Center for the Inland Bays receives EPA grant to fight water pollution (10/29/04) EPA awarded $506,984 to the Center for the Inland Bays in Lewes, Del. to reduce and prevent water pollution in the inland bays estuary, which includes Rehoboth, Indian River and Little Assawoman bays. The grant was matched with $505,000 grant from the state. The Center is funding 10 research projects this year, including projects to study the exact causes of algae blooms and how they can be prevented. Other projects monitor the viability of the bays to reestablish and maintain fisheries such as shellfish. more...

November 15th is America Recycles Day (10/28/04) Each year, on America Recycles Day , Americans generate millions of tons of waste...call it garbage, refuse, or trash…it's the waste we produce in our homes and communities. We throw it into cans and dumpsters, and put it out for pickup—but this waste, plus that of our neighbors' really adds up! While most Americans are helping by separating their trash, there are many more steps you can take to make our communities cleaner, healthier places to live. more...

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Advances in Lead-Free Solder Conference - November 18, 2004 [PDF, 125KB, 1 page, about pdf] . A dialogue with electronics industry leaders on lead-free technologies to comply with the European Union RoHS directive, Villanova University Center for the Environment, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pa. 19085. A $25 registration fee is required from all participants. Lunch will be provided. Register [PDF, 71.3KB, 1 page, about pdf] by November 5, 2004.

Call for Presenters for EPA’s 2005 Community Involvement and Training Conference will be held July 12 - 15, 2005 in Buffalo, New York. EPA is soliciting presentation proposals until December 17, 2004. Visit the conference web site for additional information.

EPA is accepting applications for the next round of the National Environmental Performance Track which rewards environmental high achievers in industry, business, and the public sector. Region 3 salutes all of its Performance Track members.

Back to school tips "School buses in your community and across the country travel a lot of miles. And that can mean a lot of air pollution," says Regional Administrator Donald S. Welsh, who offers seasonal tips to school officials and families. The Clean School Bus USA program protects the quality of the air by using new technology to make exhaust from school buses much cleaner and also by eliminating unnecessary idling.

EPA's Air Quality Index now includes fine particle pollution Residents in 36 U.S. cities – including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington, DC– can check EPA's Air Quality Index year-round to find out the daily levels of particle pollution at EPA's AirNow website.

Agencies release draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to improve coal mining environmental protection EPA and four other federal and state agencies released for public comment a draft EIS recommending several new cooperative actions to enhance environmental protection for Appalachian streams from effects associated with mountaintop coal mining. The report evaluates a broad range of federal and state actions proposed to reduce stream impacts, and to clarify responsibilities among agencies to improve compliance with the Clean Water Act and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.

EPA-approved State Implementation Plan (SIP) regulations for Region 3 state and local air quality agencies. A SIP is a plan for each state which identifies how the state will meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and certain other requirements of the Clean Air Act.

Superfund site details are now available
ARWeb is an internet-based tool for reading the detailed administrative records of Mid-Atlantic Superfund sites.