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EPA adds more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities to public database

Unprecedented access provided for the first time

WASHINGTON – As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s commitment to increase public access to information on chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to a public database called Envirofacts.

Report released on pharmaceutical mail-back pilot program funded by EPA

Agency provided $150,000 grant to University of Maine’s Center on Aging to undertake study

 

Fiscal tear 2011 National Water Program guidance released

The National Water Program has released the final FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance. This guidance describes water program priorities and strategies, including the suite of water performance measures and their targets, for the coming fiscal year. The National Water Program thanks stakeholders who provided comments on the draft Guidance in March for their contribution to the revision of the draft document.

Final Guidance