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About EPA
About EPA - General FAQs
Does EPA handle all environmental concerns?
How can I get a speaker for my organization, event, or class?
How can I locate the phone numbers and mailing addresses of EPA staff people?
How can I search the EPA web site?
How do I add, change, or delete a mailing address with the EPA?
How do I contact EPA where I live?
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Jobs and Internships
How do I find out about graduate fellowships, internships, and other student opportunities?
Can non-citizens work for EPA?
How can I find out about job openings at the EPA?
I am a student now, but how can I plan for a career with EPA or as an environmentalist?
Libraries
How do I access the collections of EPA's libraries?
What is the status of EPA libraries?
What are the future plans for the EPA National Library Network?
What is the status of EPA's digitization efforts?
How is EPA involving its stakeholders in the planning process for the future direction of its Library Network?
What is the status of EPA's Chemical Library?
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Publications and Documents
Can I link to the EPA Web site from my home page?
How can I find Environmental Impact Statements?
How can I make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request?
How do I cite a Web page on the EPA Web site?
Is the information, pictures or logos on the EPA Web site or in EPA brochures copyrighted?
Where can I get publications?
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Business and Funding
Where can I find information about tax credits or other financial assistance for alternative energy projects?
Where can I find information about grants and other funding programs?
How do I find out about business and contracting opportunities with EPA?
How can EPA help me develop or promote my new technology?
How can a small business owner get help understanding requirements and regulations?
Air
Air - Misc FAQs
I have a complaint about dust from dirt roads in my area. What can I do?
What are the EPA regulations for crematories and pathological incinerators?
Who regulates cloud seeding and weather modification activities? Are there potential effects?
Air Pollution
How can I find out how much air pollution is released by a certain process?
I'm concerned about air quality issues associated with a nearby business. Are there potential health risks? What can I do?
What is ozone and where can I learn more about it?
Where can I find National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)? Where is the list of hazardous air pollutants?
Which places have the best and worst air quality?
Emissions
What are the biggest sources of mercury air emissions in the U.S.?
What laws apply to mercury?
Where can I find historical or archived air quality and emissions data?
Where can I find information on the power plant emissions standards?
Where can I locate information about the petroleum refining industry and emissions control?
Indoor Air
Can burning candles affect the air quality in my home?
Should I be concerned about a rotten egg smell in my home or workplace?
What are the potential sources of formaldehyde emissions in buildings and how do they affect indoor air quality?
What causes indoor air problems?
What is "black mold"? What is "toxic mold"?
Where can I find information on secondhand smoke and keeping my home smoke-free?
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Radiation
How do we know radon is a carcinogen?
What information do you have about radon and radiation in granite countertops?
Where can I find information on the risks of living near electrical power lines? What about the safety of products that emit radiation?
Where can I locate information about radiation and EPA's role in protecting people and the environment? What do I do if there is a radiological emergency?
Where can I locate information about radon?
Transportation and Fuels
How can I find out if the replacement of a part of my vehicle is covered under an emissions warranty?
How can I improve my gas mileage?
How do I find more information on emissions for my motorcycle?
I just bought a used car and discovered the catalytic converter is missing. Is that legal?
What do I need to do if I want to import a car or have a personal vehicle shipped back to the United States?
What factors influence the price of gas?
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Certification
Certification
Do products - fuel economy devices or fuel additives - that claim to improve fuel economy or lower emissions really work? Some say they are EPA-certified.
Can the EPA endorse or test my product?
How can I look up or verify an EPA number?
Do water filtration devices need to be registered?
Does the EPA certify any products?
Does EPA certify air cleaning devices?
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Chemicals and Toxics
Asbestos
Where can I get information about asbestos?
Chemicals and Toxics - General FAQs
I am interested in importing or exporting chemicals? Where can I locate information on this topic?
Is there a list of EPA's Priority Pollutants?
What are PCBs and what effects might they have on health and the environment?
What are the new chemical law updates under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)?
What are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and where can I find out more about them?
What is benzene and what are its health effects? What is EPA doing about benzene?
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Lead
Where can I find general information about lead?
How can I protect myself and my family from lead poisoning?
Where can I find information about lead laws and regulations?
Where can I find information about inspecting my home for lead or renovating a home that contains lead?
Where can I get more information about EPA’s two lead programs for certifying contractors and accrediting training providers?
Mercury
What is mercury and how are people exposed to mercury?
What are the health effects of mercury exposure?
How can I minimize my exposure to mercury and what can be done to reduce the amount of mercury in the environment?
What is the EPA doing to reduce exposures to mercury?
What should I do if I have mercury in my home or encounter a mercury spill?
Where can I find information about mercury in fish or mercury in fish caught in a particular body of water?
Climate Change
Climate Change
Where can I find more information on endangered species?
Where can I find information on climate change and the greenhouse effect?
Data, Methods, and Models
Data, Methods, and Models
Where Can I Access EPA Data or Datasets?
Is there a list of EPA models?
Where can I find assistance with emissions monitoring, calculations or control technology?
How does EPA use Geographic Information Systems in its work? Does EPA have GIS data available online?
Does the EPA prepare or maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)? Where can I find SDSs?
Where can I find EPA Test Methods?
Emergencies and Natural Disasters
Emergencies and Natural Disasters
Gold King Mine spill
How do I report violation of environmental regulations or an environmental emergency?
Where can I learn about preventing chemical accidents (chemical risk management)?
Where can I find information about EPA's Hurricane Response?
Where can I find information about how to recover and reduce risks from flooding?
Where can I get information on oil spills?
Greener Living
At Home
Where can I find information on issues related to purchasing or repairing the air conditioning unit in my home?
Does the EPA regulate home heating oil tanks?
Are there requirements for products with "green" labels, such as biodegradable, organic, recycled, low emitting, etc.?
How can I help protect the environment during the summer months?
How can I help to protect the environment during the winter months?
How do I compost?
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In Your Community
How can I establish a recycling program?
How can I get environmental information about where I live ? (city, county, state, etc.)
How might balloons released into the air affect the environment? Who should I check with to see if balloon releases are allowed in my area?
What are animal feeding operations? Who can I contact about odors from nearby farms and other operations?
How do I know what materials are recyclable in my community, and where can I take these materials to be recycled?
What is Earth Day and where can I find information?
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On the Road
Where can I find out about tax credits for buying a new hybrid car?
Why is my gas mileage lower than the EPA rating? What are the factors that affect fuel economy? And how do you determine your vehicle's fuel economy?
Health and Safety
Health and Safety - General FAQs
How can I have my soil tested?
How does EPA protect humans as test subjects in research?
What if I often feel sick when inside certain buildings, my workplace, home, rental, or school? Where can I get information?
Where can I find information about asthma?
Where can I find information about health and the environment?
Where can I find information on mosquito control and mosquito-borne viruses?
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Health Effects of Pollutants
What are the health effects of triclosan?
Are there potential health effects associated with diesel emissions? What is EPA doing about diesel emissions?
How do I find information about pollutants and the ways that people might be exposed to them?
Several people have become ill in my area. What do I do if I believe the environment is causing cancer in my community?
What are the potential health effects associated with exposure to carbon monoxide?
Where can I get information about the health effects of chemicals?
Land and Cleanup
Land and Cleanup
How can we get help to clean up old industrial property in our community?
What is a Phase One assessment, and do we need one?
Where can I find information about Superfund sites?
Where can I find information on underground storage tank (UST) regulations? How can I find out if there are underground storage tanks at a specific property?
Where can I locate information about forestry and forest management or the timber industry?
Laws and Regulations
Compliance and Enforcement
Where can I find information about the Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act to Volkswagen?
How can I find environmental compliance information about particular companies or cleanup information about particular sites?
How can I get help understanding EPA regulations so I can make sure that my company or business is compliant?
Does the EPA have information about the cleanup and enforcement of methamphetamine (meth) laboratories?
How do I report illegal dumping in my community?
How can I report a refrigerant violation?
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Laws and Regulations - General FAQs
How does EPA communicate with the public and seek comments on new or proposed regulations? How can I submit an official comment on proposed environmental regulations?
Does the EPA regulate noise? Where can I find resources about noise pollution?
Where can I find information about laws and legislation?
What are the requirements for paint booths?
Where can I find regulations for aboveground storage tanks(ASTs)?
Where can I see the text of the actual regulations?
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Pesticides
Pesticides
What is being done about wood treated with CCA (chromated copper arsenate)?
Where can I find information on Agent Orange and Agent Orange research?
Where can I find information on wood treated with creosote?
Where can I locate information about pesticides?
What is a pesticide registration number, and where can I look up information on pesticide registration and labeling?
Where can I learn about what EPA is doing to protect pollinators from the effects of pesticides?
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Waste
Garbage and Recycling
What is e-waste and how do I dispose of it?
How do I find information about the shipping or transfer of solid waste to landfills in my state?
Where can I find information on recycling my used motor oil?
How should I dispose of unused prescription medication and other medical waste?
Where can I find information about car salvage yards? How do I report unlicensed salvage yards in my community?
Where can I locate information about landfills?
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Hazardous Waste
Where can I access facility and hazardous waste management data?
How can I dispose of items that contain mercury?
What materials are not safe to throw in my trash?
How do I clean up or dispose of a compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb? How do CFLs work?
Where can I locate information about household hazardous waste?
Waste - General FAQs
Where can I find information on biosolids? Are they safe to use on crops?
Where can I get information about animal feeding operations and animal waste?
Water
Drinking Water and Water Use
Where can I find out about my drinking water or private well?
How can I get my tap water tested?
Where can I find information on fluoride in drinking water?
Who regulates bottled water and what are the standards?
Where can I find information on water quality on airplanes and trains?
How much water does the average person use?
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Water Bodies
What roles does EPA play in managing or regulating different types of water bodies?
What is being done about coral reef protection?
How does water pollution affect aquatic animals?
Where can I find information about nutrient pollution, including red tides or harmful algal blooms?
Where can I find out about requirements for damming, diverting or altering a creek, stream, or other natural watercourse?
Wastewater
Where can I locate information about wastewater, stormwater, sewage, municipal systems, or pollutant discharge?
Where can I find information about septic systems?
How can I locate information about the impacts of sewage discharge and overflow?
Where can I find information on controlling stormwater on my property?
Where is there information about washing cars?
Who do I contact to report a wastewater issue in my community?
Water Quality
Where can I find information on water quality criteria or standards?
Where can I find information about beach closures, fish advisories, or water quality near my home?
Where can I find information about the possible effects of hurricanes or floods on water quality?
What is hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) and what is EPA doing about it?
What is acid rain and how does it affect the environment?
