Recent additions to the Region 9 Web site
Region 9 news releases are
added frequently.
11/15/04
2004 Enforcement Accomplishments
feature, includes links to news releases
for each Southwest Region state.
11/09/04
Waste home page: updated with the FY05 OSWER Innovation Pilots link
11/08/04
California Animal Waste: updated with new language and retired the “California Groundwater Basins Impaired by Animal Operations”
11/08/04
Naturally
occurring asbestos exposure in El Dorado: Assessment
updates
11/04/04
Title V Program Evaluations:
New area for viewing final Title V evaluation reports
11/04/04
Children’s Health: updated with link to First Annual Children’s Environmental Health Awards
11/04/04
Requests for Proposals: Wetlands Program Development Grants for 2005
11/03/04
Strategic Plan: sets out the Region's goals for the next five years
11/01/04
U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program: 2004 Requests for Proposals: added Spanish version
11/01/04
Las Vegas Carbon Monoxide Pollution: updated with final approval
10/27/04
Preliminary Remediation Goals: updated tables of human health toxicity values
10/26/04
Requests for Proposals: U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program
10/26/04
Tribal Program: updated with the November 2004 Tribal newsletter
10/18/04
San Francisco Refineries: updated with Title V permit and comment letters
10/18/04
Toxic Releases Inventory: updated with 2002 National Data Release
10/15/04
Water Programs: updated with a wastewater factsheet
10/14/04
Westates Carbon Regeneration Facility: updated with information about workshops; also includes a Public notice for Proposed Area of Potential Effects
10/8/04
Alien Seaweeds: new featured story about a joint effort between the EPA and the Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural Resources to make available an easy-to-use educational tool to help control alien seaweed species
10/8/04
Crackdown on Illegal Pesticide Pet Products: new featured story to coincide with multi-state effort to protect consumers from illegal pesticide products
10/6/04
Bolsa Chica Wetlands Restoration Project: new featured story to coincide with groundbreaking event in Southern California
10/5/04
Final NPDES Permits: updated with the final Permit for Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities
10/1/04
Quality Assurance Project Plans: updated with a link to Visual Sampling Plan software, which is used for the design of statistically based soil sampling strategies
9/29/04
West Coast Diesel Collaborative: new area showcasing partnerships at work reducing air pollution emissions from diesel sources along the West Coast
9/29/04
Federal Facilities EMS training list: updated with presentations providing guidance and tools for facility Program Managers to use and modify to meet their facility training and educational needs
9/23/04
Air Standards Delegation Database: new database containing a list of federal air regulations that have been delegated to state
or local air pollution control agencies in the Pacific Southwest
9/23/04
Lead: updated list of EPA-certified lead-based paint firms in the Pacific Southwest
9/23/04
Tribal Program: updated with the October 2004 Tribal newsletter
9/22/04
Phoenix Carbon Monoxide Actions: updated with proposal to redesignate the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona to attainment for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for carbon monoxide
9/21/04
Brownfields: updated with a call for proposals for assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup competitive grants
9/20/04
Las Vegas Eight-hour Ozone Designation: Las Vegas, NV, Eight-Hour Ozone Designation page updated with Federal Register Notice
9/20/04
Region 9 Ozone Attainment Map: updated Ozone 1-Hour Standard Air Quality Standards Attainment Designations map
9/20/04
Region 9 PM10 Attainment Map : updated PM-10 Air Quality Standards Attainment Designations map
9/15/04
Request for Proposals:
Tribal Public Water Supply Source Water Assessment and Protection Program
9/10/04
Eight-hour Ozone Designation: certain areas of Clark County, NV must meet the new, more protective air quality standard for ozone, or smog 8/31/04
Cleanup and Redevelopment: EPA Region 9's list of contaminated sites
8/30/04
Tribal Program: updated with the September newsletter
8/25/2004
Public Notice: Opportunity to comment on proposed CWA administrative penalty settlement against Bali Hai Villas Ltd. Partnership, Princeville, HI
8/17/2004
Request for Proposals: Drinking Water Tribal Set Aside Grants
8/17/2004
U.S., Mexico cooperate to inspect border hazwaste shipments: Featured Story
8/16/04
Polluted Runoff -- Nonpoint Source Program: new Region 9 Water Programs Web area
8/16/04
Southern California Field Office: new Region 9 Web area with office contacts
8/11/04
Storm Water Inflow Repair in Fort Bragg, CA: environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact now available
8/5/04
Naturally Occurring Asbestos in California: updated with community meeting announcements
8/4/04
Imperial County PM-10 Pollution: updated with EPA's recent proposed and final actions
7/28/04
Brownfields: updated with an announcement for the annual 2004 Brownfields Conference
7/27/04
Quality Assurance: updated links and new guidance documents for project plans
7/26/04
Tribal Program: updated with an announcement of the 12th Annual Region 9 Tribal EPA Conference
7/26/04
Lead Program: updated with a list of EPA-Certified Lead-Based Paint Firms
7/23/04
Grants/Funding: updated with open solicitations for the
Pesticides Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP)
7/21/04
23rd Annual Pacific Islands Environment Conference: with presentations and a photo gallery
7/15/04
Tribal Program: updated with the June and July newsletters
7/7/04
Champions of Green Government: updated with the 2004 Award Recipients
6/29/04
Tribal successes in the Pacific Southwest: Working as partners, the tribes and EPA have made significant progress in protecting tribal lands, waters, and cultural resources
6/28/04
Clean School Bus USA Grant Recipients: in the Pacific Southwest, grants were awarded to the San Diego Air Pollution Control District and the South Coast Air Quality Management District
6/22/04
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI): updated with 2002 data release fact sheets
6/17/04
Children's Health: updates to emerging issues in children's environmental health
6/10/04
eCycling in Region 9: with information on electronics recycling in the Pacific Southwest
6/8/04
Featured story: Naturally Occurring Asbestos in California
6/8/04
Lead Program: updated with the final rule on lead-based paint abatement activities and training
6/8/04
Notes from the Underground: the latest newletter from the the Office of Groundwater
5/27/04
Featured enforcement story: Ensuring companies in your community file hazardous waste reports
5/20/04
Air Permits: updated with new email contact information
5/20/04
Brownfields: with an announcement for the Western Brownfields Workshop, July 13-15, in Seattle, WA
5/14/04
Drinking Water: with a new fact sheet about the ban on large capacity cesspools to protect public health in Hawaii
5/13/04
Cleaning up the Palos Verdes Shelf: updated with new information about EPA's marketplace fish monitoring program to assess whether contaminated white croaker fish are reaching consumers
5/12/04
Pacific Islands: an announcement of the 23rd Pacific Islands Environmental Conference in June, 2004
5/5/04
Region 9's Strategic Plan: (PDF, 140 pp., 1.36 MB About PDF) an outline of EPA Region 9's plans for the next three to five years
5/4/04
Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA: with an update on EPA's Environmental Justice Demonstration Project to improve Barrio Logan’s air quality and public health
5/3/04
Las Vegas (Clark County) Particulate Matter (PM-10): with EPA's final approval of the 2003 Plan to reduce PM-10 pollution
4/30/04
Coastwide Snapshot Day, May 1, 2004: Featured story about the volunteer water monitoring event on California's coast
4/29/04
San Joaquin Valley Particulate Matter (PM-10) Pollution: with EPA's Finalized Approval of the 2003 PM-10 Plan
4/27/04
Requests for Proposals: updated with Pollution Prevention Grants (PPG) funding solicitation
4/26/04
Environmental Management System (EMS) Design training: with online registration form for trainings in Las Vegas, San Diego, Seattle, and San Francisco
4/26/04
Sulfur Dioxide in Morenci, AZ: updated with a new Federal Register Notice approving Arizona's plan to meet Sulfur Dioxide Air Quality Standards in the Morenci Area 4/26/04
Drinking water vulnerability assessments: updated with an announcement of the new Emergency Response (software) Module available to drinking water utilities 4/26/04
Water Program: updated with the new Drinking Water Standards (DWS) and Health Advisories table with a description
4/22/04
San Joaquin Valley New Source Review: updated with EPA's full approval of San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Rule 2201
4/15/04
EPA Progress Report 2004: the Pacific Southwest Region's Annual Report
4/15/04
Sulfur Dioxide in Morenci, AZ: approval of Arizona's plan to meet the Sulfur Dioxide Air Quality Standards in the Morenci Area
4/15/04
Final designations of areas for the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard: with EPA Region 9's new designations
4/12/04
Launching Brownfields success at a former aerospace site: new featured story about a successful redevelopment site in Hawthorne, California
4/9/04
San Joaquin Valley Ozone: updated with final rule granting California's request to reclassify the San Joaquin Valley ozone non-attainment area from "severe" to "extreme" for the 1-hour federal standard
4/8/04
Westates Carbon Regeneration Facility: with current news, documents, and fact sheets about the facility in Parker, AZ
4/7/04
Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities: Draft NPDES Permit for federal waters, off the coast of Southern California
4/6/04
Requests for grant proposals: updated with FIFRA Special Project Grant, Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Stewardship Program and Tribal Drinking Water and Wastewater Baseline Needs Assessment
4/2/04
San Francisco Bay Area Ozone: with recent finding of attainment
4/1/04
Toxics Release Inventory: free training announcement
3/18/04
Pollution Prevention: new and updated program information, plus grant case studies
3/10/04
Requests for grant proposals: updated with Region 9's Indoor Air Quality and Asthma management solicitation for initial applications
2/25/04
Environmental Management System for EPA's San Francisco, CA Office
2/23/04
Brownfields grants: updated with Brownfields Targeted Assessment information
2/23/04
Drinking Water: updated with vulnerability assessment workshops and new chloramine information
2/17/04
Region 9 Performance Track: recognizing top environmental performance among participating U.S. facilities
2/13/04
San Joaquin Valley ozone: updated with EPA's proposed rule announcing intent to grant California's request to reclassify the San Joaquin Valley ozone non-attainment area from "severe" to "extreme" for the 1-hour federal standard
2/11/04
Requests for grant proposals: with Drinking Water System Capacity grants and Wetlands protection program development grants
2/5/04
EPA on the scene of two mercury exposure cases in Nevada: Web feature
2/3/04
Emergency Prevention and Preparedness: with January update
2/2/04
Requests for grant proposals: 2004 consolidated solicitation for Resource Conservation Funding
1/29/04
San Joaquin Valley PM-10 Pollution: updated with EPA's proposed approval of the Valley's Plan and Plan Ammendments
1/27/04
Environmental Awards: with nomination materials for this year's ceremony
1/27/04
Arizona cleaner burning gasoline: updated with revised air quality plan that makes changes to Arizona's cleaner burning gasoline program
1/22/04
EPA-established Total Maximum Daily Loads: updated with final documents for Eel River (Middle Fork) sediment and temperature TMDLs
1/9/04
Requests for grant proposals: Food Quality Protection Act Funds for a Sustainable Agriculture Program for Reduced-Risk Practices for Pest Management
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