EPA Emergency Management: National Contingency Plan Product Schedule
The NCP Product Schedule, prepared and maintained by EPA, lists dispersants and other chemical and biological agents that may be authorized for use on oil discharges. The Technical Notebook presents summary information on the conditions under which the products may be used.
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EPA Emergency Management: Oil Spill Response Techniques
A description of the response mechanisms that are used for controlling oil spills and minimizing their impacts on human health and the environment.
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EPA Emergency Management: Rescuing Wildlife
A description of the care and treatment of oiled birds and marine mammals when an oil spill occurs.
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EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water
Call the Safe Drinking Water Hotline to answer your questions, or submit comments about drinking water quality.
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EPA Hotlines and Clearinghouses
A listing on the EPA web site of places to go for information.
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EPA Oil Program: Preparing for Oil Spills
Two principal elements of EPA's oil spill preparedness program are developing and coordinating contingency plans as part of a contingency planning network and conducting oil spill prevention and response training.
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EPA Superfund Web Site
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers the Superfund program, which locates, investigates and cleans up the worst hazardous waste sites throughout the U.S.
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EPA Superfund: Frequent Questions
A searchable "frequently asked questions" page about Superfund waste sites.
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EPA Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
"Terms Of Environment" defines in non-technical language the more commonly used environmental terms appearing in EPA publications, news releases, and other Agency documents available to the general public, students, the media, and Agency employees.
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Nonpoint Source Pointers
Fact sheets, provided by the U.S. EPA, on "nonpoint source pollution" (water pollution caused by sources other than big accidents).
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The home page of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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