"Source Reduction is to garbage what preventive medicine is to health."
-- William L. Rathje
Cleanups in Biddeford, ME There are many things you can do to assist the cleanup effort which benefits greatly when communities and individuals get involved.
Listed below is a cleanup in Biddeford, ME.
Brownfields
EPA's Brownfields Program works in all 50 states and U.S. territories. Through its 10 Regional offices across the country, EPA makes brownfields information, assistance, and grant funding available regardless of location.
Federal Facilities
Federal Facility Site Information
Regional Emergency Management
Emergency management activities are coordinated between local organizations (including local fire departments), the ten EPA regional offices, and EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo)
Hazardous waste information is contained in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo), a national program management and inventory system about hazardous waste handlers.
National Response Center
Spills of oil, gas, pipeline liquids and hazardous substances. The National Response System (NRS) is the government's mechanism for emergency response to discharges of oil and the release of chemicals into the navigable waters or environment of the United States and its territories.
GOV. EASLEY BREAKS GROUND ON SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS FACILITY
Raleigh - Gov. Mike Easley today helped officials from Spirit AeroSystems Inc., the N.C. Global TransPark and the Golden LEAF Foundation break ground on a new aerospace fabrication and assemblies facility being built at the TransPark. In May, Easley announced that Spirit AeroSystems would build the ....
Virginia significantly expands biosolids inspections
RICHMOND, VA. - In its first six months of operation, the Department of Environmental Quality's biosolids program inspected more than 42 percent of the fields and 73 percent of the farms where biosolids were spread in Virginia, DEQ Director David K. Paylor announced today.