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This page provides access to a listing of some of the recent additions
and new materials available on the EPA Web site.
May 19, 2003
- National
Forum on Water Quality Trading - A detailed agenda and registration
form for the National Forum on Water Quality Trading to be held in Chicago
on July 22 and 23, 2003 is now available (Office
of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds).
- From the Office of
Water Science and Technology:
- New
Tribal Video available for viewing on the web - "Our Water
Our Future: Saving Our Tribal Life Force Together." This video
documents the successful protection of water quality on Native American
reservations.
- New Tribal Water
Quality Standards Web Site Launched - The Office of Science
and Technology (OST) is the EPA body responsible for developing
sound, scientifically defensible standards, criteria, advisories,
guidelines, limitations and standards guidelines under the Clean
Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. OST is working with the
Indian Tribes, EPA Regions, other federal agencies, tribal organizations,
state agencies and others to protect the health and the environment
of the waters of Indian Country.
- Robust Summaries
and Test Plans - The N,N-dimethyloctanamide
EPA comments and the 2-Propenamide,
N-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)- public comments on the robust summaries
and test plans are now available for review. EPA is posting submissions
to EPA related to the High
Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program for the purposes of making
them more easily accessible to the public and inviting public comment
on them.
- EPA Awards
$2 Million to Seven States for New Brownfields Job Training Grants in
Ten Communities - In its ongoing efforts to promote economic revitalization
and safeguard the environment and public health, EPA Administrator Christie
Whitman today announced the awarding of its first Brownfields Job Training
grants under the new Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act of 2002 (Brownfields
Cleanup and Redevelopment Program).
May 16, 2003
May 15, 2003
- Proposal for
Implementing the 8-Hour Ozone Standard - In a key step toward protecting
the American public from ground-level ozone pollution, EPA has proposed
a rule that outlines steps certain polluted areas would have to take
to meet the national health-based 8-hour ozone standard. EPA issued
the 8-hour ozone standard in 1997; however, litigation delayed implementation
of this important health protection for several years. This proposal
marks the last step the courts required EPA to take in order to implement
this standard (Office
of Air and Radiation: AIRLinks).
May 14, 2003
- Robust Summaries
and Test Plans - EPA comments on the robust summaries and test plans
for 1,5-Cyclooctadiene,
Arylpolyolefins,
m-Diisopropenylbenzene,
2-Propenamide,
N-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-, 4-Hydroxyanisole,
and 1,3-Butanediol
are now available for review. EPA is posting submissions to EPA related
to the High Production
Volume (HPV) Challenge Program for the purposes of making them more
easily accessible to the public and inviting public comment on them
(Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics).
- New
Methods - New test methods have been added to SW-846 Online (OSW
Methods Team).
May 13, 2003
- Sustaining
America's Water Infrastructure - Address to the 15th Annual Federal
Policy Conference sponsored by the Council of Infrastructure Financing
Authorities. Delivered by G. Tracy Mehan, III, Assistant Administrator
for Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency (Office
of Water).
- NPS
News-Notes Events Calendar - DATEBOOK is prepared with the cooperation
of our readers. If you would like a meeting or event placed in the DATEBOOK,
contact the NPS NEWS-NOTES editors (Office
of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds).
- Development
and Implementation of a Mercury Lamp Recycling Outreach Program
- In FY 2002 Congress appropriated funds to the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) for the development and implementation of a lamp (light
bulb) recycling outreach program to increase awareness of proper disposal
methods among commercial and industrial users of mercury-containing
lamps, in compliance with the Universal Waste Rule (Office
of Solid Waste).
- New FERA Site - The TTNWeb
Fate, Exposure, and Risk Analysis (FERA) site has been added and is
now open to the public. The tools found on this website, which include
EPA's Total Risk Integrated Methodology, will assist with the Environmental
Protection Agency’s efforts to evaluate the health risks and environmental
effects associated with exposure to “criteria” (six common
air pollutants including ozone and particles) and toxic air pollutants
(Technology Transfer Network).
- National
Arbor Day Foundation Honors EPA's Brownfields Program for its Restoration
and Preservation Efforts - In recognition of its environmental restoration
and preservation efforts, EPA's Brownfields program has received a 2003
National Arbor Day Foundation Project Award. The Foundation is a national,
million-member, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to tree
planting and environmental stewardship (Brownfields
Cleanup and Redevelopment Program).
May 12, 2003
May 9, 2003
May 8, 2003
May 7, 2003
May 6, 2003
- From the Office of
Water Science and Technology:
- From the Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics:
- Public comments on the robust
summaries and test plans for 1,3-Butanediol,
2-Propenamide,
N-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-, Propanoic
acid, 2-hydroxy-,compound with 3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl] 1-(2-ethylhexyl)(4-methyl-1,3-phenylene)bis[carbamate](1:1),
N,N-dimethyloctanamide
and 1,5-Cyclooctadiene
are now available for review. EPA is posting submissions to EPA
related to the High
Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program for the purposes of
making them more easily accessible to the public and inviting public
comment on them.
- AmeriBrom, Inc. submitted revisions/updates to the robust summaries
and test plans for 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1,3-propanediol.
- From the Office of
Indoor Air Quality:
- Indoor
Air Quality Tools for Schools Fact Sheet [EPA/402-F-03-011,
March 2003] - This simple one-page flyer provides a brief overview
of the Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) Program and
the resources available to help you implement a proactive IAQ management
plan today.
- Find
Information on Healthy School Environments Faster [EPA/402-F-02-029,
March 2003] - EPA has launched a new "one-stop" shopping
Healthy School Environments Web Portal to help schools address environmental
health issues and improve their school facilities.
- Case
Study: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - This case study--the
first in a series--is intended to offer providers, health insurers,
public health departments, and community-based organizations an
overview of an asthma in-home intervention. This file is a 16KB
Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
May 5, 2003
May 2, 2003
- Handbook
for Use of Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
(NHANES): A Goldmine of Data For Environmental Health Analysis -
This Handbook provides descriptive background information and general
guidance on how to access and use data from the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). This is an enormous human database
that can be used to develop information suitable for use in risk assessments,
and to support regulatory and policy needs of EPA (National
Center for Environmental Assessment).
- Robust Summaries
and Test Plans - EPA comments on the robust summaries and test plans
for Propanoic
acid, 2-hydroxy-,compound with 3-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl] 1-(2-ethylhexyl)(4-methyl-1,3-phenylene)bis[carbamate](1:1)
are now available for review. EPA is posting submissions to EPA related
to the High Production
Volume (HPV) Challenge Program for the purposes of making them more
easily accessible to the public and inviting public comment on them
(Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics).
- Draft
Part 75 & 76 of the Acid Rain Program Policy Manual has been
posted for comment. Comments will be accepted through June 2, 2003.
Please send your comments to Nichols.Louis@epa.gov or to our mailing
address. This manual provides a series of questions and answers that
can be used on a nationwide basis to ensure that the Acid Rain Program
is applied consistently for all sources affected by the program (Clean
Air Markets Division).
- New Publications
from the National Risk Management
Research Laboratory:
- EPA's
Mine Waste Technology Program (MWTP) Activity III, Project 20, Demonstration
Project for Selenium Treatment/Removal Alternatives [EPA/600/R-01/077]
- Abstract.
The objective of the Selenium Treatment/Removal Alternatives Demonstration
project was to test and evaluate technologies capable of removing
selenium from Garfield Wetlands-Kessler Springs water to below 50
micrograms per liter (ug/l), the National Primary Drinking Water
Regulation Maximum contaminant Level for selenium established by
EPA. This file is a 1.29MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Superfund
Innovative Technology Evaluation Demonstration Bulletin: Steam Enhanced
Remediation Steam Tech Environmental Services, Inc. [EPA/540/MR-03/503]
- Abstract.
Steam Enhanced Remediation (SER) is a process in which steam is
injected into the subsurface and volatile and semivolatile contaminants
are collected in the vapor phase, in the aqueous phase, and possibly
as a nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL). SteamTech Environmental Services,
Inc. has successfully applied this technology for the recovery of
contaminants from soils and aquifers, and at a fractured granite
site at Edwards Air Force Base, California. This file is a 534KB
Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- SITE
Technology Capsule: Evaluation of Soil Amendment Technologies at
the Crooksville/Roseville Pottery Area of Concern STAR Organics
Soil Rescue [EPA/540/R-99/501a] - Abstract.
Star Organics, L.L.C., of Dallas, Texas (Star Organics), has developed
Soil Rescue to treat soil contaminated with metals. Star Organics
claims that Soil Rescue forms metal complexes that immobilize toxic
metals, thereby reducing the risk to human health and the environment.
The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program evaluated
an in situ application of the technology during a demonstration
at two lead contamination sites in Roseville, Ohio, in September
1998. This file is a 134KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Assessment
and Management of Toxics in the Watershed [EPA/600/R-03/032]
- Abstract.
This paper summarizes the current state of knowledge on the toxic
sources, their impact on ecosystem and human health, discusses challenges
to the successful management of toxics, and presents an outline
of suggested management-related research for watersheds. This file
is a 186KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- May 2003 News from
the Office of Research
and Development:
- EPA Science Forum 2003: Partnering to Protect Human Health and
the Environment
- Scientific And Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Program
- Society of Toxicology Recognizes Most-Cited Scientific Papers
- Model for Assessing the Risks from Invasive Species in the Mid-Atlantic
- STAR Grantees Among the Most Cited in Environment and Ecology
- Countering Oil Spills - Chemical and Engineering News
Article
- STAR Studies Corporate Environmental Behavior
- Research Accomplishments: Emerging Issues
May 1, 2003
- From the Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards:
- National
Tribal Conference on Environmental Management; Notice of Proposal Solicitation
- EPA is requesting proposals from federally recognized Indian tribes
or intertribal consortia to co-sponsor the 7th National Tribal Conference
on Environmental Management (NTCEM). The Tribal Conference will provide
an opportunity for tribal leaders, tribal environmental managers, tribal
organizations, federal agencies, and other interested entities/persons
to share information about tribal environmental programs and discuss
issues of vital interest to Indian country. Proposals must be received
or postmarked by June 23, 2003 (American
Indian Environmental Office).
- From the Office of
Air and Radiation:
- EPA
and Department of Justice Announce Major Clean Air Act Settlement
with Alcoa, Inc. - Alcoa will spend an estimated $330 million
to install a new coal-fired power plant with state-of-the-art pollution
controls to eliminate over 90 percent of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen
oxide emissions from the company's Rockdale, Texas aluminum production
facility.
- Federal,
Multi-state Deal Secures Significant Air Pollution Reductions from
Industrial Giant Archer Daniels Midland - The Department of
Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced
a landmark Clean Air Act settlement with grain industry giant Archer
Daniels Midland Company (ADM), which will cover operations at 52
plants in 16 states and cost the company an estimated $340 million.
As part of the settlement, ADM will spend $6.3 million on supplemental
environmental projects, much of which will be spent on retrofitting
diesel engines in school buses.
- U.S.
Announces Largest Clean Air Act Settlement with Utility - The
Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency today
announced the largest Clean Air Act enforcement settlement with
a power utility. Virginia Electric Power Co. has agreed to spend
$1.2 billion between now and 2013 to eliminate 237,000 tons of sulfur
dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions each year from
eight coal-fired electricity generating plants in Virginia and West
Virginia.
- 2003 Stratospheric
Ozone Protection Awards - EPA announces the 2003 Stratospheric Ozone
Protection Award winners. Information
on the Award program is also available (Ozone
Layer Protection Program).
- From the Office
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance:
- Wisconsin
Electric Power Company (WEPCO) Clean Air Act Civil Settlement
- EPA and the Department of Justice on April 29, 2003 announced
a major Clean Air Act settlement with Wisconsin Electric Power Company
(WEPCO), a/k/a We Energies, a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation,
for violations of the New Source Review requirements at several
of its coal-fired power plants. Under the settlement, WEPCO will
spend $600 million between now and 2013 to install new state-of-the-art
pollution controls to comply with current emission limits or shut
down the units, undertake environmentally beneficially projects
to reduce mercury at coal power plants, and pay a civil penalty
of $3.2 million.
- Revised
Enforcement Discretion Letter For Georgia's Low Sulfur/Low RVP Fuel
Program - EPA has extended the period of enforcement discretion
until midnight on September 15, 2003 or until EPA's approval of
Georgia's pending SIP revision request, whichever comes first. Any
party requiring such discretion needs to contact EPA no later than
Friday, August 1, 2003, as indicated in the revised enforcement
discretion letter. This file is a 250KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Enforcement
Alert:
Financial Assurance Requirements: A Fundamental Compliance Obligation,
has been released. It focuses on failure to comply with financial
assurance requirements as putting human health and the environment
at risk. This file is an 82KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
April 30, 2003
- From the Office of
Water Science and Technology:
- Ambient
Water Quality Criteria For Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll
a for Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries - The EPA has
identified and described five habitats (or designated uses) that
provide the context in which EPA Region III derived adequately protective
Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen, water
clarity and chlorophyll. Collectively, the three water quality conditions
provide the best and most direct measures of the effects of too
much nutrient and sediment pollution on the Bay's aquatic living
resources: fish, crabs, oysters, their prey species and underwater
bay grasses. These criteria are being developed as part of a larger
effort to restore Chesapeake Bay water quality.
- Joint
Nutrient and Biological Criteria Development Request for Proposals
and Applications - EPA seeks to award financial assistance to
States, Tribal governments, universities, and other eligible agencies
under the authority of Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act
to support eutrophication research within various ecoregions and
waterbodies nationwide and to support the development and implementation
of biological assessments and criteria.
- NERL Research
Abstracts 2001 and 2002
- the Research Abstracts for Clean Air, Clean/Safe Water, Safe Food,
Waste Management and Sound Science are now available online (National
Exposure Research Laboratory).
- From the Superfund
Program:
- Five
Year Review Process in the Superfund Program - This fact sheet
summarizes the guidance document, Comprehensive Five-Year Review
Guidance [EPA 540-R-01-007] that EPA issued in June 2001. This
file is a 732KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Transfer
of Long-Term Response Action (LTRA) Projects to States - This
fact sheet identifies key elements of the LTRA transfer process
and provides guidance for Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) concerning
the transfer of responsibilities from EPA to the State for Operation
and Maintenance (O&M). This file is a 1.17MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
April 29, 2003
- Northern
California Pilot Study Area (NCPSA) - The Northern California Pilot
Study Area (NCPSA) is a contiguous tract of land located in the mountainous
and coastal areas of the northwestern portion of the State of California
and southernmost Oregon along all but the easternmost extent of the
California-Oregon border. This site presents data about the Northern
California study area using GIS generated maps (i.e., vegetation data,
land cover data). There's a project abstract, data downloads, and an
introduction to ATtILA metric maps, as well as an extensive selection
of ATtILA metric maps (i.e., Percent of All Natural Land Use, Percent
of Human Land Use) for the study area (National
Exposure Research Laboratory).
April 28, 2003
April 25, 2003
- Revised
Guidance Manual for Selecting Lead and Copper Control Strategies
[EPA 816-R-03-001, March 2003] - The final version of the Guidance
is now available as a 664KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document. The Appendixes
are also available as a 984KB (PDF)
document (Office
of Ground Water and Drinking Water).
- From the Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics:
- Robust Summaries
and Test Plans - Public comments on the robust summaries and
test plans for Arylpolyolefins
and Mononitrile
Category are now available for review. EPA is posting submissions
to EPA related to the High
Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program for the purposes of
making them more easily accessible to the public and inviting public
comment on them.
- Preliminary
Risk Assessment on PFOA Released - On April 14, 2003, Stephen
L. Johnson, Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides,
and Toxic Substances, signed a Notice for publication in the Federal
Register on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and fluorinated telomers.
With this Notice, EPA is releasing a preliminary risk assessment
on PFOA, and is starting a public process to identify and generate
additional information to strengthen the risk assessment. Comments
on the Notice and notification by persons who wish to be considered
interested parties for the purpose of the ECA negotiations will
be on or before May 16, 2003.
April 24, 2003
April 23, 2003
April 22, 2003
- From the Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics:
- Clean
Air Act Settlement - A Clean Air Act Settlement was reached by EPA,
the Department of Justice, and five states with Virginia Electric and
Power Company (VEPCO) on April 17, 2003 for violations of the Clean
Air Act's Coal-Fired Power Plant requirements. Under the settlement,
VEPCO agreed to spend $1.2 billion between now and 2013 to eliminate
237,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions each year
from eight coal power plants. VEPCO also agreed to pay a $5.3 million
civil penalty and to spend at least $13.9 million for projects in the
five states that participated in the case and its settlement to offset
the impact of past emissions (Office
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance).
- New Publications from the National
Risk Management Research Laboratory:
- Application,
Performance, and Costs of Biotreatment Technologies for Contaminated
Soils [EPA/600/R-03/037] - Abstract.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Research
and Development (ORD) has devoted considerable effort over the last
two decades to advancing the understanding of appropriate applications
of bioremediation. This two-phase program has resulted in the development
of cost-effective technical approaches to site cleanup that have
been validated in the field. This file is a 2.14MB Adobe Acrobat
(PDF) document.
- Summary
Report: Environmental Public Health Outcomes Workshop Proceedings,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina July 30-31, 2002 [EPA/625/R-03/001]
- Abstract.
The intent of this workshop was to engage federal and other organizations
in a dialog that will assist ORD in developing a framework to guide
this research program, identifying potential near-term research
areas and pursuing opportunities to collaborate with other public
health agencies and organizations. This file is a 491KB Adobe Acrobat
(PDF) document.
- Design
Manual: Removal of Arsenic from Drinking Water by Adsorptive Media
[EPA/600/R-03/019] - Abstract.
This design manual is an in-depth presentation of the steps required
to design and operate a water treatment plant for removal of excess
arsenic from drinking water using the adsorptive media process.
This treatment process is very reliable, simple and cost-effective.
This file is a 1.41MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Time-Relevant
Beach and Recreational Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting
[EPA/625/R-02/017] - Abstract.
This handbook provides information on how to design and implement
a time- relevant water quality monitoring program for beaches and
other recreational waters. The handbook is intended for people who
are considering developing a recreational water quality monitoring
program for their community or wish to enhance their existing program.
This file is a 2.03MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Developing
and Implementing a Lead Dust Monitoring, Outreach, and Education
Program in Your Community / Syracuse Lead Dust Project [EPA/625/R-02/014]
- Abstract.
EPA has developed a technology transfer document (case-study) for
the EMPACT Syracuse Lead Dust Project. The Lead Dust Project is
designed to measure the lead dust content in homes and public buildings
within the City of Syracuse, NY. The project also contains an educational
component which targets families and landlords in an effort to inform
them about lead dust hazards and appropriate control measures. This
file is a 1.61MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Delivering
Timely Air Quality, Traffic, and Weather Information to Your Community
/ The Paso del Norte Environmental Monitoring Project [EPA/625/R-02/013]
- Abstract.
EPA has developed a technology transfer handbook for the EMPACT
Paso del Norte Project. The EMPACT Paso del Norte Environmental
Monitoring Project is a mobile vehicle emissions project that involves
the international community of El Paso, TX, Sundland Park, NM, and
Juarez, Mexico. This project has transferability to the entire US-Mexico
border region and the OzoneMap has transferability to any air project
that monitors and reports ozone data. This file is a 2.68MB Adobe
Acrobat (PDF)
document.
April 21, 2003
- Consumer
Confidence Reports - ECCRWriter & CCRiWriter page has been updated
to include a link to the CCRiWriter website. EPA has designed these
software applications to help water suppliers quickly create their consumer
confidence reports. They take users through all the sections of a CCR,
convert lab results into "CCR units" and allow users to insert
and edit EPA's recommended text (Office
of Ground Water and Drinking Water).
- Toxicological
Review Of 2-Methylnaphthalene [And IRIS Summary] (External Review Draft)
- The U.S. EPA is hereby providing for public information a draft Toxicological
Review, draft IRIS Summary, and charge to external peer reviewers for
EPA's health assessment of 2-methylnaphthalene. These documents are
provided for public viewing during an external scientific peer review
period. While EPA is not soliciting public comments by this action,
any scientific views received on the content of the Toxicological Review
or IRIS Summary prior to May 19, 2003 will be considered in subsequent
drafts (National Center for
Environmental Assessment).
April 18, 2003
- AirData Reports and Maps
- Two air pollutants, PM2.5 (particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers)
and 8-hour average ozone concentrations, have been added to AirData
reports and maps. In addition, five more years of data are available
(11 years), and more descriptive information about air monitors (Office
of Air Quality Planning and Standards).
- Coal
Combustion Waste Minefill Site Visits - From September 2001 to October
2002, EPA conducted visits to nine States to collect information regarding
the regulation of coal combustion waste (CCW) minefill management practices
within those States. The CCW Minefill Management Practices Discussion
Guide developed by EPA was used as a guide during the visits. A completed
version of the Discussion Guide is attached to each state report, available
in Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
format (Office
of Solid Waste).
- Board
of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Search - The process of identifying
possible new members for the Office of Research and Development’s
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) has begun. We would appreciate
your assistance in identifying candidates for membership on the BOSC.
This file is a 28KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document (Office of Research and
Development).
- From the Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics:
- Whitman
Recognizes Organizations for Outstanding Contributions to the Environment
- On April 15th, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman presented ENERGY STAR
Partner of the Year Awards to 39 businesses and organizations for their
outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through
energy efficiency. Last year alone, Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR,
saved enough energy to power 15 million homes and reduce the greenhouse
gas emissions equivalent to that of 14 million cars (Office
of Air and Radiation).
April 17, 2003
April 16, 2003
April 15, 2003
April 14, 2003
- Summary
of Water Infrastructure Forum - from the Closing the Gap: Innovative
Solutions for America's Water Infrastructure Forum, January 31,
2003. The emerging theme from the forum was that Federal, State and
local governments and the private sector, working with the public should
extend their efforts in supporting the necessary water infrastructure.
This infrastructure is critical for protecting public health and the
environment, and maintaining local and national economies (Office
of Water).
- From the Office
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance:
- Colonial
Pipeline Company to pay a $34 million civil penalty, the largest
paid by a company in EPA history, in settlement of Clean Water Act
violations involving pipeline spills in five states - Colonial
will also upgrade environmental protection on the pipeline at an
estimated cost of at least $30 million as part of the settlement
announced by the U.S. Department of Justice and EPA on on April
1, 2003.
- On
March 28, 2003 EPA issued an Enforcement Discretion letter to the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources for Georgia's Low Sulfur\Low
RVP Fuel Program - The letter indicated that EPA will exercise
enforcement discretion for 30 days, ending at midnight on April
30, 2003, to allow regulated parties to produce, import, distribute
and sell gasoline with a sulfur content that does not exceed a quarterly
average of 90 ppm and a per-gallon cap of 200 ppm. This is due to
an initial investigation that showed a likely shortfall of gasoline
in the immediate future in the Atlanta area market if enforcement
discretion is not provided to temporarily alleviate the situation.
This file is a 234KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- ALCOA,
Inc., on March 27, 2003, signed an agreement with the U.S. Department
of Justice and EPA to resolved alleged Clean Air Act violations
at its Rockdale facility - Under the consent decree air pollution
is to be reduced by 52,890 tons per year and there is to be upgrades
or replacement of existing industrial boilers. Additionally, ALCOA
will pay 1.5 million in penalties and agree to fund $2.5 million
in Environmental Mitigation Projects.
- The
U.S. Department of Justice and EPA reached a settlement with Archer
Daniels Midland Company (ADM) - The settlement was reached on
March 14, 2003 to resolve Clean Air Act violations of the New Source
Review's Prevention of Significant Deterioration requirements and
other state and federal violations at 42 facilities nationwide.
EPA was joined in the action by 14 state and local co-plaintiffs.
- Remarks
of Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, on announcing the Land Revitalization Agenda Baltimore,
Maryland - The "Land Revitalization Agenda" was announced
by EPA Administrator Christie Whitman at the Harbor Point site (formerly
AlliedSignal), a 27-acre peninsula in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The
site was successfully cleaned up in Feb. 2000 under RCRA's Corrective
Action Program. Plans for Harbor Point redevelopment call for 1.8 million
square feet of mixed-used space, representing up to $400 million in
new investment and creating as many as 5,000 jobs (Brownfields
Cleanup and Redevelopment Program).
April 11, 2003
- Earth Day 2003 - Action for
a Healthy Environment - Earth Day is April 22. The theme for Earth
Day 2003 is "Action for a Healthy Environment," encouraging
a call to action for stewardship in your communities. Earth Day is every
day. Find out how you can get involved and make a difference in your
home, community and classroom.
- Nonroad Diesel Equipment
– Agricultural
Pump and Irrigation Rule - EPA issued a direct final rule revising
the definition of “nonroad engines” to include all diesel-powered
engines used in agricultural operations in the state of California that
are certified by the engine maker to meet the applicable nonroad emission
standards. The effect of this change is to encourage farmers who want
to voluntarily replace older diesel engines to do so with new low-polluting
models meeting stringent EPA nonroad standards. A press
advisory is available, as is the factsheet "Agricultural
Pump and Irrigation Rule: Amending the Nonroad Engine Definition"
[EPA420-F-03-004, April 2003] (a 14KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document) (Office of Transportation
and Air Quality).
- Plug-In
To eCycling Event Tool Kit - The Plug-In To eCycling Event Tool
Kit for consumer electronics recycling events provides local governments,
non-profit organizations, electronics manufacturers and retailers, and
other interested groups with key information to help them stage electronics
recycling events. The Tool Kit is for use primarily by local governments,
not-for-profit organizations, retailers or other interested groups (such
as computer users groups or clubs) that are considering hosting electronics
recycling events (Resource
Conservation Challenge Program).
April 10, 2003
April 9, 2003
- Assessment
and Watershed Protection Program Grants - request for initial proposals
due May 15, 2003. Assessment and Watershed Protection Program Grants
(AWPPGs) (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 66.436) provide
eligible applicants an opportunity to conduct projects that promote
the coordination, dissemination, and acceleration of research, investigations,
experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating
to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination
of water pollution (Office
of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds).
- Revision
of Wastewater Treatment Exemptions for Hazardous Waste Mixtures (‘‘Headworks
Exemptions’’); Proposed Rule - The Environmental Protection
Agency is proposing in today's notice to add benzene and 2-ethoxyethanol
to the list of solvents whose mixtures with wastewater are exempted
from the definition of hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Agency studied two other solvents, 1,1,2-trichloroethane
and 2-nitropropane, and is not proposing at this time to add them to
the current exemption (Office
of Solid Waste).
- Assistance
Opportunities - notice posted for resources sought for EPA/ORD/NERL/HEASD-03-01.
Due date is May 8, 2003. The Sources
Sought file is a 22KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document (National
Exposure Research Laboratory).
- From the Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics:
- Updated LUST Performance
Measures Are Available - The LUST performance measures have been
updated as of March 26, 2003. Click
here to view the Updated LUST Performance Measures (a 10KB Adobe
Acrobat (PDF) document).
You may also view
the transmittal memo from OUST's Office Director dated March 28, 2003
(a 9KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document) (Office
of Underground Storage Tanks).
April 8, 2003
April 7, 2003
- Clean School Bus USA
- EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman unveils Clean School Bus USA,
a new national partnership to minimize pollution from school buses.
Leaders from corporate America, children's health, environmental and
governmental organizations gather to design a plan to reduce children's
exposure to diesel exhaust by eliminating unnecessary school bus idling,
installing effective emission control systems on newer buses and replacing
the oldest buses in the fleet with newer ones (Office
of Transportation and Air Quality).
- Environmental Compliance
Grants Solicitation - The Office of Compliance, within the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Office
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, is soliciting proposals
for a Environmental Compliance Grant program assistance for states and
tribes in two focus areas: (1). environmental enforcement training and
(2). supporting improved linkages between EPA and state/tribal systems.
Grants will be in the range of $50,000 - $200,000. Pre-proposals are
being accepted electronically or by hard copy until May 5, 2003 (American
Indian Environmental Office).
- Arsenic
Implementation - Presentations from 2002 Arsenic Rule Training Sessions
are now online. The final Implementation Guidance for the Arsenic Rule
is based on the final rule published in the Federal Register on January
22, 2001. It incorporates comments received on the previous draft implementation
guidances, and from the training sessions on the arsenic rule held throughout
the country (Office
of Ground Water and Drinking Water).
- From the Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics:
- LIST
4A Minimal Risk Inerts - PR Notice 2000-6: Appendix B in this notice
was amended as of December 2002. This file is a 143KB Adobe Acrobat
(PDF) document (Office
of Pesticide Programs).
April 6, 2003
- Biomarkers
Database - This database was developed by assembling and evaluating
the literature relevant to human biomarkers. It catalogues and evaluates
the usefulness of biomarkers of exposure, susceptibility and effect
which may be relevant for a longitudinal cohort study (National
Center for Environmental Assessment).
- From the National Risk
Management Research Laboratory:
- Employment
& Post-Doctoral Opportunities - Environmental careers at
NRMRL span a wide-range of disciplines. Current NRMRL vacancies
and links to federal employment web sites are listed here.
- Environmental
Curricula Handbook: Tools in Your Schools [EPA/625/R-02/009]
- This handbook is designed to provide teachers and other educators
with guidance on how to teach students about environmental issues
related to air, water, and soil quality. This file is available
in HTML
format or as a 512KB
Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Facilitating
Public Access to Government Environmental Monitoring Data: The Living
Everglades Web Site [EPA/625/R-02/020] - The purpose of The
Living Everglades Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and
Community Tracking (EMPACT) project was to make information on the
health of the Everglades more accessible and understandable to the
residents, scientists, teachers, and government agencies of South
Florida - Abstract.
This file is 1.80 Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Urban
Sprawl Modeling, Air Quality Monitoring, and Risk Communication:
The Northeast Ohio Project [EPA/625/R-02/016] - The Northeast
Ohio Urban Sprawl, Air Quality Monitoring, and Communications Project
(hereafter called the Northeast Ohio Project) provides local environmental
and health information useful to residents, local officials, community
planners, and others in a 15-county region in the Northeast Ohio
area - Abstract.
This file is a 1.83MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Risk
Communication in Action: Environmental Case Studies [EPA/625/R-02/011]
- This handbook discusses a variety of data visualization and data
interpretation tools that municipal, state, and federal government
agencies and others have successfully used in environmental risk
communication programs - Abstract.
This file is a 2.26MB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- Costs
of Urban Stormwater Control [EPA/600/R-02/021] - This report
presents information on the cost of stormwater pollution control
facilities in urban areas, including collection, control, and treatment
systems - Abstract.
This file is a 133KB Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
document.
- EFP Activity Report
- The Environmental Finance Program is pleased to make available the
April, 2003
EFP Activity Report (Environmental
Finance Program).
- April
2003 News - from the Office
of Research and Development. News items include:
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
- EPA Diver Training
- Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM)
- NCER Tackles Remediation
- Research Accomplishments: Human Health Protection
- National Exposure Research Laboratory FY-03 Postdoctoral Program
- National Risk Management Research FY-03 Postdoctoral Program
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