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EPA's Air Pollution Control Cost Manual provides guidance for the development of accurate and consistent costs for air pollution control devices. A long-standing document prepared by EPA, the Control Cost Manual focuses on point source and stationary area source air pollution con...

At least four polyfluorinated organic substances (i.e., 4:2-, 6:2-, 8:2- and 10:2- fluorotelomer alcohols; FTOHs) have sufficient vapor pressure (VP) to be designated as vapor-forming chemicals. Based on current guidance, vapor-forming chemicals warrant investigation for vapor in...

Anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) to the atmosphere from sources such as fossil fuel combustion and industrialized agriculture have increased atmospheric deposition of N and S several times over preindustrial levels in most developed nations. Recent efforts t...

These final reports are a summary of reference value arrays with critical supporting documentation for the chemicals manganese, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene. Each chemical is covered in a separate document, and each is a statement of the status of the available inha...

A national-scale, multi-sector report that quantifies projected health effects associated with extreme heat, air quality, changing seasons, flooding, and infectious diseases. Where possible, the analyses consider the extent to which these risks disproportionately fall on children...

This report highlights the salient findings from SHC products contributed by a team of ORD investigators from PHITD and CPAD of CPHEA, CCED of CCTE, and ORISE. The SHC research focused on the influences of maternal exposure to chemical and non-chemical stressors, and their intera...

Literature Review of U.S. Consumer Acceptance of New Personally Owned Light-Duty (LD) Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs)

ACE FY23-26 StRAP

The EPA’s ACE research program and Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) co-sponsored a “Wildfire Smoke Health Risk Management and Communication Workshop” with the goal to identify opportunities for research and technological solutions that could ...

Thist is a summary of research conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) )to develop a full-scale emissions test method that characterizes the application and post-application emissions from spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation The primary objectives of the resea...

This method describes the culture and differentiation of primary human tracheobronchial epithelial cells (pHBEC).  Cells used for this method can be obtained by brush biopsy during clinical bronchoscopy or purchased commercially.  This method replaces the previous versi...

This protocol describes the establishment and maintenance of differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cell (pHBEC) cultures from primary bronchial epithelial cells using Lonza and Gibco media. Note: This is a historical protocol. At the time of publication, this protocol...

This protocol is intended for culture of primary human tracheobronchial epithelial cells (pHBEC) obtained by brush biopsy during clinical bronchoscopy or purchased commercially. Note: This is a historical protocol. At the time of publication, this protocol has been superseded by ...

In January 2020, the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) requested that EPA, in collaboration with scientific staff in the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), conduct an assessment ...

This report will provide a better understanding of the health and environmental impacts, specifically pertaining to smoke, of prescribed fire and wildfire.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created this document to help existing and planned school communities identify strategies for reducing traffic-related pollution exposure at schools located downwind from heavily traveled roadways (such as highways), along corridors ...

There is a growing consensus that comprehensive conservation strategies for coral reef ecosystems - like those for many terrestrial ecosystems - must incorporate restoration to address coral loss. A Manager’s Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design (hereafter &l...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has conducted an HIA at the German Gerena Community School in Springfield, MA. HIA is a six-step systematic process that uses an array of data sources, analytic methods and stakeholder input to determine the potential health effects of...

Air pollutants have a negative impact on plant growth, primarily through interfering with resource accumulation. Once leaves are in close contact with the atmosphere, many air pollutants, such as O3 and NOx, affect the metabolic function of the leaves and interfere with net carbo...

The assessment of environmental exposures for human health is an advancing field, characterized by multiple new methodologic and analytic approaches. The difficulties in examining the many broad-based factors impacting human health outcomes are increasingly recognized, with expos...

Francisella tularensis, the bacterium that causes Tularemia infection, is a high-priority bioterrorism agent. There is no step‐by‐step analytical protocol for detection of Francisella tularensis in environmental samples that can be used by the EPA’s Environmental Response Laborat...

The <i>Biofuels and the Environment: The First Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft)</i> (EPA/600/R-10/183A) report, prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development, is the first report published ...

This report updates the findings of the first Report to Congress, published in 2011, with respect to environmental and resource conservation impacts, which together are intended to address the Section 204 statutory impacts since the passage of the EISA. This report reflects the c...

EPA announced the release of the final report,<i>Biofuels and the Environment: First Triennial Report to Congress</i> (EPA/600/R-10/183F), prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development, as the first EPA report ...

A better estimate of overall environmental quality is needed to improve our understanding of the relationship between environmental conditions and human health. Described in this report is the effort to construct an environmental quality index (EQI) representing multiple domains ...