Science & Technology
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Webinar: Detecting Landfill Methane Emissions with Drones
LMOP webinar on September, 2023 about two types of technologies for monitoring landfill gas emissions and detecting leaks.
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Geoengineering
Geoengineering refers to activities intended to cool the Earth or remove greenhouse gases from the air and has health and environmental impacts. This area summarizes geoengineering, what EPA is doing, and frequent questions, including on contrails.
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Sustainable Futures Example Premanufacture Notice (PMN)
Sustainable Futures Example Premanufacture Notice (PMN)
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Sustainable Futures / P2 Framework Manual
Sustainable Futures / P2 Framework Manual - Sections 1-14 and Appendices A-H
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Sustainable Futures Training Materials Developed by EPA
Sustainable Futures training materials developed by EPA for use in hands-on training sessions by Sustainable Futures Partners and other interested stakeholders.
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Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth. This web site describes the importance of coral reefs, threats to them, and ongoing efforts to protect them.
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Documentation of the Retail Price Model
The Retail Price Model (RPM) provides a first‐order estimate of average retail electricity prices using information from the EPA Base Case v.5.13 Base Case or other scenarios for each of the 64 Integrated Planing Model (IPM) regions.
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Results using EPA’s Power Sector Modeling Platform v6 - November 2018 Reference Case
Download EPA's IPM v6 including documentation, overview, System Summary Report, .DAT, .RPE, .RPT files, Gas Report, State Level Emissions, Generation and Heat Input Summary.
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Sustainable Futures Chemical Hazard / Risk Screening 1-Page Information
This sheet can be used to include chemical hazard and risk screening information from Sustainable Futures participants' PMNs.
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Analysis of the Proposed Federal Implementation Plan Addressing Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard
IPM analyses of the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule.
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Sustainable Futures Hands-On Training - Sample Agenda
Sample agenda for a typical 2 1/2-day Sustainable Futures training workshop
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NEEDS v.4.10 User Guide
View a user guide for the the National Electric Energy Data System (NEEDS), the database of existing and planned-committed units which are modeled in the EPA Base Case v.4.10.
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Power Sector Modeling Platform v6 May 2019
Learn about EPA’s Base Case v.6 November 2018 Reference Case, including documentation, results, and the National Electric Energy Data System (NEEDS) database.
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IPM Peer Reviews
Response to the Peer Review Report EPA Base Case Version 5.13 Using IPM
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Base Case v.5.13 Documentation Supplement to Support the Proposed Carbon Pollution Guidelines for Existing Electric Generating Units
View details on several modeling assumptions used as part of EPA’s analysis of the Clean Power Plan using the EPA v5.13 Base Case using Integrated Planning Model (IPM).
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Supplemental Documentation for IPM v6 Scenario Suite May 2018
Find on this page supplemental documentation for a suite of scenario runs conducted with IPM v6 runs.
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Final National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluation for Glyphosate
EPA has drafted Biological Evaluations (BEs) for two additional pilot chemicals: Glyphosatel. The draft BEs are based on interim methods developed in conjunction with FWS, NMFS and USDA in response to the National Academy of Science report.
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Final National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluation for Simazine
EPA has drafted Biological Evaluations (BEs) for two additional pilot chemicals: simazine, and methomyl. The draft BEs are based on interim methods developed in conjunction with FWS, NMFS and USDA in response to the National Academy of Science report.
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Draft National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluation for Propazine
EPA has drafted Biological Evaluations (BEs) for two additional pilot chemicals: propazine. The draft BEs are based on interim methods developed in conjunction with FWS, NMFS and USDA in response to the National Academy of Science report.
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Final National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluation for Atrazine
EPA has final Biological Evaluations (BEs) for two additional pilot chemicals: atrazine, and methomyl. The final BEs are based on interim methods developed in conjunction with FWS, NMFS and USDA in response to the National Academy of Science report.