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| Earth Day Earth Day is a great time not only to assess our accomplishments protecting the air, water and land, but also to look to what other steps we can each take to protect our families and environment. More about Earth Day » |
| EPA New England Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) This Web site provides information about environmental projects administered by EPA in the six New England states (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Recovery Act provides funding for significant projects that will help clean New England's environment, and provide better environmental and public health protection to New England citizens. More about the Recovery Act » |
| Keeping Track of Toxics Through TRI EPA is strongly committed to expanding the amount of environmental information available to citizens and communities. One of the first right-to-know programs at EPA is the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), a program established in 1987. The TRI program requires facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use any of 650 chemicals and compounds to report annually how much they released into the air, land and water or transferred offsite. More about the Toxics Release Inventory » |
| No Discharge Areas in New England The coastal waters of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Nahant and Swampscott, Mass. will be protected as a "No Discharge Area," where discharges of treated and untreated boat sewage would be prohibited. "No Discharge Area" is a designated body of water that prohibits the discharge of treated and untreated boat sewage. More about No Discharge Areas in New England » |
| Quality Assurance Project Plan Development Tool This tool is designed to assist in developing a Quality Assurance (QA) Project Plan for projects that involve surface or groundwater monitoring and/or the collection and analysis of water samples. The tool is divided into modules which include a streamlined guidance, QA Project Plan template, example QA Project Plan, etc. More about No Discharge Areas in New England » |
| GE/Housatonic River Site in New England EPA continues its large-scale commitment to addressing contamination in Pittsfield and the Housatonic River, with substantial progress being made in all phases of its comprehensive strategy: remediation, restoration, and redevelopment. Of course, all this work is being done with significant opportunities for public involvement and participation. More about GE/Housatonic River Site in New England » |
| Mystic River The Mystic River, which flows from the Mystic Lakes in Arlington through Medford, Somerville, Everett, Charlestown and Chelsea to Boston Harbor, is one of the great urban rivers of New England. The river and the watershed that feeds it, served as an epicenter of early activity from which sprung early settlement and economic activity in the colonies: mills, shipyards, villages. Unfortunately, settlement and industrial activity have not been as kind to the watershed. More about the Mystic River » |