United States
   Environmental Protection
   Agency
Office of
Environmental Information
(2831R)
EPA-220-R-01-001
January 2001
www.epa.gov/empact
   EM PACT Local Urban
   Environmental Issues Study of
   Metropolitan Areas in
   EPA Region 1
      EMPACT
Environmental Monitoring for Public Access
       & Community Tracking

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                                Table of Contents
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       Executive Summary	   j

       Summary of Findings	  i

Chapter I. Introduction	  1-1

1.      Purpose of the EMPACT Local Environmental Issues
       Study of 86 Metropolitan Areas	  1-1
II.     Previous Research	  1-1
III.    Unique Features of the Survey	  1-2
IV.    This Report: Findings for EMPACT MSAs in EPA Region 1	   1-2
Chapter II. Methods	  11-1

1.      Survey Development and Peer Review	11-1
II.     Survey Instrument  	11-1
III.    Survey Methods	11-2
IV.    Data Collection Methods	  . 11-2
V.     Quality Control Procedures  	11-3
VI.    Analysis	   11-4

Chapter HI.  Local Urban Environmental Issues	III-l

I.      Environmental Issues	111-1
II.     Environmental Issues vs. Non-Environmental Issues	III-3
III.    Overview: Importance of Local Environmental Issues in Region 1  	111-3
IV.    Local Environmental Issues: Better, Worse, or the Same
       During the Last Five Years	111-7

       A.   Quality of Drinking Water from Public Water Systems	111-10
       B.   Long-Term Supply of Drinking Water	III-l 1
       C.   Pollution of Streams, Lakes, Rivers, and Oceans in the Urban Area	   Ill-11
       D.   .Protection of Ground Water and Wells  	111-12
       E.   Adequacy of Sewage Treatment Facilities	HI-13
       F.   Depletion of the Water Table	111-14
       G.   Air Pollution from Cars	111-14
       H.   Air Pollution from Businesses and Industries	Ill-15
       I.   Ozone Alerts in the Community	HI-16
       J.   Air Pollution from Burning Leaves  	111-16
       K.   Local Hazardous Waste Dumping	HI-17
       L.   Use of Potentially Harmful Pesticides 	111-18
       M.   Location of Landfills	111-18
       N.   Adequacy of Landfills	IH-19

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       O.   Disposal of Animal Waste	  111-20
V.     Summary of Open-Ended Comments on Environmental Issues	111-20

Chapter IV. Sources of Local Environmental Information  	IV-1

I.      Introduction	IV-1
II.     Sources of Local Environmental Information	IV-1
III.    Quality of Information Sources	IV-2
IV.    Other Sources of Local Environmental Information	IV-3

       A.   Internet  Access	IV-4

Chapter V.  Discussion 	V-l

                                    Appendices

Appendix A  EMPACT Metropolitan Areas
Appendix B  Survey Instrument
Appendix C National Urban Profile
Appendix D  Region 1 Urban Profile
Appendix E Profiles for Region 1 MSAs

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 BMP ACT is an interagency Presidential Initiative charged with providing 86 of the nation's largest
 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) with the capacity to monitor local environmental parameters
 of greatest interest to their citizens, and helping these communities make this information readily
 available and understandable.  Pursuant to this charge, EMPACT developed a survey to identify local
 environmental issues of greatest concern to citizens in each of the 86 EMPACT metropolitan areas.
 The survey was developed with input from key EPA staff and Federal stakeholders and then reviewed
 by professionals in EPA, other Federal agencies, academia, and the private sector. The survey was
 conducted in  March and April of 1999 using Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI).
 At least 100 respondents were sampled from each MSA, for a total of 8,777 interviews.  All citizens
 with telephone service in the 86 EMPACT MS As had an equal probability of being interviewed.

 Only the 86 EMPACT MS As were surveyed. Other MSAs, smaller communities and rural areas were
 excluded. Therefore, the results do not reflect national opinion, but are a good indicator of opinion
 among residents of metropolitan areas. Over 81% of the residents living in a metropolitan statistical
 area, live in one of the EMPACT MSAs.  The findings from all ten regions combined have been
 published previously under separate cover.

 This report presents  findings from respondents living in the seven EMPACT MSAs located in the
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1; Boston, MA; Bridgeport, CT; Burlington,
 VT; Hartford, CT; Portland, ME; Providence, RI, and Springfield, MA.  Over sixty-eight percent
 (68.1%) of the residents of metropolitan statistical areas in Region 1 live in one of the seven Region
 1 EMPACT MSAs.  Therefore, these  results are a good indicator of opinions  among residents of
 metropolitan areas in Region  1.
      Summary of Findings

The following are key findings from the analysis of the survey data from the Region 1 EMPACT
MSAs:

Importance of Environmental Issues in Region 1

•  Region 1 respondents consider environmental issues at least as important  as non-
   environmental issues, and in many cases, more important to their communities.  The
   pollution of streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans (mean=8.6) and public education (8.6) were
   considered the two most important local issues. The next most important local issues were
   environmental; long-term water supply (8.3), quality of drinking water (8.3), ground water and
   wells (8.3),  and adequacy of sewage treatment (8.2).   The second most  important non-
   environmental issue was illegal drug use (7.8).

•  Water issues are the most important local environmental issues to Region 1 respondents.
   The top five most important local environmental issues relate to water: 1) pollution of streams,
   lakes, rivers, and oceans (mean=8.6); 2) long-term supply of drinking water (8.3); 3) quality of
   drinking water (8.3); 4) protection of ground water and wells (8.3); and 5) the adequacy of

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    sewage treatment facilities (8.2).
 •   There are significant differences in the importance of local environmental concerns for
    Region 1 respondents compared to the other nine EPA Region respondents combined.

    »  Region 1 respondents are significantly more likely to report that the pollution of streams,
       lakes, rivers, and oceans is an important issue.

    *  Conversely, Region 1 respondents are significantly less likely to report that the disposal of
       animal waste is an important issue.

 Improvement or Decline of Environmental Issues in Region 1

 •      Regarding improvement in local environmental conditions during the last five years,
       Region 1 respondents are most likely to report improvement in the pollution of streams,
       lakes,  rivers, and oceans (59%); local hazardous waste  dumping (43%); harmful
       pesticides (44%); and air pollution from burning leaves (44%).

       Regarding decline in local environmental conditions during the last five years, Region
       1 respondents are most likely to report decline in the adequacy of landfills (41%), air
       pollution from cars (34%), and depletion of the water table (32%).

•      There  are significant differences hi the perceived improvement or decline of local
       environmental issues for Region 1 respondents compared to the other nine EPA Region
       respondents combined.

       *      Region 1 respondents are more likely  to report that the following issues have
             improved in the last five years: air pollution from businesses and industrial sites; the
             location of landfills; local hazardous waste dumping; the use of potentially harmful
             pesticides; the quality of drinking water; the protection of ground water and well; the
             pollution of streams, lakes, rivers, and oceans; and the adequacy of sewage treatment
             facilities.

       *      Region 1 respondents are more likely to report a decline in the adequacy of landfills
             than respondents in other regions combined.

Key Findings Among Region 1 MSAs

•      There  are significant differences in local environmental concerns among Region 1
       EMPACT MSAs. Among the notable differences:

             »      Providence/Fall River/Warwick respondents are significantly more likely to
                   report that most local environmental issues are important;

             *      Portland respondents are significantly less likely to report that many local
                   environmental issues are important.

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               Respondents were asked to indicate how important each of 29 issues was in their community using
               a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being "extremely important" and 1 being "not  important at all."
               "Importance" ratings referenced in the Executive Summary are means.

               For each environmental issue that a respondent rated 6 or greater in importance, the respondent was
               asked:
               "For (INSERT ISSUE), would you say it has gotten better, worse, or stayed the same in the last five
               years in the ("INSERT NAME OF MSA) area?

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Introduction

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 Chapter I.      Introduction
 I.    Purpose of the EMPACT Local Environmental Issues  Study of 86
      Metropolitan Areas

 EMPACT is an interagency Presidential Initiative charged with providing 86 of the nation's largest
 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) with the capacity to monitor local environmental parameters
 of greatest interest to their citizens, and helping these communities make this information readily
 available and understandable. (Appendix A contains an alphabetical listing of the 86 EMPACT MS As
 and a listing of EMPACT MSAs by EPA Region). To meet this charge, EMPACT is a "customer-
 driven" program that attempts to meet the needs and preferences of its customers; the 86 designated
 EMPACT MSA's and their residents. In order to ensure that EMPACT funded research and grants
 focus on the local environmental parameters of greatest interest to citizens, information about the
 local environmental issues of greatest concern to the citizens in each of the 86 EMPACT MSA's was
 critical.  Therefore, EMPACT developed a survey to identify local environmental issues of greatest
 concern to citizens in each of the 86 EMPACT MSA's. This information will be used by EMPACT
 to direct resource allocations  and evaluate research proposals  and the program's portfolio of
 initiatives. The information from the survey will also be provided to EMPACT projects and federal
 partners to support their work  in providing citizens with easily accessible, understandable, time-
 relevant information about environmental conditions in their communities.
II.    Previous Research

EMPACT and its contractor conducted searches of all relevant electronic data bases (e.g., Roper
Polls and the University of North Carolina State Polls'), reviewed related literature, consulted with
experts in the areas of environmental and survey research, and maintained continuing communications
with other EPA organizations and Federal agencies with related missions. These efforts identified
no previous, current, or planned efforts to conduct a national survey of urban residents' concerns with
local environmental issues.

The  most relevant  surveys  identified were conducted by  State polls and academic polling
organizations. However, these polls queried environmental issues on the national, regional and state
levels. The identified state level studies, queried respondents about environmental issues in their state
of residence. Thus, the environmental issues queried focused on a broader geographic area than the
respondent's area of residence and the sample included non-urban residents. Many of the polls
conducted on the regional and state levels were over twenty years old. Only one metropolitan poll
in Las Vegas, Nevada included questions about local urban environmental issues at the community
level.

Survey questions that query a broad sample of citizens (i.e., urban, small town, and rural residents)
about the importance of environmental issues at a national, regional or state level may be of little use
in identifying local environmental issues of greatest importance to residents of a specific metropolitan
area. First, when queried about environmental issues in general or at the national and regional levels,
respondents frequently focus on broad issues, such as ozone depletion.  Second, residents of

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 metropolitan areas, small towns, and rural areas are likely to be concerned about very different local
 environmental issues in their communities. Lastly, even if a national or state level survey were to ask
 respondents from urban areas about environmental concerns in their city of residence, the aggregate
 results would be of little use because of likely variation in local issues across cities.

 It is the EMPACT Program's anecdotal experience that  many MSA's  have unique environmental
 issues or place a unique emphasis on particular local environmental issues.  However, there are no
 comprehensive, scientifically valid information sources on which to validate these observations across
 the 86 EMPACT MSA's.
III.   Unique Features of the Survey

The EMPACT Local Urban Environmental Issues Study of 86 Metropolitan Areas was undertaken
to support the EMPACT program. Therefore, the inquiry and sample were restricted. The primary
focus was upon the importance of local issues in the respondent's community. Additional areas of
inquiry were also restricted to questions about the urban area in which the respondent resided.
Therefore, survey results do not reflect national opinion, in that residents of smaller MSA's and rural
areas were not included in the survey.

The Metropolitan Statistical Areas surveyed include only the designated 86 EMPACT MSA's.
EMPACT MSA's were identified programmatically to insure inclusion of the 75 largest U.S. MSA's
and inclusion of an additional ten MSA's to insure participation by all fifty states.  These MSA's are
not a statistical  sample of all U.S. MSAs.
IV.  This Report: Findings for EMPACT MSAs in EPA Region 1	

This report will present the survey finding for the seven EMPACT MSAs located in EPA Region 1:
Boston, MA; Bridgeport, CT; Burlington, VT; Hartford, CT; Portland, ME;  Providence/Fall
River/Warwick, RI; and Springfield, MA.  Where applicable, results are delineated by MSA (within
Region 1) to provide further segmentation of survey findings. In some cases, comparisons have been
made between Region 1 results and the results from the other EPA Regions combined.  Comparing
Region 1 results with the combined results from the other nine Regions provides a general look at
how Region 1 findings compare to those for the rest of the country.
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 Chapter H.     Methods
 I.    Survey Development and Peer Review
 The survey design and questionnaire were peer reviewed by four outside peer reviewers and one EPA
 statistician. EMPACT and its contractor, Macro International (Macro), consulted with a broad range
 of experts and professionals  including staff  within EPA and other Federal agencies, outside
 academics, survey practitioners, and key stakeholders. Throughout the survey development process,
 their feedback was used to refine the survey structure and content, revise the questionnaire, develop
 the survey methodology and sampling plan, and create the analysis plan.
 II.   Survey Instrument

 The survey instrument contained 66 questions divided into four sections:

      Local environmental concerns
      Non-environmental concerns
 •     Communications issues
      Respondent demographics

 The survey instrument will help the EMPACT Program and EMPACT Projects  more clearly
 understand citizens':

 •     Local environmental  concerns:  The  instrument captures respondent perceptions of
      predominant local environmental issues in their communities.  It is important to note that the
      EMPACT survey asked citizens to identify and describe the importance of local environmental
      issues. These opinions may differ from scientific and technical assessments of environmental
      conditions in these  metropolitan areas.

 •     Context for prioritizing local environmental concerns: This allows EMPACT to compare
      perceptions of local environmental concerns versus other non-environmental concerns (e.g.,
      local crime  rate, quality of public  education, availability of public transportation). These
      responses provide insight into the importance citizens place on a broad range of issues facing
      their communities. Many of the non-environmental concerns are tangentially related to broad
      environmental issues such as urban sprawl.

 •     Sources of local environmental information: EMPACT will be able to identify how citizens
      typically  obtain information  (active  and passive  information acquisition)  about  local
      environmental issues and how they rate the quality of the local information provided by various
      sources. This provides EMPACT Projects with additional information about their customers'
      opinions  and preferences regarding providers  of information about local environmental
      conditions and issues.

A copy of the survey instrument is attached as Appendix A.


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 III.   Survey Methods
 The survey was conducted in March and April of 1999. At least 100 interviews were completed for
 each of the 86 EMPACT metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs),  for a total of 8777 interviews
 nationally. Seven hundred-and-five (N=705) respondents living in the seven Region 1 EMPACT
 MSAs were interviewed.

 This sampling methodology balanced two competing demands—ensuring valid sample sizes for each
 city while also maintaining cost efficiency. As a result, the study was able to achieve sound statistical
 precision:

     For all 86 MSAs combined, the sampling error is ±1.05% at a 95% confidence level

     Combining the EMPACT MSAs located in each EPA region, the sampling error for each of the
     10  EPA regions varies from +/-2.34% to +7-4.90% depending on the number of  survey
     respondents in each region (i.e., the number of MSAs in the region).

 • '   Combining the seven EMPACT MSAs hi Region 1, the sampling error for Region 1 is +/-
     3.69%.

     For each individual MSA, the sampling error is approximately ±9.80% at a 95% confidence
     level.

This signifies that, with 95% certainty, the mean percentage response to any question using the
statistical sample is within the designated sampling error of the true percentage in the sampled
population. For example, if 60.00% of the respondents in all seven Region 1 MSAs respond "Yes"
to a question, the true value in the population is between 56.31% and 63.69% with 95% certainty.

For analysis purposes, data  at the national and regional levels have been weighted to  recent
population estimates (U.S. Census Bureau, July 1997 estimates) to accurately reflect the nation or
region as a whole. For example, without weighting, it would be inaccurate to equally represent 100
Portland MSA respondents and 100 Boston MSA respondents at a national level or regional level,
since the Boston MSA respondents represent a much larger population.
IV.  Data Collection Methods

Macro collected the survey data using a Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) system.
The CATI system allows for efficient collection of data while maintaining rigorous quality control
(e.g., built-in skip patterns, instant identification of out-of-range responses). However, inherent in
any telephone survey of the general population, minimal bias exists due to a small percentage of
households (less than 3%) that do not have telephone service, and are therefore ineligible to be
chosen for this study.

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 Before fielding the survey, Macro programmed the survey into the CATI system and performed
 rigorous testing to ensure that the survey functioned as designed.  Macro comprehensively trained
 the in-house interviewers to familiarize them with the survey methodology and to provide them with
 background information about the EMPACT.  Experienced supervisors provided continuous
 oversight throughout the survey fielding process. Interviewers were randomly remotely monitored
 to ensure interviewer competence and data accuracy.  EMPACT staff and the EMPACT Steering
 Committee were also able to remotely monitor interviewers throughout the data collection.

 After the data collection was completed, Macro programmers performed a series of validity checks
 to ensure the integrity of the database. Once it had been determined that the data was clean and
 reliable,  Macro began the process of analyzing the data.
V.   Quality Control  Procedures

The following table details the quality control procedures used in the data collection process

                            Table 1. Quality Control Procedures
  Survey Step
                  Quality Control Procedures
  CATI Programming
The programmed survey was compared to the paper version by three
project staff not involved in the programming to identify any programming
errors
The CATI system guarantees that out-of-range responses can not be
recorded (error message immediately appears) and that skip patterns
are followed correctly
  Interviewer Training
Macro used only experienced, trained interviewers who have been
certified to interview on the EMPACT study by completing project training
Interviewers were required to practice on two supervisor-monitored
interviews before being certified for the project
  Interviewing
Supervisors randomly monitored 20% of interviews.  If the interviewer
were to vary from the written protocol or introduces improper queries, the
interviewer is taken off-line for additional training
Supervisors reviewed daily production reports that detail disposition of all
survey records
EMPACT staff and Steering Committee remotely accessed interviews
  Database
  Development
Programmers and analysts continually downloaded data to verify
inconsistencies do not occur
Programming supervisor randomly verified 5% of survey records
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 VI.   Analysis
 The previous  EMPACT  report,  EMPACT Local Urban Environmental Issues Study of 86
 Metropolitan Areas, focuses on the responses to the EMPACT survey at the national urban-level
 for all 86 EMPACT MSAs. This report, however, primarily provides survey results for respondents
 in Region 1 only, which includes the following seven EMPACT MSAs:

       Boston, MA- NH
       Bridgeport, CT
 •      Burlington, VT
       Hartford, CT
       Portland, ME
       Providence- Fall River- Warwick, RI- MA
       Springfield, MA.

 It should be noted that, although some EMPACT MSAs may overlap multiple regions, each
 EMPACT MSA has been classified into the one most appropriate region in these reports. A list of
 EMPACT MSAs by region is attached as Appendix B.

 A national summary profile of national urban-level survey results is attached as Appendix C.

 A Region 1 summary profile of regional urban-level survey results is attached as Appendix D.

 MSA-level summary profiles of survey results for each of the seven EMPACT MSAs in Region 1 are
 attached as Appendix E.

 Results at the national urban and regional urban-levels have been weighted to reflect the known
 population in each MSA (based on July 1998 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau).
 Therefore, highly populated MSAs will be more highly represented in the regional and national
 results, allowing for a more accurate data analysis and presentation of results.

 It is important to note that the EPA Region 1. as well as the national-level results are not intended
to reflect the entire population of the region or of the United States as a whole. Rather, the results
reflect the population of respondents in  the EMPACT MSAs included in this study.  Therefore,
 generalizations can only be made to residents of U.S. MSAs. Eighty-one percent (81.1%) of the U.S.
population living in a metropolitan statistical area lives in one of the EMPACT MSAs. Within EPA
Region 1, the proportion of MSA residents living in one of the seven EMPACT MSAs is 68.1%.
Table 2 EMPACT Proportion of Total MSA Population bv EPA Region shows the number and
percentage of all MSA residents living in EMPACT MSAs by EPA Region and the nation. While
 generalizations  can be made about the residents of MSAs, the results should not be interpreted as
representative of other populations, such as residents of small communities and rural areas.
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           Table 2. EMPACT Proportion of Total MSA Population by EPA Region
Region

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Total
Population
in EMPACT
MSAs

7,643,707
25,932,689
20,104,526
22,438,645
29,818,343
16,358,359
5,433,244
4,022,173
33,993,469
6,022,278

171.767.432
Total
Population in
MSAs

11,217,000
27,069,000
22,027,000
35,229,000
37,860,000
23,541,000
7,180,000
5,624,000
36,933,000
7,526,000

211.785.000
EMPACT
Proportion of MSA
Population

68.1%
95.8%
91.3%
63.7%
78.8%
69.5%
75.7%
71.5%
92.0%
80.0%

81.1%
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 Chapter III.     Local Urban Environmental Issues
 I.    Environmental Issues

 Respondents were asked to rate 29 local issues, 15 environmental issues, and 14 non-environmental
 issues (See Tables 3 and 4).  This section of the report summarizes Region 1 respondent data on 15
 local urban environmental issues which  are listed in Table 3 Local Urban Environmental Issues
 Queried.

                    Table 3. Local Urban Environmental Issues Queried
Water
Quality of drinking water from
public water systems
Protection of ground water and
wells
Depletion of the water table
Pollution of streams, rivers,
lakes, and oceans in the urban
area
Adequacy of long-term supply of
drinking water
Adequacy of sewage treatment
facilities
Air
Air pollution from cars
Air pollution from businesses or
industrial sites
Air pollution from burning leaves
Ozone alerts in the community


Waste
Adequacy of landfills
Location of landfills
Hazardous waste dumping in
the local area
Use of potentially harmful
pesticides
Disposal of animal waste

For each of the 29 local issues, respondents were asked to rate how important the issue is in their
specific metropolitan statistical area (MSA) on a scale of 1 to 10, with one being not important at
all and 10 being extremely important. To minimize potential bias due to the ordering of survey
questions, the local environmental issues were randomized together with non-environmental issues
for each respondent.

For each environmental issue a respondent rated six or higher, the respondent was then asked
whether s/he believed the issue has gotten better, worse, or has stayed the same during the last five
years. The findings in this report focus primarily on this data about environmental trends because
it best highlights respondent perceptions of environmental concerns and trends in then- community.
For each environmental issue a respondent rated six or greater, the respondent was also asked if s/he
had been actively involved in this issue (e.g. written letters, attended public meetings, joined an
advocacy group).  Lastly, respondents were asked if they  or anyone  in their family had been
negatively affected by any of these environmental issues.  Both questions are indicators of levels
of potential interest and  involvement.  Percentage responses to these questions are presented in the
profiles in Appendices C, D, and E.
All findings in this report are based on ordinal data, meaning respondents were asked to report their
answers on a scale whose values are defined by the respondent.  Response categories form an
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ordered series.   Ordinal scales  permit discussion of "moreness" or "lessness," but make no
assumptions as to how much more or less. Therefore, results of this study should not be interpreted
as interval data, in which an answer of "four" can be characterized as "twice as good" as a rating
of "two".

To simplify the following discussions of survey findings, references will be made to national urban
and regional urban findings.  National urban findings relate to overall survey findings for all 86
EMPACT MSAs across the  country. No generalizations can be made to non-MSA or rural
populations. Similarly, regional urban findings refer to combined survey findings for all EMPACT
MSAs within an EPA Region. For example, the findings for Region 1 reflect the responses from
citizens sampled from the seven EMPACT MSAs (Boston, MA: Bridgeport, CT; Burlington, VT;
Hartford, CT; Portland, ME;  Providence, RI, and Springfield, MA) located in EPA's Region 1.
Therefore, generalizations cannot be made to the entire regional population.

Appendix A contains a listing of the 86 EMPACT MSAs by the EPA Region hi which they are
located.

In reviewing this regional report, it is important to consider several issues  when interpreting the
findings.

•  When comparing this regional report to the national report, the findings may not seem entirely
   parallel.  This is not due to error, but rather due to the scope and nature of the two reports.  The
   national report is intended to provide an overview of the findings, with emphasis placed on
   conveying a basic descriptive analysis of the data rather than on significance testing. Conversely,
   the regional report provides this deeper statistical analysis of the data using t-tests to determine
   significant differences among regions and EMPACT MSAs within regions. Therefore, some
   national findings may  be  further emphasized by the regional findings, while  others may be
   supported to a lesser extent due to statistical constraints (e.g., the number of respondents in each
   region).

•  The number of EMPACT MSAs in each region vary from 4 MSAs in Regions 7 and 10 up to 17
   MSAs in Region 4. Therefore, the statistical error associated with each region also varies, since
   results obtained from regions with fewer responses contain a higher level of statistical uncertainty.
   For example, 400 responses were obtained for the 4 EMPACT MSAs in Region 10, resulting in
   a sample error of 4.90% at  a 95% confidence level.  In Region 4,1,748 responses were obtained
   from die 17 EMPACT MSAs, resulting hi a much smaller sample error of 2.34% at the same level
   of confidence. As a result, although both Region 10 and Region 4 results for one issue may vary
   equally from the mean of other regions (e.g., Region 10 = 69.0% and Regions 1-9 = 65.0%;
   Region4 = 69.0%, Regions 1-3,5-10 = 65.0%), one could only conclude a significant increase
   for Region 4 on this issue, due to the higher level of statistical uncertainty in the Region 10
   results. In fact, using this example, even if Region 10 measures 69.5% and Region 4 measures
   67.5%, it would still be determined that only Region 4 experienced a significant increase.


•  Whereas weighted means and percentages are used to produce all of the means and percentages
   in both  this report and the national  report, significance testing (i.e.,  t-tests) to  determine
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    differences among regions and EMPACT MSAs requires that comparisons be made using
    unweighted results.
 II.    Environmental Issues vs. Non-Environmental Issues	

 In addition to rating local environmental issues, respondents were also asked to rate the importance
 of 14 non-environmental issues in Table 4 Local Non-Environmental Issues Queried. As noted
 above, the ordering of the  29 combined environmental and non-environmental issues were
 randomized.
                 Table 4. Local Urban Non-Environmental Issues Queried
     Local crime rate
     Illegal drug use
     Quality of public education
     Adequacy of local highway system
     Availability of housing  for  low
     income citizens
     Ability of the community to respond
     to natural disasters
     Availability of public transportation
Favorable business climate
Rate of unemployment
Level of local taxes
Poverty in local community
Adequacy  of municipal  services
(e.g.,  trash  and  snow removal,
police and fire protection)
Rate of urban growth
Health of the local economy
 As a whole, respondents rate local environmental issues as slightly more important than non-
 environmental issues. Nationally, six local environmental issues receive mean importance ratings
 of at least 8.00,  while only three non-environmental issues are rated as highly. The non-
 environmental issues that are most important to respondents are the quality of public education, the
 local crime rate, and illegal drug use.
 IN.  Overview: Importance of Local Environmental Issues in Region 1

 In Region 1, six of the seven most important local environmental issues to respondents relate to
 water. Respondents provide the highest importance ratings for the pollution of streams, lakes,
 rivers, and oceans.
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            Figure 1.  Local Environmental Issues Mean Importance Ratings: Region 1
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 waste is an important local environmental issue. These findings are shown in Figure 2. Region
 Importance Ratings Compared to Other Regions Combined.

 The most noteworthy differences in the importance ratings for local environmental issues among
 the Region 1 MSAs is the difference between Portland and Providence/Fall River/Warwick (See
 Figure 3).   Providence respondents are significantly more  likely to report that most local
 environmental issues are important. Providence respondents rated 9 of the 15 environmental issues
 significantly higher than the other  6  Region  1  EMPACT MSAs combined.  Their average
 importance ratings for 13 of the 15 local environmental issues was 7 or greater (on a scale of 0 to
 10). Conversely, Portland respondents were significantly less likely to  report that many local
 environmental issues were important  Portland respondents rated five of the 15 environmental
 issues significantly lower than the other six MSAs combined.
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           Figure 2. Region Importance Ratings Compared to Other Regions Combined





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  IV.  Local  Environmental Issues: Better, Worse, or the Same During
      the Last Five Years	
  When asked whether each issue has become better, has stayed the same, or has become worse
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     Figure 5. Local Environmental Issues - Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years:
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       Figure 6. Local Environmental Issues Improvement or Decline Over Last Five Years:
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 The following section will focus on the responses about whether specific local environmental
 conditions have gotten better,  stayed the same,  or gotten  worse during the last five years.
 Statistically significant findings for this "improvement-decline" data were summarized in Figures
 5 and 6.  The percentage responses are broken out and reported below.  Each section discusses
 some overall generalizations that can be made about each Region 1 EMPACT MSA.  The issues
 are grouped by type of issue (i.e., water, air, and waste). The data included within each section
 reflects perceptions of the local environmental issues^/- respondents who rated each issues as a
 six or higher.
 A.   Quality of Drinking Water from Public Water Systems
      Compared to the other nine EPA Regions combined, respondents in Region 1 are significantly
      more likely to report that the quality of drinking water has improved during the past five
      years.  When comparing the individual MSAs to other Region 1 MSAs combined, no
      significant differences exist.

                   Figure 7. Quality of Drinking Water by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                   Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                  Springfield
                          0%
                 I 34%
                  337%
               131%
          123%
                133%
               30%
                  135%
         21 24%

         	126%
10%   20%    30%    40%
50%
60%
70%
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 B.   Long-Term Supply of Drinking Water	

      No significant differences exist when comparing Region 1 to the other nine EPA Regions
      combined.  Similarly, when comparing the individual MSAs to  other Region 1  MSAs
      combined, no significant differences exist.
              Figure 8. Long-Term Supply of Drinking Water by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                   Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                  Springfield
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            126%
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       113%
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40%
50%
60%
70%
 C.  Pollution of Streams, Lakes. Rivers, and Oceans in the Urban Area	

     Compared to the other regions combined, Region 1 respondents are much more likely to
     report that urban water pollution has become better during the last five years. Compared to
     other Region 1 MSAs, Boston reported a significantly higher number of respondents who felt
     that the pollution of lakes, rivers, and oceans in their urban area has improved over the last
     five  years. Both Burlington and Providence/Fall River/Warwick reported a significantly
     higher number of respondents who felt that the pollution of lakes, rivers, and oceans in their
     urban areas had gotten worse over the last five years.
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                     Figure 9. Urban Water Pollution by Region 1 MSA:
                      Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
                   National Urban

                        Region 1

                         Boston

                      Bridgeport

                      Burlington

                        Hartford

                        Portland

      Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                      Springfield
                 159%
                        170%
               I 56%
     142%
ej 35%
               156%
             154%
           I 51%
                              0%    10%    20%    30%   40%    50%    60%   70%
 D.  Protection of Ground Water and Wells
     Compared to the other regions combined, Region I respondents are much more likely to
     report that the protection of ground water and wells has become better during the last five
     years.  When compared to other Region 1 MSAs, Boston reported a significantly higher
     number of respondents who felt that the protection of ground water and wells in their urban
     area had gotten better over the last five  years.  Respondents from Portland reported a
     significantly higher number of individuals than Region 1 who felt that the protection of ground
     water and wells in their urban area had gotten worse over the last five years.
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              Figure 10. Protection of Ground Water and Wells by Region"! MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                    Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                    Hartford

                    Portland

  Providence/Fall River/ Warwick

                  Springfield
    ——125%
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 E.  Adequacy of Sewage Treatment Facilities
      Compared to the other regions combined, Region 1 respondents are significantly more likely
      to report that the adequacy of sewage treatment facilities has become better during the last five
      years.  When comparing the individual MSAs to other Region 1  MSAs combined, no
      significant differences exist.


            Figure 11. Adequacy of Sewage Treatment Facilities by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                   Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                 Springfield
                                               131%
            I 34%
                  144%
          I 31%
                          0%    10%    20%   30%    40%    50%   60%    70%
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 F.   Depletion of the Water Table
      No significant differences exist when comparing Region 1 respondents to the other regions
      combined. Compared to other Region 1 MS As, Boston reported a significantly higher number
      of respondents who feel that the depletion of the water table has worsened in the last five
      years.

                  Figure 12. Depletion of the Water Table by Region 1 MSA:
                      Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                    Boston

                 Bridgeport

                 Burlington

                   Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                 Springfield
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                                                                 60%    70%
 G.  Air Pollution from Cars
     When comparing Region 1  respondents to the other regions combined, no  significant
     differences exist When comparing the individual MSAs to other Region 1 MS As, Burlington
     respondents are more likely to report that air pollution from cars has worsened over the last
     five years..
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                     Figure 13. Air Pollution from Cars by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
                National Urban

                    Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                    Hartford

                    Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                  Springfield
                           0%
                                                130%
                130%
                  | 34%
                 I 33%
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              60%
       70%
 H.   Air Pollution from Businesses and Industries
      Compared to the other regions combined, Region 1 respondents are more likely to report that
      air pollution from businesses in their urban areas has unproved during the past five years.
      Compared to other Region 1 MSAs, Burlington reported a significantly higher number of
      respondents who feel that air pollution from businesses and industries has worsened over the
      last five years.

           Figure 14. Air Pollution from Businesses and Industries by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                    Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                    Hartford

                    Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/Warwick

                  Springfield
                          0%
                        143%
     316%
                            149%
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                    138%
             127%
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40%
                                                            50%
60%
70%
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 I.    Ozone Alerts in the Community
      When comparing Region 1 respondents to the other regions combined, no significant
      differences exist. Providence/Fall River/Warwick respondents are more likely to report an
      improvement in ozone alerts in their urban area during the last five years compared to other
      Region 1 MSAs.

                Figure 15. Ozone Alerts in the Community by Region 1 MSA:
                      Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                    Boston

                 Bridgeport

                 Burlington

                „  Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                 Springfield
                                10%   20%
30%   40%
50%
60%
70%
 J.   Air Pollution from Burning Leaves
     No significant differences exist when comparing Region 1 respondents to the other regions
     combined. Compared to other Region 1 MSAs, Springfield is more likely to have reported
     that air pollution from burning leaves has worsened in the last five years.
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               Figure 16. Air Pollution from Burning Leaves by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                    Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                    Hartford

                    Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                  Springfield
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 K.   Local Hazardous Waste Dumping
 Compared to the other regions combined, Region 1 respondents are significantly more likely to
 report that local hazardous waste dumping has become better during the last five years. When
 comparing the individual MSAs to other Region 1 MSAs, no significant differences exist.
                Figure 17. Local Hazardous Waste Dumping by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                   Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                 Springfield
                            144%
                                 151%
                      134%
                          141%
                        |38%
                          0%
    10%    20%    30%   40%    50%   60%    70%
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 L.   Use of Potentially Harmful Pesticides	

 Compared to the other regions combined, Region 1 respondents are significantly more likely to
 report that the use of potentially harmful pesticides has become better.  When comparing the
 individual MSAs to other Region 1 MSAs, no significant differences exist.
              Figure 18. Use of Potentially Harmful Pesticides by Region 1 MSA:
                      Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                    Boston

                 Bridgeport

                 Burlington

                -  Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                 Springfield
                          0%
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  =J 12%
  10%
  10%
                                                   137%
                  135%
                         44%
                         44%
                         146%
                      141%
                               I 54%
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50%    60%
70%
 M.  Location of Landfills
     When compared to the other regions combined, Region 1 respondents are more likely to
     report that the location of landfills has gotten better in the last five years. Compared to other
     Region 1 MSAs, Bridgeport reported a significantly higher number of respondents who felt
     that-the location of landfills in then- urban area has improved over the last five years.
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                     Figure 19. Location of Landfills by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                    Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                    Hartford

                    Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                  Springfield
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       40%
       50%
       60%
       70%
 N.  Adequacy of Landfills
      Compared to the other regions combined, Region 1 respondents are significantly more likely
      to report that the adequacy of landfills has become worse during the past five years. When
      comparing the individual MSAs to other Region 1 MSAs, no significant differences exist.

                    Figure 20. Adequacy of Landfills by Region 1 MSA:
                       Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                     Boston

                  Bridgeport

                  Burlington

                   Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                 Springfield
                          0%
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                31%
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         122%
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 O.   Disposal of Animal Waste
 When comparing Region 1 to the other regions combined, no significant differences exist.
 Bridgeport respondents are more likely to report that the disposal of animal waste in their urban
 area has improved over the last five years compared to other Region 1 MSAs.

                    Figure 21. Animal Waste Disposal by Region 1 MSA:
                      Improvement or Decline During Last Five Years
               National Urban

                   Region 1

                    Boston

                 Bridgeport

                 Burlington

                   Hartford

                   Portland

  Providence/ Fall River/ Warwick

                 Springfield
                                         123%
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             128%
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40%
50%   60%
70%
 V.  Summary of Open-Ended Comments on Environmental Issues

 After providing importance ratings for each of the 29 local environmental and non-
 environmental issues covered by the survey, respondents were asked if they could "think of any
 other issues in (Their MSA of ResidenceV. Respondents who named an issue were also asked
 the question a second time. Responses were unprompted and volunteered by respondents.
 These responses were recorded verbatim and coded into the general categories listed hi Figure
 22. Categories were developed based on 2,063 responses obtained in the  overall survey of the
 86 MSAs.

 Region 1 respondents reported 173 open-ended responses. Forty-eight percent (48.6%) of the
 unprompted responses provided by Region 1 respondents mentioned an environmental issue;
 whereas, 51.5% mentioned a non-environmental issue.  The most frequently mentioned type of
 local environmental issue mentioned was land use (20.8% of all issues), followed by pollution
 issues (15.6% of all issues for air, water, land combined). The land use category encompasses a
 wide range of issues, including urban sprawl, over-development, loss of trees as a reult of
 development, and traffic congestion.
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          Figure 22. Summary of Open-Ended Comments on Environmental Issues
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Nuclear Waste
Recycling
Noise Pollution
Overpopulation
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 Note: Numbers may not add to 100.0% due to rounding
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 Chapter IV.     Sources of Local Environmental Information


 I.   Introduction	

 In addition to obtaining data about the importance of local environmental issues, the EMPACT
 Local Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Metropolitan Areas also gathered data about how
 people generally obtain information about local environmental issues in their communities. This
 chapter summarizes Region 1 data about commonly reported information sources, the quality of
 local urban environmental information provided by selected sources, and Internet usage.

 II.   Sources of Local  Environmental Information

 The survey asked respondents to identify the sources from which they usually hear or leam about
 urban environmental issues and conditions in their local area.  Respondents were allowed to
 mention more than one source.

 More than three quarters of Region 1 respondents (77%) report that they obtain their information
 from newspapers, more than  any other information source.   Fifty-eight percent (58%) of
 respondents report receiving  local environmental information from television.  Only 1% report
 receiving local environmental information from the  Internet.  Several other sources, such as
 billboards,  bus-side  ads, posters,  hotlines, universities, state  governments, and  the Federal
 Government were also mentioned, but by fewer than 1% of the respondents.

       Figure 23. Most Common Sources of Local Environmental Information in Region 1
         New spapers
           Television
              f»	1:—
              rooio
            Magazine
        Word of mouth
   Environmental groups
                                        77%
                              58%
                             17%
                        8%
  8%
4%
                  0%
                                                  60%
                                        80%
100%
EPA-EMPACT Local Urban Environmental Issues Study of 86 Metropolitan Areas
Region 1
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 Chapter IV.    Sources of Local Environmental Information	


 III.  Quality of Information Sources

 Respondents were also asked to rate the quality of the local environmental information that they
 received from selected information sources on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being excellent and 1
 being ven' poor. The responses were categorized as follows:

      Excellent (9 or 10)
      Good (6, 7. or 8)
      Fair (4 or 5)
      Poor (1,2, or 3).

 Region 1  respondents report that the most often used sources (newspapers and television) and
 environmental groups provide the highest quality local information. Federal and state government
 sources receive the lowest ratings.
     Figure 24. Quality of Local Environmental Information from Selected Sources: Region 1
Television
New spapers
Radio
Federal government
State government
Local government
Environmental groups
Schools and colleges
20% | 44% | 36% |

22% --; | 55% | 23% |

-11% | 35% | 54% |

.7%) 27% | 66% |

8% | 34% 59% |

10% | 35% | 55% |

• 19% •:. | 46% 25% [

14% | 42% 44% |

                  0%
20%
40%
60%
                       80%
100%
                            a Excellent
                D Good
                   D Fair/Poor
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 Chapter IV.    Sources of Local Environmental Information	


 IV.  Other Sources of Local Environmental Information

 The  survey asked whether the respondent or any other adult in the respondent's household has
 obtained environmental information by:

      Requesting information in-person, in writing, or by telephone
      Subscribing to an environmental publication such as a magazine
      Reading a book or brochure or having done a library search
      Joining an  environmental group
      Searching the Internet
 •    Attending a public meeting for information.

 This question did not specifically focus on local urban environmental issues, but on environmental
 issues in general.

 Compared to national-level results  for all 86 EMPACT MSAs, Region 1 respondents are more
 active than the national urban population as a whole.  More than half of the Region 1 respondents
 (51 %)  report that a member of their household has read a book or brochure or has done a library
 search  for environmental information.   Interestingly, although respondents were unlikely to
 mention the Internet when asked to list their sources of local environmental information, more than
 one third  (35%) report that a  member  of their  household  has done an Internet search for
 environmental information. This may be because the latter question pertained to all environmental
 information (not just local) and asked the respondent to answer regarding all members of the
 household.


          Figure 25. Other Sources  of Information on Environmental Issues: Region 1

    Read book/brochure or
                                                  51%
      library research
     Searched the Internet
   Attended public meeting
        ..  , .                     I  23%
      writing/phone     '            '
Requested info in-person/
    writing/phone

     Subscribe to
    anmental publi

   Joined environmental
                               . 19%
  environmental publication
                                     J 35%
                                       31%
                                18%
          group
                    0%        20%        40%        60%        80%       100%
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 Chapter IV.    Sources of Local Environmental Information

 A.   Internet Access	

      When asked if they had access to the Internet, 68% of Region 1 respondents report that they
      do. This is considerably higher than the 59% access reported by respondents in all 86
      EMPACT MS As.  Of the Region 1 respondents who have access to the Internet, 76% report
      using the Internet during the last few days and 88% report using it during the last week.  It
      should be noted that Internet saturation is generally higher hi urban populations than hi the
      overall United States population.
                           Figure 26. Region 1 Internet Usage
        o%
            Last few days   In the last    In the last
                           week        month
In the last   Longer than a
  year         year
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 Chapter V




Discussion

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 Chapter V.      Discussion
 The EMPA CTLocal Urban Environmental Issues Study of 86 Metropolitan Areas findings indicate
 that local environmental issues are very important to citizens living in 86 of the nation's largest
 metropolitan areas; as important as non-environmental issues, and in many cases, more important..
 The Region 1 findings are consistent with the overall survey findings - local environmental issues are
 very important to people living in the seven EMPACT MSAs in Region 1. These findings reflect
 the opinions of citizens living in metropolitan areas and cannot be generalized to residents of small
 communities and rural areas.  Citizens' opinions are broadly based and include a host of experiences
 and factors deemed important to the quality-of-life they want for themselves, their children and their
 community.

 Similar to the overall survey findings, water issues are the most important local environmental issues
 to Region 1 respondents. Much like the overall survey findings, the Region 1 findings indicate that
 the local environmental issues most important to citizens vary across MSAs. These differences point
 to the different local environmental issues and environmental trends facing different urban areas.

 Noteworthy Region 1 findings include:

     •   "Pollution of streams, lakes, rivers, and  oceans" received the greatest mean importance
        rating (8.58).

     •   Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Region 1 respondents reported that this issue had improved over
        the last five years.

 The results  raise interesting questions about citizen opinion and perception versus scientific
 assessment. How accurate are citizens' perceptions of local environmental improvement or decline
 as compared to scientifically measured environmental parameters?  A close look at the findings may
 reveal instances where citizens' concerns, or even optimism, with a local environmental issue may
 be inconsistent with the scientific evidence (e.g., monitoring data). Any such inconsistency would
 not discount the importance  of citizens' opinions. As noted above, citizens' opinions are more
 broadly based,  often including decades of personal observation and experience in an area, as well
 as years of publicity around a subject. Consequently, differences  between public opinion and
 scientific evidence should be  explored and may identify opportunities for public discourse about
 local environmental issues, educational needs,  resource allocations, community and  individual
 decision-making, and overall  quality-of-life standards and goals
EPA-EMPACT Local Urban Environmental Issues Study of 86 Metropolitan Areas            V-1
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       Appendix A




EMPACT Metropolitan Areas

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 EMPACT Metropolitan Area
       Albany- Schenectady- Troy, NY
       Albuquerque, NM
       Allentown- Bethlehem- Easton, PA
       Anchorage, AK
       Atlanta, GA
       Austin- San Marcos, TX
       Bakersfield, CA
       Billings, MT
       Birmingham, AL
       Boise, ID
       Boston, MA- NH
       Bridgeport, CT
       Buffalo- Niagara Falls, NY
       Burlington, VT
       Charleston- North Charleston, SC
       Charleston, WV
       Charlotte- Gastonia- Rock Hill, NC- SC
       Cheyenne, WY
       Chicago- Gary- Kenosha, IL-IN- WI
       Cincinnati- Hamilton, OH- KT- IN
       Cleveland- Akron, OH
       Columbus, OH
       Dallas- Fort Worth,  TX
       Dayton- Springfield, OH
       Denver- Boulder- Greeley, CO
       Detroit- Ann Arbor- Flint, MI
       EL Paso, TX
       Fargo- Moorhead, ND- MN
       Fresno, CA
       Grand Rapids- Muskegon-Holland, MI
       Greensboro- Winston Salem- High Point, NC
       Greenville- Spartanburg- Anderson, SC
       Harrisburg- Lebanon- Carlisle, PA
       Hartford, CT
       Honolulu, HI
       Houston- Galveston- Brazoria, TX
       Indianapolis, IN
       Jackson, MS
       Jacksonville, FL
       Kansas City, MO- KS
       Knoxville, TN
       Las Vegas, NV
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 EMPACT Metropolitan Area
       Little Rock- North Little Rock, AR
       Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA
       Louisville, KY- IN
       Memphis, TN- AR- MS
       Miami- Fort Lauderdale, FL
       Milwaukee- Racine, WI
       Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN
       Nashville, TN
       New Orleans, LA
       New York- Northern New Jersey- Long Island, NY- NJ- CT- PA
       Norfolk- Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA- NC
       Oklahoma City, OK
       Omaha, NE- IA
       Orlando, FL
       Philadelphia- Wilmington- Atlantic City, PA- NJ- DE- MD
       Phoenix- Mesa, AZ
       Pittsburgh, PA
       Portland, ME
       Portland- Salem, OR- WA
       Providence- Fall River-Warwick, RI- MA
       Raleigh- Durham- Chapel Hill, NC
       Richmond- Petersburg, VA
       Rochester, NY
       Sacramento- Yolo, CA
       Salt Lake City-  Ogden, UT
       San Antonio, TX
       San Diego, CA
       San Francisco- Oakland- San Jose, CA
       San Juan, PR
       Scranton- Wilkes- Barre- Hazleton, PA
       Seattle- Tacoma- Bremerton, WA
       Sioux Falls, SD
       Springfield, MA
       St. Louis- E. St. Louis, MO- IL
       Stockton- Lodi, CA
       Syracuse, NY
      Tampa- St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
      Toledo, OH
      Tucson, AZ
      Tulsa,OK
      Washington- Baltimore, DC- MD - VA - WV
      West Palm Beach- Boca Raton, FL
      Wichita, KS
      Youngstown-Warren, OH

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 EMPACT Metropolitan Area
 Region I

    Boston, MA- NH
    Bridgeport, CT
    Burlington, VT
    Hartford, CT
    Portland, ME
    Providence- Fall River-Warwick, RI- MA
    Springfield, MA

 Region II

    Albany- Schenectady- Troy, NY
    Buffalo- Niagara Falls, NY
    New York- Northern New Jersey- Long Island, NY- NJ- CT- PA
    Rochester, NY
    San Juan, PR
    Syracuse, NY

 Region HI

    Allentown- Bethlehem- Easton, PA
    Charleston, WV
    Harrisburg- Lebanon- Carlisle, PA
    Norfolk- Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA- NC
    Philadelphia- Wilmington- Atlantic City, PA- NJ- DE- MD
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Richmond- Petersburg, VA
    Scranton- Wilkes- Barre- Hazleton, PA
    Washington- Baltimore, DC- MD-VA- WV

Region IV

   Atlanta, GA
   Birmingham, AL
   Charleston- North Charleston, SC
   Charlotte- Gastonia- Rock Hill, NC- SC
   Greensboro- Winston Salem- High Point, NC
   Greenville- Spartanburg- Anderson, SC
   Jackson, MS
   Jacksonville, FL
   Knoxville, TN
   Louisville, KY- IN	
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 EMPACT Metropolitan Area
    Memphis, TN- AR- MS
    Miami- Fort Lauderdale, FL
    Nashville, TN
    Orlando, FL
    Raleigh- Durham- Chapel Hill, NC
    Tampa- St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    West Palm Beach- Boca Raton, FL

Region V

    Chicago- Gary- Kenosha, DL-IN- WI
    Cincinnati- Hamilton, OH- KT- IN
    Cleveland- Akron, OH
    Columbus, OH
    Dayton- Springfield, OH
    Detroit- Ann Arbor- Flint, MI
    Grand Rapids- Muskegon-Holland, MI
    Indianapolis, IN
    Milwaukee- Racine, WI
    Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN
    Toledo, OH
    Youngstown-Warren, OH

Region VI

    Albuquerque, NM
    Austin- San Marcos, TX
    Dallas- Fort Worth, TX
    EL Paso, TX
    Houston- Galveston- Brazoria, TX
    Little Rock- North Little Rock, AR
    Oklahoma  City-OK
    New Orleans, LA
    San Antonio, TX
    Tulsa,OK

Region VH

    Kansas City, MO- KS
    Omaha, NE- IA
    St. Louis- E. St. Louis, MO- IL
    Wichita, KS
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 EMPACT Metropolitan Area
Region VIII

   Billings, MT
   Cheyenne, WY
   Denver- Boulder- Greeley, CO
   Fargo- Moorhead, ND- MN
   Salt Lake City- Ogden, UT
   Sioux Falls, SD

Region IX

   Bakersfield, CA
   Fresno, CA
   Honolulu, ffl
   Las Vegas, NV
   Los Angeles- Riverside- Orange County, CA
   Phoenix- Mesa, AZ
   Sacramento- Yolo, CA
   San Diego, CA
   San Francisco- Oakland- San Jose, CA
   Stockton- Lodi, CA
   Tucson, AZ

Region X

   Anchorage, AK
   Boise, ID
   Portland- Salem, OR- WA
   Seattle- Tacoma- Bremerton, WA
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   Appendix B




Survey Instrument

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EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(1)
I.     Introduction

[As the CATI system queues up and dials the phone number, the interviewer's screen will indicate
the needed gender of the respondent. The CATI system is programmed to track respondent gender
for completed interviews and to specify the needed gender for each subsequent interview. Gender
designation is essential to ensuring representative proportions of males and females. Research has
demonstrated females tend to answer phone calls disproportionately.]

[Upon contacting the potential respondent, the interviewer will say the following.]

Hello. I am	calling from Macro International. We are conducting a brief survey for the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, also known as the EPA. Is someone available in your household
to complete this survey 18 of age or older and also [indicate needed gender]? [IF NECESSARY: The
survey will take only 12 minutes.]

[If they say they are eligible and will take the survey, then go to Part 1.  If they say they are eligible
but do not want to take the survey, thank and terminate.  If they say someone else is eligible then
go to introduction Part 2]

Parti

Thank you for participating in this survey. This information will help EPA and other federal agencies that are
working with communities to give citizens the kinds of information they want. Your answers and comments
are confidential and used only in summary form together with other people's opinions.

Q.A   Have you participated in an EPA survey in the last six months?

      1.     Yes                      [THANK AND TERMINATE]
     2.     No                       [GO TO SECTION II]
     3.     Do not know               [THANK AND TERMINATE]
Part 2

Q.B  Are they available now?

     •f.      Yes                      [If they do not volunteer to check, ask them to do so. If
                                     they return  and say the eligible respondent  is not
                                     available then go to Q2.  If the eligible respondent
                                     returns, then go to Part 3]
     2      No                       [SCHEDULE CALLBACK. IF  REFUSE  CALLBACK -
                                     TERMINATE]
     3.      Do not know               [THANK AND TERMINATE]

Part3

Hello, I am	calling from Macro International.  We are conducting a brief survey for the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, also known as the EPA. EPA is interested in your opinions and
concerns about the environment and other issues in the FPLACE  NAME OF MSA HERE! area.  This
information will help EPA and other federal agencies that work with  communities to give their citizens the
kinds of information they want. Your answers and comments are confidential and used only in summary form
together with other people's opinions. [IF NECESSARY: The survey will take only 12 minutes.]

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EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(2)
Q.C  First, I would just like to confirm - Are you at least 18 years old?

     1.    Yes
     2.    No                          [TERMINATE]
     3.    Do Not Know/refused            [TERMINATE]
Q.D Have you participated in an EPA survey in the last six months?

    1.    Yes                         [THANK AND TERMINATE]
    2.    No                          [GO TO SECTION II]
    3.    Do not know                   [THANK AND TERMINATE]

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 EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(3)
 II.   Local Urban Environmental and Non-environmental Issues

 Q.1  First, I am going to read you a list of different issues that may or may not occur in the [PLACE NAME
     OF MSA HERE! area.

 Please tell me how important is each of these issues in the fPLACE NAME OF MSA HERE! area. Please
 use a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being "extremely important" and 1 being "not important at all".

 [All of the issues, environmental and  non-environmental, will be presented together in a random
 order.  The CAT! system will  re-randomize the list for each respondent.]

 AIR
Issue:
1 . Air pollution from cars
2. Air pollution from businesses or
industrial sites
3. Air pollution from burning leaves
4. Ozone alerts in the community
Rating
1
1
1
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10
10
DK
DK
DK
DK
WASTE
Issue:
5. The adequacy of landfills
6. Location of landfills
7. Hazardous waste dumping in the local
area
8. Use of potentially harmful pesticides
9. Disposal of animal waste
Rating
1
1
1
1
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DK
DK
DK
DK
DK
WATER
Issue:
1 0. The quality of drinking water from public
water systems
11. Protection of ground water and wells
1 2. Depletion of the water table
13. Pollution of streams, rivers, lakes, and
oceans in the urban area
14. Adequate long-term supply of drinking
water
15. Adequacy of sewaqe treatment facilities
Rating
1
1
1
1
1
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DK
DK
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DK
DK
DK

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EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(4)
NON-ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Issue:
16. Local crime rate
17. Illegal drug use
1 8. Quality of public education
19. Adequacy of local highway system
20. Availability of housing for low income
citizens
21 . Ability of the community to respond to
natural disasters
22. Availability of public transportation
23. Favorable business climate
24. Rate of unemployment
25. Level of local taxes
26. Poverty in local community
27. Adequacy of municipal services (e.g.,
trash and snow removal, police and fire
protection)
28. Rate of urban growth
29. Health of the local economy
Rating
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
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DK
DK
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DK
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DK
DK
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DK
DK
DK
DK
DK

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EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(5)
Other Issues

[These issues will be asked after the environmental and non-environmental questions. They will not
be randomized.]

Q.  1 a Can you think of any other issues in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE] area?
RECORD	

Please tell me how important is this issue in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE! area. Please use a scale
of 1 to 10, with 10 being "extremely important" and 1 being "not important at all".
123   456789   10   DK

|        After survey is completed, need to specify whether the issue is environmental or not.


Q.1 b   Can you think of any other issue in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE! area?
RECORD	

Please tell me how important is this issue in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE] area Please use a scale
of 1 to 10, with 10 being "extremely important" and 1 being "not important at all".
123   456789    10   DK

|        After survey is completed, need to specify whether the issue is environmental or not

Q.2. Now I would like to ask about the ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES you rated "Important". Please tell me
     whether you think that these environmental issues have gotten better, worse or stayed about the same
     in the last five years in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE! area.

     [The CAT! system will recall all environmental issues rated 6 or higher and use in the following
     routine]

Q2a. For HNSERT FIRST ISSUE], would you say it has gotten better, worse or stayed the same in the last
     five years in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HEREl area?

     1.     Better
     2.     Worse
     3.     Same
     4.     DK/Refused

Q2b. For [INSERT FIRST ISSUE], is this an issue in which you have been actively involved, for example,
     written letters, attended public meetings, joined an advocacy group?

     1.     Yes
     2.     No
     3.     Do not know/Refused

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 EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(6)
 Q3a. What about HNSERT NEXT ISSUE1. would you say it has gotten better, worse or stayed the same
     in the last five years in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HEREI area?

     1.     Better
     2.     Worse
     3.     Same
     4.     DK/Refused

 Q3b. For [INSERT NEXT ISSUE], is this an issue in which you have been actively involved, for example,
     written letters, attended public meetings, joined an advocacy group?

     1.     Yes
     2.     No
     3.     Do not know/Refused
     [The CATI system will continue until all issues are rated.]


Q4a. Have you or anyone else in your family been negatively affected by these environmental issues.
     By negatively affected, I mean negative influence on health, things like allergies or breathing problems.


     1.     Yes                           [CONTINUE TO Q.5]
     2.     No                           [SKIP TO NEXT SECTION]
     3.     Do not know/Refused             [SKIP TO NEXT SECTION]


Q4b. Who in your family has been negatively affected?

     [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]

     1.     Self
     2.     Children
     3.     Spouse or significant other
     4.     Elderly family members
     5.     Pets
     6.     Other
     7.     Do not know/Refused

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EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(7)


III.   Communications Issues
Q5.  From what sources do you usually hear or leam about urban environmental issues and conditions in
     the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE! area?

     [DO NOT READ LIST. ENTER ALL RESPONSES.]

Q5a  IF ONLY "TV" MENTIONED IN Q.1, ASK: From sources other than TV, do you usually hear or leam
     about urban environmental issues and conditions in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE] area?

Q.6  If you needed particular information on urban environmental issues and conditions in the [PLACE
     NAME OF MSA HERE! area, where would you be likely to look for it?

Q.6a IF ONLY "TV" MENTIONED IN Q.2, ASK: Where else, besides TV, would you be likely to look for
     information on urban environmental issues and conditions in the FPLACE NAME OF MSA HERE]
     area?

     [DO NOT READ LIST. ENTER ALL RESPONSES.]
                                         Q5/5a                       Q6/6a
         Billboards                          1                         1
         Bus-side ads                       2                        2
         Posters                           3                        3
         Personal experience                  4                        4
         Internet                           5                        5
         Kids                              6                        6
         Leaflets                           7                        7
         Library                            8                        8
         Personal observation                 9                        9
         Word-of mouth                      10                        10

         Media
         Television                          11                        11
         Radio                             12                        12
         Newspapers                        13                        13
         Magazines                         14                        14
         School                            15                        15
         Hotlines/800 numbers                 16                        16

         Organizations
         Local Schools                       17                        17
         Universities/Community Colleges        18                        18
         Local government                    19                        19
         State government                    20                        20
         Federal government                  21                        21
         Environmental groups                 22                       .22

         Other [RECORD]                    23                        23

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 EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities     Appendix B-(8)
Q.7  Now I would like you to rate the following sources on how well they provide you with information about
     environmental conditions in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE] area. Please rate these sources using
     a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being EXCELLENT and 1 being VERY POOR.

     Let's start with [READ EACH. CIRCLE APPROPRIATE RATING]

     [The CAT! system will randomize the list for each respondent.]
Issue:
1. Television
2. Radio
3. Newspaper
4. Federal government
5. State government
6. Local government
7. Environmental groups
8. Schools, colleges or
universities.
Rating
1
1
1
1
1
1
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2
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Q.8     The next few questions are about your household and the environment When we use the word
        "environment" we mean the air you breathe, the water you drink, or other aspects of the natural
        environment in the area where you live and work, including the climate or wild animals. When you
        think about the environment this way, have you or anyone else in your household age 18 and
        olden

1 . Requested environmental information in
person, in writing, or by phone?
2. Subscribed to an environmental publication
such as a magazine?
3. Read a book or brochure or done a library
search about an environmental issue?
4. Joined an environmental group to get
information?
Searched the World Wide Web or Internet for
environmental information?
Attended a public meeting to get information
about an environmental issue?
Yes
1
1
1
1
1
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No
2
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Don't Know
7
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Refuse
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8

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EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities    Appendix B-(9)
Q9.  Do you currently have access to the World Wide Web or Internet?

     Yes                           [ASK Q.6]
     No                           [SKIP TO NEXT SECTION]
     Do not know                    [SKIP TO NEXT SECTION]
Q10.  Do you have World Wide Web or Internet access at...? [READ LIST. ENTER RESPONSES]

     [READ ALL]          YES            NO             DK

     Home                1             2              DK
     Work                 1             2              DK
     A local library           1             2              DK
     A local school           1             2              DK
     Some other place       1             2              DK
     RECORD OTHER 	
Q11. When was the last time you used the World Wide Web or Internet? [READ LIST UNTIL FIRST ?YES?
    RESPONSE]

    [READ]              YES            NO             DK

    In the last few days      1             2              DK
    In the last week         1             2              DK
    In the last month        1             2              DK
    In the last year          1             2              DK
    Longer than a year      1             2              DK

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 EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities  Appendix B-(10)


 IV.  DEMOGRAPHICS

 These last few questions are just to help us classify respondents for analytical purposes.

 Q12. What best describes the type of neighborhood you live in? [READ LIST]

 1.    Urban or city
 2.    Suburbs
 3    Rural
 4    Other                          [RECORD]
 5.    DK/Refused                     [DO NOT READ]


 Q13. Is your home a ... [READ LIST]?

     1.     Single-Family Detached
     2.     Duplex, triplex or townhouse/ rowhouse
     3.     Apartment or condominium
     4.     Trailer or mobile home
     5.     Other                    [RECORD]
     6.     DK/Refused               [DO NOT READ]

 Q14. Do you own or rent your residence?

     1.     Own
     2.     Rent
     3.     Other                    [RECORD]
     4      DNK/Refused              [DO NOT READ]


Q15. How long have you lived in your residence?

     	YRS
Q16. How long have you lived in the [PLACE NAME OF MSA HERE! area?

     	YRS

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 EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities   Appendix B-(11)
Q17. What is your age? (RECORD ANSWER) [IF NECESSARY, ASK: Is it between ... (READ LIST)]

      1.     18-24
      2.     25-29
      3.     30-34
      4.     35-39
      5.     40-44
      6.     45-49
      7.     50-54
      8.     55-59
      9.     60-64
     10.    65-69
     11.    70-74
     12.    75 or older
     13.    Refused                  [DO NOT READ]

Q18. Which of the following best describes your household?

     [READ LIST UNTIL FIRST YES RESPONSE.]

     1.      Individual living alone
     2.      Single head of household with children living at home
     3.      Couple with children living at home
     4.      Couple with children not living at home
     5.      Couple without children
     6.     Single or couple living with other adults
     7.     Other                     [RECORD]
     8.     Refused                  [DO NOT READ]

Q19. What is your zip code?
Q20. Do you consider yourself to be Hispanic?

     1.     Yes
     2.     No
     3.     DK or refused              [DO NOT READ]

Q21. For classification purposes, to which of the following categories do you belong? (READ LIST)

     1.    • American Indian or Alaskan Native
     2.     Asian
     3     Black or African American
     4     Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
     5.     White
     6.     Other
     7.     DK or refused              [DO NOT READ]

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 EMPACT Urban Environmental Issues Survey of 86 Cities   Appendix B-(12)
 Q22. What language is most often spoken in your home? (RECORD ONE ANSWER)

      1.     English
      2.     Spanish
      3.     French
      4.     German
      5.     Vietnamese
      6.     Cambodian
      7.     Mandarin
      8.     Cantonese
      9.     Japanese
      10.    Korean
      11.    Arabic
      12.    Polish
      13.    Russian
      14.    Other                    [RECORD]
      15.    DK/Refused               [DO NOT READ]

 Q23.  Please tell me which best describes your highest level of education.

      [READ LIST UNTIL FIRST YES RESPONSE.]

      1.     Below high school
      2.     High school but no diploma
      3.     High school diploma
      4.     Some college but not a bachelor's nor associate's degree
      5.     Associate's degree
      6.     Bachelor's degree
      7.     Some graduate or professional school but no degree
      8.     Graduate or professional degree
      9.     Graduate or professional degree plus additional studies
      10.    Other
      11.    DK/Refused

Q24.  Lastly, I am going to read several income categories. Please stop me when I read the category that
      best describes your 1997 total household income before taxes.

      1      Under $10,000
      2     $10,000-$19,999
      3     $20,000-$29,999
      4     $30,000-339,999
      5     $40,000-$49,999
      6     $50,000-$59,999
      7     $60,000-$69,999
      8     $70,000-$79.999
      9     $80,000-$89,999
      10     $90,000-$99,999
      11.    $100,000 and over
      12.    Refused                   [DO NOT READ]


That was the last question I have for you. Thank you very much for taking the time to participate in
this study.

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     Appendix C




National Urban Profile

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                                    NATIONAL URBAN

Adequacy of sewage treatment
Animal waste disposal
Ground water and wells
1
Harmful pesticides
Landfill adequacy
"Local waste dumping
i
i
Ozone alerts
.
Pollution- burning leaves
Pollution- industry
•"Pollution of streams/lakes
•
"•Quality of drinking water
•

RATINGS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
BETTER, SAME, OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS
31% 1 56% W//}Q$fS////\



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44% 1 48% V/AM//A & Worse


30% 1 43% V/////////iWV///"f////Sft

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23% 1 53% K^X>^>MS96<'fffj^J»fJ


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"' Denotes issues in which at least 10% of respondents are actively involved
V ^

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    MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL NON-ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES	  32%




EPA- EMPACT LOCAL URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES STUDY OF 86 METROPOLITAN CITIES

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     Appendix D




Region 1 Urban Profile

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                                                         REGION
   Adequacy of sewage treatment

         Animal waste disposal

      •"Ground water and wells

           Harmful pesticides

          '"Landfill adequacy

             Landfill location

        •"Local waste dumping

        Long-term water supply

               Ozone alerts

       Pollution- burning leaves

              Pollution- cars
           Pollution-industry f_
                        -I
     '••Pollution of streams/lakes

     •"Quality of drinking water

         Water table depletion
                                              RATINGS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
                                          BETTER. SAME. OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS

40% 1

2b% 1

38% 1
44% IS////A&I6/////1

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                       0%      10%      20%     30%      40%      50%     60%      70%     80%      90%     100%


            • Denotes issues in which at least 10% of respondents are actively involved
                                                                      D Better
                                                                      DSame
                                                                      0 Worse
     MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL. ISSUES
                  MEAN IMPORTANCE RATINGS
        Pollution of
       streams/lakes

      Long-term water
         supply

    Quality of drinking
        water

    Ground water and
         wells

  Adequacy of sewage
      treatment
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                                      MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL NON-ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
                                                                                      MEAN IMPORTANCE RATINGS
                                     Public education
                                     Illegal drug use
                                     Local crime rate
                                        Local taxes
                                     Local economy
                                                                      _|8.6
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
                                                                                                                              30%

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      Appendix E




Profiles for Region 1 MSAs

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                                                     BOSTON
   •"Adequacy of sewage treatment

          Animal waste disposal

       '"Ground water and wells

            Harmful pesticides

           •"Landfill adequacy

              Landfill location

         •"Local waste dumping

       •"Long-term water supply

               Ozone alerts

       •"Pollution- burning leaves

              Pollution- cars

            Pollution- industry

      "'Pollution of streamsVlakes

       •"Quality of drinking water

          Water table depletion
                                         RATINGS or LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
                                      BETTER. SAME, OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS
                                     V//////WTJIS//S//A
                                                            D Better
                                                            DSame |
                                                            0 Worse
 70%
                           12%  I
44%
                       0%     10%    20%     30%     40%     50%     60%     70%
            *** Denotes issues in which at least 10% of respondents are actively involved
                                                                                   80%
                                                                                          90%
                                                                                                  100%
    MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Pollution of
streams/lakes
Local waste dumping
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wens
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supply
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water
MEAN IMPORTANCE RATINGS
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Public education
Local taxes
Local economy
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MEAN IMPORTANCE RATINGS
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EPA- EMPACT LOCAL URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES STUDY OF 86 METROPOLITAN CITIES

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                                                  BOSTON
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                                                 BRIDGEPORT
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          Animal waste disposal
         Ground water and wells
           •"Harmful pesticides
             Landfill adequacy
              Landfill location
         ""Local waste dumping
         Long-term water supply
              •"Ozone alerts
         Pollution- burning leaves
             •"Pollution- cars
           ""Pollution- industry
       """Pollution of streams/lakes
       ""Quality of drinking water
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                                         RATINGS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL Issues
                                      BETTER. SAME. OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS
   41%
     45%
 35%
  38%
                                        537o
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 DSame
; 0 Worse
                       33%
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              ' Denotes issues in which at least 10% of respondents are actively involved
                                                                              80%     90%    100%
    MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Pollution of
streams/lakes
Long-term water
supply
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Local cnma rate
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PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES	  36%

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                                         BURLINGTON
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'"Adequacy of sewage treatment

Animal waste disposal

Ground water and wells

Harmful pesticides

Landfill adequacy

Landfill location

Local waste dumping

Long-term water supply

Ozone alerts


'"Pollution- burning leaves

""Polution- cars

Pollution- industry

•"PolluDon of streams/lakes
•
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RATINGS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
BETTER. SAME. OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS
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                                               BURLINGTON
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        Annul wisttdapaul
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                                                  HARTFORD
    Adequacy of sewage treatment

         Animal waste disposal

       •"Ground water and wells

           Harmful pesticides

           Landfill adequacy

             Landfill location

        '"Local waste dumping

       •"Long-term water supply

              Ozone alerts

       Pollution- burning leaves

             Pollution- cars
           Pollution-industry £
                      -I
     ""Pollution of streams/lakes Q
       Quality of drinking water

         Water table depletion
                                         RATINGS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

                                      BETTER, SAME. OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS
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            ' Denotes issues in which at least 10% of respondents are actively involved
                                                                    QSame

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                                    HARTFORD
Adequacy ol sewage vestment
Aim* wast* dopes*
Ground water and Mb
Harmful pesticides
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•
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•
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IMPORTANCE RATINGS or LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL Issues
| 8.0

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                                              PORTLAND,   MAINE
                                          RATINGS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
                                       BETTER, SAME.  OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS
     "Adequacy of sewage treatment

           Animal waste disposal

          Ground water and wells

           •"Harmful pesliodes [

            "'Landfill adequacy

               Landfill location

           Local waste dumping

        ""Long-term water supply

               "•Ozone alerts

         Pollution- burning leaves

               Pollution- cars

             Pollution- industry

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                                                                              !0 Worse
                        0%     10%    20%    30%     40%     50%    60%     70%     80%     90%    100%
                 *** Denotes issues in which at least 10% of respondents are actively involved
     MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
                 MEAN IMPORTANCE RATINGS
        Pollution of
       streams/lakes

     Ground water and
         wete

      Long-teim water
         supply

     Quality of drinking
         water

   Adequacy of sewage
      treatment
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                                                                                MEAN IMPORTANCE RATINGS
                                    Public education
                                    Natural disasters
                                     Illegal drug use
                                     Local crime rate
                                                                37.9
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                               PROVIDENCE/FALL RIVER/WARWICK
    Adequacy of sewage treatment

         Animal waste disposal

        Ground water and wells

           Harmful pesticides

           Landfill adequacy

             Landfill location

          Local waste dumping

        Long-term water supply

              Ozone alerts

       Pollution- burning leaves

             Pollution- cars

           Pollution- industry

     "•Pollution of streams/lakes

      —Quality of drinking water

         Water table depletion
                                         RATINGS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
                                      BETTER. SAME. OR WORSE DURING LAST 5 YEARS
      33%
    30%
                     4U%
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