Library Guides: Government Sources by Subject: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Issues, laws, and information related to the EPA.
Where You Live: Search your community (EPA)
Search for environmental information by zip code in a variety of EPA produced tools such as Envirofacts, Surf Your Watershed, the Facility Registry System, and more.

Compliance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance policies, data, reports, relevant laws and statutes, and more.
Enforcement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data, policies, and legal action on pollution and cleanup.
Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
Search this database for information on specific facility compliance history or for general compliance history by geographic area. The database has information for about 800,000 EPA-regulated facilities. The information includes facility characteristics, inspection and enforcement data and history, compliance summaries, and a demographic profile of a three mile area surrounding the facility.
Laws Administered by the EPA
Summaries of the Laws and Executive Orders for which the EPA is responsible for writing the regulations to implement the laws.

Cleanups In My Community Map
"This tool combines interactive maps and aerial photography to map, display and query National Priorities List (NPL) sites."
EPA National Library Network
Provides access to information about the environment and related scientific, technical, management, and policy information. Search the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) database for free access to 24,000 digital titles and 7,000 print titles, or search the EPA National Library Catalog for items held by EPA's offices, research centers and specialized laboratories, as well as electronic collections.
EPA Publications and Newsletters
Includes publications and technical reports, links to other publications pages within epa.gov, newsletters currently in publication, and newsletters no longer in publication.
Region 10: The Pacific Northwest
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Native Tribes; see also the Region 10 Library.

TRI is the EPA's database of data on the disposal or release of chemicals into the environment. The inventory was established under EPCRA, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. Data can be searched either directly or via a menu and can include names and addresses of facilities which manufacture, process or otherwise use these chemicals as well as amounts released to the environment or transferred to waste sites. See also the TOXNET fact sheet.
TRI Program Contact Information
State level contact information.
Toxic Chemical Release Inventory ... TRI Reporting Software (CD-Rom only)
Located in the Government Publications Media cabinets.
Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), Washington State Department of Ecology
Reporting forms, local committee info, reporting requirements, publications, and other information on the EPCRA in Washington State.

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Index to EPA Test Methods
Index to approved procedures for measuring the presence and concentration of physical and chemical pollutants; evaluating properties of chemical substances; or measuring the effects of substances under various conditions. PDF updated April 2003.