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Environmental Topics
- Agriculture -- Partnerships
and projects with the agriculture community, emphasizing cleaner air,
purer water and better protected land.
- Air -- Indoor Air Quality,
Monitoring, Emissions, Stratospheric Ozone Protection, Acid Rain,
and many other topics of interest.
- Clean
School Bus Program -- The goal of Clean School Bus USA is
to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust and the amount
of air pollution created by diesel school buses.
- Indoor Air -- General information on asthma,
mold, secondhand smoke and indoor air quality schools programs. Names,
phone numbers and email addresses for Region 7 key personnel to contact
for indoor air problems or questions.
- Region 7
Air Program -- State, Local, and Tribal Programs.
- Brownfields -- Find out where
Brownfields initiatives are taking place near you. Also get information
on liability, cleanup issues, and laws.
- Cleanup in Region 7 -- Information
about each individual cleanup program (Brownfields, Land Revitalization
and Reuse, Federal Facilities, Leaking Underground Tanks, RCRA Corrective
Action, Superfund).
- Community-Based Environmental Protection
(CBEP) -- Nation and local initiatives for communities, including
Region 7 contacts and internet resources.
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs) -- Information on agricultural operations where animals
are kept and raised in confined situations. Rules and regulations
concerning this operation.
- Economics -- Regional Grants Information.
- Ecycling -- Recycling of electronic
products.
- Enforcement & Compliance -- Planning, Region 7 Annual Results, compliance assistance, federal facilities, financing, industry & government sectors, small business, and more.
- Environmental Justice Program -- Explore
what the program is about and what can be done in your region.
- Environmental Management System (EMS)
-- An EMS is a structured approach to understanding and managing the
relationship between an organization and the environment.
- Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing –- Guides to green purchasing for products
that incorporate key environmental factors.
- EPA Terms -- Environmental terms
with definitions, also abbreviations and acronyms.
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
-- This link provides information about public access to records,
as well as your rights and limitations to certain records.
- Electronic Reading
Room -- Before making your request under the FOIA, make sure
the information you seek is not already available to the public.
- Garbage –- see Solid
Waste.
- Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) -- Includes links to regional GIS applications,
selected projects, databases, and other GIS information.
- Hazardous Waste –- see
Waste.
- Illegal
Dumping –- How to report illegal dumping includes links to State
sites.
- Information Resources -- Public
information on EPA publications, databases, and Internet
resources.
- Land Revitalization and
Reuse -- A variety of information about revitalizing land by
restoring contaminated sites to productive use.
- Lead Poisoning Prevention
-- Lead-based paint hazards, renovation of older homes.
- Legal -- Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act laws and regulations, Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable
Battery Management Act, and other policies and rules.
- Mercury -- Provides information
about mercury in the Central Plains states, including regional sources
of mercury and local fish consumption advisories.
- National
Environmental Performance Track -- Performance Track recognizes
and drives environmental excellence by encouraging facilities with
strong environmental records to go above and beyond their legal requirements.
- National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
-- Compliance review for special appropriation grants to construct
water or wastewater infrastructure projects.
- Pesticides -- About the program,
current pesticide issues, contacts, publications and much more.
- Pollution Prevention (P2) -- waste minimization,
energy efficiency, awards program, P2 Grants, regional contacts, and
voluntary programs.
- Home Helps [PDF]
(9 pp., 328 KB) -- Strategies for personal comfort, staying healthy
and saving money, while helping the environment.
- Pollution & Toxics -- Community
Right-to-Know Program, Toxic Release Inventory Program, Accidental
Release and Prevention information, chemical risk information, state
office contacts and more.
- Quality Assurance -- Quality Assurance
contacts, QA training, QA Project Plans, and Quality Management Plans.
- Recycling -- Information
for citizens, government and business on the environmental and economic
benefits of recycling and how and where to recycle.
- Resource
Conservation Challenge -- a national initiative to find flexible,
more protective ways to conserve natural resources through waste
reduction and energy recovery.
- Security -- Pesticide Safety and
Site Security, Emergency Planning Committees, and Chemical Releases.
- Solid
Waste -- Non-hazardous Trash or Garbage from households and businesses. Information
on waste reduction, recycling, landfills.
- Superfund -- Emergency and Enforcement
information, Region 7 Integrated Contingency Plans, Voluntary Cleanup
Programs, Major Superfund Site Reports, and links to Superfund Research
Resources.
- Trash -- See solid waste.
- Tribal Environmental Programs & Information -- Links that provide a snapshot of environmental programs relevant to the tribes.
- Underground and Above
Ground Storage Tanks -- State contacts and phone numbers, and
general Region 7 information about USTs.
- Waste -- Hazardous Waste Program, RCRA
Fact Sheet Sites; Permits, the Solid Waste Program and state offices.
- Water -- Year of Water Campaign, Water
Monitoring Day, Surf Your Watershed website.
- Wetlands -- Links to the US Department
of Agriculture and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wetland and watershed
programs.
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