effects, water, health effects and regulatory information.
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Technical Overview of Ecological Risk Assessment - Analysis Phase: Ecological Effects Characterization
The analysis phase examines two major parts of risk, exposure and effects, and their relationship with each other. The process for examining effects is called ecological effects characterization.
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Minker/Stout/Romaine Creek National Priorities List Superfund Site, Jefferson County, Missouri
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 has started the First Five-Year Review for the Minker/Stout/Romaine Creek National Priorities List Superfund Site.
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About the Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions
This page gives the mission, organization and contacts for EPA's Office of Applied Science & Environmental Solutions, which provides scientific foundation for informed decision-making to safeguard human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.
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STIR Version 1.0 User's Guide for Pesticide Inhalation Risk
STIR estimates inhalation-type exposure based on pesticide-specific information. It also estimates spray droplet exposure using the application method and rate and then compares these exposure estimates to avian and mammalian toxicity data.
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Cross-Agency Laboratory Activities
A page describing the different aspects of Cross Agency Lab Activities, including sample analysis, fieldwork, technical assistance, quality assurance, and training and education.
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Wadeable Streams Assessment
The Wadeable Streams Assessment (WSA) is a first-ever statistically-valid survey of the biological condition of small streams throughout the U.S.
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Partners in the National Aquatic Resource Surveys
EPA is working with state, tribal, and other federal agencies to implement the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS). States and tribes participate in these surveys through their Clean Water Act Section 106 Monitoring Initiative grants.
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Final Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities
Read the final Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (Lead Strategy).
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Prioritization of Data Sources for Chronic Exposure
Prioritization of Data Sources for Chronic Exposure