Recent Additions
This page provides access to a listing of some of the recent additions and new materials made available on the EPA Web site within the past six weeks.
October 12, 2012
- 2012 IDEA downloads posted in ECHO. ECHO Exporter data now available via data.gov - The IDEA downloads have been updated to use data from the August 2012 IDEA data refresh. In the event that the data retrievals available through ECHO do not meet your needs, EPA has compiled data sets from five primary enforcement and compliance history databases in IDEA, including the Air Facility System, Permit Compliance System, Integrated Compliance Information System for NPDES, RCRAInfo, and ICIS for EPA enforcement and compliance data. This detailed data set is used extensively by academic researchers, students, and other analysts that work with large data sets. The ECHO Exporter is now also available via http://www.data.gov (Office of Compliance and Enforcement).
October 11, 2012
- National Clean Diesel Campaign awards $30 million for DERA projects - EPA is awarding $20 million for fiscal year 2012 to clean up diesel engines nationwide under the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program. EPA is allocating additional funds under the State Clean Diesel Grant Program (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
October 10, 2012
- Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2 Rule) - Cryptosporidium & E. coli data sets, and Preparation of Round 1 LT2 monitoring Data for EPA analyses document. (Office of Water).
October 5, 2012
- Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Regulations: A User Friendly Reference Document for RCRA Subtitle C Permit Writers and Permittees (PDF) - The objective of this document is to consolidate and streamline the TSDF regulatory requirements into a helpful reference tool that features a user-friendly format, including references to EPA FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), letters, memoranda, and guidance documents that EPA has provided to the public through the years to help owners, operators, and state and federal regulatory officials interpret the existing TSDF regulations. A 64 pp, 2MB Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
September 28, 2012
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New publications from the Office of Research:
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Implications of Climate Change for State Bioassessment Programs and Approaches to Account for Effects (Final Report) - EPA has released the final report, Implications of Climate Change for State Bioassessment Programs and Approaches to Account for Effects (Final Report). The report uses biological data collected by four states to examine the components of state and tribal bioassessment and biomonitoring programs that may be vulnerable to climate change. The study investigates the potential to identify biological response signals to climate change within existing bioassessment data sets; analyzes how biological responses can be categorized and interpreted; and assesses how they may influence the decision-making processes.
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Climate and Land-Use Change Effects on Ecological Resources in Three Watersheds: A Synthesis Report (Final Report) - EPA announces the release of the final report, Climate and Land-Use Change Effects on Ecological Resources in Three Watersheds: A Synthesis Report (EPA/600/R-07/086F). This report provides a summary of climate change impacts to selected watersheds and recommendations for how to improve the process of conducting watershed assessments in the future.
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A Summary of Publications on Methods and Tools for Assessing Cumulative Risk (Project Summary) - EPA is announing a web summary that highlights 8 recently published papers that provide background information on cumulative risk assessment and approaches to characterize and quantify combined exposures and risks due to multiple agents or stressors, with an emphasis on chemical mixtures exposures, toxicity and risk.
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Application of Computational Toxicological Approaches in Supporting Human Health Risk Assessment (Project Summary) - EPA is announcing the release of the web summary, Application of Computational Toxicological Approaches in Supporting Human Health Risk Assessment. This summary describes some of the recent progress in computational toxicology that has been conducted by EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) and Human Health Risk Assessment research program. This research provides alternative approaches to the risk assessment community in their efforts to conduct hazard identification and dose-response assessment, which are used in combination with site-specific exposure information to inform the characterization of risk to support regulatory and clean-up decisions.
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Advances in Inhalation Gas Dosimetry for Derivation of a Reference Concentration (RfC) and Use in Risk Assessment (Final Report) - EPA announces the release of the final report, Advances in Inhalation Gas Dosimetry for Derivation of a Reference Concentration (RfC) and Use in Risk Assessment. This report provides the scientific foundation necessary for ensuring that methods and guidance used and implemented by EPA in inhalation risk assessment of gases reflects the state of the science.
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September 26, 2012
- Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2 Rule): Lab Quality Assurance Program Videos - Cryptosporidium in Water: Reviewing Laboratory Reports Cryptosporidium Analysis: Using a Dispersant. (Office of Water).
September 24, 2012
- Federal Funding (Fed FUNDS) Web site launched for Water/Wastewater Utilities - Site provides tailored information about applicable federal disaster funding programs. (Office of Water).
September 20, 2012
- NCEA releases BMDS 2.3 - NCEA's BMDS Web site has been updated with BMDS version 2.3. This update (Build 68) fixes several interface problems with Windows 7, in which clipboard errors would occasionally crash both BMDS and Microsoft Office. (Office of Research).
September 17, 2012
- New Resource Directory on Safely Controlling and Preventing Mosquitoes - PA has reorganized its resources about controlling mosquitoes and preventing bites on its website. Though the summer is winding down, the EPA advises the public that mosquitoes can still present a serious risk to public health. (Office of Pesticides).
September 14, 2012
- 2013 Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2): Final Rulemaking - EPA is establishing an applicable volume of 1.28 bill gallons for biomass-based diesel (BBD) for 2013. (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
September 11, 2012
- Robust Summaries: Olefin Hydroformaylation Products - ExxonMobile Biomedical Sciences, Inc. submitted revisions/updates. (Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention).
August 30, 2012
- SmartWay launches TIPS: Trends, Indicators, and Partner Statistics - A source of leading freight movement industry indicators and quick facts on current SmartWay Partner performance metrics. (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
- Publication: BASINS and WEPP Climate Assessment Tools (CAT): Case Study Guide to Potential Applications (Final Report) - This report presents a series of short case studies designed to illustrate the capabilities of these tools for conducting scenario based assessments of the potential effects of climate change on streamflow and water quality. (Office of Research).
August 20, 2012
- Announcement of update on the IRIS Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic - EPA has revised its schedule to develop the IRIS Toxicological Review of Inorganic Arsenic (Cancer and Non-Cancer Effects of Oral Exposures). Information on the new schedule will be available on IRIS Track in the near future. (Office of Research).
- Request for Comment on Letters Seeking a Waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard - On August 20, 2012, EPA issued a request for comment on letters seeking a waiver of the volume requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The Governors of Arkansas and North Carolina requested that EPA waive a portion of the Renewable Fuel Standard under section 211(o)(7) of the Clean Air Act. Under this statute, EPA shall decide on a waiver request within 90 days of receiving it, in consultation with the Departments of Agriculture and Energy. (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
August 17, 2012
- 2010 CWA Annual Noncompliance Report(ANCR) for Non-Major Facilities - The 2010 CWA ANCR Report for Non-Major Facilities provides a state-by-state summary of violations and enforcement response at smaller CWA dischargers that report self-monitoring data under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. (Office of Research).
August 13, 2012
- WARRP Summary Report and Presentations (PDF) - The Wide Area Recovery and Resiliency Program (WARRP) Waste Management workshop's purpose was to advance the planning of federal, state, and local officials in the area of waste management (segregation, temporary storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal) following a chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) wide-area incident in the Denver, Colorado, urban area. A 145 pp, 6.17MB Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
- Publication: Freshwater Biological Traits Database (Final Report and On-line Database) - The report discusses the development of a database of freshwater biological traits for this project. The database combines several existing traits databases into an on-line format. The database is also augmented with additional traits that are relevant to detecting climate change-related effects, especially traits related to temperature tolerance and flow. (Office of Research).
August 9, 2012
- SIP Submissions Currently Under EPA Adequacy Review - EPA is currently conducting adequacy reviews of the annual and 24-hour PM2.5 maintenance plans for Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, Ohio. (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
August 8, 2012
- Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) (PDF) - EPA signed a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) (PDF) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to require companies to report in advance of all new uses of long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylic (LCPFAC) chemicals as part of carpets or to treat carpets, including the import of new carpet containing LCPFACs. A 47 pp, 266KB Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention.
August 6, 2012
- SIP Submissions Currently Under EPA Adequacy Review - EPA is currently conducting adequacy reviews of the 1997 8-hour ozone attainment plan for the Maryland portion of Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City. (Office of Transportation and Air Quality).
- EPA Approved Laboratories for Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 3 - These laboratories met the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation 3 (UCMR 3) Laboratory Approval Program application and Proficiency Testing (PT) criteria for the methods indicated. (Office of Water).
August 1, 2012
- Publication: Nanomaterial Case Study: Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray (Final Report) - This report presents a case study of engineered nanoscale silver (nano-Ag), focusing on the specific example of nano-Ag as possibly used in disinfectant sprays. (Office of Research).