MyEnvironment

environmental information for my area

January 2011

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, or from the MyEnvironment entry page (www.epa.gov/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 ZIP code, 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. The 'Find these on the map!' option to the left of the map allows you to narrow your search by Pollutant of Industry. The bottom part of the page includes the following sections with information specific to the geographical location:

MyAir

• Air Quality Index (AQI) for the entered location
• More Air link to the MyAir page which contains the following:
  • Air Quality Index (AQI) for the entered location
  • UV Index- This reports the predicted UV light intensity for today
  • Air Facilities map
  • Current Particulate Matter (PM)
  • Current Ozone
  • Air Quality Index Forecast Map

MyWater

• ATTAINS Data
• More Water link to the MyWater page which contains the following:
  • Water Quality Assessment Map
  • Water Quality Monitoring Activities - Provides the ability to identify monitoring stations in your neighborhood by the pollutants they measure
  • EPA Local Drinking Water Provider information and Community Water System information from Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)
  • Fish Advisories per area
  • Watershed - This feature shows your area's watershed and connects you to the EPA Surf Your Watershed Web site which provides a variety of links to citizen-based groups at work in your watershed, water quality data, and more.
  • New/expiring facility permits in my area - this feature reports new and expiring permits (from EPA's Permit Compliance System database) given to facilities that emit pollutants to water in your neighborhood.
  • Water conditions for local waterbodies based on EPA Water Quality and Impaired Stream data
  • Streamflow

MyCommunity

• The Shout out section allows users to become aware of these shout out projects, and could encourage more grass-roots environmental projects.
• More Community link to the MyCommunity page which contains the following:
  • Map
  • Shout out section allows users to write about local efforts that promote environmental advancement in the community. The Shout out section also allows others to become aware of these projects, and could encourage more grass-roots environmental projects.
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
    • Email to send comments back to the EPA developers of this Web site. We can field a wide range of questions that you may have, such as requests for additional resources, comments about the MyEnvironment application, or any other comments.
    • Report a Violation - a link to the official channel where the public can report spills or violations.
    • The Cleanup Your Neighborhood link will take you to the EPA Community site where you can find answers to questions about protecting the environment in your community.
    • Report an Error - You might suspect an error in the placement of a facility pushpin on the map or some other error associated with the facility information. Please feel free to report that error using this official channel for error reports.
    • Volunteer -link will take you to the SERVE.gov site where you can find volunteer opportunities in your community.
    • Greenversations - link to the official blog of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

MyLand

• Superfund Map
• More Land link to the MyLand page which contains the following:
  • Map
  • Brownfields Information links
  • Superfund Information links
  • Hazardous Waste Information links
  • Cleanups in my Community

MyHealth

• EPA Cancer Risk for Air Toxics Estimates by County (Cancer Risk)
• More Health link to the MyHealth page which contains the following:
  • Map
  • Cancer Risk - EPA Cancer Risk for Air Toxics Estimates by County (Cancer Risk)
  • Mortality - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Infant Mortality Rates by County (Mortality)
  • Low Birth Weight - HRSA Low Birth Weight Babies Rates by County (LBW)
  • Cleanups in my Community

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Additionally, below the map is a link to the interactive map page. On the MyEnvironment Map page you can:

Add Map Contents - allows addition of program system icons to map

Print Map - provides a window to edit map title and use the browser print function.

Download Data - allows selection of a layer to download and choice of Shapefile, Spreadsheet, GeoRSS or KML output format.

Grab Map - provides options to copy map's URL and paste into an email, or copy map's HTML and paste in website.

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Finally, Select a New Location will let you key a new location into the search box, which results in a wholesale refresh of the map and the below containers for information about air, water, and land pertinent to that newly specified geography.

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