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Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a federal government agency whose mission is to protect human health and the environment. It's efforts include: developing and enforcing regulations of environmental laws; researching and setting national standards for a variety of environmental programs; issuing sanctions; providing financial grants to State environmental programs; assessing environmental conditions and identifying, understanding, and solving current and future environmental problems; and advancing educational efforts to develop an environmentally conscious and responsible public.
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Chemical Emergency Preparedness And Prevention |
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Get information about chemical accident prevention and other chemical safety issues, including EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP), chemical software, and EPCRA Tier II information. You may browse this website or subscribe to email alerts through a listserve mechanism. |
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Compliance And Enforcement Data Systems |
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Information and partial public access to the data the EPA uses to manage and assess performance of the Agency's enforcement and compliance assurance program. |
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Free Publications Of The EPA |
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Search for and download free reports, studies, images, newsletters, bulletins, and more from current and archival repositories of the EPA. |
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Hazardous Waste |
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The Hazardous Waste Permitting Process: A Citizens Guide provides information on hazardous waste and explains the regulations concerning facilities that treat, store, and dispose of hazardous waste. |
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Information Sources: Hotlines |
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The EPA has many hotlines that answer questions dealing with subjects from acid rain to lead to wetlands.
Request technical information, reports, and documents or get assistance with your questions about environmental issues. |
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Ozone Depletion Resource Center |
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Do you use or manufacture ozone-depleting substances (ODS) or their substitutes? Visit the Ozone Depletion Resource Center to find information about the phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other substances, the availability of less toxic refrigerants, related regulations, and recordkeeping and reporting guidance. |
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Pollution Prevention |
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Technical Assistance Programs (TAPs) provide businesses with cutting edge environmental management assistance and help identify and implement measures that reduce or eliminate pollution at its source. Whether your organization is attracted by the environmental benefits, cost savings, or enhanced public image, TAPs offer a variety of services, most of which are free, nonregulatory, and confidential. |
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Managing Your Hazardous Waste |
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The Managing Your Hazardous Waste: A Guide for Small Businesses manual helps small businesses determine whether they generate hazardous waste and provides comprehensive information on how to comply with the federal hazardous waste regulations for small quantity generators. It explains how to obtain an EPA identification number, manage hazardous waste on site, ship hazardous waste off site, comply with land disposal restrictions, and conduct good housekeeping. |
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Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
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The EPA seeks to maintain and increase the level of small, women, and minority business participation in procurements, contracts, grants cooperative agreements, and other business-related opportunities. Here you can find acquisition forecasts, small business opportunities, governing public laws, links to other websites, and other informative information. |
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Environmental Compliance Incentives For Small Business |
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The EPA's small business compliance policy promotes environmental compliance among small businesses by providing incentives to discover and correct environmental problems. The EPA will eliminate or significantly reduce penalties for small businesses that voluntarily discover violations of environmental law and promptly disclose and correct them. |
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Environmental Contacts And Experts |
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Locate your nearest environmental contact or expert. Listings include EPA regional offices, state and local environmental agencies or departments, and industrial sector representatives who specialize in compliance and pollution prevention techniques for their industry. |
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Opening Doors For America's Small Businesses |
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The Opening Doors for America's Small Businesses brochure highlights some of the ways the EPA supports the President’s plan to promote the growth and vitality of our nation’s small business community. |
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Directory Of Small Business Environmental Assistance Providers |
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This document was created to foster a partnership between small business and environmental assistance providers. The directory is an easy-to-use quick reference of the key federal, state, and private programs that can address small business environmental compliance, pollution prevention, and other related questions and concerns. |
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