Recently posted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this report describes progress made under the Acid Rain Program, established by Congress in 1990 under the Clean Air Act. The report, which details the reduction of the primary components of acid rain, "provides both basic information about the nature of acid deposition and detailed descriptions of how key indicators have changed." The...

Created in 1997 as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's national commitment to "improve public access" to EPA's information resources, the new Center for Environmental Information and Statistics (CEIS) Website "provides access to integrated information on environmental quality, status and trends." Available at the site are Environmental Profiles (for each US state, county, and territory),...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has recently launched Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO). ECHO retrieves environmental records for approximately 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide. These data are freely accessible under the Freedom of Information Act, but have not been available online until recently. Searching by location yields a list of facilities and businesses in the...

Eric Schaeffer, the Director of Regulatory Enforcement at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), resigned recently, citing "frustration about the fate of [the EPA's] enforcement actions against power companies that have violated the Clean Air Act." An EPA employee for twelve years, Mr. Schaeffer accused the White House of being "determined to weaken the rules [the EPA] is trying to enforce."...

The RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) "online database is designed to enable users to locate documents, including publications and other outreach materials, that cover a wide range of RCRA issues and topics." Users have three search options: Topics, Full Text, or Advanced searches. For those having trouble finding needed materials, the website offers a handy two-page reference guide....

The US Environmental Protection Agency has recently released a final regulation for Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater. This involves the approval of several test procedures for measuring the toxicity of effluents and receiving waters, which are referred to as whole effluent toxicity or WET test methods. Visitors can download the entire 275...

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Office of Water recently released this report (.pdf and .wp formats) entitled "Techniques for Tracking, Evaluating, and Reporting the Implementation of Nonpoint Source Control Measures: Agriculture." In addition to results, the report presents detailed descriptions of sampling design, methods, and references.

Compiled by the US Environmental Protection Agency, this site is the only place users need go to find an environmental term, abbreviation, or acronym. All items are listed alphabetically. No search tool is provided.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announce the availability of a WWW server providing Public Access to the EPA's Public Information.