Paste this code into your Web page HTML:
<iframe frameborder="1" width="150"
height="160" id="myenvironment150160"
scrolling="no" marginwidth="3"
marginheight="0"
src="http://www.epa.gov/widgets/myenvironmentwidget.html"> </iframe>
March 2009
The MyEnvironment search application is designed to provide a cross-section of environmental information based on the user’s location.
The desired location is keyed in from the EPA Home Page (www.epa.gov) under the section called MyEnvironment.
The next page to appear contains the results of the search for that geography, e.g., Baltimore, MD. You can use a variety of locational search terms, such as zipcode, street address, county name, waterbody name, National Park name – or any placename that you might see on a roadmap.
The top part of the page contains a map with the EPA regulated facilities for that area (and air and water monitoring stations will be added soon) and the bottom part includes the following set of information (pertinent to that specific geography, or to the county or state – depending on the lowest level of aggregation for which those data are available):
MyAir
MyHealth
MyLand
MyWater
MyEcological Conditions – this area displays reports that describe the state of ecological indicators in your area.
Additionally, up in the right-hand corner of the map (above the map’s legend) we offer a refined search capability. In the refined search box you can:
Select by pollutant which will yield a map with only those facilities emitting that pollutant plus a federated search of materials pertinent to that pollutant, including:
- EPA Library Collection Search for mostly scientific documents and PDFs;
- EPA Substance Registry System Search for lots of pollutant-specific information including factsheets about health impacts;
- National Institute of Standards and Technology chemical breakdowns;
- EPA Web Site Search for any web pages pertaining to that pollutant;
- EPA Frequently Asked Questions Search for any FAQs pertaining to that pollutant; and
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Chemical Factsheets (if available).
Select by industry which will yield a map with only the facilities in that industry (e.g., manufacturing) and as above – below the fold will show search results with web pages, factsheets and references particular to that industry as a search term.
Select a New Place will let you key in a new location into the search box and result in a wholesale refresh of the map and below containers for information about air, water, land, etc. pertinent to that newly specified geography.
Finally, there is a MyCollaboration area in the bottom right-hand corner of the search results page (this is not available from any refined search results page – but instead only from a geographic search). MyCollaboration include three means for communicating either to EPA or the web community: