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Federal Environmental Agencies

Last updated: June 24, 2003


 


ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

 

An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment. ATSDR is charged under the Superfund Act to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at specific Superfund sites, to help prevent or reduce further exposure and the illnesses that result from such exposures, and to expand the knowledge base about health effects from exposure to hazardous substances.

Clay.Net Legislative Links

Congress.org

 

Directory of information about the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Congressional directory, find your member, communicating with congress, and committees.

Electronic Activist

 

This page provides basic tools for online activists in Washington state.

EnviroCop

 

City of Boston environmental investigator. Plenty of interesting links.

Environmental Scorecard of U.S. Congress Members

 

(League of Conservation Voters)

FedStats Environmental Statistics

 

A collection of environmental statistics from EPA, NOAA, NASA and USGS.

FedWorld Information Network

 

A comprehensive central access point for locating and acquiring government information.

Library of Congress

Local Government Environmental Assistance Network

 

A forum and clearinghouse of environmental information for local government. It provides 24-hour access to regulatory and pollution prevention information, message boards, regulatory updates, grants and financing information, and much more.

National Geophysical Data Center

 

Manages environmental data in the fields of marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, and glaciology (snow and ice).

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)

National Park Service

National Science Foundation

National Technical Information Service

 

The official resource for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.

State and Local Government on the Net

 

A Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet sites.

US Army Corps of Engineeers

US Army Corps of Engineers: Hazardous, Toxic, & Radioactive Waste(HTRW) Design Center

US Census Bureau

US Department of Agriculture

US Department of Commerce

US Department of Health and Human Services

US Department of Transportation Office of Hazardous Materials Safety

US DOE (Department of Energy)

US DOE Hanford Site

US DOE Office of Environmental Management

US DOE Pollution Prevention Clearinghouse (EPIC)

 

A central location to find information on U.S. DOE pollution prevention projects and reports, federal & state pollution prevention regulations, and recycling programs.

US DOE Smart Communities Network

 

Creating energy smart communities.

US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

US EPA Air and Radiation Office

 

Develops national programs, technical policies, and regulations for air pollution control. Areas of concern include: indoor and outdoor air quality, stationary and mobile sources of air pollution, radon, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion and pollution prevention.

US EPA Air Quality Office (Region 10)

US EPA American Heritage Rivers

US EPA Brownfields Homepage

US EPA Catalog of Hazardous and Solid Waste Publications

US EPA Compliance and Enforcement

US EPA Enforcement and Compliance Information Online (ECHO)

 

This Web site allows you to search for facilities in your community for the purpose of determining whether: EPA or State/local governments have conducted compliance inspections violations were detected or enforcement actions were taken and penalties were assessed in response to environmental law violations.

US EPA Envirofacts Database

 

Integrates data extracted from five major EPA program systems (air emission estimates, chemical types and surface water locations, superfund facilities, toxic chemical releases, hazardous waste permits and chemical names) using two integrating databases. It also incorporates locational information. This system allows you to query all the databases simultaneously for an environmental profile of a facility.

US EPA Environmental Technology Initiative

 

Supporting more than 250 partnerships and projects throughout the United States to promote improved public health and environmental protection by advancing the development and use of innovative environmental technologies

US EPA Groundwater and Drinking Water Office

US EPA Oil Spill Program

US EPA Pollution Prevention and Toxics

 

Pollution prevention projects and programs, information resources, publications and databases.

US EPA Pollution Prevention Homepage

US EPA Rules and Regulations

 

Text of proposed and final rules and regulations, as well as environmental legislation. Links to searchable databases for the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations and the United States Code.

US EPA Solid Waste Office

US EPA Superfund Program

US EPA Underground Storage Tanks

US EPA Wastewater Management

US EPA Water Office

US EPA Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds Office

US Fish and Wildlife Service

 

Our mission, working with others, is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Our major responsibilities are: migratory birds, endangered species, certain marine mammals, freshwater and anadromous fish, the National Wildlife Refuge System, wetlands, conserving habitat and environmental contaminants.

US Forest Service

US G.S. (Geological Survey)

US House of Representatives Members Directory

US NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

 

Deeply committed to spreading the unique knowledge that flows from its aeronautics and space research

US NASA Earth Observing System

 

Consists of a science component and a data system supporting a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.

US NASA Global Change Master Directory

 

a comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data, including broad coverage of the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global climate change.

US NASA Spacelink

 

An aeronautics and space resource for educators.

US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

 

Includes links to National Ocean Service, National Weather Service, NOAA/LISD Library Seattle, NOAA Western Regional Center,

US NOAA National Climatic Data Center

US NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

 

NMFS administers NOAA's programs which support the domestic and international conservation and management of living marine resources. NMFS provides services and products to support domestic and international fisheries management operations, fisheries development, trade and industry assistance activities, enforcement, protected species and habitat conservation operations, and the scientific and technical aspects of NOAA's marine fisheries program.

US NOAA National Ocean Service

US NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center

 

Holds the world's largest collection of publicly available oceanographic data.

US NOAA National Weather Service

 

The source for your current OFFICIAL WEATHER WARNINGS, OBSERVATIONS, and FORECAST.

US NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM)

US NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

 

A leader in developing ocean observational systems. PMEL carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography and atmospheric science. Current PMEL programs focus on open ocean observations in support of long-term monitoring and prediction of the ocean environment on time scales from hours to decades.

US NOAA Satellite Products

 

Links to NOAA Home Pages containing information on satellites and satellite imagery:

US NOAA Weather Page

 

Links to: National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, measures snow cover in the United States and Canada; Current US Radar Image; Latest US Satellite Picture (infrared; Current Temperatures across North America; NOAA Forecast Systems Lab.

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

White House Web Server

 

What the president would like you to know..

 

 


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