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Citizens
- Agriculture --
Partnerships and projects with the agriculture community, emphasizing
cleaner air, purer water and better protected land.
- Amoco (Sugar Creek) -- Facts, reports,
and public involvement issues past and present.
- Brownfields -- Find out where
Brownfields initiatives are taking place near you. Also get information
on liability, cleanup issues, and laws.
- 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.
- 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.
- Consent
Agreements and Final Orders (Administrative actions) -- A list
of all Region 7 administrative settlements in cases brought by
the EPA against businesses, private parties and municipalities.
- Consent Decrees
(Judicial actions) -- A list of all Region 7 judicial settlements
in cases brought by the EPA against businesses, private parties
and municipalities.
- Economics -- Regional Grants
Information
- Ecycling--Recycling of electronic products
- Environmental Finance
Center (Boise State University Satellite Office in Region 7) - Provides
financial outreach assistance to small communities, tribes, businesses
and organizations.
- Environmental Justice Program -- Explore
what the program is about and what can be done in your region.
- 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.
- Home Helps [PDF]
(9 pp., 328 KB) -- Strategies for personal comfort, staying healthy
and saving money, while helping the environment.
- Household Hazardous
Waste - see solid waste
- Illegal Dumps - see solid waste
- Indoor Air -- General information
on asthma, mold, secondhand smoke and indoor air quality schools programs.
- 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.
- National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) -- Compliance review for special appropriation grants to construct
water or wastewater infrastructure projects.
- Omaha Lead Site
- Pollution Prevention (P2) -- The links
below contain information about P2, awards received, and success stories.
- Resource Conservation
Challenge: a national initiative to find flexible, more protective ways to conserve natural resources through waste reduction and energy recovery
- Recycling - General information on the environmental and economic benefits of recycling and how and where to recycle
- Solid Waste - Non-hazardous Trash or Garbage from homes and businesses. Information on waste reduction, recycling and landfills
- State
Assistance for Small Communities (PDF) (44 pp, 321K About PDF) --
A Compendium of state assistance programs for small communities
in Region 7.
- Tour Scheduling for Region 7's Science & Technology Center - Provides instructions, guidelines, and general information for scheduling tours of our regional laboratory.
- Toxics - What you should know
about toxins including chemical risk information, state office contacts,
and more.
- Trash -- See solid waste
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