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Prior to submitting a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request consider checking the electronic sources listed below which may provide the desired information. This list is not comprehensive, but contains links to sites which contain information most frequently requested in Region 3. If the information is not available on the Internet please choose option 2(send an e-mail message directly to the Region 3 FOIA Office) or option 1 (complete Region 3's on-line form) to submit a FOIA request.Frequently Requested Information
Final Opinions
Statements of Policy and Interpretation
Administrative Staff Manuals and Instructions
Compliance Assistance
Enforcement
Self-Auditing
Environmental Justice
Databases
Other Resources
Frequently Requested Information
If you are searching for information that has been previously disclosed, or information that you believe may be publicly available, please visit this section.
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
EPA
Region 3's Administrative Records on the Internet (ARweb)
Facility Indexing
Initiative (FII) - To check in which databases EPA has information
on the subject facility first search in FII.
Envirofacts -
Envirofacts is a data warehouse which permits access to all EPA databases
currently available for public use. Search the databases and generate
reports from this partial list of databases
CERCLIS - Search the Superfund Database by facility name and geographic location.
Region 3's Hazardous Waste Management
Division - Contains RBC Table, narrative summaries for NPL sites,
Brownfields information, most recent congressional briefings.
RCRIS
- Search the Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System by
facility name, geographic location, standard industrial classification
and chemical.
WCMD - Reports
of Non-Sensitive Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Data.
AIRS
- Search the Aerometric Information Retrieval System by facility name,
geographic location, and standard industrial classification.
PCS - Search
the Water Discharge Permit database.
GICS
- Look for grant information in the Grants Information and Control System.
Publications
- Full-text or abstracts of EPA Publications.
Publications (NCEPI) - Central
repository for EPA Publications which are available free of charge.
Publications (NEPIS)
- Search for and print or order EPA Publications including many which
may no longer be available in print.
Record of Decision System (RODS)
provides the justification for the remedial action (treatment) chosen
at a Superfund site.
Superfund
Hazardous Waste Site Basic Query - The Basic Query allows you to conduct
a search of the nation's hazardous waste sites against commonly requested
search fields, such as: site name, state, zip code, and contaminants of
concern.
Superfund
Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query - In order to obtain results using
the Basic Query, search criteria must be entered in at least one field.
However, results will generally be more specific when more search criteria are entered. In order to obtain results using
the Advanced Query, either the Display or Count option must be selected
in at least one field before submitting search criteria.
EPA Office of Administrative Law Judges conducts hearings and render decisions between the EPA and persons, businesses, government entities, and other organizations which are or are alleged to be regulated under environmental laws. Links to these proceedings, decisions, appealled decisions, and opinions from involved parties can be found here.
Statements of Policy and Interpretation
This section takes you to non-binding guidance documents produced by EPA Headquarters program and enforcement offices. Each program office issues its own guidance documents and, often, additional materials including fact sheets and papers that may be of interest to the public.
Administrative Staff Manuals and Instructions
These sections are to provide you with instructions and manuals that help you understand what EPA procedures and instructions are to be followed.
EPA Mid-Atlantic Compliance Assistance
Compliance Assistance
Compliance Assistance - Headlines
Upcoming Events (Meetings
& Presentations)
Information
for Colleges and Universities
Information
for Prisons and Correctional Institutions
Information
for Hospitals
EPA Mid-Atlantic Enforcement Information
Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance
Recent
Enforcement Actions
Citizen
Tip and Complaint Form
Index of
Supplemental Environmental Projects - A supplemental environmental
project (SEP) is a project that produces environmental or public health
and safety benefits beyond those required by law, for which a credit may
be granted by EPA to offset partially the penalty imposed in the settlement
of an enforcement action.
Supplemental
Environmental Projects Idea Bank - A supplemental environmental project
(SEP) is a project that produces environmental or public health and safety
benefits beyond those required by law, for which a credit may be granted
by EPA to offset partially the penalty imposed in the settlement of an
enforcement action.
EPA Mid-Atlantic Small Business Information - The EPA offers small businesses a wide variety of compliance assistance resources and tools designed to assist businesses to comply with federal and state environmental laws. These resources can help businesses understand their obligations, improve compliance and find cost-effective ways to comply through the use of pollution prevention and other innovative technologies.
EPA Mid-Atlantic Self-Auditing Information
Environmental Audits
and Self-Disclosures - This page provides information concerning environmental
audits, incentives for self-policing, government agency requirements including
analytical articles, relevant U.S. EPA resources and policies, information
about Region 3 cases which were settled successfully under U.S. EPA's
Self-Disclosure Policy, and links for further research.
Environmental Audits
& Self-Disclosures Resolved Utilizing the Audit Policy
Policies
and Resources - Environmental Audits & Self-Disclosures
Procedures
for Self-Disclosing - Environmental Audits & Self-Disclosures
EPA Mid-Atlantic Environmental Justice Information
Environmental
Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people
regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation,
and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Concerned Citizens
Envirofacts
- Access information about environmental activities anywhere in the U.S.
Surf Your Watershed - Find information
about land areas that catch rain and snow and drain to specific marshes,
streams, lakes, rivers or ground water.
Center for Environmental Information
and Statistics - A convenient source of information on environmental
quality, status and trends.
Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) - Provides a database of human health effects
that may result from exposure to a variety of substances found in the
environment.
Sector Facility Indexing Project
- Profiles compliance and inspection history, chemical releases and spills
related to petroleum refining, iron and steel production, metal refining
and smelting, pulp manufacturing, and automobile assembly.
List of other online EPA
Databases - Access databases that provide information about Air, Pollution
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Solid Wastes and Emergency
Response, and Water.
Enviro$en$e - part of the U.S. EPA's
web site, provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance
assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. Our search engine
searches multiple web sites (inside and outside the EPA), and offers assistance
in preparing a search.
There are a number of Web sites which contain information from directly from EPA or relevant information through their respective missions. Please note that you will be exiting EPA's Web site.
National Technical Information
Service (NTIS) - Search this database for many EPA publications available
for purchase. Here are direct links to separately maintained databases
of EPA documents.
Records of Decision
Superfund Publications
Government
Information Locator System (GILS) - GILS identifies public information
resources within the Federal Government. GILS is a decentralized collection
of agency-based information locators which directs users to relevant Federal
Government information resources.
EPA works with other Federal agencies and links to those working
regularly with Region 3 are:
Army Corps of Engineers 
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Coast Guard