NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS PROJECT
INVENTORY OF INDICATORS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This report was prepared by Westat staff Robert Clickner, Ph.D., Project
Director, Jill Weiner, Brian Dietz, Michael Vendetti and Annmarie Howard.
We wish to acknowledge the direction and guidance provided by the EPA
Delivery Order Project Officer, Herbert Lacayo, Ph.D., and the Alternate Delivery Order
Project Officer, Tim Stuart, Ph.D.
This report was developed with the assistance of the EPA Data Quality Action
Team chaired by Tim Stuart of the Environmental Statistics and Information Division of
EPA, and the Interagency Committee on Environmental Trends chaired by Ray Clark of
the CEQ and Tim Stuart of the EPA. The authors also wish to thank the following EPA
and non-EPA federal agency personnel who provided information and assistance for this
report:
Environmental Protection Agency
Barry Burgan, Office of Water
Chuck Spooner, Office of Water
Tracy Alfredson, Office of Solid Waste
Craig Barber, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
Tom Curran, Office of Air and Radiation
Barbara Parzygnat, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Loren Hall, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Bill Hanson, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Janet Whitehurst, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Scott Blair, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Vicki L. Thomas, Great Lakes Program Office
Kent Mountford, Chesapeake Bay Program Office
Dave Evans, Superfund
Bob Blades, Office of Air and Radiation
Kathleen Hogan, Office of Air
Mimi Dannel, Office of Water
Dave Weitman, Office of Water
Rob Wood, Office of Water
Alice Mayo, Office of Water
Len Fitch, Office of Water
Tom Armitage, Office of Science and Technology
Department of Agriculture
Ann Vandeman, Economic Research Service
Van Johnson, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Dick Cline, Forest Service
Dan Smith, Soil Conservation Service
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Department of Commerce
Gerald Barton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jesse Havard, Bureau of the Census
Tim Slaper, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Department of Energy
Bill Breed, Office of Environmental Analysis
Dick Olson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Art Anderson, Energy Information Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
Fred Seitz, National Center for Health Statistics
Department of the Interior
Jim Colby, Bureau of Land Management
Donald Waite, Bureau of Land Management
Harvey Doerkson, Office of Policy Analysis
Tim Smith, U.S. Geological Survey
Cliff Haupt, U.S. Geological Survey
Ken Eggleston, Bureau of Reclamation
Dean Tucker, National Park Service
Phil Wondra, National Biological Survey
Department of Labor
Joseph DuBois, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Department of Transportation
Cindy Burbank, Federal Highway Commission
Rick Rizzo, Federal Highway Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lynn Brown
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
1 INTRODUCTION M
2 GOALS/DATABASE MATRIX 2-1
3 DATA SETS/DATABASES/DATA SERIES 3-1
4 INVENTORY OF INDICATORS SORTED BY GOAL TOPIC ... 4-1
4.1 EPA Goal Topic: Clean Surface Waters 4-5
4.2 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Drinking Water 4-14
4.3 EPA Goal Topic: Clean Air 4-20
4.4 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Indoor Environments 4-26
4.5 EPA Goal Topic: Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection. 4-31
4.6 EPA Goal Topic: Climate Change Risk Reduction 4-33
4.7 EPA Goal Topic: Ecological Protection 4-39
4.8 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Food 4-59
4.9 EPA Goal Topic: Cleanup of Contaminated Sites 4-64
4.10 EPA Goal Topic: Worker Health and Safety 4-67
4.11 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical
Accidents 4-70
4.12 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of Wastes and Harmful
Chemical Releases 4-76
4.13 EPA Goal Topic: Improved Understanding of the
Environment 4-86
5 LIST OF INDICATORS SORTED BY AGENCY 5-1
5.1 EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program Indicators 5-2
5.2 EPA/Great Lakes National Program Office Indicators.... 5-4
5.3 EPA/Office of Water Indicators 5-5
5.4 EPA/Office of Air and Radiation Indicators 5-7
5.5 EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Indicators 5-9
5.6 EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Indicators 5-12
5.7 General EPA Indicators 5-13
5.8 Department of Agriculture Indicators 5-14
5.9 Department of Commerce Indicators 5-15
5.10 Department of Energy Indicators 5-16
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5.11 Department of Health and Human Services Indicators... 5-17
5.12 Department of Justice Indicators 5-19
5.13 Department of Labor Indicators 5-20
5.14 Department of the Interior Indicators 5-21
5.15 Department of Transportation 5-22
5.16 Tennessee Valley Authority Indicators 5-23
6 LIST OF INDICATORS, SORTED BY HIERARCHICAL LEVEL
WITHIN GOAL TOPIC 6-1
6.1 EPA Goal Topic: Clean Surface Waters 6-2
6.2 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Drinking Water 6-4
6.3 EPA Goal Topic: Clean Air 6-6
6.4 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Indoor Environments 6-7
6.5 EPA Goal Topic: Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection. 6-8
6.6 EPA Goal Topic: Climate Change Risk Reduction 6-9
6.7 EPA Goal Topic: Ecological Protection 6-10
6.8 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Food 6-13
6.9 EPA Goal Topic: Cleanup of Contaminated Sites 6-14
6.10 EPA Goal Topic: Worker Health and Safety 6-15
6.11 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical
Analysis 6-16
6.12 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of Wastes and Harmful
Chemical Releases 6-17
6.13 EPA Goal Topic: Improved Understanding of the Environment
6-19
DATA REPORT SUMMARIES FROM SELECTED DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES 7-1
Table
List of Tables
2-1 Data Sets Available for Reporting Against Cross-Program Goals
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3-1 EPA and Non-EPA Databases and Datasets 3-2
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4-1 Indicators by Goal Topic and Hierarchical Level 4-4
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List of Fiures
4-1 A Continuum of Information on Environmental Indicators ......................... 4-2
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1. INTRODUCTION
The Environmental Statistics and Information Division (ESID) has been charged with improving the
EPA's capabilities to use existing and newly collected environmental data to support national and regional
assessments of the state of the environment, including progress toward the national environmental goals
and to identify emerging environmental problems.
The purpose of this report is to provide assistance to the Data Quality Action Team (QAT) in the selection
and analysis of indicators and data sets to support the national reporting of environmental conditions,
including reporting progress toward the national environmental goals. "Environmental indicators" refers
to either direct or indirect measures of environmental quality that can be used to assess status and trends
in the environment's ability to support human and ecological health. While ideal measures of
environmental quality would be direct measurements of actual human health and ecological well being,
such are not always available.
This report presents an inventory of over 450 national indicators and over 100 existing data sets that may
be suitable for national assessments and reporting against the national goals. Some of the indicators are
currently being reported by EPA; others have been proposed as potential indicators. Chapter 2 presents a
revised and updated version of the Data QAT Goals/Data Matrix. The following chapter, Chapter 3,
provides an inventory of databases and datasets that are potentially useful to the National Environmental
Goals Project. Chapter 4 presents an inventory of indicators. The inventory is sorted by the 13 goal
topics; within goal topics, indicators are listed alphabetically. Chapters 5 and 6 present abridged
information on the indicators in different sort orders, for ease of references. Chapter 5 presents the
indicators sorted by the relevant agency or program. Chapter 6 presents the indicators sorted - within goal
topic - by hierarchical level, a measure of how closely the indicator relates to direct measurements of
human or ecological health. The final chapter, Chapter 7, consists of a series of data report summaries.
Data sources utilized and referenced in this report are found within EPA, and from other federal agencies
and private organizations.
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2 GOALS/DATA MATRIX
This chapter presents a revised and updated version of the Data QAT Goals/Data Matrix of data that may
be suitable for reporting progress toward the national goals. The Data/Goals matrix identifies data sets
available through government agencies and offices within EPA, by the 13 current goal topics.
The EPA Offices of Water (OW), Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), Air and Radiation
(OAR), Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), and Research and Development (ORD)
possess data potentially useful to the National Goals Project. For each goal topic data sets available from
each office and other agencies are displayed. Environmental "stressors" are shown where applicable, and
italicized entries indicate less relevant but useful data sets.
Matrix columns identify offices within EPA or non-EPA federal agencies. There is one row for each of
the 13 goal topics. Each cell identifies potentially relevant data sets for each goal topic under the
specified office. In some cases certain offices have no information relevant to a goal topic.
Following the Goals/Data Matrix is a glossary of abbreviations and acronyms. In addition to defining the
acronyms and abbreviations, this section frequently gives a one-sentence summary of the contents of the
data set.
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Table 2-1: Data Sets Available For
Reporting Against Cross-Program Goals*
Goals
Clean Surface Waters
Stressois" are shown
below dashed lines
Prevention of Wastes
Buff Hflpnnii CRCIDICBI
Releases
Safe Drinking Water
Clean Air
Cleanup of Contaminated
Sites
Safe Indoor Environments
Stratospheric Ozone
Layer Protection
OW
305(b)
319, ODES
303(d)
STORE!
GLFMP
PCS
304(1)
NEEDS
NPDES Permits
PCS
304(1)
HWIW
NEEDS
STORET
305(b)
FRDS
HWIW
PCS
304(1)
NEEDS
Sediments
(Three
Regions)
FRDS
OSWER
BRS
MSW Report
RCRIS
CERCLIS
STARS (UST)
EPA Office
OAR
ERAMS
ADS
HOPES
ERAMS
ADS
HOPES
AIRS
XATEF
RADON
INDOOR AIR
RADON
XATEF
OPPTS
NPSurvey
TRL
TSCAlnv.
PUVPIN
TRI
TSCAlnv.
PMVPIN
NPSurvey
TRI
PMVPIN
TSCAlnv.
TRI
TSCA Inv.
PMVPIN
TRI
TSCAlnv.
ORD
EMAP(some)
LTMP
EMAP(some)
TEAMS Study
(Case Studies)
NVOCDB
NEKOS
TEAM Studies
(Several Cities)
(Future)
Other
DOI-1
NOAA-1
States -1
CDC
NADP/NTN
WHO
SCS
TVA
USDA - 1
NOAA-2
DOE-1
DOT-1
BOC-2
NCFAP
ATSDR
CDC
WHO
States -2
TVA
NFS
(Rural)
WHO
DOE -6
DOD
ATSDR
NOAA-5
NBn
NRC
NASA
DOE -5
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Goals
Improved Understanding
of the Environment
Ecological Protection
Safe Food
Prevention of Oil Spills
and Chemical Accidents
Worker Health and Safety
Ornate Change Risk
Reduction
OW
STORET
305(b)
305(b)
ODES
STORET/BIOS
GLFMP
PCS
NEEDS
STORET
305(b)
ODES
FAD
GLFMP
OSWER
ARJP
ERNS
EPA Office
OAR
AIRS
AIRS
ERAMS
ADS
NOPES
ERAMS
ADS
XATEF
METH
OPPTS
TRI
TRI
PMVP1N
TSCAlnv.
TRI
TRI
(Accident
Releases)
TRI
ORD
EMAP(Some)
NSWS
LTMP
AQUIRE
IRIS
EMAP(Sorae)
Other
DOI-2
INFO-TERRA
NOAA-3
USDA-2
CEQ
DOE -2
DOT-2
TVA
DOI-3
NOAA-4
USDA-3
NCFAP
TVA
DOE -5
FDA
NFS Regions -
NEPA.EIS
BOC-1
FDA. WHO
USDA-4
DOI-4.CDC
DOANE
NCFAP
NOAA-5
NCHS
OPPE
States -2
ATSDR
States -3
BOC-2
NIOSH
OSHA
DOANE
BLS
NCFAP
DOE -4
NASA
NOAA-6
•-Less relevant but useful data shown in italics
'* - "Stressor" data include pollutant loadings and other factors that stress environmental quality
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GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS
303(d): Office of Water Lists of waters still needing
TMDLs.
30S(b): Office of Water: Section 305(b) Reports.
304(1): Office of Water Section 304Q) lists of waters,
facilities, loadings.
319: Office of Water Section 319 Assessments
ADS: Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment
Laboratory: Acid Deposition System.
AIRS: Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards:
Aerometnc Information Retrieval System
AQUIRE: Office of Research and Development-. Aquatic
Information Retrieval System.
ARIP: Office of Solid Wasie and Emergency Response:
Accident Release Information Program Database.
ATSDR: HHS/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry: HAZDAT Database.
BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics: Annual Survey of
Occupational Injury and Illness
BOC-1: Bureau of the Census: Decennial Census of
Population: National and Subnauonal Population Estimates
and National and State Population Projections; Survey of
Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures.
BOC-2: Bureau of the Census: National and Subnauonal
Population Estimates and National and State Population
Projections; Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and
Expenditures.
BRS: Office of Solid Waste: Biennial Reporting System.
CDC: Center for Disease Control: Waterbome Disease
Outbreak Surveillance. Disease from Fish/Shellfish.
CEQ: Council of Environmental Quality: Annual Report
to Congress
CERCLIS: Office of Emergency and Remedial Response:
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Information System.
DOD: Department of Defense: Defense Environmental
Restoration Program
DOE-1: Department of Energy: Month and State Current
Emission Trends; National Energy Information Center.
DOE-2: Department of Energy: Subsurface Microbiology
Culture Collection (SMCC).
DOE-4: Department of Energy: Atmospheric Radiation
Measurement (ARM) Program Data; Data on Country-
Specific and Global Emissions ofCOj from Fossil-Fuel
Combustion and Cement Production; Data on Global Long-
Term Monthly Temperature, Precipitation and Atmospheric
Pressure Records; and Data on Monthly and Daily
Temperature and Precipitation records for the US - all
available at Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
(CDIAQ, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
DOE-5: Department of Energy - National Energy
Information Center: Environmental Measurements Lab
Data.
DOE-6: Department of Energy -Atmospheric Studies in
Complex Terrain (ASCOT) Program Data
DOM: US Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WL):
National Contamination Biomomtonng Program;
Biomomtonng and Environmental Status and Trends;
National Wetlands Inventory; North American Breeding
Bird Survey; Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat
Survey. National Park Service: National Wild and Scenic
Rivers. US Geological Survey (USGS): National
Hydrologic Benchmark Network Program; National Stream
Quality Accounting Network; National Water-Quality
Assessment Program (some data); National Water
Conditions Reporting System; National Biological Survey:
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NB1I).
DOI-2: USGS: Earth Science Data Directory; National
Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE);
National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX); National
Water Information Clearinghouse; National Water Use
Information Program..
DOI-3: USF&WL: Biomonitonng and Environmental
Status and Trends; National Wetlands Inventory; Waterfowl
Breeding Population and Habitat Survey. USGS: National
Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA). National
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Biological Survey: National Biological Information
Infrastructure (NBD).
DOM: USF&WL: National Contaminant Bioraomtoring
Program.
DOT-1: Manne Pollution Retneval System; National
Transportation Statistics.
DOT-2: Department of Transportation: Manne Pollution
Retneval System.
EMAP: Office of Research and Development:
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program.
ERAMS: Office of Radiation Programs: Environmental
Radiation Ambient Monitoring Program.
ERNS: Office of Emergency and Remedial Response:
Emergency Response Notification System.
FDA: Food and Drug Administration: Total Dietary Study
(Market Basket Survey).
FRDS: Office of Ground and Drinking Water: Federal
Reporting Data System.
GLFMP: Great Lakes Program Office: Great Lakes Fish
Monitoring Program.
HWIW: Office of Ground and Dniuang Water
Hazardous Waste Injection Well Database.
INDOOR AIR: Office of Air and Radiation: Indoor Air
Data Collection System
INFOTERRA: International Environmental Information
Exchange Network.
IRIS: Office of Research and Development: Integrated
Risk Information System.
LTMP: Office of Research and Development Long-Term
Monitoring Project
METH: Office of Air and Radiation: Methane
Concentration Estimates.
NADP/NTN: National Atmospheric Deposition
Monitoring Network: Acid Deposition Data Network.
NAPAP: Office of Research and Development: National
Acid Precipitation Assessment Program.
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
Master Directory; Goddard Space Flight Center.
NBH: National Biological Survey: National Biological
Information Infrastructure.
NCFAP: National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy:
National Herbicide Use Database.
NCHS: HHS/National Center for Health Statistics:
Hispanic Health and Nutnuon Examination Survey
(HHANES); National Health and Nutnuon Examination
Survey (NHANES).
NEEDS: Office of Water: Needs Survey of Existing and
Proposed POTWs.
NEROS: Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment
Laboratory: Northeast Regional Oxidant Study
NFS: EPA/USF&WL: National Fisheries Study (1982).
NIOSH: National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health: NIOSHTIC.
NOAA-1: Fisheries Statistics Program, Living marine
Resources, National Coastal Wetlands Inventory, National
Estuarine Inventory, Classified Shellfishing Waters.
NOAA-2: National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory
Program.
NOAA-3: National Climate Data Center; National
Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanographic Data
Center, Ocean Pollution Data and Information Network.
NOAA-4: Fisheries Statistics Program; Living Marine
Resources; National Coastal Wetlands Inventory. National
Shellfish Register of Classified Estuary Waters.
NOAA-S: National Status and Trends Program (some
data).
MSW Report: Office of Solid Waste: Characterization of
MSW in the US (biennial).
NOAA-6: National Environmental Data Referral Service
and NOAA Earth System Data Directory.
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NOPES: Nonoccupational Pesticide Exposure Study
NPDES PERMITS: Office of Water National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System.
NFS: National Park Service: Visibility Monitoring
Network; Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Network.
NPSurvey: Office of Pesticides Programs: National
Pesticides Survey.
NRC: Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Radioactive
Material Released from Nuclear Power Plants.
NSWS: Office of Research and Development: National
Surface Water Survey (National Lake and National Stream
Surveys).
NVOCDB: Office of Research and Development
National VOC Database.
ODES: Office of Water Ocean Data Evaluation System.
OPPE Pestidde Food Residue: Office of Policy, Planning,
and Evaluation: Anticipated Residues in Food
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
Integrated Management Information System
PCS: Office of Water: NPDES Permit Compliance
System.
PGWDB: Office of Pesticides Programs: Pesticides in
Groundwater Database.
PMI/PIN: Office of Pesticide Programs: Pesticide
Information Network.
RADON: Office of Air and Radiation: National
Residential Radon Survey
RCRIS: Office of Solid Waste: Resource Conservation
and Recovery Information System.
SCS: USDA Soil Conservation Service: National
Resource Inventory.
Sediments: Office of Water. National Sediments
Inventory
STARS (UST): Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response: Underground Storage Tank Database
States-1: State data on Index of Biological Integrity (some
data).
States-2: State Health Departments, also data on Fish
Contamination (some data).
States-3: Slate data on Accidental Releases, etc.
STORET: Office of Water and Office of Information
Resource Management: Storage and Retrieval Data System
which contains the Water Quality File, the Biological
System (BIOS) and the Daily Flow System.
TEAM Studies: Office of Research and Development'
Includes CO TEAM, VOC TEAM, NOPES, and PTEAM.
TRI: Office of Toxic Substances: Toxics Releases
Inventory.
TSCAInv.: Office of Toxic Substances: Toxic Substance
Control Act (TSCA) Inventory.
TSCATS: Office of Toxic Substances: TSCA Test
submissions.
USDA-1: Economic Research Service (ERS) and National
Agricultural Statistics Service (N ASS): Agricultural
Chemical Use on Field Crops; Agricultural Chemical Use on
Fruits and Nuts; Agricultural Chemical Use on Vegetables;
Economic Research Service (ERS): 1989 Cotton Water
Quality Database; Fertilizer Use Statistics; Water Quality
and Farm Chemical Studies.
USDA-2: National Agricultural Library: Water Quality
Information Center.
USDA-3: Economic Research Service: Major Uses of
Land in the United Stales. Soil Conservation Service:
National Resource Inventory. US Forest Service: Forest
Insect and Disease Conditions in the United States; Forest
Inventory and Analysis; Wildland Fire Statistics; Tree
Planting in the United States; Land Areas of the National
Forest; Recreation Information Management System.
USDA-4: Microbiology and Residue Computer
Information System
WHO: World Health Organization, etal; Global
Environmental Monitoring Systems: Air, Soil and Water
(GEMS).
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Toxics Emissions Factor DBMS.
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3. DATA SETS/DATABASES/DATA SERIES
This chapter provides an inventory of databases and datasets that are potentially useful to the National
Goals Project.
Table 3.1 briefly identifies all databases and datasets (using acronyms) from EPA and non-EPA sources as
defined in the Goals/Data matrix. The full database name and/or a brief description of the dataset are
displayed, followed by the name of the sponsoring agency.
For currently available datasets, a more thorough description follows the matrix. Names, acronyms,
sponsoring agencies, and location and phone number for dataset location are included. Information on
data coverage, chemical compounds, environmental media, geographic coverage, and frequency of
collection, is provided for each available dataset.
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Table 3-1: EPA and non-EPA Databases and Datasets
Matrix Name/
Abbreviation
319
303(d)
304(1)
305(b)
ADS
AIRS
AQUIRE
ARIP
ATSOR
BLS
BOC-1
BOC-2
BRS
CDC
CEQ
CERCLIS
DOD
DOE-1
DOE-2
DOE-4
DOE-5
DOE-6
Database name and/or description
- Section 3 19 Assessments
- Lists of water still needing TMDLs
- 304(1) Short List Database (Short List)
- Section 305(b) reports
- Acid Deposition System
- Aerometric Information Retrieval System
- Aquatic Information Retrieval System
- Accidental Release Information Program Database
- Hazardous Substances Release/Health Effects
Database
- Annual Survey of Occupational Injury and Illness
- Decennial Census of Population
- National and Subnational Population Estimates and
National and State Population Projections
- Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and
Expenditures
- National and Subnational Population Estimates and
National and State Population Projections
- Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and
Expenditures
- Biennial Reporting System
- Waterbome Disease Outbreak Surveillance
- Disease from Fish/Shellfish
- CEQ's Annual Report to Congress
- Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Information System
- Defense Environmental Restoration Program
- Month and State Current Emissions Trends
- Subsurface Microbiology Culture Collection
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
- Environmental Measurements Laboratory Data
- Ambient Ozone Concentrations
- Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain
Sponsoring Agency
Office of Water
Office of Water
Office of Water
Office of Water
Atmospheric Research and
Exposure Assessment Lab
Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards
Office of Research and
Development
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Census
Bureau of Census
Office of Solid Waste
Centers for Disease Control
Council of Environmental
Quality
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
Dept of Defense
National Energy Information
Center
_ _ _
Department 01 energy
Oak Ridge National Labs
National Energy Information
Center
Jrookhaven National
Laboratory Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Page
Number
3-35
3-36
3-36
3-36
3-7
3-24
3-24
3-25
3-19
3-29
3-17
3-17
3-17
3-17
3-17
3-24
3-19
3-37
3-24
3-34
3-18
3-34
3-39
3-39
3-19
3-35
3-39
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October 9.1994
3-2
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Inventory of Indicators
Matrix Name/
Abbreviation
DOM
DOI-2
DOI-3
DOW
DOT-1
DOT-2
EMAP
ERAMS
ERNS
FDA
FRDS
GLFMP
HWIW
INDOOR AIR
INFOTERRA
IRIS
LTMP
METH
Database name and/or description
- National Contamination Biomonitoring Program
- Biomonitoring and Environmental Status and
Trends
- National Wetlands Inventory
- North American Breeding Bird Survey
- Waterfowl Population and Habitat Survey
- National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
- National Hydrologic Benchmark Network Program
- National Stream Quality Accounting Network
- National Water Conditions Reporting System
- National Water Quality Assessment Program
- National Biological Information Infrastructure
- Earth Science Data Directory
- National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System
- National Water Data Exchange
- National Water Use Information Program
- National Water Information Clearinghouse
- Biomonitoring and Environmental Status and
Trends
- Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey
- National Water Quality Assessment Program
- National Biological Information Infrastructure
- National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program
- Marine Pollution Retrieval System
- National Transprotation Statistics
- Marine Pollution Retrieval System
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Programs
- Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring
Program
- Emergency Response Notification System
- Total Dietary Study (Market Basket Study)
- Federal Reporting Data System
Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program
Hazardous Waste Injection Well Database
Indoor Air Data Collection System
International Environmental Information Exchange
Network
Intergrated Risk Information System
Long-Term Monitoring Project
Methane Concentration Estimates
Sponsoring Agency
USF&WL
National Park Service
uses
National Biological Survey
uses
USF&WL
uses
National Biological Survey
USF&WL
US Coast Guard/Research
and Special Program Admin.
US Coast Guard
Office of Research and
Developmment
Office of Research and
[Development
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
-ood and Drug Administration
Office of Groundwater and
Drinking Water
Great Lakes National Program
Office
Office of Groundwater and
Drinking Water
Office of Air and Radiation
Interagency Effort
Office of Research and
Development
Office of Research and
Development
Office of Air and Radiation
Page
Number
3-22
3-25
3-22
3-19
3-20
3-20
3-22
3-20
3-20
3-25
3-30
3-21
3-21
3-21
3-22
3-21
3-25
3-20
3-25
3-30
3-22
3-25
3-23
3-25
3-7
3-7
3-8
3-33
3-30
3-31
3-33
3-39
3-10
3-25
3-8
3-36
3-3
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October 9,1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Matrix Name/
Abbreviation
MSW Report
NADP/NTN
NAPAP
NASA
NBII
NCFAP
NCHS
NEEDS
NEROS
NFS
NIOSH
NOAA-1
NOAA-2
NOAA-3
NOAA-4
NOAA-5
NOAA-6
NOPES
NPDES Permits
NPS
NPSurvey
NRC
NSWS
Database name and/or description
- Characterization of MSW in the US
- Acid Deposition Data Network
- National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program
- Master Directory
- National Biological Information Infrastructure
- National Herbicide Use Database
- Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Needs survey of existing and potential POTWs
- Northeast Regional Oxidant Study
- National Fisheries Study (1982)
- Data on Worker Safety
- Fisheries Statistics Program
- Living Marine Resources
- National Coastal Wetlands Inventory
- National Status and Trends
- National Estuarine Inventory
- Classified Shellfishing Waters
- National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory
Program
- National Climate Data Center
- National Geophysical Data Center
- Ocean Pollution Data and Information Network
- Fisheries Statistics Programs
- Living Marine Resources
- Natinal Shellfish Register of Classified Estuary
Waters
- National Coastal Wetlands Inventory
- National Status and Trends Program
- National Environmental Data Referral Service
- NOAA Earth System Data Directory
- Nonoccupational Pesticide Exposure Study
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Permits
- Visibility Monitoring Network
- Gaseous Discharge Elimination System
- National Pesticide Survey
- Radioactive Material Released from Nuclear Power
Plants
- National Surface Water Survey
Sponsoring Agency
Office of Solid Waste
National Atmospheric
Deposition Monitoring Network
Office of Research and
Development
Goddard Space Flight Center
National Biological Survey
National Center for Food and
Agricultural Policy
DHHS/National Center for
Health Statistics
Office of Water
ORD/AREAL
EPA/USF&WL
NIOSH
NOAA
NOAA
NOAA
NOAA
NOAA
NOAA
Atmospheric Research and
Exposure Assessment Lab
Office of Water
National Parks Service
Office of Pesticides Program
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
Office of Research and
Development
Page
Number
3-40
3-32
3-31
3-31
3-30
3-34
3-37
3-38
3-37
3-8
3-35
3-35
3-17
3-18
3-29
3-16
3-16
3-18
3-16
3-18
3-33
3-28
3-17
3-18
3-16
3-29
3-16
3-38
3-38
3-33
3-32
3-23
3-23
3-8
3-23
3-11
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October 9,1994
3-4
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Inventory of Indicators
Matrix Name/
Abbreviation
NVOCDB
ODES
OPPE Pesticide
Food Residue
OSHA
PCS
PMI/PIN
RADON
RCRIS
SCS
Sediments
STARS (UST)
States- 1
States-2
States-3
STORET
TEAMS
TRI
TSCAInv
TSCATS
TVA
USDA-1
USDA-2
USDA-3
Database name and/or description
- National VOC Database
- Oceanic Data Evaluation System
- Anticipated Residue in Food
- Integrated Management Information System
- NPDES Permit Compliance System
- Pesticides Information Network
- National Residential Radon Survey
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Information
System
- National Resources Inventory
- National Sediments Inventory
- Underground Storage Tanks
- State data on Index of Biological Intergrity
- State Health Departments
- Data on Fish Contamination
- State Data on Accidental Releases
- Storage and retrieval Data Systems containing the
Water Quality Files, the Biological System (BIOS)
and the Daily Flow System
- Total Exposure Assessment Methodology Study
(Includes CO TEAM, VOC TEAM, NOPES, and
PTEAM)
- Toxic Release Inventory
- Toxic Substances Conrol Act Inventory
- Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Test
submissions
- Water Resources and Ecological Monitoring
- Agricultural Chemical Use on Field Crops
- Agricultural Chemical Use on Fruits and Nuts
- Agricultural Chemical Use on Vegatables
- 1989 Cotton Water Quality Database
- Fertilizer Use and Price Statistics
- Water Quality and Farm Chemical Studies
- Water Quality Information Center
- Major Use of Land in the US
- National Resource Inventory
- Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the US
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Wildland Fire Statistics
Tree Planting in the United States
Land Areas of the National Forest
Recreation Information System
Sponsoring Agency
Office of Research and
Development
Office of Water
Office of Policy, Planning and
Evaluation
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Office of Water
Office of Pesticides Program
Office of Ak and Radiation
Office of Solid Waste
USDA/Soil Conservation
Service
Office of Water
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
c r*
otate viovemments
State Health Departments
Stale Governments
State Governments
Office of Water and Office of
Information Resource
Management
Office of Research and
Development
Office of Toxic Substances
Office of Toxic Substances
Office of Toxic Substances
Tennessee Valley Authority
ERS/NASS
ERS
National Agricultural Library
ERS
SCS
US Forest Service
Page
Number
3-11
3-9
3-9
3-28
3-32
3-27
3-11
3-25
3-13
3-37
3-40
*
**
**
**
3-32
3-9/10
3-7
3-9
3-9
3-34
3-12
3-13
3-13
3-15
3-12
3-12
3-30
3-13
3-13
3-14
3-14
3-14
3-14
3-15
3-15
3-5
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October9,1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Matrix Name/
Abbreviation
USDA-4
WHO
XATEF
Database name and/or description
- Microbiology and Residue Computer Information
System
- Global Environmental Monitoring Systems
(GEMS)
- Air Toxics Emissions Factor Database
Management System
Sponsoring Agency
USDA
World Health Organization
Office of Air and Radiation
Page
Number
3-12
3-26727
3-25
* State data was not explored - much is available through respective federal programs
** State data is accessible from state-run programs
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October 9,1994
3-6
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
EPA, Office of Toxk Substances
National Library of Medicine's TOXNET system (301-496-6531)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Inorganic compounds. VOCs, semi-VOCs, pesticides, PCBs, asbestos, acids/acid aerosols.
Environmental/Media
Other
Air (point and non-point emissions), water, soil or sediment, bulk chemicals, ions (including
fluoride), underground injection, off-site transfers (&POTWs)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1987-present
Yearly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Acid Deposition System (ADS)
EPA. Atmospheric Research & Exposure Assessment Laboratory (AREAL)
National Technical Information Service (703-487-4650)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds, ions and physical and chemical indicators of water quality
Water (precipitation)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Naitonal
1978-present
Generally weekly: daily in southern Canada; extra samples after weather event
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
EPA, Office of Research and Development
National Technical Information Service (703-487-4650)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Currently inorganic compounds, semi-VOCs, pesticides, PCBs (soil); acids (water);
particulates, criteria pollutants, acids (air)
Water, air soil, food sources
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1990-present
Once every 4 years during season specific to each research category
Data Base Name (Acronym)
g Agency
Contact
Sponsoring Agency EPA. Office of Radiation Programs
Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS)
EPA. Office of Radiation Programs
EPA. Office of Radiation Programs (205-270-3433)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Radionuclides; particulates (gross beta radiation); radiation (alpha, beta, gamma)
Water (including surface water, drinking water, and precipitation); air, food sources (milk)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1973-present
Vanes for each water source; milk collected monthly
3-7
Wesiat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)
EPA, OffK« of Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR)
Contact ERNS Information Line (202-260-2342)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds Inorganic compounds. VOCs. trihaloraeihanes, serai-VOCs, pesticides, PCBs.
dioxins/furans. radionuclides, acid/acid aerosols, and criteria pollutants
Environmental/Media Water, soil or sediment, air
Other
Geographic Coverage
Tone Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1986-present
Sampling data are not included in ERNS
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact John Stoddard. ManTech Envii
Long-Term Monitoring Project (LTM)
EPA, Office of Research and Development
ironmental Technology me.. (503-757-4441)
Data Coverage:
EnviroruneiuaVConipoiinds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds; physical and chemical indicators of water quality, ions
Surface water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
ColiecUon Frequency
Regional (Catskffl, Maine, Vermont. New York. Upper Midwest & Colorado Rockies
1983-present
Catskflls-monmly; Maine and Vermont-quarterly; 3 times per summer in Colorado
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Northeast Regional Oxidant Study (NEROS)
EPA. Office of Research and Development
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) (703-487-4650)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds Criteria pollutants (NOx, CO,
Environmental/Media
Other
i. O3. SO2), VOCs (hydrocarbons), ions (including sulfate.
nitrate, ammonium), index of fine particles (scattering coefficient)
Air
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Regional (Northeast)
1979-1980
Twice (for one month in the summer 1979, and one month in the summer of 1980)
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Pesticide Survey (NPS)
EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
Drinking Water Hotline (800426-4791)
Data Coverage:
PcsucidcSf nitntCi inorEfliiic compounds
Environmental/Media Water (wells-municipal and private, before treatment or blending)
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1988-1990
Each site sampled once (1300 sites total)
Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
3-8
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) Inventory
EPA, Office of Toxic Substances
National Library of Medicine. (301-496-6193 or 617-235-1715)
Inorganic compounds. VOCs. serai- VOCs, pesticides. PCBs, diorins/nirans, radionuclides.
asbestos, acids, bases, all other substances covered under TSCA
Bulk chemicals
National
1985-present
Not applicable; each study within TSCATS contains its own sampling protocols
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Ocean Data Evaluation System (ODES)
EPA, Office of Water
Bob King, EPA, Office of Water (202-260-7050)
Inorganic compounds, organic metals, VOCs, trihalomethanes, semi- VOCs, pesticides,
PCBs, dioxins/furans, radionuclides, asbestos, microorganisms & ions
Water (primarily near sewage discharge outfalls), soil (marine sediments), human food
sources (fish/shellfish)
National
1979-presem
Varied (most collected quarterly, some daily, some annually)
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Anticipated Residues in Food (OPPE Pesticide Food Residue)
EPA, Office of Policy. Planning and Evaluation
National Technical Information Service (703-487-4650)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Pesticides
Human food sources
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency,
National
1980-present (over 85% of the data are from 1985-1988; updated in 1991)
Not applicable: sampling and analysis data are obtained from other agencies
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Carbon Monoxide Total Exposure A
Methodology Study (CO TEAM)
EPA. Office of Research and Development
National Technical Information Service (703-487-4650)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Carbon Monoxide
Air, human samples (exhaled bream)
Geographic Coverage City or municipality (DC and Denver Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas)
Time Coverage 1982-1983
Collection Frequency One sample from each DC participant, and two from participants in Denver.
3-9
Weslat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Volatile Oigantc Compound Total Exposure Assessment Methodology Study (VOC TEAM)
EPA. Office of Acid Deposition, Environmental Monitoring and Quality Assurance
National Technical Information Service (703-487-4650)
VOCs
Air. water, human samples (exhaled breath)
City or municipality (NJ, CA. MD. NC, ND)
1980-1987
Daily during different seasons (two 12-hour samples per person and household)
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Nonoccupauonal Pesticide Exposure Study (NOPES)
EPA. Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory
NTIS (703-487-4650)
Pesticides
Air, water, food sources, dermal contact
Cily or municipality (FL and MA)
1985-1988
Single and multi-season data collection over three years
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Particle Total Exposure Assessment Methodology Study (PTEAM)
EPA, Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory
Lance A. Wallace. EPA, EPIC Building (703-341-7509)
Paiticulates (PM10. PM2.5, panicle-bound elements, particle-bound polyaromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), parade-bound phthalates. nicotine)
Air
Riverside. CA
September-November 1990
Daily for 48 hours (September 22, 1990 to November 9. 1990)
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
INFOTERRA/USA Directory of Environmental Sources
EPA
INFOTERRA/USA, EPA (202-260-5917)
INFO EXCHANGE RESOURCE - NOT A DATABASE
Environmental information, fields of environmental enterprise, and a description of services
International environmental exchange network; provide reliable, comprehensive and timely
environmental information to requestors
International
1975-present
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
3-10
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Surface Water Survey (NSWS)
EPA. Office of Research and Development
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) (703-487-4650)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds, ions (including fluoride), physical and chemical indicators of water
quality
Surface water (lakes and streams)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Regional (NE, Upper Midwest, New England, mid-Atlantic, SE, mountainous West)
1984,1985.1986
Varies; one time only and seasonal
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Residential Radon Survey (NRRS)
EPA. Office of Radiation Programs
Frank Maranowski, EPA (202-260-4189)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Radon
Indoor Aii
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1989-1990
Yearly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National VOC Data Base
EPA. Office of Research and Development
Dr. Jitendra Shah. President. G2 Environmental. Inc. (503-228-2335)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
VOCs
Air
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National: Canada (limited data for Canada only for 1970-1980)
1970-1984
Variable; depends on particular source of data
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Agricultural Chemical Usage
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
USDA Economic Research Service/NASS (800-999-6779)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Pesticides, fertilizers
Bulk chemicals
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Selected states
1990-present
Annual for field crops; biannual for vegetables and fruits
3-11
Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Tune Coverage
Collection Frequency
Microbiology and Residue Computer Information System (MARCIS)
USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service
Office of Information and Legislative Affaire, USDA (202447-91 13)
Inorganic compounds. VOCs, semi-VOCs, pesticides. PCBs, radionuclides. microorganisms,
antibiotics, veterinary drugs
Food sources
National
1976-present
Daily
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
coviroiiiDCDt&i/'Conipounus
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Agricultural Chemical Use on Field Crops
USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service
Menitt Padgitt, Economic Research Service, RID (202-219-0433)
Wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, rice, potatoes, grain sorghum and peanuts
Pesticides, fertilizers, and tillage practices
All dominate U.S. production states (approximately 35-47 states)
1990-piesent
Annual
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Con pounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Fertilizer Use and Price Statistics
USDA, Economic Research Service, Resource and Technology Division
Harold Taylor, Economic Research Service. RTD (202-219-0464)
U.S. fertilizer use and prices and nutrients applied per acre for major farm Stales, 1964-
1991, for corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat
Annual statistics of fertilizer nutrients applied to field crops and fertilizer prices
Varies; predominant states which produce the field crops
1964-1991
Annual
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Water Quality and Farm Chemical Studies
Economic Research Service, Resource and Technology Division
Merritt. Padgitt, Economic Research Service, RTD (202-219-0433)
Pesticide and fertilizer use, pest and nutrient management practice, cropping history,
livestock enterprises
Information needed to understand the relationships among farming activities; resources char.
such as soil type, terrain, and climate; and ground water quality
CA,. IN. NA. WA. South GA. IO/TL, ID. Lower Susquehanna. Albemarie-Pamlico
1990 and 1991
One time data collection effort
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographk Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Agricultural Chemical Use on fruits and Nuts
USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service
Menitt Padgitt, Economic Research Service. RTD (202-219-0433)
Fruit and nut products, farm sales and income, production expenditures, farm size and other
characteristics of frail and nut farms and operators
Pesticide and fertilizer use along with information on nonchemical pest management and
other cultural practices used in fruit and nut production
14 predominant fruit and nut producing states
1990-present
Every 2 years
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Agricultural Chemical Use on Vegetables
USDA/Nanonal Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service
Merrrtt Padgitt, Economic Research Service. RTD (202-219-0433)
Vegetable products, farm sales and income, production expenditures, farm OK. and outer
characteristics of vegetable farms and operators
Pesticide and fertilizer use along with information on nonchemical pest management and
other cultural practices used in vegetable production
AZ. CA, FL, MI and IX in 1990 (14 states in 1992)
1990-present
Every other year
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Major Uses of Land m the United States
Economic Research Service, Resource and Technology Division
Arthur B. Daugherty, Economic Research Service (202-219-0424)
Estimates for major land use classes; cropland; grassland pasture and range; forest land;
special use; and unclassified use
Major uses of land in the United States
National
Shortly before 1943, until 1993
Every 5 years
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Enviir^nwiMaVMcdifl
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Resources Inventory (NRI)
Soil Conservation Service, Resources Inventory Division
Jeff Goebel, Soil Conservation Service (202-720-4530)
needs; vegetative conditions; potential for conversion to cropland
Data on the status, condition, and trends of the nation's soil, water, and related resources
National
1942-present
Every 5 years
3-13
Westal, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the United States
U.S. Forest Service. Forest Pest Management
; U.S. Dent of Agriculture (202-205-1600)
Contact Thomas H. Hofacker,
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Data on federal, stale and private forest lands; type of insect/disease damage, sue of are
affected, and dollars tost by region and ownership
Insect and disease conditions on forest lands of all ownerships since 1952
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1952-present
Yearly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)
U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory. Economics, and Recreation Research
Contact James T. Bones. U.S. Dept of Agriculture (202-205-1343)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Land use and ownership, forest type, stand age and size and volume classes, harvest history,
soils and tree data and other vegetation data & non-timber data
Extent, condition, ownership, & composition of the nation's forests; info, about wildlife
habitat, forage production, ft other resource char, needed for resource planning
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Entire United States and Puerto Rico
1930-present
Continuous
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Wildland Fire Statistics
U.S. Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management Staff
Contact) Judith Leraas. U.S. Forest Service (202-205-1498)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Year-to-date and annual figures for number of wildland fires and acres burned on public and
private lands; origin of fires is available for Forest Service lands only
Data on wildland fires on public and private lands throughout the United States
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
Current
Daily by the Boise Interagency Fire Center & yearly by the Fire and Aviation Staff
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Tree Planting in the United States
U.S. Forest Service, State and Private Forestry
Robert D. Mangold, U.S. Forest Service (202-205-1379)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Media
Othei
Number of tree seedlings planted or seeded; acres of tree planting; acres of timber stand
improvement; and production of tree planting stock
Nadcnal summary of tree planting in the United States
Geographic Coverage
Tune Coverage
Collection Frequency
United Slates and Territories
Current
Yearly
Westat, Inc.
October?, 1994
3-14
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Land Areas of the National Forest
U.S. Forest Service. Lands Staff
Philip S. Dunning, Dept of Agriculture (202-205-0843)
Number of units and acreages of all forest area in the United States
Gross and net areas are generated by survey and map compilation; other data are generated
by census and inventory
All fifty states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
1891-presem
Annual
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Recreation Information Management System
U.S. Forest Service. Recreation. Cultural Resources and Wilderness
Robert M. Cron, USDA Forest Service (202-205-1408)
Recreation visitor days by type of activity, number of sites and capacity by kind of site,
recreation trail mileage, and service level for various types of trails
Information on the use, condition, and facilities of recreation sites within the over 191
million acres of the National Forest System
All Forest Service owned land in the continental US, Alaska, and Puerto Rico
Current
Annual
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
1989 Cotton Water Quality Database
Economic Research Service, Resource and Technology Division
Merritt Padgitt, Economic Research Service. RTD (202-219-0433)
Share of acres treated, average number of treatments, and application rate for each pesticide
material or nutrient applied; nonchemical pest management info.
Pesticide and fertilizer use; benchmark information about pest management, soil
conservation, ullage, and water management practices
AL, AK, AZ, CA. GA. LA. MI. MS. MM. NC. OK, SC, TN, and TX
1989
Only once in 1989
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October 9,1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Shellfish Register of CMtspfifr* Estuarine Wains (Register)
U.S. DepL of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.
National Technical Info. Service (703-487-4650)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Microorganisms, inorganic compounds, pesticides, PCB's, radionuclides. meteorological and
bydrographic data
Surface water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
CoRection Frequency
National
1966-preseni
States colleamontrJy (Register dau compiled every 5 years)
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Status and Trends for Marine Environment Quality (NS&T)
U.S. Dept of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.
SEA Grant Program (401-792-6114)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds, semi-VOCs, pesticides, PCBs, rad
Fish/shellfish, marine sediment
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1984-presem (for benthic fish and sediments)
Yeariy
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory (NCPDI)
U.S. DepL of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA)
ContactlMitchell Katz, NOAA, ORCA, SEA Division (301-443-0453)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds; pesticides; microorganisms; PCBs (original 1982 data only); physical
and chemical indicators of water quality; other
Surface water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National (estuanne. coastal and oceanic waters of the US excluding Great Lakes)
1982,1987 (estimates are periodically updated)
Not applicable-no samples collected; estimates made on a seasonal basis
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Estuarine Inventory (NET)
U.S. DepL of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA)
John Klein. NOAA. ORCA, SEA Division (301-443-8843)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
See NCPDI. NS&T. and Register for more information
See NCPDI. NS&T. and Register for mote information
estaarine and fluvial drainage areas, water surface area, volume, tidal range, salinity regime,
and freshwater inflow, land use and population growth data
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
CoUecflon Frequency
National
1983-presem
See NCPDI. NS&T, and Register for more information
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
g Agency
Contact
Sponsoring Agency Bureau of the Census, Population Division
Decennial Census of Population
Bureau of the Census, Populatior
Philip N. Fulton, Assistant Division Chief for Census Programs (301-763-7890)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Demographic and economic characteristics
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
US, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mannas & Palau
Current
Collection Frequency [Once per decade (one-in-six are sampled)
Data Base Name (Acronym)
g Agency
Contact
Sponsoring Agency Bureau of the Census, Population Division
National and Subnaoonal Population Estimates and National and State Population
Bureau of the Census, Population Division
Frederick W. Hollmann. National Projections Branch (301-763-7950)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other Population estimates
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
Current
Yearly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
&ponsoniiŁ Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Bureau of the Census, Industry Division
Jesse Havard, Bureau of the Census, Industry Division (301-763- 1755)
Estimates of pollution abatement operating costs and capital expenditures are made for
manufacturing plants with 20 employees or more (except the apparel group)
National
1973-preseot (except 1987)
Annually
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Tune Coverage
Collection Frequency
Fisheries Statistics Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin., National Marine Fisheries Services
Mark Holliday. National Marine Fisheries Service (301-713-2328)
Information on monthly and annual commercial landings in pounds and value by species.
state, county, year, walertwdy, and distance from shore
Biological, economic, and sociological statistics on domestic commercial and recreational
fisheries, and foreign landings in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
U.S. and Puerto Rico ports and SO ports outside the 50 states
Current
Daily, monthly, and/or yearly depending on subject and area covered
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October 9.1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Living Marine Resources
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.. National Ocean Service
Tom LaPointe. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (301-443-0453)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Distributions of life stage, statistics on commercial harvest, and status of seabird colonies
Other Data on spatial and temporal distributions of marine species (invertebrates, fishes, seabirds.
and mammals)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
U.S., Exclusive Economic Zone including Alaska, excluding Hawaii and Puerto Rico
1960-present
Ongoing
Data Base Name (Acronym)
B Agency
Contact
Sponsoring Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA), National Ocean Service
Classified SheUfishmg Waws
National Oceanic and Atmospt
Sharon Adamany. NOAA (301-713-3000)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Name, location, classification, size, and pollution sources
Other Waieis are classified for the commercial harvest of oysters, clams, and mussels based on the
presence of actual or potential pollution sources and colifom bacteria levels in surface
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
East. West, and Gulf Coasts of the U.S.
1966-1990
1966.1971,1974,1980.1985,1990; the next survey is scheduled for 1995
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Climatic Data Center. NOAA (704-271-4800)
Data Coverage?
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Climatic variables (temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, storms, wind, and floods) are
summarized for both short-term and long-term periods of record
Collect, process, and archive meteorological and climatological data froma a global network
of stations
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Global land and sea, but coverage is primarily U.S. and dependencies
Mid-1800's to the present
Daily or monthly depending on type and source of information
Data Base Name (Acronym) Month and State Current Emission Trends (MSCET)
Sponsoring Agency Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. DepL of Energy (DOE)
Contact Chuck Cifck (708-972-4237)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
NOn.SO2.VOCs
Air (outdoor urban, outdoor rural, and/or stack emissions)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National (48 contiguous states)
1975-present
Monthly
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October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Con pounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Energy Information Center
Energy Information Administration
National Energy Information Center, U.S. DcpL of Energy (202-586-8800)
Energy sources; energy reserves; total production; consumption; energy imports and exports;
economic and statistical info.; data on fuel types, production of electricity and nuclear and
hydroelectric power, use of renewable energy sources
Collect and publish data and prepare analyses on energy production, consumption, prices,
and resources, and projections of energy supply and demand
Entire U.S. and some global
Current
Monthly, quarterly, yearly, biennially, and biennially
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
f* LI f*
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Hazardous Substance Release / Health Effects Database
U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. (ATSDR)
Mike Ferry. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (404-639-0720)
Inorganic compounds. VOCs. trihalomethanes, semi-VOCs, pesticides, PCBs,
Water, soil, air, food sources, human samples (urine)
National (United States and U.S. Inventories)
1980-presem
Varies, depending upon conditions at the site & the agency collecting the samples
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Public Health Service
Waterbome Disease Outbreak Surveillance Coordinator (404-488-4050)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Characteristics of water intended for drinking, water intended for recreational use, and
outbreaks of gastroenteritis on ocean-going passenger vessels
Geographic Coverage National
Time Coverage 1971-presem
Collection Frequency Ongoing
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
North American Breeding Bird Survey
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of Migratory Bird Management
Bruce Peterjohn, Patment Wildlife Research Center (301-498-0330)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Total number of individuals recorded by species, survey route, and state
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Roadside routes within each one degree block of latitude and longitude
1966-presem
Annually
3-19
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October 9,1994
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Data Sets/Databases/Daia Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Wild and Scenic Rivets System
National Park Service, Paik Planning and Protection Division
John Haubert, Outdoor Recreation Planner (202-208-4290)
Quantity and distance of rivers in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
National
Late 197(Ts-eariy 19WS
Biennially or as designations occur
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN)
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
Richard A. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey (703-648-6870)
Water characteristics and trace elements
Freshwater
National
1972-present
Bimonthly at 58% of the sites, and quarterly at 42% of the sites
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Water Conditions Reporting System
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
Thomas G. Ross, Hydrologic Information Unit (703-648-6814)
Stteamflow data and classed data
U.S.. Pueno Rico and southern Canada
1951-1980
Monthly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey
U.S. Ksh and Wildlife Serve, Office of Migratory Bird Management
Dr. Robert J. Blohra, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 003-358-1838)
Number of breeding waterfowl by species and number of waterbodies available during the
breeding season
US and Canadian regions
Current
Annually
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
3-20
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym) Earth Science Data Directory (ESDD)
Sponsoring Agency U.S. Geological Survey
Contact
ESDD Project Manager. U.S. Geological Survey (703-648-7112)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Conipounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Specific earth science and natural resource data
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Global
BEING CREATED
Ongoing
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE)
U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Computer Technology
U.S. Geological Survey. WATSTORE Program Office (703-648-5605)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Surface water and ground water
Streamflow. chemical analyses, water data parameters, geologic and inventory data.
summary data on water use
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1971-present
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Data Exchange (703-648-6848)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
INFORMATION EXCHANGE RESOURCE - NOT A DATABASE
Assist users of water data in the identification, locations and acquisition of needed data
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
Current
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Water Information Clearinghouse
U.S. Geological Survey. National Water Information Clearinghouse
Chief. National Water Information Clearinghouse (800-426-9000 or 703-648-6832)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
INFORMATION EXCHANGE RESOURCE - NOT A DATABASE
Manage and coordinate the exchange of water resources information with Federal, State, and
local governmental agencies, academia. industry and the general public
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
Current
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October 9,1994
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Data Seu/Databases/Daia Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Water Use Infonnation Program
U.S. Geological Survey. Water Resources Division
Wayne Solley, U.S. Geological Survey (703-648-5670)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Media
Other
Surface and ground water
Public supply, domestic, commercial, industry, mining, irrigation, livestock, thermoelectric
power generation, and hydroelectric power generation
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
U.S., Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and District of Columbia
1978-present
Every 5 years nationally, many states publish monthly or annual water use data
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Thomas E. Dahl or Linda Shaffer. National Wetland Inventory (813-893-3624)
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Status and trends information for selected wetland types
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National (includes 70% of US. 22% of Alaska as well as Hawaii. Puerto Rico. Guam)
1975-piesent
Data collected continuously with updates on a ten-year cycle
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Hydrologic Bench-Mark Network Program
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Office of Water Quality
Richard A. Smith. Hydrologist (703-648-6870)
Water characttsristics, trace elements, nulionuclides
Freshwater
37 states (58 locations)
1964-present
Quarterly at 78% of sites, bimonthly at 18% of sites, monthly at 4% of sites
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program (NCBP)
U.S. Dept of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Donald W. Steffeck. VS. Fish and Wildlife Service (703-358-2148)
Pesticides, PCBs, VOCs. semi-VOCs, and inorganic compounds in fish (earlier data do not
include the toxic metals and PCBs), pesticides and PCBs in birds
Fish and bin! samples
National
1965-1985 for black ducks and mallards; 1967-1985 for starlings; 1967-1988 for fish
Varies; mainly on 2-3 year basis; future sampling expected to occur every 5 years
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
3-22
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Inventory of Indicators
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Park Service Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring Netork
National Park Service (NFS). Air Quality Division
Miguel L Bores. National Part: Service - AIR (303-969-2072)
Ozone, sulfur dioxide, and meteorological parameters including wind speed, wind direction,
temperature, dew point, solar radiation, and precipitation
Establish baseline concentrations, assess trends in air quality; judge compliance; develop and
revise control policies; provide data; correlate effects of existing air quality on park
Nationwide in selected Class I and D National Park units
Current
Hourly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Park Service Visibility Monitoring Network
National Park Service. Air Quality Division
William C. Malm. National Survey Park Service - AIR (303-491-8292)
View, atmospheric extinction coefficient, and Beta scattering: PM-10, fine mass, nitrates,
sulfates. organic and elemental carbon, elements, optical absorption, and atmospheric levels
of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
Optical monitoring and fine particle sampling
Nationwide; however, primarily in the western United Stales
1978-present
Hourly and weekly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Transportation Statistics
Research and Special Programs Administration
Kathleen Bradley. Volpe National Center for Transportation Info. (617-494-2614)
Statistics on various transportation modes, descriptions of U.S. transportation, and
supplementary data
National
1955-present
Annual
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Radioactive Materials Released from Nuclear Power Plants
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
National Technical Information Service (703-487-4650)
Radionudides
Water (liquid effluent); air (emissions); soil (solid waste)
National
1978-present
Mixed frequency; quarterly, semiannual, or annual depending on the license
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS)
EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
John Bosch, Chief, National Air Data Branch (919) 541-5583
Envhi
Data Coverage:
lental/Compounds
Lead, CO. S02, NOx. Ozone. VOC's, TSP. PM10
Environmental/Media
Other
Air
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
•T* nUai^lnmm
UHWCDOI1
National
1987-present
Annually
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Aquatic Toxicity Information Retrieval (AQUIRE)
EPA, Environmental Research Lab
Anne Pifli. Environmental Research Lab. (218) 720-5516
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds, VOC's, semi-VOC's, pesticides. PCB's, dioxins/furans. radionuclides
Aquatic food sources (e.g., fish, shellfish, algae)
National and International
1970-present
Collection Frequency | Periodically (no specific frequency collection given)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Data Base Name (Acronym) Biennial Reporting System
Sponsoring Agency
EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Contact! John Fogerty. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. (202) 260-4697
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds Hazardous waste
Environmental/Media
Other
including inorganic compounds; pesticides; VOC's; serni-VOCs; igoitable,
corrosive, and reactive wastes
Water, Soil. Air. Bulk Chemicals
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1981-Presem
Biennial
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System
(CERCLIS)
EPA. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
Mike Cullen (202)260-2131
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1980-Presem
Ou-Line Updating
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October 9,1994
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
6 Agency
Contact
Sponsoring Agency EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)
Accidental Release Information Program System (ARIP)
EPA. Office of Solid Waste and Emer
Vannessa Rodriguez (202) 260-7913
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1980-Present
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
EPA, Office of Research and Development
Linda Tuxen (202) 260-5949
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contort
Data Cover* ::
Environmental/Compel' Is
Environmental/M ia
0 er
Geographic Covei je
Time Cove ge
Collection Frequi cy
Marine Pollution Retrieval System
U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard. Marine and Environmental
Protection Division
Mary Robey U.S. Coast Guard (202) 267-6670
Inorganic Compounds, VOC's, trihalomethanes, semi- VOC's, pesticides. PCB's,
dioxins/ftirans, radiomictides, acids/acid aerosols
Water, soil air
National
1973-Present
Data collected when spills occur
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Resource Conservation Recovery Information System (RCRIS)
EPA, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Kevin Phelps. EPA. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (202) 260-4697
Hazardous Waste including inorganic compounds; pesticides; VOC's; semi- VOC's; ignitable,
corrosive, and reactive wastes
Water. Soil, bulk chemicals
National
1980-Present
Data colle- ted as events occur
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Data Sets/Databases/Data Series
Data Base Name (Acronym) Biomonitoiing of En1
Sponsoring Agency
vironmental Status and Trends Program (BEST)
U.S. Department of the Interior. Division of Environmental Contaminants
Contact) Wayne WUlford. USF&WL Service 202/482-3880
Data Coverage:
Environmemal Contaminants
Environmental/Media Tissue, organism
Other
Geographic Coverage
lime Coverage
Collection Frequency
National on Fish and Wildlife Service Lands and some species found outside Service Lands
Begins in 1994
To be determined
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)
U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey
Patrick Leahy, Deputy Assistant Chief Hydrologist for NAWQA (202) 648-5012
National
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Crosswalk/Air Toxics Emissions Factor Database Management System (XATEF)
EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (O AQPS)
Anne Pope. EPA (919) 541-5373
(Emissions) paniculates, inorganic compounds. VOC's. semi-VOCs. pesticides, PCB's.
dioxinffurans radionuclitfeSi asbestos, acids/acid aerosols criteria pollutants
Air
Annually
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Global Environmental Monitoring Systems (GEMS)
World Health Organization (WHO); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Dr. David Mage, (WHO) 41-22-91-3729
Gardner Evans. EPA (919) 541-3887
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Paracubttes; criteria pollutants (sulfur dioxide and some data on nitrogen dioxide, carbon
monoxide, and lead)
Air
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Global (over 60 countries)
1972-Piesent
Vanes; samples collected by individual countries; data collected daily by participating
agencies; reported to the Collaborating Center on a quarterly schedule
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Global Environmental Monitoring Systems (GEMS)
World Health Organization (WHO); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Dr. Mamne Allard, (WHO) (416) 336-6441
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds; VOC's (benzene); semi-VOC's (phenol); pesticides; PCB's.
microorganisms (total and fecal coliform); physical and chemical indicators of water quality;
ions (including flouride)
Surface and ground water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Global (over 60 countries)
1976-Prcsent
Varies; samples collected by individual countries; data collection by participating agencies
and the Collaborating Center varies from country to country
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Global Environmental Monitoring Systems (GEMS)
World Health Organization (WHO); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
Dr. Gerry Moy. (WHO) 41-22-791-3698
Jerry Burke, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services(FDA), (202) 245-1307
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds; pesticides; PCB's; aflatoxins
Food
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Global (over 60 countries)
1979-Present
Varies; samples collected by individual countries; data collected yearly by participating
institutions; approximately every 3 years by me data center
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Pesticide Information Network (PIN)
EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs
Constance Hoheisel. EPA. (703) SS7-S4SS
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
on
inorganic compounds, VOC's, dionns/furans, aesthetic)
Water, soil; air, food sources; non-food sources (plants, animals); human samples; bulk
rhpmiralc
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1970-Presem
Irregular, each project has its own sampling frequency
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Ocean Pollution Data and Information Network (OPDIN)
Sponsoring Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Roz Cohen. Chief OPDIN. NOAA (202) 6064539
Data Base Name (Acronym)
[Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Various pollution types (unnamed)
Water (oceans and the Cheat Lakes)
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1978-present
Annual
Data Base Name (Acronym) Integrated Management Information System (IMIS)
Sponsoring Agency DOL/Oocupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Contact John Katalinas. Office of Management Data Systems (202) 219-7008
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
OSHA controlled hazardous substances
actual measurements in industrial settings
firm name, location and industry
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1979 to present (federal data 60% of nations); 1984-1990 to present (State OSHA Plans
Data collected as pan of inspections conducted daily
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Annual Survey of Occupational Injury and Illness
Bureau of Labor Statistics
William Weber. Office of Satiety. Health, and Working Conditions
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other Private Sector, Rates and Numbers of work related injury and illness by SIC
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1972 to present
Annual data collection on calendar year basis
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Coastal Wetlands Inventory
DOONational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Don Field, Office of Ocean Conservation and Assessment. (301) 443-0453
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
see National Wetlands Inventory
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
All coastal counties and estuaries as described by NOAA's National Estuanne Inventory
program on the East, West Gulf Coasts
1989
Data were collected on a one-time basis
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Water Quality Information Center
USDA/Nanonal Agricufcunl Library
Joe Makuch. Water Quality Information Center
This is not a database. The Center collects, organizes and disseminates information on the
scientific, educational and public policy aspects of water quality and agriculture
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBC)
DOI/National Biological Survey
Phil Wondra. National Biological Survey (303) 969-2590
This is not a database. The NED is a data library that allows users to discover, access, and
analyze data located in files, publications cud computos from many sources
Data Base Name (Acronym)
[Agency
Contact
Federal Reporting Database System
Sponsoring Agency EPA/Office of Oroundwater and Drinking Water
Cecil J. Sexton. Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, (202) 260-7276
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Gjmpounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Inorganic compounds, VOCs, Serai-VOCs, pesticides. PCBs, and physical and chemical
indicators of water quality
Surface water and ground water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
National
1976-present
Collection Frequency Various depending on size of the public water supply and the monitoring requirements of
state and federal regulations
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Data Base Name (Acronym) Great Lakes Fish Monitonng Program
Sponsoring Agency EPA/Great Lakes National Program Office
Contact David DeVault, Great Lakes National Program Office
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
CoDection Frequency
Data Base Name (Acronym) National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (Version 2) (NAPAP)
EPA/Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
.EPA-RTP, (919) 541-1818
Sponsoring Agency
Contact Janice Wagner,
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Criteria pollutants. VOCs. total hydrocarbons, total and size fractionated particulaies,
acids/acid aerosols, and inorganic compounds
Environmental/Media Air (point and area source emissions)
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National (48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia) and Canada (up to 60 degrees
north ifltitwlf)
1985
Performed once in 1985
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Angelia Bland. Master Directory User Support (301) 513-1687
Data Coverage: The GCMD is a raultidisceplanary directory of data sets that are of potential interest to the
earth and space sciences research community. The primary contents of the Master Directory
are descriptions of data sets.
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Compliance System
(PCS)
EPA/Office of Water Enforcement and Permits
Dela Ng, Office of Water Enforcement and Permits. (202) 475-8323
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds Inorganic compounds, VOCs, semi
Environmental/Media
Other
i-VOCs, PCBs. radionuclides. microorganisms, and
physical and chemical indicators of water quality
Effluent discharges, both municipal and private
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1986-present
Mixed frequency; site-specific based on the NPDES permit requirement
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Storage and Retrieval of Water Quality Data (STORE!)
EPA/Office of Water
Thomas Pandolfi, EPA, (202) 260-7030
Inorganic compounds, VOCs, semi- VOCs, pesticides, PCBs. radionuclides, and physical and
chemical indicators of water quality
Water (surface water, ground water); soil (sediment); food sources (fish)
National; U.S. Territories; portions of Canada
1950s (some data from 1910s)-present
Varies by organization collecting data
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Acid Deposition Program/National Trends Network
Interagency Effort
Ranard J. Pickering. U.S. Geological Survey. (703) 648-6875
Hydrogen, sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, calcium, chloride, magnesium, sodium, and potassium
ions
Precipitation
pH and specific conductance of precipitation
National (although not all Slates have stations with their boundaries)
1979-present
Weekly (only some sites)
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Freauenev
Nonoccupational Pesticide Exposure Study (NOPES)
EPA/Atmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory (AREAL)
Andrew E. Bond, AREAL, (919) 541-4329
Pesticides
Air. water, food sources, dennal contact
City or municipality (Jacksonville, FL, and Springfield/Chicopee, MA)
1985-1988
Sinele and multi-seasons data collection over three vears
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Total Diet Study (Market Basket Study)
DBMS/Food and Drag Administration
Ellis L. Gunderson, Division of Contaminants Chemistry. (202) 245-1 1 52
Inorganic compounds, semi-VOCs, pesticides. PCBs, and radionuclides
Drinking water, human food sources
National
1961-piesent
Quarterly
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
DOC/Narional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NGDC Information Services Division. NOAA/NESDIS, (303) 497-6958
Marine geophysical parameters , marine geological parameters, geothermal parameters, snow
i*n(J iw 4au., canhouakc and tsunami data and ceonumetic data
• & o
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
CoDection Frequency
Hazardous Waste Injection Well Database (HWIW)
EPA/Office of Ground water and Drinking Water
Mario Salazar, Groundwater Protection Division, (202) 260-5530
Ground water
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Data Base Name (Acronym) Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP)
Sponsoring Agency Department of
Contact
Defense
Public Affairs Office at installation of interest
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1984-presem
Annually
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Water Resources and Ecological Monitoring
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dr. Neil E. Carter, TVA-Waier Resources Division
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Turbidity, suspended solids, toricity screening, selected metals, dissolved oxygen, pH, and
major cations and onions
Surface water
Geographic Coverage Tenessee Valley
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Varies depending on media and compound
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Herbicide Use Database
National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
Leonard Gianessi, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy. (202) 328-5036
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, fumagants, growth retardanis, and defoliants
Environmental/Media Cropland
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection
National
1986-presem
The database is updated approximately two years
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Subsurface Microbiology Culture Collection (SMCC)
Department of Energy
Dr. D. BaDcwill. Curator, Florida State University (904) 644-5719
Data Coverage:
Enviromnental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
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Data Base Name (Acronym) National Fisheries Survey (1982)
EPA/Office of Water and DOI/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Assessment and Watershed Protection Division
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Assessment of the biological condition of water bodies
All flowing water excluding the Great Lakes, estuaries, coastal waters, and wetlands
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Contiguous 48 States
1982
Data was collected once in 1982
N1OSHTIC
Sponsoring Agency DHHS/National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Bill Bennett, Information Acquisition Data Systems. (513) 533-8317
Data Base Name (Acronym)
; Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
NIOSH1TC contains bibliographic citations and abstract of occupational safety and health
materials
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National and international literature
1860-present
The system increase by 500 records per month
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Ambient Ozone Concentrations
DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Division
Elizabeth A. Coveney, Brookhaven National Laboratory. (516) 282-2259
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Ozone levels
Air
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1978101982
Seven-hour averages were calculated for 2,3,4. and 5 month periods
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
319 Non-point source a
EPA, Office of Water
Dove Weitman, EPA/OW, 202/260-7100
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
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Data Base Name (Acronym) TMDL's
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
EPA Office of Water
Mirai Dannel, EPA/OW 202/260-1897
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds Selected Impairment Crii
ritena
Environmental/Media
Other
Surface Water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1992 to Present
Biennially
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
304 (1) Short List Database (Short List)
EPA Office of Water
Contact Rob Wood, EPA/OW. 202/260-9536
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
126 Priority Pollutants under 307 (a)
Water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1988-9
One time assessment
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact Barry Burgan, EPA/OW, 202/260-7060
Section 305 (b) reports
EPA. Office of Water
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Agricultural runoff, POTWs runoff, non-point source discharge, metals and organics
Water
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Nation and Territories
1984 to Present
Biennially
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Methane (METH)
EPA. Office of Air and Radiation
Contact Holly Reed. EPA/OAR. 919/541-5616
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Methane
Air
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Needs survey of existing and potential POTWs (NEEDS)
EPA, Office of Air and Radiation
Len Fitch 202/260-5827
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
None
Air
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National and Territories
1973 to Present
Biennially
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Sediment Inventory (NSI)
EPA, Office of Water
Tom Armitage, EPA /OST. 202/260-5388
Contaminants, Toxicity, Tissue Residue, Benthic organisms
Aquatic Sediment
National
Fust study 1994
Biennially
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Council On Environmental Quality, Annual Report (CEQ)
CEQ
Wendell Stills
Air, Water. Soil. Tissues
National
1969 to Present
Annually
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
National Center for Health Statistics
Jennifer Madans. NCHS, 301/436-5975
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
None
None
Other Blood and Tissues
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1972 to Present
Every Four Years
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National Environmental Data Referral System (NEDRES)
DOC/Nanonal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gerald Barton. NOAA. (202) 260-454*
Climatic, meteorological, satellite remote sensing, pollution, fisheries, oceanographic
Air. water
NEDRES identifies the existence, location, characteristics, and availability of environmental
data
National
Various according to referred data base
Various according to referred data base
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
NOAA Earth Systm Data Directory (NESDD)
DOI/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gerald Barton. NOAA. (202) 2604548
Climatic, meteorological, satellite remote sensing, pollution, fisheries, oceanographic
Air, water
NESDD is an interactive directory to NOAA data sets mat provides the location of
environmental data
National
Various according to referred data base
Various according to referred data base
Name (Acronym) Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES)
DataBase
Sponsoring Agency
National Center for Health Statistics
Contact Vicky Bun. NCHS. 301/436-7080
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
None
None
Blood and Tissue
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National (Cubans in Miami. Mexicans in California, and Puerto Ricans in NY. NJ and CT.
1982
Onetime
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Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Indoor Air Data Collection System (1ADCS 3.0)
EPA
Susan Womble, EPA/OAR. 202/233-9057
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
CO, CO2. Formaldehyde. PM10. Humidity, Temperature
Air, Sound, Light
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
1993- Present
Ongoing
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
Department of Energy
Data Coverage:
EnvironmentaiyCompounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Data Base Name (Acronym)
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
DOE/
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
Data Base Name (Acronym) Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain (ASCOT)
Sponsoring Agency DOE/Argoime National Laboratory
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
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Data Base Name (Acronym) Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in toe US
EPA/Office of Solid Waste
Steve Levy, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division. (202) 260-4745
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Municipal waste
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency
National
Rianniially
Data Base Name (Acronym) Underground Storage Tank Database (STARS)
EPA/Office of Underground Storage Tanks
Peggy Flarity, Office of Underground Storage Tanks
Sponsoring Agency
Contact
Data Coverage:
Environmental/Compounds
Environmental/Media
Other
Geographic Coverage
Time Coverage
Collection Frequency!
National
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4. INVENTORY OF INDICATORS SORTED BY GOAL TOPIC
This chapter presents information on over 450 environmental and environmentally-related indicators.
Within the framework of the 13 goal topics, known and possible indicators are identified. "Environmental
indicators" refers to either direct or indirect measures of environmental quality that can be used to assess
status and trends in the environment's ability to support human and ecological health.
An abundance of useful information was obtained from the EPA's Office of Water (OW). A specific
hierarchical structure ranging from 1 (purely administrative) to 6 (purely environmental) has been
assigned to each indicator. The hierarchical structure, depicted in Figure 4.1, was originally developed
only for OW indicators (including Chesapeake Bay Program Indicators) but is used here for indicators
from other offices and departments. In addition, both the EPA and non-EPA data sources from which the
potential indicator can possibly be drawn is provided when known. Table 4-1 summarizes the indicators
by goal topic and hierarchical level. It gives the number of indicators in this report relevant to each goal
topic at each hierarchical level, separately for actual indicators currently reported and for potential
indicators that have been proposed or are under development.
In this chapter, indicators are grouped by goal topic. The indicators within each goal topic are then sorted
alphabetically. Abridged lists of the indicators are presented in Chapter 5, sorted by program or agency,
and in Chapter 6, sorted by hierarchical level within goal topic. Indicators relevant to two or more goal
topics are presented with each of the relevant goal topics. For many of the proposed indicators, the
sources did not report potential datasets or databases corresponding to the indicator. An attempt was
made to identify relevant datasets and databases for these indicators, however, relevant datasets or
databases could not be identified for some potential indicators. Thus, for these indicators, source datasets
and databases are "To be determined."
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Contributions from offices and departments were found in several draft reports1. More specific
information on the databases/datasets locations and availability can be found in Chapter 3.
Sources of the indicators include Setting Environmental Goals for the Nation (Draft from EPA, 1993). Environmental Indicators: Policies,
Programs, and Success Stones Notebook (EPA/OPPE/Eovtronmenul Results and Forecasting Branch), and List of Candidate Indicators from the
National Environmental Goals and Indicators Conference (New Orleans. LA. February 2-4,1994), Compendium of Environmental Statistics
and Information (Draft from EPA/ESID, 1993), Office of Water Environmental Goals (Draft from Office of Water, 1993), The
National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report (EPA/OAQPS, 1993), RCRA Environmental Indicators: FY1992 Progress
Report (EPA/OSWER/OSW/ Communications, Analysis, and Budget Division, 1993), Environmental Indicators: Measuring
Our Progress (EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program, 1993), Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 1985-1990
(DOE/EIA-0573, 1993), Polychlorinated Dibemofurans and Polychlonnated Dibenzo-p-Duadns in Great Lakes Fish: A
Baseline and InterloJee Comparison (De Vault, et al, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 8, pp. 1013-1022, 1989),
Contaminant Trends in Lake Trout from the Upper Great Lakes (De Vault, et al, Archives of Environmental Contamination
and Toxicology, Vol. 15, pp. 349-356,1986), Contaminants in Fish from Great Lakes harbors and Tributary Mouths (De Vault,
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 14, pp. 587-594, 1985), Environmental Indicator Data
Available for Seven Southeast States (Lynn Brown, TVA, March 21,1994), a Listing of data collected at the farm level by ERS
for the assessment of environmental objectives (Ann Vandeman, ERS, March 15, 1994), and Riparian-Wetland Performance
Measures (Donald Waite, DOI (BLM, 1994).
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Figure 4.1: A Continuum of Information on Environmental Indicators
Activity Measures
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Goal Topic
Clean Surface Waters
Safe Drinking Water
Clean Air
Safe Indoor Environments
Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Climate Change Risk Reduction
Ecological Protection
Safe Food
Cleanup of Contaminated Sites
Worker Health and Safely
Prevent of Oil Spills and Chemical Accidents
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Improved Understanding of the Environment
Total
* Note: The first number represents currently
1/7
4/23
reported indicators,
dicators by
2
Actions by
Sources
3/2
2/2
0/1
0/1
0/0
I/O
7/3
I/I
0/2
1/1
2/4
9/8
4/1
Goal Topic and Hierarchical Level *
Hierarchical Level
3 4
Emissions/Discharge Ambient
Quantities Concentrations
7/15
6/11
8/4
0/1
0/2
30/1
10/12
5/0
0/5
0/0
6/9
14/13
0/1
7/8
2/5
13/5
2/11
0/3
0/1
33/21
3/3
0/4
1/2
0/2
1/2
0/1
30/26 86/74 61/68
and the second number shows indicators that have
5
Uptake, Body
Burden
5/4
2/2
0/0
2/3
I/O
0/0
2tS
0/0
0/0
4/2
0/1
0/2
0/1
16/20
been proposed
6
Health Effects
Ecological Effects
2/0
1/0
1/1
1/2
I/O
0/0
7/15
3/7
0/0
I/I
1/0
2/1
0/0
Total
24/29
13/21
22/11
5/20
2/5
31/2
61/56
12/11
0/14
7/8
9/20
27/30
5/11
21/27 218/238
or are under development.
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Inventory of Indicators
4.1 EPA Goal Topic: Clean Surface Waters
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators (nationally and by
state)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (national and by state)
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Beach closures: miles closed and organism levels
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b) (available but needs improvement) and Regional
Other Sources: State health departments and NRDC (both have limited data
available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Bemie Fowler's "Sneaker Index"
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Biomass offish and other organisms in streams and lakes
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-5 Westat,Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sotted by Goal Topic
Chesapeake Basin Forests
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: CBPO databases
Other Sources: USDA Forest Service database
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Chesapeake Basin Land Use
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: CBPO databases
Other Sources: USDA Forest Service database
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Chesapeake Bay Acres under integrated pest management
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: NPDES
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Discharges to coastal waters
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Disease outbreaks from swimming
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: Regional
Other Sources: CDC and State health departments (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Wesiau Inc. 4-6
Octobers, 1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Dissolved oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Dissolved oxygen in Tennessee Valley reservoirs
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Groundwater quality monitoring
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: WATSTORE
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Ground water quality
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CWGWPP Biennial Report and OPTS - PGWDB (both available
but need improvement) and NPSurvey, 305(b), STORET, and
ERAMS (all have limited data available now)
Other Sources: WIDB and USGS (both available but need improvement) and
USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Index of biotic integrity from specific sites on the Tennessee River
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI, CBPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-7 Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Kepone in finfish tissue
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: Chesapeake Bay Program (CBPO) database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrogen concentrations in the bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-8
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of days a system is in compliance with drinking water standards as a percentage of total
days die system is in operation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented annually
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of public use sites in die Tennessee Valley where water contact use is impaired
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-9 Westau Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for drinking
water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of underground storage tank releases
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Nutrient concentrations in the Great Lakes
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: Great Lakes Program Office (GLPO) databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes National Program
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Nutrient loadings to the Great Lakes
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes National Program
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Oil and hazardous waste spills in waterways
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Transportation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-10
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Water Summary, Water Use Program
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Percent of assessed river miles, lake acres, and estuary square miles fully supporting designated
uses
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
pH of streams and lakes
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency. EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Phosphorous concentrations in the bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Point source nitrogen loadings
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Point source phosphorus loadings
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-11 Westat,Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Population and municipal sewage flow
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: BRS, RCRIS, CERCLIS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Recreational boat wastes
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Reported attainment of Clean Water Act goals for rivers and streams, lakes, and estuaries
Hierarchical Level: 3-4
EPA Data Sources: Section 305(b) reports, 319 assessments
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Reservoir use impairment index in the Tennessee Valley
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Stream water quality, by pollution indicator
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Water Summary
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Wesiat,Inc. 4-12
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Timing, methods, and quantities of chemical applications
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Agricultural Chemical Usage
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Total precipitation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: NCDC-NOAA
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Types of irrigation systems
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: TRI
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Waters meet swimming and secondary contact designated uses
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b) and STORET/WBS (both available but need
improvement)
Other Sources: NOAA - NS&T (available now but needs improvement); USFWS
- NCBP (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-13 Westat, Inc.
October9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
4.2 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Drinking Water
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators (nationally and by
state)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: BRS, RCRIS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (national and by state)
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Blood lead levels in children
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: CDC (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/OPPT
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: NPDES
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Drinking water (ground and surface waters) levels for individual contaminants
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: FRDS (limited data available now)
Other Sources: WATSTORE
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Groundwater quality monitoring
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: NASQAN
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-14
October9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI, CBPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Infant mortality rates
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Vital Statistics System, Linked Birth and Infant Death
Data System
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrogen concentrations in the bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-15 Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Regional Aquatic Systems Analysis, National Water Conditions
(USGS)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of community water systems in violation by contaminant group
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: FRDS
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of days a system is in compliance with drinking water standards as a percentage of total
days in operation
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: FRDS
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented annually
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Sob'd Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS, HWIW
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Wesiat,Inc. 4-16
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are established
and monitored
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Centers for Environmental Health and Injury Control
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for drinking
water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of underground storage tank releases
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Water Use Program
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-17 Westat,lnc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sotted by Goal Topic
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Population and municipal sewage flow
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency. EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Population served by PWSS with wellhead protection
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: Wellhead Protection Biennial Reports (limited data available
now)
Other Sources: State WHP programs (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: BRS, RCRIS, CERCLIS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-18
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Water Use Programs
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Total precipitation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: NCDC-NOAA
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: TRI
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Waters meet drinking water supply designated use
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b) and STORET/WBS (both available but need
improvement)
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-19 Westat,Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
4.3 EPA Goal Topic: Clean Air
Acid deposition data on the Tennessee Valley and Whitetop Mountain, VA
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Ambient concentration of toxics at points of human exposure
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Ambient levels of acidic aerosols
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Carbon monoxide concentration trends
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Carbon monoxide emission trends, by source
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Concentrations of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting gases
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc 4-20
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Emissions of CFCs
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
Department of Energy
Proposed
Estimates of toxics emissions (based on the number of sources in compliance with MACT
standards, sources with voluntary reductions, the Motor Vehicle Control Program, and the SARA
313 TRI database)
3
TRI, AIRS
To be determined
EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Proposed
Emissions of toxics from major stationary sources
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
TRI, AIRS
To be determined
EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Proposed
Hazardous air emissions, by source
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Lead concentration trends
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Lead emission trends, by source
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
3
AIRS
none
EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Currently reported
4
AIRS
none
EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Currently reported
3
AIRS
none
EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Currently reported
4-21
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Nitrogen dioxide concentration trends
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrogen dioxide emission trends, by source
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of days each major city was in each Pollution Standard Index (PSI) category and Ozone
PSI category
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Vital Statistics System
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in non-attainment of one or more air quality
standards, by pollutant
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Ozone concentration trends
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat, Inc. 4-22
October?. 1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Paniculate matter concentration trends
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Paniculate matter emission trends, by source
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Populations in non-attainment areas, by pollutant
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Respiratory cases per year per 100,000 related to poor air quality
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Soil gases related to ambient O3 formation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
State progress under State Implementation Plans for improving attainment
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-23 Westat, Inc.
October 9. 1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Stratigraphic ozone trends
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Sulfur dioxides concentration trends
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions (individual sources)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Sulfur oxides emissions trends, by source
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Total Clean Air Act toxic species air releases, by state
Hierarchical Level: 4-5
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Total emissions of Clean Air Act toxic species, by toxic species
Hierarchical Level: 4-5
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat, Inc. 4-24
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
U.S. and global air temperature trends
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Visibility impairment at monitoring sites
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Volatile organic compounds emission trends, by source
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-25 Westaulnc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
4.4 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Indoor Environments
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
5-6
To be determined
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Proposed
none
National Hospital Discharge Survey
Department of Health and Human Services
Currently reported
Asthma morbidity as measured by asthma hospitalization
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Building stock characteristics
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Proposed
Cases of sickness caused by indoor air quality
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
"Critter Index"
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Emission density zoning
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
Department of Health and Human Services
Proposed
To be determined
To be determined
Department of Agriculture
Proposed
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
Proposed
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
4-26
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Inventory of Indicators
Estimated Radon levels in the United States households based on the National Residential Radon
Survey
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: National Residential Radon Survey
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Health care cost and productivity loss or time (tied to "cases of sickness caused by indoor air
quality, e.g., asthma, carbon monoxide exposure)
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: N1OSH, Annual Survey of Occupational Injury and Illness
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Indoor air quality in the Chattanooga and Nashville, TN, areas
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Indoor air standards and enforcement
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: Indoor Air Data System
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Indoor air trends analysis (based on actual measurements and review of building parameters)
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: Indoor Air Data System
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Indoor exposure to pesticides
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-27 Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of exposures which result in workers having blood lead concentrations greater than 25
ug/dL of whole blood
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: NIOSH
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of homes tested with radon levels above action level that are mitigated
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: National Residential Radon Survey
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of homes with radon-resistant building construction
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: National Residential Radon Survey
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Vital Statistics System
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of occupational skin disorders or disease
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted construction
standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Environmental Law Institute
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-28
October 9, 1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational lung
diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Public Health Foundation
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Percent of individuals that live in residences that meet current ASHRAE standards
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Percent of individuals that work in buildings that meet or exceed current ASHRAE standards
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: OSHA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Labor
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Percent of smoke free environments versus total environments
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: OSHA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Labor
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Person-hours of exposure to new chemicals
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Usage of off-gassing products and materials per capita
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-29 Weslat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Worker right to know
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: OSHA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Labor
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat,Inc. 4-30
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
4.5 EPA Goal Topic: Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Average ozone levels (median during ozone season)
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Chesapeake Basin Forests
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: USDA Forest Service database
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Historical production of CFCs in the United States
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Vital Statistics System
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Production/consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Stratospheric concentrations of chlorine
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-31 Wesiat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
UV-B levels at earth's surface
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Wesiat, Inc. 4-32
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indkators
4.6 EPA Goal Topic: Climate Change Risk Reduction
Average global temperature
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Climate Change Program (USGS), NOAA
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: EIA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil energy consumption by end-use sector
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: EIA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Carbon dioxide emissions from gas flaring
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Natural Gas Account
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Bureau of Mines databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Carbon emissions from aluminum production
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Bureau of Mines databases
Sponsoring Agency. Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-33 Westai, Inc.
October 9. 1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sotted by Goal Topic
Carbon sequestered by nonfuel use of energy
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: EIA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Chlorofluorocarbon and halon sales
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
(DOE)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Concentrations of cations and anions in precipitation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Emissions of CO2 per capita
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Emissions of C&2 per unit of energy consumed
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Emissions of CO2 per unit of GDP
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westai, Inc. 4-34
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Emissions of common anthropogenic pollutants
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Energy-related emissions of CC>2, by source
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Annual Energy Review, State Energy Data Report
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Fossil fuel consumption for nonfuel use
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Annual Energy Review
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from anthropogenic sources
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the U.S.
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from coal mining and post-mining activities
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: EIA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from enteric fermentation in domestic animals
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Census of Agriculture
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-35 Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Methane emissions from landfills
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste, Anthropogenic
Methane Emissions in the U.S.
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the US
Other Sources: Natural Gas Annual, Petroleum Supply Annual, Annual Energy
Review
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from oil and gas operations
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the US
Other Sources: Annual Energy Review, Petroleum Supply Annual
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from oil refining and transportation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: EIA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from the solid waste of domesticated animals
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Census of Agriculture
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Methane emissions from stationary combustion sources
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Annual Energy Review, State Energy Data Report
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westau Inc. 4-36
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Methane emissions from transportation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Federal Highway Statistics
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status-. Currently reported
Natural gas consumption and balancing item
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Monthly Energy Review
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrous oxide emissions from adipic acid
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Various chemical engineering journals
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen fertilizer
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Commercial Fertilizers (TVA and USDA)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrous oxide emissions from stationary combustion sources
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: EIA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrous oxide emissions from transportation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Federal Highway Statistics, EIA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-37 Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Nonmethane volatile organic compound emissions
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Total emissions of Greenhouse Gases
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Annual Energy Review, State Energy Data Report
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Total nitrous oxide emissions
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: AIRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat. Inc. 4-38
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
4.7 EPA Goal Topic: Ecological Protection
Acres and percent of cropland exceeding erosion tolerance in the Tennessee Valley
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Acres of bay grasses
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Acres of commercial forest land in the Tennessee Valley
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Acres of land successfully returned to its natural state
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Acres of prime and nonprime farmlands removed from agriculture uses in the Tennessee Valley
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Acres under integrated pest management
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-39 Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Amount and condition of terrestrials and aquatic types
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amounts/percent of solid waste disposed of by methods of disposal management, e.g., landfill,
incineration, recycling, composting, waste to energy
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of recyclables collected compared to the amount of recycled materials used in the
production of new products
Hierarchical Level: 3-4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of underdeveloped (i.e., national, state) land as a percentage of total land
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Annual soil loss
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: National Resource Inventory (SCS)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Area and perimeter ratio (i.e., fragmentation)
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Wesiat, Inc. 4-40
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Bald eagle population count
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Benthic macroinvertabrates
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Big and small game population
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
CBPO database
Endangered Species Database
EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Proposed
EMAP and BIOS/STORET (both available now but need
improvement)
NOAA - ELMR, NOAA - NS&T, MMS, USGS - NAWQA and
State Water Programs (all have limited data available now).
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
4
none
To be determined
Department of Agriculture
Proposed
Biota tissue concentration for key contaminants
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
Department of the Interior
Proposed
Change in impervious surface area
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Chesapeake basin forests
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
Department of Agriculture
Proposed
CBPO database
USDA Forest Service database
EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Proposed
4-41
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Chesapeake Basin land use
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: USDA Forest Service database
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Chlordane in Great Lake lake trout
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in Great Lakes harbor and tributary fish samples
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Chlorinated aromatics in Great Lake harbor and tributary fish samples
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Commercial landings of selected fish and shellfish
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Fisheries Statistics Program
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Contaminants in Great Lake fishes
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westai, Inc. 4-42
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Contaminants in herring gull eggs from Great Lakes
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Contaminant in mussels
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Dacthal in Great Lake chinook
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
DDT in Great Lake lake trout
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Dieldrin in Great Lake lake trout
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
GLPO databases
none
EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Proposed
none
Mussel Watch Program
Department of Commerce
Proposed
GLPO databases
none
EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Currently reported
GLPO databases
none
EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Currently reported
GLPO databases
none
EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Currently reported
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
2
NPDES
none
EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Currently reported
4-43
Westai, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Ecological community monitoring
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Proposed
Ecoregion assessment, e.g., instream, biological, and riparian area habitat assessment
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Endrine in Great Lake chinook
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
Department of the Interior
Proposed
GLPO databases
none
EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Currently reported
Environmental releases of PMN substances
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Farm soil characteristics
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Faunal composition
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Proposed
none
National Resource Inventory (SCS)
Department of Agriculture
Currently reported
EMAP (no data available now)
USFWS - BEST and States (both have data available now)
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
Westat, Inc.
Octobers, 1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Field residue monitoring of environmental matrices
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency.
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Proposed
Fish (assemblage) or EBI-like index
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Floral composition
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
30S(b), EMAP and BIOS/STORET (all available now but need
improvement)
NOAA - ELMR, NOAA - NS&T, NOAA - FSP, USFWS
NCBP, USGS - NAWQA and State Water Programs (all have
limited data available now) and USFWS - BEST (no data
available now)
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
EMAP (no data available now)
USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now) and USFWS
BEST and States (both have data available now)
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
4
none
Growth/removal ratio for hardwoods and softwoods in the Tennessee Valley
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Habitat (physical structure)
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Tennessee Valley Authority
Currently reported
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
EMAP and BIOS/STORET (both available now but need
improvement)
USDA Forest Service, USFWS - BEST, USGS - NAWQA and
State Water Programs (all have limited
data available now)
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
4-45
Westau Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Heptachlor epoxide in Great Lake chinook
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Hexachlorobenze in Great Lake chinook
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Indicator comparing the amount of PCBs retired from service with amount properly disposed
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI, CBPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Intact ecosystems functions, e.g. natural, fire, and flood regimes; nutrient cycling
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Integrated pest management (IPM) practices and alternatives to chemical control, by crop
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westal, Inc. 4-46
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Ketones and aldehydes in Great Lake tributary and harbor fish samples
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Land use/management changes over time, including wetlands and other aquatic systems
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Loss or gain of wetland acreage
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: Regional
Other Sources: USFWS - NWI and NOAA - NCWI (both have data available but
need improvement) and USGS - NAWQA (limited data available
now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Methyl ether in Great Lake chinook
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently Reported
Monitoring of releases at disposal sites
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Monocyclic aromatics in Great Lake fish samples
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-47 Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Nitrogen concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Water Summary
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of cooperative actions and partnerships with state, other federal agencies, private
companies, private individuals, and non-profit groups on riparian wetlands
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Wesiat, Inc. 4-48
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of exceedances of surface water quality standards, criteria levels of biological, chemical,
parameters, and standards
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Water Summary
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of land acres and river miles acquired for riparian-wetland management
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of permits, rights-of-way, protective withdrawals, etc., issued with riparian stipulations
and/or mitigation action on managed riparian-wetland land and rivers
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of research projects on riparian wetlands
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian land acres and river miles changed from non-functional to functioning at risk
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-49 Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
-------
Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of riparian land acres and river miles changed from functioning at risk to proper
functioning condition
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian land acres and river miles remaining in proper functioning condition
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian land acres and river miles assessed for proper functioning condition
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian land acres of ecological site inventory
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian water rights acquired
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian water sources identified and quantitative assessment including instream flow
assessments
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat, Inc. 4-50
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of riparian-wetland management actions monitored
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian-wetland plans prepared/revised
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian-wetland projects developed
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of riparian-wetland projects maintained
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of significant new chemical use rules written
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for drinking
water supplies, fish and aquatic b'fe, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-51 Westat, Inc.
October9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of tunes surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
PCBs in Great Lake lake trout and rainbow smelt
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: Great Lakes Program Office (GLPO) databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Water Use Program (USGS)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Percent of changed land uses
Hierarchical Level 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Land Use/Land Cover Program (USGS), Strategic Assessment
Program (NOAA), EMAP
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Percentage of developed land occurring in previously developed land versus previously
undeveloped land
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Pesticide container reuse/recycle.
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Wesiat. Inc. 4-52
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Pesticide tolerance exceedances
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Pesticide usage/human and ecological risk index
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Phenols in Great Lake fish samples
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Phthalates in Great Lake harbor and tributary fish samples
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Plankton and periphyton assemblages
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Research Institutions. State Water Programs and USGS
NAWQA (all have limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-S3 Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Poisoning incidence reporting (human and ecological incidence)
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Great Lakes fish samples
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: GLPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Great Lakes Program Office
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Population trends in migratory and resident songbirds
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Population trends of selected species including keystone species, listed, threatened, and
endangered
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Endangered Species Database
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-54
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Post-hoc analysis of casualties and estimation of casualties avoided to response
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Proposed
Projected amount/years to capacity for landfills by waste type
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Proportion of non-native biota
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Rangeland conditions
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Rural land conservation needs
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Rural land erosion
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
EPA/Office of Sob'd Waste and Emergency Response
Proposed
To be determined
To be determined
Department of the Interior
Proposed
4
none
To be determined
Department of Agriculture
Proposed
none
National Resource Inventory (SCS)
Department of Agriculture
Proposed
none
National Resource Inventory (SCS)
Department of Agriculture
Currently reported
4-55
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Species of special emphasis (threatened, endangered, recovered)
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Endangered Species Database
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Stock assessments for U.S. fisheries, marine mammals and sea turtles
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Stream miles opened for migratory fish around the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Water Use Program (USGS)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Total precipitation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: National Climatic Data Center (MAA)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Total unreclaimed noncoal mined acres in the Tennessee Valley
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat, Inc. 4-56
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Trends in Finfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Striped Bass
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Trends in Finfish in the Chesapeake Bay: White Perch
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Trends in Shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Blue Crab
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Trends in Shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Oysters
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Trends in Waterfowl in and around the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: USFWS database
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Trends in wetlands
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: National Wetlands Inventory, National Wetlands Map (USGS)
Sponsoring Agency: Department of the Interior
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-57 WesUUlnc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Variability/diversity in populations, communities, ecosystems, genetic variability with populations
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
Department of the Interior
Proposed
Volume of hardwood and softwood growing stop on commercial forest lands in the Tennessee
Valley
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Waterfowl ponds
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey
Department of the Interior
Currently reported
Waterfowl population estimates
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
4
none
Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey
Department of the Interior
Currently reported
Waters meet aquatic life designated uses
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
305(b) and STORET/WBS (both available now but need
improvement)
none
EPA/Office of Water
Proposed
Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
4-58
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Inventory of Indicators
4.8 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Food
Commodities residue levels
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pollution and Toxic Substances
Proposed
Comparative use of pesticides and estimated ecological risk on indicator crops
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency.
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pollution and Toxic Substances
Proposed
Disease outbreaks from fish and shellfish consumption
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Bases:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Fish advisories
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
ODES/STORET (limited data available now)
CDC (limited data available now)
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
4
305(b) and STORET/WBS (both available but need
improvement) and EMAP and OST - FAD (both have limited
data available now)
NOAA - NS&T (available now but needs improvement); USFWS
- NCBP; and USGS - NAWQA (both have limited data available
now)
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
TRI, CBPO databases
none
EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Currently reported
4-59
Wesiat, Inc.
October 9, 1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Infant mortality rates
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Vital Statistics System, Linked Birth and Infant Death
Data System
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Integrated pest management (IPM) practices and alternatives to chemical control, by crop
Hierarchical Level: 2-3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Kepone in finfish tissue in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nitrogen concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat,Inc. 4-60
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of carcinogens removed from registered pesticides
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Pesticide intakes from food
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Pesticide residues in food
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Pesticide tolerance exceedances
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
To be determined
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pollution and Toxic Substances
Proposed
Anticipated Residues in Food
To be determined
Department of Agriculture
Proposed
Anticipated Residues in Food
To be determined
Department of Agriculture
Proposed
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pollution and Toxic Substances
Proposed
Pesticide usage/human and ecological risk index
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency.
Keywords:
Status:
To be determined
none
EPA/Office of Prevention, Pollution and Toxic Substances
Proposed
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
CBPO database
none
EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Currently reported
4-61
Wesut,Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sotted by Goal Topic
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Poisoning incidence reporting (human and ecological incidence)
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pollution and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Shellfish bed closures
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b) and STORETAVBS (both available now but need
improvement)
Other Sources: NOAA - NSR and NOAA - NS&T (both available now but need
improvement)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Waters meet fish and shellfish consumption designated uses
hierarchical level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b) and STORET/WBS (both available but need
improvement)
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-62
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Waters with fish contaminant levels of concern to human health
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b), STORET/WBS and ODES (all available now but need
improvement); EMAP (limited data available now); and OST -
NFTD (no data available now)
Other Sources: NOAA - NS&T and USGS - NAWQA (available now but needs
improvement); SFWS - NCBP (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-63 Westat. Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
4.9 EPA Goal Topic: Cleanup of Contaminated Sites
Control of contaminant releases at high priority hazardous waste sites
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Extent of contaminated sites
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b), Superfund and BIOS/STORET (all have data available
but need improvement) and CSSI (no data available now),
RCRIS.CERCLIS
Other Sources: NOAA - NS&T and USGS - NAWQA (both have limited data
available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Federal expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of exceedances of surface water quality standards, criteria levels of biological, chemical,
parameters, and standards
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Water Summary (USGS)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of leaking underground storage tanks cleaned up
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westal,lnc. 4-64
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of sites at which cleanup has been initiated and/or progress has been made toward media
cleanup goals established in the ROD
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of sites where the immediate actions to protect nearby populations have been taken
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CERCLJS
Other Sources: Census data
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of Superfund completions
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: CERCLIS
Other Sources: Site Completion Reports
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of underground storage tank site cleanups for petroleum releases completed
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
Hierarchical Level: 1-2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Private expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-65 Weaat,Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Selected water quality parameters
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: EMAP and BIOS/STORET (both have limited data available
now)
Other Sources: USGS - NASQAN Stations and USGS - NAWQA (both have
limited data available now) and National Monitoring Systems
Stations (no data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
State environmental expenditures
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Water quality standards attainment
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: 305(b) (data available but needs improvement) and 303(d),
304(1), and BIOS/STORET (all have limited data available now)
Other Sources: USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Wesiat, Inc. 4-66
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
4.10 EPA Goal Topic: Worker Health and Safety
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Asthma morbidity as measured by asthma hospitalization
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: National Hospital Discharge Survey
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Hours of fieldwork in fruit and vegetable crops, i.e., exposure to treated fields
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Hours of work and numbers of workers applying pesticides
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of acres treated with pesticides with pesticides containing toxics
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-67 Wesiau Inc.
October9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of exposures which result in workers having blood lead concentrations greater than 25
ug/dL of whole blood
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: NIOSH
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Vital Statistics System
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of occupational skin disorders or disease
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted construction
standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Environmental Law Institute
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational lung
diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Public Health Foundation
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Percent of individuals that work in buildings that meet or exceed current ASHRAE standards
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: OSHA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Labor
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-68
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Percent of smoke free environments versus total environments
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: OSHA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Labor
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Person-hours of exposure to new chemicals
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Types of protective equipment used by applicators on fruit and vegetable operations
Hierarchical Level: 2-3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Agriculture
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Worker right to know
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: OSHA databases
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Labor
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-69 Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
4.11 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of OU Spills and Chemical Accidents
33/50 Program: Reduction Commitments as of February 1992
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: TRI
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Accumulation of radioactive wastes
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Energy
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators (nationally or by
state)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (nationally and by state)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of solid-waste-related, water, air and soil contamination in pounds per person
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the U.S.
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Federal expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc. 4-70
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Key wetweather conventional pollutants from nonpoint sources and stormwater
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: EMAP and RCW Program (both have limited data available
now) and 319 Program and NPDES Stormwater Permit Program
(both have no data available now)
Other Sources: USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now); NOAA - NCDPI
(data available but needs improvement); and CZM Program (no
data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Key Wetweather conventional from CSOs
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Needs Survey (data available but needs improvement) and PCS,
TRI, and NPDES Permits (all have limited data available now)
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Marine debris
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: EMAP (limited data available now)
Other Sources: Center for Marine Conservation (data available but needs
improvement) and NOAA (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness test)
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-71 WestaUlnc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of BMP's implemented at State and local level
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCW Program (limited data available now) and 319 Program
and NPDES Stormwater Permit Program (both have no data
available now)
Other Sources: USGS • NAWQA (limited data available now) and NOAA -
NCPDI (data available but needs improvement)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: HWIW, STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of petroleum releases under control
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of releases reported to the Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: ERNS
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat. Inc. 4-72
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of State and Local Governments requiring treatment of stormwater runoff from rural,
suburban and urban land uses
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCW Program (limited data available now) and 319 Program
and NPDES Stormwater Permit Program (both have no data
available now)
Other Sources: USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now) and NOAA -
NCPDI (data available but needs improvement)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are established
and monitored
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Centers for Environmental Health and Injury Control
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of underground storage tank closures reported
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of underground storage tank reported confirmed releases
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of upgraded underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-73 Westar, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Point source toxics
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: NPDES Permits, TRI, PCS, and Needs Survey (all have data
available but need improvement) and STORET (limited data
available now)
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Pollutant loading to ground water from underground injection wells
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI (data available but needs improvement) and STORET
(limited data available now)
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
Hierarchical Level: 1-2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Private expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Selected conventional pollutants: TSS, BOD, Fecal Coliform & Nutrients
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Needs Survey (data available but needs improvement) and
PCS, EMAP, STORET, and NPDES permits (all have limited
data available now)
Other Sources: NOAA - NCPDI (data available but needs improvement) and
USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat, Inc. 4-74
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
State environmental expenditures
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Toxic chemical releases and transfers from Major Manufacturing Point Sources
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI, RCRIS, CERCLJS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI, RCRIS, CERCLJS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-75 Westai, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
4.12 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of Wastes and Harmftil Chemical Releases
33/50 Programs reported reductions
Hierarchical Level 2
EPA Data Sources: TRI
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators (nationally or by
state)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (nationally and by state)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Amount of solid-waste-related, water, air and soil contamination in pounds per person
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the U.S.
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westaulnc. 4-76
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Capacities of various treatment types in the Tennessee Valley States
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: NPDES
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Environmental releases of PMN substances
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Federal expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI, CBPO databases
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Key wetweather conventional pollutants from nonpoint sources and stormwater
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: EMAP and RCW Program (both have limited data available
now) and 319 Program and NPDES Stormwater Permit Program
(both have no data available now)
Other Sources: USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now); NOAA - NCDPI
(data available but needs improvement); and CZM Program (no
data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
4-77 Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Key wetweather conventionals from CSOs
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Lead emissions in the U.S.
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Marine debris
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
Needs Survey (data available but needs improvement) and
PCS, TRI, and NPDES Permits (all have limited data available
now)
none
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
To be determined
To be determined
EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Proposed
EMAP (limited data available now)
Center for Marine Conservation (data available but needs
improvement) and NOAA (limited data available now)
EPA/Office of Water
Currently reported
Monitoring of releases at disposal sites
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: TRI
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Municipal Solid Waste Management Trends
Hierarchical Level:
EPA Data Sources:
Other Sources:
Sponsoring Agency:
Keywords:
Status:
RCRIS, BRS, Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste
none
EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Currently reported
National index based on emissions of indicator chemicals (TRI)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
4-78
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Inventory of Indicators
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness test)
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of BMP's implemented at State and Local level
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCW Program (limited data available now) and 319 Program
and NPDES Stormwater Permit Program (both have no data
available now)
Other Sources: USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now) and NOAA -
NCPDI (data available but needs improvement)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of Class I violations found at the last inspection by number of facilities and volume of
waste
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented annually
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: TRI, RCRIS, CERCLIS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-79 Westat, Inc.
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Number of hazardous waste generators reporting waste minimization activities (OSWER Generator
Survey)
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: TRI, RCRIS, CERCLIS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 5
EPA Data Sources: HWIW, STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: National Vital Statistics System
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of State and Local Governments requiring treatment of stormwater runoff from Rural,
Suburban and Urban Land Uses
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCW Program (limited data available now) and 319 Program
and NPDES Stormwater Permit Program (both have no data
available now)
Other Sources: USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now) and NOAA -
NCPDI (data available but needs improvement)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Westat, Inc. 4-80
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are established
and monitored
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Centers for Environmental Health and Injury Control
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of Subtitle C Facilities conducting investigations and controlling releases, by priority
ranking
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of underground storage tank closures reported
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of underground storage tank reported confirmed releases
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of upgraded underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level: 2-3
EPA Data Sources: STARS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Oil and hazardous waste spills in waterways
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Transportation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
4-81 Westat, Inc.
October 9.1994
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Inventory of Indicators Sorted by Goal Topic
Percent of hazardous waste generators that initiated or expanded source reduction or recycling
activities in 1989
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS.BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency. EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Point source toxics
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: NPDES Permits, TRI, PCS, and Needs Survey (all have data
available but need improvement) and STORET (limited data
available now)
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Pollutant loading to ground water from underground injection wells
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI (data available but needs improvement) and STORET
(limited data available now)
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Post-hoc analysis of casualties and estimation of casualties avoided due to response
Hierarchical Level: 6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Air and Radiation
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Private expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Weaat, Inc. 4-82
October 9,1994
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Inventory of Indicators
Quantities of hazardous waste managed at Subtitle C Facilities by management practice
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Sob'd Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently repotted
Quantities of hazardous wastewater and non-wastewater generated by SIC code
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Quantities of primary hazardous waste generated by SIC code
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Quantity of hazardous waste generated (OS WER Generator Survey)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Ratio of hazardous waste generated to production quantity ratio (OSWER Generator Survey)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
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Recreational boat wastes
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: CBPO database
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Selected conventional pollutants: TSS, BOD, Fecal Coliform & Nutrients
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: Needs Survey (data available but needs improvement) and
PCS, EMAP, STORET, and NPDES permits (all have limited
data available now)
Other Sources: NOAA - NCPD1 (data available but needs improvement) and
USGS - NAWQA (limited data available now)
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Water
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Special national index based on multimedia releases of 17 chemical targeted by Administrator
(TRI)
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
State environmental expenditures
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Commerce
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Status of Subtitle C Facilities in the Corrective Action Program
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Trends in per capita municipal solid waste generation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
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Trends in the recovery of municipal solid waste for recycling
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Trends in number of household hazardous waste collection programs
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Trends in total municipal solid waste generation
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: RCRIS, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Sob'd Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: TRI, BRS
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Volume of hazardous waste produced in the Tennessee River Drainage area
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Water Resource and Ecological Monitoring
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
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4.13 EPA Goal Topic: Improved Understanding of the Environment
Amount of recyclables collected compared to the amount of recycled materials used in the
production of new products
Hierarchical Level: 3
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Dollar value of federal environmental enforcement
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Justice
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Federal fines collected for environmental crimes
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Justice
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Federal indictments for environmental crimes
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Justice
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness tests)
Hierarchical Level: 4
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
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Number of cooperative actions and partnerships with state, other federal agencies, private
companies, private individuals, and non-profit groups on riparian wetlands
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of major EPA Data Sets accessible to the public
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of public presentation, talks, and demonstrations on riparian wetlands
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of research projects on riparian wetlands
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted construction
standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Environmental Law Institute
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are established
and monitored
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: Centers for Environmental Health and Injury Control
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
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Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational lung
diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
Hierarchical Level: 1
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: Public Health Foundation
Sponsoring Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Number of workshops, training sessions, and seminars on riparian wetlands
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: none
Other Sources: State Bureau of Land Management offices
Sponsoring Agency: DOI/Bureau of Land Management
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
Pesticide use in lawn care and structural use
Hierarchical Level: 5-6
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: none
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Keywords:
Status: Proposed
Volunteer monitors
Hierarchical Level: 2
EPA Data Sources: To be determined
Other Sources: To be determined
Sponsoring Agency: EPA/Chesapeake Bay
Keywords:
Status: Currently reported
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5 LIST OF INDICATORS SORTED BY AGENCY
This chapter lists the indicators detailed in Chapter 4 by relevant agency or program. Within each agency
or program, the indicators are listed by goal topic, then alphabetically. As in Chapter 4, indicators
relevant to two or more goal topics are presented with each relevant goal topic.
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5.1 EPA/Chesapeake Bay Program Indicators
Clean Surface Water
Bemie Fowler's Sneaker Index
Chesapeake Bay Acres under integrated pest management
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Dissolved oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Kepone in finfish tissue
Nitrogen concentrations in the bay
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings
Phosphorous concentrations in the bay
Point source nitrogen loadings
Point source phosphorus loadings
Population and municipal sewage flow
Recreational boat wastes
Ecological Protection
Acres of bay grasses
Acres under integrated pest management
Bald eagle population count
Chesapeake Basin forests
Chesapeake Basin land use
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Nitrogen concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Stream miles opened for migratory fish around the Chesapeake Bay
Trends in Finfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Striped Bass
Trends in Finfish in the Chesapeake Bay: White Perch
Trends in Shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Blue Crab
Trends in Shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Oysters
Trends in Waterfowl in and around the Chesapeake Bay
Improved Understanding of the Environment
Volunteer monitors
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Recreational boat wastes
Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Chesapeake Basin Forests
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Safe Drinking Water
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Nitrogen concentrations in the bay
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Population and municipal sewage flow
Safe Food
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Kepone in finfish tissue in the Chesapeake Bay
Nitrogen concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
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52 EPA/Great Lakes National Program Office Indicators
Clean Surf ace Water
Nutrient concentrations in the Great Lakes
Nutrient loadings to the Great Lakes
Ecological Protection
Chlordane in Great Lake lake trout
Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in Great Lakes harbor and tributary fish samples
Chlorinated aromatics in Great Lakes harbor and tributary fish samples
Dacthal in Great Lake chinook
DDT in Great Lake lake trout
Dieldrin in Great Lake lake trout
Endrine in Great Lake chinook
Heptachlor epoxide in Great Lakes chinook
Hexachlorobenze in Great Lakes chinook
Ketones and aldehydes in Great Lakes tributary and harbor fish samples
Methyl ether in Great Lakes chinook
Monocyclic aromatics in Great Lakes fish samples
PCBs in Great Lakes lake trout and rainbow smelt
Phenols in Great Lakes fish samples
Phthalates in Great Lakes harbor and tributary fish samples
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Great Lakes fish samples
Contaminants in Great Lakes fishes
Contaminants in herring gull eggs from Great Lakes
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53 EPA/Office of Water Indicators
Clean Surface Water
Beach closures: miles closed and organism levels
Disease outbreaks from swimming
Ground water quality
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Number of days a system is in compliance with drinking water standards as a percentage
of total days the system is in operation
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Percent of assessed river miles, lake acres, and estuary square miles fully supporting
designated uses
Reported attainment of Clean Water Act goals for rivers and streams, lakes, and estuaries
Stream water quality, by pollution indicator
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Waters meet swimming and secondary contact designated uses
Cleanup of Contaminated Sites
Extent of contaminated sites
Number of exceedances of surface water quality standards, criteria levels of biological,
chemical, parameters, and standards
Selected water quality parameters
Water quality standards attainment
Ecological Protection
Benthic macroinvertabrates
Fauna! composition
Fish (assemblage) or IBI-like index
Floral composition
Habitat (physical structure)
Loss or gain of wetland acreage
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Number of exceedances of surface water quality standards, criteria levels of biological,
chemical, parameters, and standards
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Plankton and periphyton assemblages
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Waters meet aquatic life designated uses
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Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical Accidents
Key Wetweather conventional pollutants from nonpoint sources and stormwater
Key Wetweather conventional from CSOs
Marine debris
Number of BMP's implemented at State and local level
Number of State and Local Governments requiring treatment of stormwater runoff from
rural, suburban and urban land uses
Point source toxics
Pollutant loading to ground water from underground injection wells
Selected conventional pollutants: TSS, BOD, Fecal Coliform & Nutrients
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Key wetweather conventional pollutants from nonpoint sources and stormwater
Key wetweather conventional from CSOs
Marine debris
Number of BMP's implemented at State and Local level
Number of State and Local Governments requiring treatment of stormwater runoff from
Rural, Suburban and Urban Land Uses
Point source toxics
Pollutant loading to ground water from underground injection wells
Selected conventional pollutants: TSS, BOD, Fecal Coliform & Nutrients
Safe Drinking Water
Drinking water (ground and surface waters) levels for individual contaminants
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Number of community water systems in violation by contaminant group
Number of days a system is in compliance with drinking water standards as a percentage
of total days in operation
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Population served by PWSS with wellhead protection
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Waters meet drinking water supply designated use
Safe Food
Disease outbreaks from fish and shellfish consumption
Fish advisories
Shellfish bed closures
Waters meet fish and shellfish consumption designated uses
Waters with fish contaminant levels of concern to human health
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5.4 EPA/Office of Air and Radiation Indicators
Clean Air
Ambient concentration of toxics at points of human exposure
Ambient levels of acidic aerosols
Caibon monoxide concentration trends
Carbon monoxide emission trends, by source
Emissions of toxics from major stationary sources
Estimates of toxics emissions (based on the number of sources in compliance with
Hazardous air emissions, by source
Lead concentration trends
Lead emission trends, by source
MACT standards, sources with voluntary reductions, the Motor Vehicle Control Program,
and the SARA 313 TRI database)
Nitrogen dioxide concentration trends
Nitrogen dioxide emission trends, by source
Number of days each major city was in each Pollution Standard Index (PSI) category and
Ozone PSI category
Number of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in non-attainment of one or more air
quality standards, by pollutant
Ozone concentration trends
Paniculate matter concentration trends
Paniculate matter emission trends, by source
Populations in non-attainment areas, by pollutant
State progress under State Implementation Plans for improving attainment
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions (individual sources)
Sulfur dioxides concentration trends
Sulfur oxides emissions trends, by source
Total Clean Air Act toxic species air releases, by state
Total emissions of Clean Air Act toxic species, by toxic species
Visibility impairment at monitoring sites
Volatile organic compounds emission trends, by source
Clean Surface Water
Biomass of fish and other organisms in streams and lakes
pH of streams and lakes
Climate Change Risk Reduction
Average global temperature
Ecological Protection
Monitoring of releases at disposal sites
Post-hoc analysis of casualties and estimation of casualties avoided to response
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Monitoring of releases at disposal sites
Post-hoc analysis of casualties and estimation of casualties avoided due to response
Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Production/consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals
Stratospheric concentrations of chlorine
UV-B levels at earth's surface
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Safe Drinking Water
Groundwater quality monitoring
Safe Indoor Environments
Estimated Radon levels in the United States households based on the National Residential
Radon Survey
Indoor air standards and enforcement
Indoor air trends analysis (based on actual measurements and review of building
parameters)
Number of homes tested with radon levels above action level that are mitigated
Number of homes with radon-resistant building construction
Percent of individuals that live in residences that meet current ASHRAE standards
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5.5 EPA/Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Indicators
Clean Surface Water
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally and by state)
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (national and by state)
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented
annually
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Number of underground storage tank releases
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Cleanup of Contaminated Sites
Control of contaminant releases at high priority hazardous waste sites
Number of leaking underground storage tanks cleaned up
Number of sites at which cleanup has been initiated and/or progress has been made
toward media cleanup goals established in the ROD
Number of sites where the immediate actions to protect nearby populations have been
taken
Number of Superfund completions
Number of underground storage tank site cleanups for petroleum releases completed
Ecological Protection
Amount of recyclables collected compared to the amount of recycled materials used in the
production of new products
Amounts/percent of solid waste disposed of by methods of disposal management, e.g.,
landfill, incineration, recycling, composting, waste to energy
Projected amount/years to capacity for landfills by waste type
Improved Understanding of die Environment
Amount of recyclables collected compared to the amount of recycled materials used in the
production of new products
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness tests)
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical Accidents
33/50 Program: Reduction Commitments as of February 1992
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally or by state)
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (nationally and by state)
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness test)
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Number of petroleum releases under control
Number of releases reported to the Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)
Number of underground storage tank closures reported
Number of underground storage tank reported confirmed releases
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Number of upgraded underground storage tanks
Toxic chemical releases and transfers from Major Manufacturing Point Sources
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
33/50 Programs reported reductions
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally or by state)
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (nationally and by state)
Lead emissions in the U.S.
Municipal Solid Waste Management Trends
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness test)
Number of Class I violations found at the last inspection by number of facilities and
volume of waste
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented
annually
Number of hazardous waste generators reporting waste minimization activities (OSWER
Generator Survey)
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Number of Subtitle C Facilities conducting investigations and controlling releases, by
priority ranking
Number of underground storage tank closures reported
Number of underground storage tank reported confirmed releases
Number of upgraded underground storage tanks
Percent of hazardous waste generators that initiated or expanded source reduction or
recycling activities in 1989
Quantities of hazardous waste managed at Subtitle C Facilities by management practice
Quantities of hazardous wastewater and non-wastewater generated by SIC code
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Quantity of hazardous waste generated (OSWER Generator Survey)
Quantities of primary hazardous waste generated by SIC code
Ratio of hazardous waste generated to production quantity ratio (OSWER Generator
Survey)
Status of Subtitle C Facilities in the Corrective Action Program
Trends in number of household hazardous waste collection programs
Trends in per capita municipal solid waste generation
Trends in the recovery of municipal solid waste for recycling
Trends in total municipal solid waste generation
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
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Safe Drinking Water
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally and by state)
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (national and by state)
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented
annually
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Number of underground storage tank releases
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
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5.6 EPA/Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Indicators
Clean Surface Water
Groundwater quality monitoring
Ecological Protection
Ecological community monitoring
Environmental releases of PMN substances
Field residue monitoring of environmental matrices
Indicator comparing the amount of PCBs retired from service with amount properly
disposed
Number of significant new chemical use rules written
Pesticide container reuse/recycle.
Pesticide tolerance exceedances
Pesticide usage/human and ecological risk index
Poisoning incidence reporting (human and ecological incidence)
Improved Understanding of the Environment
Pesticide use in lawn care and structural use
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Environmental releases of PMN substances
National index based on emissions of indicator chemicals (TRI)
Special national index based on multimedia releases of 17 chemical targeted by
Administrator (TRI)
Safe Drinking Water
Blood lead levels in children
Safe Food
Commodities residue levels
Comparative use of pesticides and estimated ecological risk on indicator crops
Number of carcinogens removed from registered pesticides
Pesticide tolerance exceedances
Pesticide usage/human and ecological risk index
Poisoning incidence reporting (human and ecological incidence)
Safe Indoor Environments
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Indoor exposure to pesticides
Person-hours of exposure to new chemicals
Worker Health and Safety
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Person-hours of exposure to new chemicals
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5.7 General EPA Indicators
Improved Understanding of the Environment
Number of major EPA Data Sets accessible to the public
Safe Indoor Environments
Building stock characteristics
Emission density zoning
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5.8 Department of Agriculture Indicators
Clean Surface Water
Timing, methods, and quantities of chemical applications
Types of irrigation systems
Ecological Protection
Acres of land successfully returned to its natural state
Annual soil loss
Big and small game population
Change in impervious surface area
Farm soil characteristics
Integrated pest management (IPM) practices and alternatives to chemical control, by crop
Land use/management changes over time, including wetlands and other aquatic systems
Rangeland conditions
Rural land conservation needs
Rural land erosion
Safe Food
Integrated pest management (IPM) practices and alternatives to chemical control, by crop
Pesticide intakes from food
Pesticide residues in food
Safe Indoor Environments
Critter Index
Worker Health and Safety
Hours of fieldwork in fruit and vegetable crops, i.e., exposure to treated fields
Hours of work and numbers of workers applying pesticides
Number of acres treated with pesticides with pesticides containing toxics
Types of protective equipment used by applicators on fruit and vegetable operations
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5.9 Department of Commerce Indicators
Clean Surface Water
Discharges to coastal waters
Total precipitation
Cleanup of Contaminated Sites
Federal expenditures on the environment
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
Private expenditures on the environment
State environmental expenditures
Ecological Protection
Commercial landings of selected fish and shellfish
Contaminant in mussels
Stock assessments for U.S. fisheries, marine mammals and sea turtles
Total precipitation
Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical Accidents
Federal expenditures on the environment
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
Private expenditures on the environment
State environmental expenditures
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Federal expenditures on the environment
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
Private expenditures on the environment
State environmental expenditures
Safe Drinking Water
Total precipitation
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5.10 Department of Energy Indicators
Clean Air
Concentrations of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting gases
Emissions of CFCs
Stratigraphic ozone trends
U.S. and global air temperature trends
Climate Change Risk Reduction
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil energy consumption by end-use sector
Carbon dioxide emissions from gas flaring
Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources
Carbon emissions from aluminum production
Carbon sequestered by nonfuel use of energy
Chlorofluorocarbon and halon sales
Concentrations of cations and anions in precipitation
Emissions of CO2 per capita
Emissions of CO2 per unit of energy consumed
Emissions of CO2 per unit of GDP
Emissions of common anthropogenic pollutants
Energy-related emissions of CO2, by source
Fossil fuel consumption for nonfuel use
Methane emissions from anthropogenic sources
Methane emissions from coal mining and post-mining activities
Methane emissions from enteric fermentation in domestic animals
Methane emissions from landfills
Methane emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution
Methane emissions from oil and gas operations
Methane emissions from oil refining and transportation
Methane emissions from stationary combustion sources
Methane emissions from the solid waste of domesticated animals
Methane emissions from transportation
Natural gas consumption and balancing item
Nitrous oxide emissions from adipic acid
Nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen fertilizer
Nitrous oxide emissions from stationary combustion sources
Nitrous oxide emissions from transportation
Nonmethane volatile organic compound emissions
Total emissions of Greenhouse Gases
Total nitrous oxide emissions
Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Average ozone levels (median during ozone season)
Historical production of CFCs in the United States
Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical Accidents
Accumulation of radioactive wastes
Safe Indoor Environments
Usage of off-gassing products and materials per capita
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5.11 Department of Health and Human Services Indicators
Clean Air
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Respiratory cases per year per 100,000 related to poor air quality
Improved Understanding of the Environment
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted
construction standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational
lung diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical Accidents
Amount of solid-waste-related, water, air and soil contamination in pounds per person
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Amount of solid-waste-related, water, air and soil contamination in pounds per person
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Safe Drinking Water
Infant mortality rates
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Safe Food
Infant mortality rates
Safe Indoor Environments
Asthma morbidity as measured by asthma hospitalization
Cases of sickness caused by indoor air quality
Health care cost and productivity loss or time (tied to cases of sickness caused by indoor
air quality, e.g., asthma, carbon monoxide exposure)
Number of exposures which result in workers having blood lead concentrations greater
than 25 ug/dL of whole blood
Number of incidence of and deaths from cancer
Number of occupational skin disorders or disease
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted
construction standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational
lung diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
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Worker Health and Safety
Asthma morbidity as measured by asthma hospitalization
Number of exposures which result in workers having blood lead concentrations greater
than 25 ug/dL of whole blood
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Number of occupational skin disorders or disease
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted
construction standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational
lung diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
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5.12 Department of Justice Indicators
Improved Understanding of the Environment
Dollar value of federal environmental enforcement
Federal fines collected for environmental crimes
Federal indictments for environmental crimes
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5.13 Department of Labor Indicators
Safe Indoor Environments
Percent of individuals that work in buildings that meet or exceed current ASHRAE
standards
Percent of smoke free environments versus total environments
Worker right to know
Worker Health and Safety
Percent of individuals that work in buildings that meet or exceed current ASHRAE
standards
Percent of smoke free environments versus total environments
Worker right to know
Westat, Inc. 5-20
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5.14 Department of the Interior Indicators
Ecological Protection
Amount and condition of terrestrials and aquatic types
Amount of underdeveloped (i.e., national, state) land as a percentage of total land
Area and perimeter ratio (i.e., fragmentation)
Biota tissue concentration for key contaminants
Ecoregion assessment, e.g., instream, biological, and riparian area habitat assessment
Intact ecosystems functions, e.g. natural, fire, and flood regimes; nutrient cycling
Number of cooperative actions and partnerships with state, other federal agencies, private
companies, private individuals, and non-profit groups on riparian wetlands
Number of land acres and river miles acquired for riparian-wetland management
Number of permits, rights-of-way, protective withdrawals, etc., issued with riparian
stipulations and/or mitigation action on managed riparian-wetland land and rivers
Number of research projects on riparian wetlands
Number of riparian land acres and river miles assessed for proper functioning condition
Number of riparian land acres and river miles changed from functioning at risk to proper
functioning condition
Number of riparian land acres and river miles changed from non-functional to functioning
at risk
Number of riparian land acres and river miles remaining in proper functioning condition
Number of riparian land acres of ecological site inventory
Number of riparian water rights acquired
Number of riparian water sources identified and quantitative assessment including
instream flow assessments
Number of riparian-wetland management actions monitored
Number of riparian-wetland plans prepared/revised
Number of riparian-wetland projects developed
Number of riparian-wetland projects maintained
Percent of changed land uses
Percentage of developed land occurring in previously developed land versus previously
undeveloped land
Population trends in migratory and resident songbirds
Population trends of selected species including keystone species, listed, threatened, and
endangered
Proportion of non-native biota
Species of special emphasis (threatened, endangered, recovered)
Trends in wetlands
Variability/diversity in populations, communities, ecosystems, genetic variability with
populations
Waterfowl ponds
Waterfowl population estimates
Improved Understanding of the Environment
Number of cooperative actions and partnerships with state, other federal agencies, private
companies, private individuals, and non-profit groups on riparian wetlands
Number of public presentation, talks, and demonstrations on riparian wetlands
Number of research projects on riparian wetlands
Number of workshops, training sessions, and seminars on riparian wetlands
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5.15 Department of Transportation
Clean Surface Water
Oil and hazardous waste spills in waterways
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Oil and hazardous waste spills in waterways
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5.16 Tennessee Valley Authority Indicators
Clean Air
Acid deposition data on the Tennessee Valley and Whitetop Mountain, VA
Soil gases related to ambient O3 formation
Clean Surface Water
Dissolved oxygen in Tennessee Valley reservoirs
Index of biotic integrity from specific sites on the Tennessee River
Number of public use sites in the Tennessee Valley where water contact use is impaired
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for
drinking water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Reservoir use impairment index in the Tennessee Valley
Ecological Protection
Acres and percent of cropland exceeding erosion tolerance in the Tennessee Valley
Acres of commercial forest land in the Tennessee Valley
Acres of prime and nonprime farmlands removed from agriculture uses in the Tennessee
Valley
Growth/removal ratio for hardwoods and softwoods in the Tennessee Valley
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for
drinking water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Total unreclaimed noncoal mined acres in the Tennessee Valley
Volume of hardwood and softwood growing stop on commercial forest lands in the
Tennessee Valley
Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Capacities of various treatment types in the Tennessee Valley States
Volume of hazardous waste produced in the Tennessee River Drainage area
Safe Drinking Water
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for
drinking water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Safe Indoor Environments
Indoor air quality in the Chattanooga and Nashville, TN, areas
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LIST OF INDICATORS, SORTED BY HIERARCHICAL LEVEL WITHIN GOAL
TOPIC
This chapter lists the indicators detailed in Chapter 4 sorted by goal topic. Within each goal topic, the
indicators are listed by hierarchical level, a measure of how closely the indicator relates to direct
measurements of human or ecological health. As in Chapter 4, indicators relevant to two or more goal
topics are presented with each relevant goal topic.
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6.1 EPA Goal Topic: Clean Surface Waters
Hierarchical Level 2
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (national and by state)
Chesapeake Bay Acres under integrated pest management
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Recreational boat wastes
Hierarchical Level 3
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally and by state)
Discharges to coastal waters
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Nonpoint source nitrogen, loadings
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Number of days a system is in compliance with drinking water standards as a percentage
of total days the system is in operation
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Number of underground storage tank releases
Nutrient loadings to the Great Lakes
Oil and hazardous waste spills in waterways
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Point source nitrogen loadings
Point source phosphorus loadings
Population and municipal sewage flow
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Reported attainment of Clean Water Act goals for rivers and streams, lakes, and estuaries
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Total precipitation
Hierarchical Level 4
Beach closures: miles closed and organism levels
Bemie Fowler's Sneaker Index
Biomass of fish and other organisms in streams and lakes
Dissolved oxygen in Tennessee Valley reservoirs
Dissolved oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay
Ground water quality
Groundwater quality monitoring
Index of biotic integrity from specific sites on the Tennessee River
Nitrogen concentrations in the bay
Nutrient concentrations in the Great Lakes
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Percent of assessed river miles, lake acres, and estuary square miles fully supporting
designated uses
pH of streams and lakes
Phosphorous concentrations in the bay
Stream water quality, by pollution indicator
Waters meet swimming and secondary contact designated uses
Hierarchical Level 5
Chesapeake Basin Forests
Chesapeake Basin Land Use
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented
annually
Number of public use sites in die Tennessee Valley where water contact use is impaired
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for
drinking water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Reservoir use impairment index in the Tennessee Valley
Timing, methods, and quantities of chemical applications
Types of irrigation systems
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Hierarchical Level 6
Disease outbreaks from swimming
Kepone in finfish tissue
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6.2 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Drinking Water
Hierarchical Level 1
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Hierarchical Level 2
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (national and by state)
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Population served by PWSS with wellhead protection
Hierarchical Level 3
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally and by state)
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Number of underground storage tank releases
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Population and municipal sewage flow
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Total precipitation
Hierarchical Level 4
Drinking water (ground and surface waters) levels for individual contaminants
Groundwater quality monitoring
Nitrogen concentrations in the bay
Number of community water systems in violation by contaminant group
Number of days a system is in compliance with drinking water standards as a percentage
of total days in operation
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Waters meet drinking water supply designated use
Hierarchical Level 5
Blood lead levels in children
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented
annually
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for
drinking water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
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Hierarchical Level 6
Infant mortality rates
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6J EPA Goal Topic: Clean Air
Hierarchical Level 2
State progress under State Implementation Plans for improving attainment
Hierarchical Level 3
Carbon monoxide emission trends, by source
Emissions of CFCs
Emissions of toxics from major stationary sources
Estimates of toxics emissions (based on the number of sources in compliance with MACT
standards, sources with voluntary reductions, the Motor Vehicle Control Program, and the
SARA 313 TRI database)
Hazardous air emissions, by source
Lead emission trends, by source
Nitrogen dioxide emission trends, by source
Paniculate matter emission trends, by source
Soil gases related to ambient O3 formation
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions (individual sources)
Sulfur oxides emissions trends, by source
Volatile organic compounds emission trends, by source
Hierarchical Level 4
Acid deposition data on the Tennessee Valley and Whitetop Mountain, VA
Ambient concentration of toxics at points of human exposure
Ambient levels of acidic aerosols
Carbon monoxide concentration trends
Concentrations of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting gases
Lead concentration trends
Nitrogen dioxide concentration trends
Number of days each major city was in each Pollution Standard Index (PSI) category and
Ozone PSI category
Number of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in non-attainment of one or more air
quality standards, by pollutant
Ozone concentration trends
Paniculate matter concentration trends
Populations in non-attainment areas, by pollutant
Stratigraphic ozone trends
Sulfur dioxides concentration trends
Total Clean Air Act toxic species air releases, by state
Total emissions of Clean Air Act toxic species, by toxic species
U.S. and global air temperature trends
Visibility impairment at monitoring sites
Hierarchical Level 6
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Respiratory cases per year per 100,000 related to poor air quality
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6.4 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Indoor Environments
Hierarchical Level 1
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted
construction standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational
lung diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
Hierarchical Level 2
Worker right to know
Hierarchical Level 3
Emission density zoning
Hierarchical Level 4
Building stock characteristics
Critter Index
Estimated Radon levels in the United States households based on the National Residential
Radon Survey
Indoor air quality in the Chattanooga and Nashville, TN, areas
Indoor air standards and enforcement
Indoor air trends analysis (based on actual measurements and review of building
parameters)
Number of exposures which result in workers having blood lead concentrations greater
than 25 ug/dL of whole blood
Number of homes tested with radon levels above action level that are mitigated
Number of homes with radon-resistant building construction
Percent of individuals that live in residences that meet current ASHRAE standards
Percent of individuals that work in buildings that meet or exceed current ASHRAE
standards
Percent of smoke free environments versus total environments
Usage of off-gassing products and materials per capita
Hierarchical Level 5
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Asthma morbidity as measured by asthma hospitalization
Indoor exposure to pesticides
Number of occupational skin disorders or disease
Person-hours of exposure to new chemicals
Hierarchical Level 6
Cases of sickness caused by indoor air quality
Health care cost and productivity loss or time (tied to cases of sickness caused by indoor
air quality, e.g., asthma, carbon monoxide exposure)
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
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65 EPA Goal Topic: Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection
Hierarchical Level 3
Historical production of CFCs in the United States
Production/consumption of ozone-depleting chemicals
Hierarchical Level 4
Average ozone levels (median during ozone season)
Stratospheric concentrations of chlorine
UV-B levels at earth's surface
Hierarchical Level 5
Chesapeake Basin Forests
Hierarchical Level 6
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Westat, Inc. 6-8
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6.6 EPA. Goal Topic: Climate Change Risk Reduction
Hierarchical Level 2
Chlorofluorocarbon and halon sales
Hierarchical Level 3
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil energy consumption by end-use sector
Carbon dioxide emissions from gas flaring
Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources
Carbon emissions from aluminum production
Carbon sequestered by nonfuel use of energy
Concentrations of cations and anions in precipitation
Emissions of CO2 per capita
Emissions of CO2 per unit of energy consumed
Emissions of CO2 per unit of GDP
Emissions of common anthropogenic pollutants
Energy-related emissions of CO2, by source
Fossil fuel consumption for nonfuel use
Methane emissions from anthropogenic sources
Methane emissions from coal mining and post-mining activities
Methane emissions from enteric fermentation in domestic animals
Methane emissions from landfills
Methane emissions from natural gas transmission and distribution
Methane emissions from oil and gas operations
Methane emissions from oil refining and transportation
Methane emissions from stationary combustion sources
Methane emissions from the solid waste of domesticated animals
Methane emissions from transportation
Natural gas consumption and balancing item
Nitrous oxide emissions from adipic acid
Nitrous oxide emissions from nitrogen fertilizer
Nitrous oxide emissions from stationary combustion sources
Nitrous oxide emissions from transportation
Nonmethane volatile organic compound emissions
Total emissions of Greenhouse Gases
Total nitrous oxide emissions
Hierarchical Level 4
Average global temperature
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6.7 EPA Goal Topic: Ecological Protection
Hierarchical Level 1
Number of cooperative actions and partnerships with state, other federal agencies, private
companies, private individuals, and non-profit groups on riparian wetlands
Number of riparian-wetland management actions monitored
Hierarchical Level 2
Acres under integrated pest management
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Number of permits, rights-of-way. protective withdrawals, etc., issued with riparian
stipulations and/or mitigation action on managed riparian-wetland land and rivers
Number of research projects on riparian wetlands
Number of riparian-wetland plans prepared/revised
Number of riparian-wetland projects developed
Number of riparian-wetland projects maintained
Number of significant new chemical use rules written
Pesticide container reuse/recycle.
Rural land conservation needs
Hierarchical Level 3
Amount of recyclables collected compared to die amount of recycled materials used in the
production of new products
Amounts/percent of solid waste disposed of by methods of disposal management, e.g.,
landfill, incineration, recycling, composting, waste to energy
Commercial landings of selected fish and shellfish
Environmental releases of PMN substances
Indicator comparing the amount of PCBs retired from service with amount properly
disposed
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Monitoring of releases at disposal sites
Nonpoint source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Number of aquifers in which the withdrawal exceeds the recharge
Number of exceedances of critical low flow (safe yield to be established)
Number of riparian land acres and river miles assessed for proper functioning condition
Number of riparian land acres and river miles remaining in proper functioning condition
Number of riparian land acres of ecological site inventory
Number of riparian water sources identified and quantitative assessment including
instream flow assessments
Number of times surface water bodies exceed safe yield
Per capita ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Projected amount/years to capacity for landfills by waste type
Total ground water and surface water withdrawals by use, including loss
Total precipitation
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Hierarchical Level 4
Acres and percent of cropland exceeding erosion tolerance in the Tennessee Valley
Acres of commercial forest land in the Tennessee Valley
Acres of land successfully returned to its natural state
Acres of prime and nonprime farmlands removed from agriculture uses in the Tennessee
Valley
Amount and condition of terrestrials and aquatic types
Amount of underdeveloped (i.e., national, state) land as a percentage of total land
Annual soil loss
Area and perimeter ratio (i.e., fragmentation)
Big and small game population
Change in impervious surface area
Chlordane in Great Lake lake trout
Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in Great Lakes harbor and tributary fish samples
Chlorinated aromatics in Great Lakes harbor and tributary fish samples
Dacthal in Great Lake chinook
DDT in Great Lake lake trout
Dieldrin in Great Lake lake trout
Ecoregion assessment, e.g., instream, biological, and riparian area habitat assessment
Endrine in Great Lake chinook
Farm soil characteristics
Growth/removal ratio for hardwoods and softwoods in the Tennessee Valley
Heptachlor epoxide in Great Lakes chinook
Hexachlorobenze in Great Lakes chinook
Intact ecosystems functions, e.g. natural, fire, and flood regimes; nutrient cycling
Ketones and aldehydes in Great Lakes tributary and harbor fish samples
Land use/management changes over time, including wetlands and other aquatic systems
Loss or gain of wetland acreage
Methyl ether in Great Lakes chinook
Monocyclic aromatics in Great Lakes fish samples
Nitrogen concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Number of exceedances of surface water quality standards, criteria levels of biological,
chemical, parameters, and standards
Number of land acres and river miles acquired for riparian-wetland management
Number of riparian land acres and river miles changed from functioning at risk to proper
functioning condition
Number of riparian land acres and river miles changed from non-functional to functioning
at risk
Number of riparian water rights acquired
PCBs in Great Lakes lake trout and rainbow smelt
Percent of changed land uses
Percentage of developed land occurring in previously developed land versus previously
undeveloped land
Phenols in Great Lakes fish samples
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Phthalates in Great Lakes harbor and tributary fish samples
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Great Lakes fish samples
Population trends in migratory and resident songbirds
Population trends of selected species including keystone species, listed, threatened, and
endangered
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Rangeland conditions
Rural land erosion
Species of special emphasis (threatened, endangered, recovered)
Stream miles opened for migratory fish around the Chesapeake Bay
Total unreclaimed noncoal mined acres in the Tennessee Valley
Trends in wetlands
Variability/diversity in populations, communities, ecosystems, genetic variability with
populations
Volume of hardwood and softwood growing stop on commercial forest lands in the
Tennessee Valley
Waterfowl ponds
Waterfowl population estimates
Waters meet aquatic life designated uses
Hierarchical Level 5
Biota tissue concentration for key contaminants
Chesapeake basin forests
Chesapeake Basin land use
Integrated pest management (IPM) practices and alternatives to chemical control, by crop
Number of Tennessee River miles with severe, significant and threatened impairments for
drinking water supplies, fish and aquatic life, recreation, and assimilative capacity
Pesticide tolerance exceedances
Proportion of non-native biota
Hierarchical Level 6
Acres of bay grasses
Bald eagle population count
Benthic macroinvertabrates
Contaminant in mussels
Contaminants in Great Lakes fishes
Contaminants in herring gull eggs from Great Lakes
Ecological community monitoring
Faunal composition
Field residue monitoring of environmental matrices
Fish (assemblage) or QH-like index
Floral composition
Habitat (physical structure)
Pesticide usage/human and ecological risk index
Plankton and periphyton assemblages
Poisoning incidence reporting (human and ecological incidence)
Post-hoc analysis of casualties and estimation of casualties avoided to response
Stock assessments for U.S. fisheries, marine mammals and sea turtles
Trends in Finfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Striped Bass
Trends in Finfish in the Chesapeake Bay: White Perch
Trends in Shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Blue Crab
Trends in Shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay: Oysters
Trends in Waterfowl in and around the Chesapeake Bay
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6.8 EPA Goal Topic: Safe Food
Hierarchical Level 2
Integrated pest management (IPM) practices and alternatives to chemical control, by crop
Number of carcinogens removed from registered pesticides
Hierarchical Level 3
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Nonpoiitt source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonpoint source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source nitrogen loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Point source phosphorus loadings in the Chesapeake Bay
Hierarchical Level 4
Fish advisories
Nitrogen concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Phosphorous concentrations in the Chesapeake Bay
Shellfish bed closures
Waters meet fish and shellfish consumption designated uses
Waters with fish contaminant levels of concern to human health
Hierarchical Level 6
Commodities residue levels
Comparative use of pesticides and estimated ecological risk on indicator crops
Disease outbreaks from fish and shellfish consumption
Infant mortality rates
Kepone in finfish tissue in the Chesapeake Bay
Pesticide intakes from food
Pesticide residues in food
Pesticide tolerance exceedances
Pesticide usage/human and ecological risk index
Poisoning incidence reporting (human and ecological incidence)
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6.9 EPA Goal Topic: Cleanup of Contaminated Sites
Hierarchical Level 1
Federal expenditures on the environment
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
State environmental expenditures
Hierarchical Level 2
Number of underground storage tank site cleanups for petroleum releases completed
Private expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level 3
Control of contaminant releases at high priority hazardous waste sites
Number of leaking underground storage tanks cleaned up
Number of sites at which cleanup has been initiated and/or progress has been made
toward media cleanup goals established in the ROD
Number of sites where the immediate actions to protect nearby populations have been
taken
Number of Superfund completions
Hierarchical Level 4
Extent of contaminated sites
Number of exceedances of surface water quality standards, criteria levels of biological,
chemical, parameters, and standards
Selected water quality parameters
Water quality standards attainment
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6.10 EPA Goal Topic: Worker Health and Safety
Hierarchical Level 1
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted
construction standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational
lung diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
Hierarchical Level 2
Types of protective equipment used by applicators on fruit and vegetable operations
Worker right to know
Hierarchical Level 4
Number of exposures which result in workers having blood lead concentrations greater
than 25 ug/dL of whole blood
Percent of individuals that work in buildings that meet or exceed current ASHRAE
standards
Percent of smoke free environments versus total environments
Hierarchical Level 5
Asthma morbidity as measured by asthma hospitalization
Hours of fieldwork in fruit and vegetable crops, i.e., exposure to treated fields
Hours of work and numbers of workers applying pesticides
Number of acres treated with pesticides with pesticides containing toxics
Number of occupational skin disorders or disease
Person-hours of exposure to new chemicals
Hierarchical Level 6
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
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6.11 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of Oil Spills and Chemical Accidents
Hierarchical Level 1
Federal expenditures on the environment
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
State environmental expenditures
Hierarchical Level 2
33/50 Program: Reduction Commitments as of February 1992
Number of BMP's implemented at State and local level
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Number of State and Local Governments requiring treatment of stormwater runoff from
rural, suburban and urban land uses
Number of underground storage tank closures reported
Private expenditures on the environment
Hierarchical Level 3
Accumulation of radioactive wastes
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally or by state)
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (nationally and by state)
Amount of solid-waste-related, water, air and soil contamination in pounds per person
Key wetweather conventional pollutants from nonpoint sources and stormwater
Key wetweather conventional* from CSOs
Number of petroleum releases under control
Number of releases reported to the Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)
Number of underground storage tank reported confirmed releases
Number of upgraded underground storage tanks
Point source toxics
Pollutant loading to ground water from underground injection wells
Selected conventional pollutants: TSS, BOD, Fecal Coliform & Nutrients
Toxic chemical releases and transfers from Major Manufacturing Point Sources
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Hierarchical Level 4
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness test)
Hierarchical Level 5
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level 6
Marine debris
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6.12 EPA Goal Topic: Prevention of Wastes and Harmful Chemical Releases
Hierarchical Level 1
Federal expenditures on the environment
Number of Class I violations found at the last inspection by number of facilities and
volume of waste
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Pollution abatement expenditures, by media and industry
State environmental expenditures
Hierarchical Level 2
33/50 Programs reported reductions
Discharges in significant noncompliance
Monitoring of releases at disposal sites
Number of BMP's implemented at State and Local level
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Number of environmental pathways in which environmental progress is documented
annually
Number of hazardous waste generators reporting waste minimization activities (OSWER
Generator Survey)
Number of State and Local Governments requiring treatment of stormwater runoff from
Rural, Suburban and Urban Land Uses
Number of Subtitle C Facilities conducting investigations and controlling releases, by
priority ranking
Number of underground storage tank closures reported
Number of upgraded underground storage tanks
Percent of hazardous waste generators that initiated or expanded source reduction or
recycling activities in 1989
Private expenditures on the environment
Quantities of hazardous waste managed at Subtitle C Facilities by management practice
Recreational boat wastes
Status of Subtitle C Facilities in the Corrective Action Program
Trends in number of household hazardous waste collection programs
Hierarchical Level 3
Amount of municipal solid waste disposed of or sent to landfills or incinerators
(nationally or by state)
Amount of municipal solid waste recycled annually (nationally and by state)
Amount of solid-waste-related, water, air and soil contamination in pounds per person
Environmental releases of PMN substances
Industry reported releases and transfers of toxic substances
Key wetweather conventional pollutants from nonpoint sources and stormwater
Key wetweather conventional from CSOs
Lead emissions in the U.S.
Municipal Solid Waste Management Trends
National index based on emissions of indicator chemicals (TRI)
Number of sites achieving permanent risk reduction
Number of underground storage tank reported confirmed releases
Oil and hazardous waste spills in waterways
Point source toxics
Pollutant loading to ground water from underground injection wells
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Quantities of hazardous wastewater and non-wastewater generated by SIC code
Quantities of primary hazardous waste generated by SIC code
Quantities of waste managed permanently
Quantity of hazardous waste generated (OSWER Generator Survey)
Ratio of hazardous waste generated to production quantity ratio (OSWER Generator
Survey)
Selected conventional pollutants: TSS, BOD, Fecal Coliforra & Nutrients
Special national index based on multimedia releases of 17 chemical targeted by
Administrator (TRI)
Trends in per capita municipal solid waste generation
Trends in the recovery of municipal solid waste for recycling
Trends in total municipal solid waste generation
Volume and toxicity of waste streams targeted for waste minimization activities
Volume of hazardous waste produced in the Tennessee River Drainage area
Hierarchical Level 4
Capacities of various treatment types in the Tennessee Valley States
Number and percentage of sites with groundwater contamination from underground
storage tanks
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness test)
Hierarchical Level 5
Aggregate/cumulative reduction of exposure hours at schools having completed asbestos
abatement projects
Number of households and wells affected by releases from underground storage tanks
Hierarchical Level 6
Marine debris
Number of incidences of and deaths from cancer
Post-hoc analysis of casualties and estimation of casualties avoided due to response
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Hierarchical Level 1
Dollar value of federal environmental enforcement
Federal fines collected for environmental crimes
Federal indictments for environmental crimes
Number of cooperative actions and partnerships with state, other federal agencies, private
companies, private individuals, and non-profit groups on riparian wetlands
Number of major EPA Data Sets accessible to the public
Number of states in which at least 75 percent of local jurisdictions have adopted
construction standards and techniques that minimize elevated indoor radon levels
Number of states in which plans to define and track sentinel environmental diseases are
established and monitored
Number of states with exposure standards adequate to prevent the major occupational
lung diseases to which their worker populations are exposed
Hierarchical Level 2
Number of companies selling release detection devices and number of devices sold
Number of public presentation, talks, and demonstrations on riparian wetlands
Number of research projects on riparian wetlands
Number of workshops, training sessions, and seminars on riparian wetlands
Volunteer monitors
Hierarchical Level 3
Amount of recyclables collected compared to the amount of recycled materials used in the
production of new products
Hierarchical Level 4
Number and percentage of underground storage tanks tested (tightness tests)
Hierarchical Level 5
Pesticide use in lawn care and structural use
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7 DATA REPORT SUMMARIES FROM SELECTED DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Several prior studies have been identified as having potentially valuable information for the determining
indicators relevant to the National Goals Project The reports from fourteen data collection efforts are
summarized later in this chapter. The summaries identify data collection methodologies, sampling design,
chemicals, and compounds (indicators) for which data was collected.
Agency
EPA/OW/GLPO
EPA/OAR
EPA/OSWER
USDA/NASS and ERS
USDA/Forest Service
DOE/EIA
DHHS/CDC
DOT/FHWA
Report
Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program
The National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report (1992)
The 1989 National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report
Agricultural Chemical Usage: Field Crops Summary (1991/1992)
Agricultural Chemical Usage: Vegetables Summary (1990/1992)
Agricultural Chemical Usage: Fruits and Nuts Summary (1991)
Forest Health Monitoring, New England Summary Report (1990)
Forest Health Monitoring in the South, Summary Report (1991)
Forest Health Monitoring, New England/Mid-Atlantic Summary Report
(1991)
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 1985-1990
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
1992 Federal Expenditures for the Conservation of Protected Species
Under the Endangered Species Act
Framework for Measuring Progress Toward Meeting Federal Highway
Environmental Goals: A Survey of State DOT Environmental Programs
The Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions
and Performance
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For each report, the facts and figures covered by the report are briefly described followed by more in depth
summaries of data collection, sample design, and chemicals, compounds and other statistical information
for which the data were collected.
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The Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program
DeVault, D.S. 1985. Contaminants in Fish from Great Lakes Harbors and Tributary Mouths.
Environ. Contain Toxicol. 14:587
DeVault, D.S. et al. 1986. Contamination Trends from the Upper Great Lakes. Arch. Environ.
Contam. Toxicol. 15:349
DeVault, D.S. 1989. Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans and Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins in
Great Lakes Fish: A Baseline and Interlake Comparison. Environ. Contam. Toxic, and Chem.
The Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program (GLFMP) is a cooperative program between the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WS), the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) and the eight Great Lakes States, designed to provide a coordinated approach
to contaminant monitoring.
Composite fish samples collected from Great Lakes Harbors and Tributaries were analyzed by gas
chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for a wide range of pesticides and priority
pollutants. Severe PCB contamination was observed in many Great Lakes tributaries. Attached is a
detailed list of compounds scanned by GC/MS.
Fish from each of the Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair were analyzed for 10 congeners of polychlorinated
dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and 8 congeners of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD's). PCDFs and
PCDD's were identified above detection limits in samples from each lake. While the upper lakes were
somewhat similar in absolute concentration, and composition of PCDFs and PCDD's, principle
components analysis identified statistically significant inter- and intralake differences in the composition
of total PCFD and PCDD. These differences suggest a variety of pollutant sources.
For lake trout and rainbow smelt, measured variables include age, length, weight, PCB, DDT and
metabolites, chlordane, dieldrin, toxaphene, and mirex. Annual data on DDT and PCB's are available
back to 1970. Dioxins, furans, and other special studies are done periodically. For fillets of coho (even
years) and chinook (odd years) salmon, the above variables are measured as well as hexachlorobenzene,
dacthal, endrine, lindane, heptachlor epoxide, and pentachlorophenyl methyl ether. Attached is an
example of PCB and DDT trend data in the Great Lakes. Trend data are available for each lake.
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GoBumuumi in Full from Gmi Lifcei Ami
589
Tibte 1. Cempoundi tanned by CC/MS
Biill-chlorMhylttiher
IJ-Dichlarabeaieae
1.4-Diehlarabennnc
U-Dichtorobnuent
NitiQBcnuEitc
HcudiJorocuunc
2-CUoflophc nol
:.4-Dim«hyl(>he
2-NHrophnol
Bii(2-cldorocihcuymwihanc
U.4-Tnchlorotaenzenc
Naphthalene
2-Chtoronaphthatent
DuneihylshthaUie
AceniBhiMene
Ruorene
N-mtraiodiphenylaniint
4-BremopbnyJphaiyl ether
PnenuithrersMinlirwenf'
P-l-butylptaM]
POibro-m-cmol
1.4.6-Tncbtaroptenol
4.6-Diiuiro-onbo anal
Pcnuchlorophcnol
HcuctUorobutadnM
Accnptuhm
2.4-DtniiMoiiieM
16-DmiUwohient
Dwihylphihilue
U-IkphaiyUiydnawe
Heuchlorobenme
DHMXiylphihilue
FkuomthefK
Bmjdbauylphtnalate
Bii(2-«thylhMyl Iphihalaie
BeuatetpyfCBF1
JTfyieiiB
Metnoxyealar*
Pvunt
Chi7»ene/bcna»«nthi»c«ne
BenzotbtnuoMihene*
Isdenod^J-ejUpypenf
Phenol
InlbuirTnlbnlinr1
2.4.0-linerap«l eiter
Alpha BHOo-BHC)
Beu-BHC I&-BHC)-
Gunna-BHC «-BHCc
Hcpuchlor
Aldnif
DieUrm*
DCPA IDacihal)1
liodnn*
Hepuchlor epoxide'
Oxychtordanc
Camma ehlordane*
o.f DDE1
p.P DDE-
oj>. DDD*
Eadrrn1
CMorobenziUie'
Endosuluui-ll'
o^-DDT p^-DDD1
BenzMgJuJpervlew
KeponriCWorteeoael*
1 Computer much ml}. Standards were noi run. All niters matched and qoMified with Mtnctuic tundardi
been banned, such as (he PCBs. and DDT. or se-
vercly-restncted. such as chlordane and hepiachlor
PCBs were the most predominant contaminant.
occurring in all samples at concentrations ranging
from 0.175 ngflcg to 98.44 mg/kg. The highest PCB
concentrations occurred in fish from the Sheboygan
River with concentratraits ranging from 38.60 mg/
kg to 98.44 mg/kg. Elevated PCB concentrations
also occurred in samples from the Fox. AshtabuLa.
Kumickhvuc. and Milwaukee Rivers. Atl samples
exceeded the International Joint Commission's
(UC) objective of O.I mg/kg total PCB for whole
fish (IIC I97S). The contribution of the individual
Aroclor* mixtures to the total PCBs vaned from
sue to site but was consistent between samples ai
each site. With the exception of carp from the Km-
mckinnic River, samples with total PCB concentra-
tions ranging from 1.72 mg/kg lo 98 44 rap kg were
dominated by Aroclor" I24K. Samples with lower
total PCB concentrations were dummaicd by the
more highly chlorinated, more persistent rMicurc ft
el. 1973: Sloan rfu/. IVB3) Aroclors" f2.\4und I2MI
DDT and metabolites occurred in at) samples
with total DDT ranging from U.CKJl mg/kp in hull-
heads from the Ashtabula River lo I .V* mpkg in
Northern pike from the Sheboygan River Total
DDT was below the International Joint Commission
(UQ objective of 1.0 mg/kg in all hul four samples
from the Sheboygan. Menominec. and Kinnickinnic
Rivers. The ratio of DDE to the parent compounds
varied from sample to sample: however. DDE was
predominant in all but sample #ISI 1 (Wolf River).
One interesting result was the high proportion of
o.f-DDT and o.p-DDE to the corresponding p.p
isomers. The predominance of the o.p-iiomer has
also been observed in sediment samples from sev-
eral Great Lakes locations. Several hypotheses
including differential degradation rates and the pos-
sible environmental impact of o.p-DDT- and o.p-
DDE-contammaied kellnane are under investiga-
tion.
Hexachtorobenzene was delected at low (0.003
mg/kg to 0.13 mg/kg) concentrations at all sues ex-
cept the Ashtabula River where high (0.71 mg/kg to
3.47 mg/kg) concentrations occurred. Melhoxy-
chlor was detected in samples from the Sheboygan
River. Fox River, and Chequamepon Bay ai low
(0.01 mg/kg lo (I. H mg/kg i concent rat ions. The pes-
ticides ukinn/dicklnn. endosulfan. chlordane. hep-
liichlor. umi BHC occurred at low levels in most
samples
The herbicide ilaclrmt wus delected m 71r; of the
samples Contentriituins were lov. ranttnt from
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Contaminants in Trout in Upper Great Lakes
\
Fig. 2. Polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) concentrations in Lake Mich-
igan trout. Mean and 95% confidence interval
Tig. 3. Total DDT concentration! in Lake Michigan lake trout.
Mean and 95% confidence interval
(P < 0.05) trends were observed for any of the
monitored compounds. Annual mean total DDT
and PCB concentrations exceeded the IJC (1978)
objectives (1.0 mg/kg and 0.1 ing/kg, respectively)
in each year of the study.
Lake Superior
Contaminant concentrations in Lake Superior lake
irout are given in Table 5. The relatively low levels
of PCB, dieldnn. and oxychlordanc did not exhibit
trerids nor statistically significant (P < O.OS) differ-
ence^ over the study period.
Total DDT concentrations in Lake Superior lake
trout (Figure 6) declined significantly (P < 0.05. r-
= 78.9) from 1977 to 1982. following the equation:
C, = -O.I62(y) + 13.7 (4)
where C, = \mean total DDT concentration (mg/kg)
in year t and y = year (1900s).
The annuaKmean PCB concentration exceeded
the UC (I978)^bjective in each year/of the study.
The LIC (1978)*total DDT objective /was exceeded
by the mean concentrations in 1977/through 1979.
but not from I980\jo 1982.
Discussion
Of the data sets for (he three upper lake monitoring
sites reported here, only that/for Lake Michigan
was sufficient to allow rigorous statistical evalua-
tion of trends with lime. This/is principally because
USFWS had collected data for six years before the
current US EPA/US FWS'cooperative program
was begun in 1977. As a result of these extra years
of data, it was possible to demonstrate that mean
PCB and mean total DDT concentrations in lake
trout off Saugatuck declined in a manner that ap-
proximated first order loss kinetics. Rodgers and
Swain (1983) reported that the decline of PCB con-
centrations in bloaiers/(Corri'om/s hoyi) from Lake
Michigan (off Saugatuck) from 1972 to 1980 also
approximated first order loss kinetics with a rate
constant of -0.12/yr. They used the trend data for
bloaters to hindcasi loads and then used their
loading estimates to forecast concentrations in
other fish species. They estimated that PCB con-
centrations in Lake Michigan trout would reach 2
mg/kg in 1987. By solving equation (1) for I, we cal-
culate that PCB concentrations will drop to 2 mg/kg
in 1988. This estimate is in excellent agreement
with the projections of Rodgers and Swain (1983).
particularly when the difference in approach and
the uncertainties of such projections are consid-
ered. These projections presuppose that PCB
loading into Lake Michigan will continue to de-
crease at a rate at least equal to that before 1982.
As atmospheric deposition now contributes well
over 50% of the total load (Murphy-andHzesutko
1977), this decrease may not be affected.
A similar projection of total DDT concentration
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The National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report (EPA 454/R-93-031)
The analysis in this report focuses on comparisons with the primary standards in effect in 1992 to examine
changes in air pollution time and to summarize current air pollution status. The six pollutants with
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are CO, Pb, N(>2,03, SC>2, PM-10. The report tracks
two kinds of trends: air concentration, based on actual direct measurements of pollutant concentrations
in the air at selected sites throughout the country, and emissions, which are estimates of the total tonnage
of these pollutants released into the air annually based upon the best available engineering calculations.
The Trends Report summarizes the changes and trends, sources, effects and miscellaneous details of each
of the NAAQS pollutants across the country. The trends are reported graphically over time and in tabular
form by various sources for the time frame 1983-1992. The report also has a discussion about additional
pollutants listed in the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) under the
Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990. In particular, a brief description of the CAAA air toxic
provisions, a status report on air toxic regulations required by the CAAA, a discussion of available data
sources for emissions and concentrations of air toxics, and a summary of current estimated emissions in
the United States are provided.
The Trends Report documents the air quality status of Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and various
international cities and megacities. These include descriptions of counties across the United States not
meeting at least one of the NAAQS, peak statistics for selected NAAQS and non-NAAQS pollutants by
selected MSA, and general air quality trends for international cities and megacities.
Attached are examples of trends, sources of pollutants and air quality status listings found in the Trends
Report.
The author of this report is the Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards/Technical Report Division and the supporting database is AIRS (sponsored by the Office of Air
and Radiation).
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Section 1.2 Mapr Findings - CO
1.2 Major Findings
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Air Concentrations
198342: 34 percent decrease (8-hour second high at 308 sites)
94 percent decrease (8-hour exceedances at 308 sites)
1991-92: 7 percent decrease (8-hour second high at 390 sites)
Emissions
1983-92: 25 percent decrease
1991-92: 4 percent decrease
Trends. Improvements continued with the
1983-92 ten year period showing 34 percent
improvement in air quality levels and a 25
percent reduction in total emissions. The air
quality improvement agrees more closely with
the estimated 30 percent reduction in highway
vehicle emissions. This progress occurred
despite continued growth in miles of travel in
the US Transportation sources account for
approximately 80 percent of me nation's CO
emissions. The 30 percent decrease in
highway vehicle emissions during the 1983-92
period occurred despite a 37 percent increase
in vehicle miles of travel. Estimated
nationwide CO emissions decreased 4 percent
between 1991 and 1992.
Status. In November 1991. EPA designated 42
areas as nonattunment for CO. Based upon
the magnitude of the CO concentrations, 41 of
these areas were classified as moderate and 1
(Los Angeles) was classified as serious. In
Executive Summary
September 1993, Syracuse, NY became the first
of these 42 nonattainment areas to be
redesignated as an attainment area.
Some Details. The first major dean fuel
program under the 1990 dean Air Act
Amendments is the oxygenated fuel program
implemented by state and local agencies
following EPA guidelines. Increasing the
oxygen content of gasoline reduces CO
emissions by improving fuel combustion,
which is typically less efficient at cold
temperatures. On November 1, 1992, new
oxygenated fuel programs began in 28
metropolitan areas. These programs generally
run from November through February and
preliminary results suggest greater CO air
quality improvements, with peak CO levels
declining 13 percent in areas with the new
oxy-fuel program as compared to a 3 percent
decline in non-program areas.
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section ) j:
CO TREND, 1983-1992
(ANNUAL 2ND MAX 8-HR AVG)
CONCENTRATION, PPM
15
10-
5-
308 SITES
90% of wl« have tower
2nd max 8-hr concentrations
than this line
10% of sites neve tower
2nd max B-hr concentrations
man this line
1^
83 84 85 86 87 SB 89 90 91 92
CO EMISSIONS TREND
(1983 vs. 1992)
MILLION SHORT TONS PER YEAR
140
40 -
20
1983
1992
CO Effects
Carb
onad* niton tt» bloodstream md reduces the delivwy of oxygen to the body's organs and
tissue*. The health thmt from cvtxxi monoxide to most ssrious for those who sufltr from
cardlove^citodlseeM.piitkulsflythosewlthsnginiorpsftphe^ Healthy Individuals
also aresrtecfcd but only at Mghsr levels. Exposure to etevaled cart»n monoxide levels is associatad
wtftlmpeinBertefvisuaJpenapt^
wl iMHII^FMK la*Ve\A.
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Section 3.1 1 renos m uaroon Monoxne
While there is general agreement between frequently located to identify local problems.
changes in air quality and emissions over this The mix of vehicles and the change in vehicle
10-year period, it is worth noting that the miles of travel in the area around a specific
emission changes reflect estimated national CO monitoring site may differ from the
totals, while ambient CO monitors are national averages.
Table 3-1. National Carbon Monoxide Emission Estimates, 2983-2992
SOURCE
CATEGORY
Fuel Combustion -
Bectnc Utilities
Fuel Combustion •
InduBtral
Fuel Combustion -
Other
Chemical end
Allied Product
Manufacturing
IVIttlllltt FIIAAfooiiiy
•etfotoum BUG
totted Industries
Mwr Industrial
'rocenBeB
Solvent Utilization
Storage and
Transport
Waste Disposal
and Recycling
Highway Vehicles
Mf-Highway
Natural Sources
Miscellaneous
Total
1983
0.30
0.70
6.72
1.84
1.56
0.46
0.66
0
0
2.03
78.67
1425
0
8.55
115.96
1984
032
0.73
6.76
2.08
1.73
0.38
0.91
0
0
2.03
7540
15.62
0
7.01
112.97
1985
0.32
0.69
7.01
1.48
1.87
0.43
0.69
0
0.05
1.94
73.52
15.60
0
4.11
107.90
1986
029
0.68
6.57
1.81
2.08
0.45
0.72
0
0.09
1.92
70.47
15.66
0
4.16
104.89
1987
0.30
0.66
6.34
1.76
1.98
0.46
0.71
0
0.09
1.85
65.60
1533
0
4.20
99 JO
1988
031
0.71
6.17
1.87
2.10
0.44
0.71
0
0.10
1.81
6522
1530
0
4.33
99.07
1989
032
0.71
5.94
1.88
Ł13
0.44
0.72
0
0.10
1.75
60.13
15.00
0
429
9339
1880
031
0.72
5.73
1.89
2.08
0.44
0.72
0
0.10
1.69
5930
14.64
0
4.27
9236
1991
0.31
0.72
5.58
1.91
1.99
0.44
0.71
0
0.10
1.64
58.83
1424
0
420
90.68
1982
031
0.71
5.15
1.87
1.98
0.40
0.72
0
0.10
1.69
5529
14.68
0
427
87.18
MOTE; Tnemnw of tuo^ttogotletiMy net oqufltotiltlue to rounding.
Nafl and Regional Trends in NAAQS Pollutants 3-6
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Section 3.1 Trends in Carbon Monoxide
Clean Air Act Oxygenated "Fuel Program
c*eratingurxJertr« 1990
by <•§ and teal Hr pofctfon control
dmiopid by tht
A* Qufty Banted (HAAQS) tor canon monad* (CO) during the «Mv Mrtta vtan CO to** •» Ngtar.
— , • .» __ »^J^^_. ___ i __ *^_ «»^^^^4 •fi^eJ iMMMeVBaBBi i
Though the winter oeiaon vane*, tne oxygenated n ngrain
Nbrutry. On NoMiBby 1, 19C. ntw «yg«»i»d to! yivgimm titgnto 20 n«iulUii aim outohte ot
t of 2.7 p*rc«nt oxygen by wwght Tht ptuywu haptaMnM hi
L_ A
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Table 5-2. Simplified Nmattammntt Areas List*, (cant.).
M
65
6<
67
6B
69
70
71
72
13
74
75
16
•71
78
79
BO
81
82
83
84
85
86
81
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
»B
99
100
141
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
lie
117
lie
119
110
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
111
132
133
114
135
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MD
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
MI
MI
MI
MN
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MO
MO
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HT
HT
HT
HT
HT
HT
HT
HT
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HH
HH
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MY
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OH
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Vlgc Co.
Wayne Co.
Laxuvcac-Fayetce
Louisville
Muhlanberg Co.
Ouenabora
Peducah
Baton Rouge
Lake Char las
Boston-Lawrence- Worcester
Springfield (M. Mass)
Baltimore
Kant and Queen Anne Cos
Hancock and Waldo Co*.
Knox and Lincoln Cos.
Lawiston-Aunum
Millinoeket
Portland
Prasque Isle
Detroit-ADn Arbor
Grands Rapids
Muskagon
Duluth
Mimeapolis-St . Paul
Olaated Co.
Dent
Liberty-Arcadia
St. Louis
Butte
Columbia Palls
KalupeU
Lane Dear
Lams i Clark
Libby
Niasoula
Poison
Rsnan
Yellows tone
Chnrlocte-Castonaa
Wins ton- Salea
Raleigh-Durban
Douglas
Manchester
PortaBoutb-Dover-Rocnester
Atlantic City
Albuquerque
Anthony
Grant Co.
Central Staptoe Valley
Las Vegas
Reno
Albaay-ScbenecHoy-Troy
Buflalo-Hiagara Falls
Eaaex Co. (White Htn.)
Jefferson Co.
Poughkeepsie
Canton
Cincinnati-Hamilton
Claveland-Akron-Lorain
Colossus
Coabocten Co.
Dayt en-Spr a.ng E ae 1 d
Callia Co.
Jef Carson Co.
Morgan Co.
Toledo
Washington Co.
Youngstown-Warran-Sharon
Greats peas
Uamath Falls
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1
1
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
nd i l
1
1
1
1 1 3
1
I
1
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
TAUT 1
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1
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1
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1
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POPULATION*
(1000s)
106
72
10
249
31
88
28
582
1 Łfl
1OO
5500
2346
231
a
441
11
4591
668
2310
2)90
34
3
12
1
2
3
43
3
2
5
686
266
613
<1
222
183
319
481
2
28
9
141
2S5
874
1169
<1
111
17941
259
368
170S
2859
1157
35
951
31
80
14
575
62
614
17
18
5-3
Air Quality Status d MSAs, 1992
7-11
Westattlnc.
October 9,1994
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Report Summiries
• 1NIBB1 to 16BB2B6 (31
. HN81 to taaaaoi c&:
18881 to 1MMI (3631
• 1M1 10 1IMI U7«:
1 to 1HI (239
L
O
S
A
N
G
E
L
E
S
i of 123% «n toxte air wniMtom
1000 and 1001.
> VMT (»r capta bNiMMd 16% to 10^0
MwMft 1003 and 1000.
4% toOS4 tMtwMn 1063 and 1000.
• VMT hi tto Soutti COMI Air BMbi
118.7% tahwMn 1007 and 1004.
6-18
Westaulnc.
Octobcr9.1994
7-12
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Inventory of Indicators
Jug 600
52
m
cog
US
0O
<0
UJUJ
Concentration. (ug/m3)
1980
1982 1984 1986 1988
1990
Figure 7-5. Trend in annual average total suspended paniculate concentrations in selected cities in
the world. Source: UNEP/WHO, 1992a; UNEP/WHO, 1992b.
30
1884
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
Figure 7-6. Trend in annual geometric mean total suspended particulate concentrations in selected
U.S. and Canadian cities, 1985-1991. Source: T. Dann, Environment Canada; AIRS database.
7-5
International Air Pollution Perspective
7-13
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The 1989 National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report (EPA 530-S-92-027)
The Biennial Report is a census of RCRA regulated communities containing information about RCRA
hazardous waste that is shipped off site or managed at the site of generation. The data in the report
include information on the number of hazardous waste generators regulated under RCRA and the types
and quantities of RCRA waste they generate; the number of treatment, storage and disposal (TSD)
facilities; and the information on waste minimization practices.
The report lists information on the generation, management and transport of RCRA hazardous waste
including the number of hazardous waste generators and quantity of hazardous waste generated for each
state, the quantity of RCRA hazardous waste each state exports and imports, the name and location of and
the amount of hazardous waste generated by the SO largest RCRA hazardous waste generators, RCRA
hazardous waste management facilities, RCRA TSD facilities and RCRA hazardous waste management
methods.
For each RCRA hazardous waste management method, including aqueous treatment, underground
injection, landfills, incineration, stabilization and energy recovery, the number of facilities handling
RCRA hazardous waste and the quantities handled off- and on-site are reported. These numbers are also
reported for each state that exercises these management methods.
The Biennial Report also lists the number of TSD facilities and quantities generated and minimized for
sites that reported waste minimization activity for each state and for each SIC code. Also reported are the
percentage of sites that created or expanded waste minimization programs. For the waste minimization
methods, the activities undertaken to achieve source reduction, the percent of new waste recycling
activities begun in the reporting years, and the factors delaying or preventing implementation of source
reduction opportunities and recycling plans are also reported.
For each state, the Biennial Report provides the number of RCRA large quantity generators operating in
the state, total quantity of regulated waste generated, the number of TSD facilities using specific waste
management methods, the ranking of the RCRA hazardous waste generated in the state, states of origin
and target states for importing and exporting RCRA hazardous waste and the 40 largest RCRA generators
and TSD facilities and the quantity the facilities generated or handled.
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The author of this report is Office of Solid Waste and Emergency response and the supporting database is
the BRS databases.
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ChtfJtar2: Nstnnal Results
STATE
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
fftfji|R5A5
CALIFORNIA
fp^pflpn
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
6EORBIA
HAKAII
IDAHO
ILLlUtS
INDIANA
IOHA
p^lfj;
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MARYLAND
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
NEVADA
REV HAMPSHIRE
REV JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
HEW YORK
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
PUERTO RICO
SOUTH CAROLIM
TEXAS
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WEST VIR6UIA
WISCONSIN
HAZARDOUS HASTE
RAJOC
19
30
S
31
18
16
IS
38
37
12
10
zz
u
24
3
17
13
10
33
4
32
39
19
35
8
27
25
34
16
7
8
1
28
36
14
11
a
TOTAL
QUARTTTT
(tM)
4.122
MB
35.578
57.845
111
5.15*
80
11.779
1
2
28.688
3S.358
3.014
3.100
1.258
113.887
6.281
28.102
3.888
78
69.003
100
0
959
10
43.916
441
178.010
608
26
8.881
38.182
35.7(7
421.822
394
3
13.288
28.699
2.699
1.280.216
fCRCERT
0.3
«o.os
2.8
4.5
4.05
0.4
0.1
0.9
«0.05
40.05
2.2
2.8
0.2
0.2
0.1
1.9
0.5
2.2
0.3
<0.05
5.4
«O.OS
0.0
«0.05
•0.05
3.4
«0.05
13.8
0.1
<0.05
0.7
3.0
2.8
40.8
«o.os
•0.05
1.0
2.2
0.2
100.0
TSO FACILITIES
RWBB
6
5
8
15
1
8
1
3
1
1
13
9
3
4
1
12
3
6
7
2
10
1
1
6
1
10
1
20
4
1
5
5
4
24
4
1
8
4
221
PERCENT
2.7
2.3
3 6
68
0 S
2 7
0 S
1 4
OS
0 S
59
4 1
1 4
1 8
OS
54
14
27
32
09
4 S
OS
OS
27
0
4
0
9
1
0
2
2
I
10
1
fl
1
3
1
100.0
NOTES: SUtM not )imd dtd net
Colon* my not «• dM to
iMurdous wttt by tncinmtlon during 1989.
ling.
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Inventory of Indicators
19S9 National BiemialRCM Hazardous Was* Report
EiMUt3-4.
Numb«r and
SIC
CODE
imknoM
01
02
07
OB
09
10
12
13
14
15
10
17
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
20
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
55
57
SS
59
80
65
87
70
72
73
75
76
78
79
80
81
82
87
88
89
91
TOTAL ouurrrn
GEXQUTEO
(ton)
1.034.991
24
7.503
139
270
22
46<
629
23.161
S24
798
2.716
5.314
40.508
180
•5.109
1.175
22.851
138.457
62.409
35.282
175.727.960
3.903.810
294.082
6.751
119.348
3.853.780
3.249.929
336.332
3.664.120
1.622.606
73.007
24.165
9.012
8.083
358.459
38
S.723
121.548
S.423
5.096
1.621
1.716.893
84.390
56.401
110
1.692
28
67
454
862
126
6S5
21
2.091
158.053
2.921
4.316
1.105
59
1.939
0
4.103
S.584
2
90.114
4.434
HASTES HININ
QUMTm
GEORATED (ton)
33.885
0
42
20
226
0
37
230
1.341
176
57
17
354
4.471
0
4.117
131
3.601
4.076
16.484
11.259
S.978.S2S
176.908
11.079
630
39.994
880.393
258.539
113.642
224.883
79.883
9.148
3.809
616
105
17.796
I
2.997
1.088
1.490
511
26
201.993
7.348
3.487
11
121
7
279
30.159
62
207
32
4
373
0
352
1.094
0
1.051
658
[ZED
rtKEHl
3.3
0.0
0.6
14.4
84.4
0.0
8.0
38.6
5.8
33.6
7.1
0.6
6.7
11.0
0.0
6.3
11.1
15.6
2.9
26.4
31.9
3.4
4.5
4.7
9.3
33.5
2Z.8
8.0
33.8
6.1
4.9
12.4
15.8
8.8
1.3
5.0
2.6
52.4
0.9
27.5
10.0
1.6
11.6
8.7
6.1
10.0
6.4
0.0
0.0
16.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
13.3
11.7
2.1
4.8
2.9
6.6
19.2
0.0
8.
19.
0.
2.
19.
TUTU •••»•
ly IHk M^VGK
OF MUTES
UNHIIU
16.005
1
n
a
D
, 27
180
36
304
72
219
194
467
1.123
38
577
60
1.020
939
1.810
1.362
22.043
1.707
2.046
73
1.411
5.334
12.048
5.052
14.516
14.375
3.216
966
326
413
1.439
33
150
1.166
94
192
151
8.152
3.052
1.621
9
545
6
4
188
75
16
24
936
7.067
596
388
46
33
2.464
1
4.153
1.616
1
512
1.156
MUTES
•won
1.079
0
2
4
3
0
8
12
17
3
2
4
36
78
0
46
7
84
130
166
173
1.675
160
337
15
144
4«9
1.611
657
1.435
835
259
82
25
13
72
1
7
78
46
24
24
316
44
109
1
23
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
20
44
24
21
3
4
59
i
179
123
0
17
42
NIMINIZED
PERCENT
6.
0.
3.
13.
5.
0.
4.
33.
5.
4.
0.
1.
7.
6.
0.
8.
11.
8.
13.
9.
12.
8.
9.
11.
20.
10.
8.
13.
13.0
9.9
5.8
9.1
8.5
7.6
3.1
5.0
3.0
4.7
6.7
48.9
12.5
15.9
5.1
1.4
6.0
11.1
4.2
0.0
0.0
2.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.1
4.0
5.7
6.5
12.1
2.4
100.0
4.3
7.6
0.0
3.3
3.6
(Contlnutd on MR
7-17
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Chapters: Nation*/ Results
Md ItanagwiMflt, toy StaM, 1089
STATE
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA
GEOR61A
GUAM
HAWAII
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
imiAU
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUOCT
LOUISIANA
WIRE
MARYLAND
n/lSMCHIBPTT?
NICHI6AN
MINNESOTA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
NOHTANA
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEV JEHSET
NEW MEXICO
REV YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
(BESOM
PENNSYLVANIA
PUERTO RICO
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
TRUST TERRITORIES
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGIN ISLANDS
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VMfilKU
WISCONSIN
HTDNING
TOTAL
TOTAL
GENERATED
(tern)
403.701
3.B84
I34.59S
IDS. ISO
4.670.579
117.347
1.390.314
lt.766
2.357
411.832
2.615.210
573
Z.149
15.062
1.3B1.709
1.843.015
76.240
1.713.963
149.612
9.094.768
sz.su
265.227
34.142
35.143.264
239.096
717.291
364.299
4.979
72.209
4.665
18.211
47.096.656
10.961
406.910
566.338
26.840
2.727.363
205.382
27.954
1.246.706
246.161
S.56S
106.224
1.06B
34.363.940
28.171.860
23
211.563
13.461
5.7S7
5.227.092
228.323
14.390.106
411.897
3.190
197.501.112
IMP
AMOUNT
(tons)
333.661
0
778
115,352
26.556
1.984
21.253
1
0
18.617
16.188
0
149
37.524
285.886
313.484
2.330
26.167
92.282
238.750
0
7.731
0
199.634
12.561
18.649
96.944
0
19.115
IS. 142
211
165.933
16
141.486
36.166
660
402.061
113.781
57.330
356.702
6
13.707
151.652
122
67.541
189.576
4S.639
100
0
53.109
15.501
1.77*
23.387
0
3.740.225
DKTS
PERCENT OF
QUANTITY
NARA6EC
59.1
0.0
0.8
1.0
0.6
2.4
5.8
•0.05
0.0
4.6
0.7
0
18.6
81.7
19.8
15.5
3.1
1.5
63.4
2.6
0.0
3.7
0.0
0.
3.
2.
33.
0.
22.
H.
3.
0.4
0.3
33.7
6.4
2.6
14.8
49.8
87.6
31.3
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Inventory of Indicators
1W9 •Miami Mantel
2. 19S2
ToMel.
Total Nuetoer of RCRA Large Quantity Generators: 36V
Total Quantity of Regulated Mote Generated: 411,832 torn
RCRA TSD Facilities (excluding storage-only facilities)
Facilities aaneging only uaste generated en site 10
Facilities aeneging only waste generated off site 5
Facilities oenaging Meste generated both en end off site 1
Tout RCRA TSD facilities (excluding storage-only facilities): 16
Total Quantity of RCRA Regulated Waste Managed in RCRA TSD unite: 359,733 tons
(excluding quantity eeneysd in storage only)
Total RCRA TSD Facilities: 22
Final Disposition of Wastii NineyiJ in RCRA rriiresiei
BO. Of
facilities Hazardous Waste Managed
using ft equities (tons)
Method code OBthoo* On site Off site Total
OTHER TREATMENT
UNDERGROUND INJECTION
INVALID SYSTEM TYPE
TOTAL
PERCENTAGE
N121 -11129
N134
10
1
6
16
•
18.130
320.134
0
338,264
94.0 X
0
0
21,468
21,468
6.0 X
18.130
320.134
21,468
359,733
100X
5.0
89.0
6.0
100.0
.
•Colum oey not SUB to total because facilities eay how Multiple handling
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SWt
0 «L
M. 11,408 M
U 4,776 CI
U *5 «
EC MS IL
M
TOTAL 16,417 KT
III
WT
OH
«
M
•I
n
UT
TOTAL 60,915
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1989 KMioml Mantel
THU3.
Mute Typt
0002
IMP
0001
(061
0006
F006
MOB
FOBS
F002
rooi
0007
F019
F005
POTS
0009
0003
U239
F007
our
D011
UZ10
0005
0004
0016
U036
U080
0010
U122
0013
FOOB
U016
U1S4
U226
F009
U134
1019
U121
POSO
U133
uou
QMnttty fimrara
(ton*)
341,109
22,383
12,805
11,133
8,268
3,050
2.448
2,417
2.316
1,811
1.381
1,019
702
243
112
99
82
73
68
46
26
24
23
18
IB
17
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
t
PtTCoViuo
82.8
5.4
3.1
2.7
2.0
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.4
OJ
0.2
0.2
0.1
40.05
4.85
4.05
0.05
40.05
4.05
0.05
«0.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
cO.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
40.05
tank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
B
9
10
11
12
IS
14
IS
16
17
18
n
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
«•«• typn roprwnt nut* itrraB tlMt MT* cftmetwind
by man Hun one EPA nwte code, te awlanatign c« MM dn-tvition
of «MM mitur* ndH it previdMJ in Scetim 2-3.
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Tip* of
tty
Typt i«Mtien of tb»
of thtte •iiture codtt ic provicM in Section 2-3.
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•tanisl
9. 1992
! AB RERA OIMTTTT
IMIO
SITE MIC
cm
01
02
OS
04
05
06
07
OB
09
10
11
12
IS
14
IS
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
SS
36
37
SB
39
40
FL0004106B11 MISER AUMINUN t CHEMICAL C
FLD057Z31821 AMERICAN CTANANID CO IK
FLD083812537 FLORIDA STEEL CORP
FLD980729610 TRICIL RECOVERY SERVICE
FLD043860451 GATES ENERGY PRODUCTS IK
FLD9B0842207 FLORIDA DER HASTE CLEANUP
FLD095565206 REICHOLD CHEMICALS IK
FL0000814434 FLORIDA HEEL CORP
FLD980847271 SAFETY KLEEH CORP 3-163-01
FLD980847214 SAFETY KLEEH CORP 3-079-01
FL617002U12 UNAS JACKSONVILLE
FL0000776708 CHEMICAL HASH MCT PONPANO
FL0984166942 UK RECLAMATION IK
FLD004092839 GULF COAST RECYCLING IK
FLD000602334 HARRIS SEMICONDUCTOR DIH
FLD097B37983 SAFETY KLEEN CORP 3-130-01
FLB981474802 GSX SERVICES
FLD9B2106775 FAME PLASTICS IK
FL0065912966 ADVANCED OUICK CIRCUITS
FL09808400B6 SAFETY KLEEN CORP 3-097-02
FLD095558466 PEC VIKTRON
FL006914S019 NORTNERN TELECOM ELECTRONICS
FLD004073177 AERO CORP
FLD0658B5931 METAL CONTAINER CORP
FLABODOH1B5 USNASA KfNNFDY SPACE CENTER
FLD061993606 MARTIN MRIETTA AEROSPACE
FL0000776716 SAFETY KLEEH CORP 3-163-02
FL0000776773 SAFETY KLEEN CORP 3-079-02
FLD98060Z7S4 RESOURCE RECOVERY OF AMERICA
FU001447952 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
FLD1611S0446 NETALPLATE CALVANI2ING IK
FL9170024S67 USN NAVY PUBLIC UOtCS CENTER
FL0981469612 FLORIDA DER AMNESTY DATS
FLD004065470 UALT DISNEY UDRLD CO
FL2800016121 USAF CAPE CANAVERAL
FLD9B1475049 CONNECTRONICS INC
FLB047966593 MARTIN ELECTRONICS INC
FLD0598S9S87 VISION EASE
FL0047096524 OLIN CORP
FLOOD4117677 PERKO INC
MLIBH
lALBWII
MRTOW
LLE
TAMPA
PALM MY
ALTANOHTE SPRINGS
PIKELLAS PARK
TOTAL
CEMEBATED
CU.S. TORS)
320.13*
17.427
8.312
T.442
6,197
4,077
3.207
2.938
Z.2RS
1,648
1.646
1,476
1.JB7
MIAMI
IK
VEST PALM BEACH
LAKE CITY
JACKSONVILLE
KENNEDY SPACE CbiTEft
PORT CHARLOTTE
TA
IRC
JUPITER
JACKSONVILLE
PEHSACDLA
TALLAHASSEE
MT LAKE
CAPE CAMVERAL
FORT LAUBERDALE
ST
MIAMI
1,241
965
Ml
991
772
696
672
645
610
600
S67
310
504
471
442
421
400
326
287
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19B9 MitimL Biennial
9. 1MZ
TABLE «. ram
EM ID Site MM, City
MOUTIES. 1989
foul
OR Sit*
Off Sltt
lout
1 FUOM106B11 KAISER ALUMINUM ( CHEN]CM. CORP.. MULBERRY
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
2 FLDON737312 OLOOVER CORP., BEEN COVE SPRINGS
INVALID SYSTEM TYPE
3 FLM57231821 AMERICAN CTANMIID CO INC., MILTON
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
* FLB9817S07D6 MATRIX RECOVERY SYSTEMS INC.. HILLISTW
INVALID SYSTEM TYPE
5 FLP047096524 OLIN CORP.. ST NARKS
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
6 FLBOt7966593 MARTIN ELECTRONICS INC.. PERRY
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
7 FL0984166942 UNC RECLAMATION INC.. MULBERRY
INVALID SYSTEM TYPE
B FLD004092839 GULF COAST RECYCLINC INC.. TAMPA
INVALID SYSTEM TYPE
9 FLB09MKS72 ABB POOR DISTRIBUTION INC.. SANFORD
OTHER TREATMBn N121-M129
10 FLD001U7952 UNITED TECHMOLOCIES. JUPITER
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
11 FL0004104105 KMYUELL INC.. CLEARUATR
OTHER TREATMENT M1Z1-N129
12 FL6170022952 USH BOCA CNICA, KEY NEST
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
13 FLB5721285B7 UAF AVON PARK. AVON PACK
INVALID SYSTEM TYPE
U FL2800016121 USAF CAPE CANAVERAL. CAPE CANAVERAL
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
INVALID SYSTEM TYPE
15 FLM90090008 USDOE PINELLAS PLANT. LARGO
OTHER TREATMENT M121-M129
16 FL006t52«030 MCDONHELL DOUCLAS MISSILE SYSTEMS. TITUSVILLE
OTHER TREATMENT N121-N129
S20,t3*
0
17,427
0
315
309
0
0
49
16
10
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
20.562
0
635
0
0
189
62
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
320.134
20.562
17,427
655
315
309
189
62
49
16
10
5
1
0
0
0
0
520.04
20,562
17,427
315
vna
99r
4MB
Wr
62
49
10
S
1
0
0
0
1 Excluding quantity
by storage only.
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Agricultural Chemical Usage Reports (Department of Agriculture)
Publications reviewed:
1990
Vegetables Summary USDA NASS and ERS
1991
Field Crops Summary USDA NASS and ERS
Fruits and Nuts Summary USDA NASS and ERS
1992
Field Crops Summary USDA NASS and ERS
Vegetables Summary USDA NASS and ERS
1991 and 1992 Field Crops Summary
This report is listed as the third annual Field Crops Summary issued by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), and the 1991 report names itself as the second annual Field Crops Summary. The
reports are part of the data senes on chemical use funded through the Water Quality Initiative and the
Pesticide Data Program.
The reports are evolving, with continuity provided by a two year comparison table in the Overview
section. The evolving nature of the report is evidenced by removing or adding crops, such as peanuts and
sorghum. These products were present in the overview in 1991, but removed in 1992.
The overview includes the number of states surveyed, the reports summarized and the U.S. acreage
included. A comparison across the three years is included as table 1, which gives an example of how the
reports could be combined for a continuum of Environmental Indicators.
Each major crop section starts with a 1 page description of activities associated with the crop, followed by
a thematic map showing the number of usable reports from the various states growing the crop. A graph
of the top 4 or 5 pesticides and their usage over three years is presented next. Following the graphical
materials, summary pages are showing the acreage and percentage of areas receiving fertilizers and
pesticides, by state, see examples for Soybeans attached.
State by state data are then presented in greater detail, on a chemical by chemical basis under the
categories of fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and other chemicals, if applicable. A copy of
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the soybean data for Arkansas is attached. The raw numbers of chemical usage are probably not directly
useful as an environmental indicator (especially in the case of fertilizers). However, knowledgeable
analysis of upwards trends in environmentally preferable chemicals, and downward trends in
environmentally unfriendly chemicals have potential, at least in a relative sense.
The 1992 survey included, for the first time, data on the target pest by pesticide product for fall potatoes.
The Overview states that there are intentions to provide this type of information on other crops in the
future. The fall potato information is also attached..
The data may be very useful due to the quantity of chemicals associated with major field crops, the
tendency for the chemicals to migrate to water sources, and its potential applicability to the areas of clean
water, safe drinking water, ecological protection, safe food, worker health and safety, and improved
understanding of the environment.
1991 and 1992 Vegetables Summary
The 2 documents were reviewed together, as they are a series. The 1990 document was limited to only 4
states, however by 1992, the survey had expanded to include 13 states. The states are:
1990 1992
Arizona Arizona
California
Florida Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Michigan Michigan
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Texas Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Focus will be on the 1992 report. It's considerably more comprehensive, although the 1990 report had
good graphics which were missing from the 1992 report.
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The section labeled HIGHLIGHTS in the very similar Field Crops Summary appears in the 1992
Vegetables Summary, however it does not have a heading, HIGHLIGHTS or otherwise, and it starts on
page 250. The material is quite extensive and a sample is enclosed.
The report contains both a Survey Procedures section, page number 2, and a Reliability Statement, page
259.
Twenty-eight vegetables are addressed by tables which include summary data for the vegetable, by state,
and detailed vegetable by state by chemical data. Again as in the Field Crops Summary, this report
contains data which may be very useful due to the quantity of chemicals associated with vegetable crops
(and the tendency for many vegetables to be consumed raw), the tendency for the chemicals to migrate to
water sources, and its potential applicability to the areas of clean water, safe drinking water, ecological
protection, safe food, worker health and safety, and improved understanding of the environment. The raw
numbers of chemical usage are probably not directly useful as an environmental indicator (especially in
the case of fertilizers). However, knowledgeable analysis of upwards trends in environmentally preferable
chemicals, and downward trends in environmentally unfriendly chemicals have potential, at least in a
relative sense.
1991 Fruits and Nuts Summary
This report is listed as the first Fruit and Nuts Summary issued by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) containing on-farm agricultural use statistics. It compliments the reports series on field
crops and vegetables. The format is very similar to that of the other reports in the series.
The overview states that California pesticide data are summarized and published by the California
Department of Pesticide Regulation and thus were not included in this report. However, the report
provides information on obtaining the California information by ordering from an address listed on the
inside of the back cover.
Survey procedure information is provided, as well as a reliability statement. The reliability statement is
separated from the survey procedures (page 159 vs. page 2). Sampling variability ranges are given, and
examples are provided to generate approximate confidence bands.
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Summary sections of one or two paragraphs are provided for each crop, highlighting salient points.
The bulk of the report consists of a crop by crop listing of several pages each, enumerating fertilizer,
herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide usage for the major states, listings of the acreage of the major states
(less California in some cases) and a state by state analysis of the major chemical components.
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Asparagus: Agricultural Clinical Applications.
California. 1992 I/
Agricultural
Chemical 2.1
Fertilizers
Nitrogen
Phosphate
Potash
Herbicides
Oluron
Llnuron
Insecticides
Disulfoton
Area : AppH- : Rate per : Rate per
Applied I/: cations : Application : Crop Year
Percent Ninber Pounds per Acre
33 2.4 90 215
12 1.4 59 82
12 1.4 56 76
49 1.4 1.80 2.52
23 1.2 0.91 1.13
37 1.4 0.94 1.27
: Total
: Applied
1.000 Lbs
2.429
348
329
42.2
9.0
16.3
I/ Planted acres in 1992 for California were 34.500 acres.
I/ Insufficient reports to publish data for the following agricultural
chemicals: Herbicides: 2.4-0. Glyphosate. Napropaohde. Paraquat.
Sethoxydin. Siaazine. Trlfluralin. Insecticides: ChlorpyMfos. Fonofos.
Malathion. Methomyl. Piperonyl butoxlde. Pyrethrlns. Fungicides:
Fosetyl-al. Hetalaxyl. Sulfur. Triforine.
I/ Refers to acres receiving one or more applications of a specific
agricultural chemical.
Note: Data nay not multiply across due to rounding.
Source: 'Vegetables • 1992 Sunary* and Agricultural Chemical Usage Survey.
National Agricultural Statistics Service. USDA.
Agricultural Che
June 1993
meal Usage
NASS and ERS. USDA
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Asparagus: Fertilizer Applications.
Total Acreage and Percentage Receiving Applications.
Major States and Total. 1992
State
Ml
OR
WA
Total
Planted
Acreage
Acres
34.500
BIO
23.000
1.300
1.200
26.500
89.310
Nitrogen
33
34
91
96
100
77
64
Area Receiving I/
: Phosphate :
Percent
12
46
30
96
83
39
28
Potash
12
43
78
96
43
34
38
If Refers to acres receiving one or aore applications of a specific fertilizer
ingredient.
Source: "Vegetables - 1992 Sunary' and Agricultural Chemical Usage Survey.
National Agricultural Statistics Service. USDA.
Asparagus: Pesticide Applications.
Total Acreage and Percentage Receiving Applications.
Major states and Total. 1992
State
CA
1L
Ml
NJ
OR
WA
Total
Planted
Acreage
34.500
810
23.000
1.300
1.200
28.500
89.310
Herbicide
71
71
96
83
99
96
86
Area
Receiving I/
: Insecticide : Fungicide : Other Chemical
41
••
84
67
77
77
64
B
•
50
••
11
38
2B
• ADD lied on l*ss than 1 n»rr»nr nf arrpc
*• Insufficient reports to publish percent of Area Receiving.
I/ Refers to acres receiving one or aore applications of a specific pesticide
class.
Source: 'Vegetables • 1992 Sunary* and Agricultural Chemical Usage Survey.
National Agricultural Statistics Service. USDA.
Agricultural Cheaical Usage
June 1993
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Overview
This report is the second annual Field Crops Sugary issued b* '}?"»* "j;',
Agricultural Statistics Service (HASS) containing on-farm agricultural chemcal
IS statistics. The data presented in this report are part of the data series
"I ! chemical use funded through the President's Hater Quality Initiative.
The Water Quality Initiative is a multi-agency program ****&* *°*™j**
formation for farmers, ranchers, and foresters to address on-farm and off-
farm environmental issues. In the past, there has been an 1"^S"'JBŁnt of
farm level data to determine the magnitude of water quality P"»bJeBS°:. Jo
permit an assessment of alternatives for farmers ««» other affected parties.
This report and other agricultural chemical reports help ""the needs of
analysts evaluating the complex environmental issues of the 1990 s.
MASS is responsible for collecting on-farm agricultural chemical use
information to support the evaluation of water quality and food safety Issues.
The Economic Research Service (ERS) conducts research on the impact of
alternative pesticide regulations, policies, and practices.
This report includes farm use of fertilizers and pesticides during 1991 on
corn, cotton, peanuts, potatoes, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat. New in
this year's report is pesticide and fertilizer usage on peanuts and sorghum.
In 1991, changes were made to the sample sizes and the number of States
surveyed for some crops. The table below compares survey coverage for 1990
with 1991 by crop. In it are the number of States surveyed, the number of
reports summarized, and the percent of the U.S. crop acres accounted for in the
surveyed States.
A Comparison of the 1990 and 1991 Chemical Use Surveys
Crop
Corn
Cotton, Upland
Peanuts
Potatoes, Fall
Rice
Sorghum
Soybeans
Wheat. Winter
Wheat, Durum
Wheat, Oth. Spr.
1990
States : Reports
Surveyed: Summarized
— Number —
47
6
-
11
2
29
12
1
4
4792
1197
—
1324
388
3642
1311
134
302
.US Acreage
Included
Percent
100
81
--
94
62
100
80
87
94
States :
: Surveyed:
1991
Reports :
Summarized:
— Number —
17
6
4
11
2
3
16
IS
1
4
5759
1136
663
1402
546
829
4443
1658
130
387
US Acreage
Included
Percent
90
78
73
94
65
73
90
87
89
87
Agricultural Chemical Usage MASS and ERS, USDA
March 1992
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Soybeans: Fertl11zer Appli cat1ons,
Total Acreage and Percentage Receiving Applications,
Major States and Total, 1992
••i A A
State
*•»— — •••
AR
GA
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
HN
MS
NO
NE
NC
OH
SO
TN
Total
AMa.
Area —
Planted
IAfIA A* 1MB*
,000 Acres
3,200
650
9,500
4,550
8,300
1,900
1,180
1.220
5,500
1,800
4,300
2,500
1,400
3,750
2,300
1,000
53,050
Nitrogen
12
40
10
21
10
11
37
4
15
8
10
20
54
15
15
27
15
Area Receiving
: Phosphate
______ Pitr^^nt
»WW_»M • rcrl»cii •
31
54
19
31
12
9
44
17
16
17
20
18
63
29
15
53
22
I/
: Potash
31
57
26
39
14
4
42
18
14
18
22
8
67
44
6
56
25
I/ Refers to acres receiving one or more applications of a specific fertilizer
ingredient.
Source: "Crop Production" 1992 Summary and Agricultural Chemical Usage Survey-
National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
Agricultural Chemical Usage
March 1993
NASS and ERS, USD*
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Soybeans: Agricultural Chemical Applications,
Major States. 1992 I/
Agricultural
Chemical 11
Fertilizers:
Nitrogen
Phosphate
Potash
Herbicides:
2,4-D
2,4-DB
Acifluorfen
Alachlor
Bentazon
Chlonmuron-ethyl
Clomazone
Ethalfluralin
Fenoxaprop-ethyl
Fluazifop-P-butyl
Fomesafen
Glyphosate
Imazaquin
Imazethapyr
Lactofen
Linuron
Metolachlor
Metribuzin
Paraquat
Pendimethalin
Quizalofop-ethyl
Sethoxydim
Thifensulfuron
Trifluralin
Insecticides:
Methyl parathion
Permethrin
Area :
Applied 3/:
Percent
15
22
25
Percent
1
1
10
9
14
17
5
2
1
6
2
7
18
29
2
2
6
14
1
21
4
6
7
35
*
*
Appli-
cations
Number
1.0
1.0
1.0
Number
1.0
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.0
: Rate per :
: Application :
Pounds per
21
46
73
Pounds per
0.40
0.07
0.19
2.05
0.65
0.02
0.56
0.87
0.09
0.11
0.23
0.59
0.09
0.06
0.08
0.50
1.86
0.29
0.47
0.83
0.06
0.20
0.004
0.83
0.40
0.10
Rate per
Crop Year
Acre
22
47
75
Acre
0.40
0.08
0.20
2.08
0.66
0.02
0.57
0.87
0.09
0.12
0.23
0.61
0.09
0.06
0.08
0.51
1.87
0.29
0.49
0.87
0.06
0.20
0.004
0.85
0.47
0.10
: Total
: Applied
Mil Lbs
172.6
550.2
981.7
1,000 Lbs
303
56
1,074
10,162
4,785
173
1,363
883
53
342
273
2,394
863
861
72
514
5,818
2,181
314
9,736
136
596
14
15,626
117
15
Applied on less than one percent of acres.
Area planted in 1992 for the 16 major States was 53.1 million acres.
Insufficient reports to publish data for the following agricultural
chemicals: Herbicides: Barban, Chloramben, Oiuron, Naptalam, Norflurazon,
Triallate, Vernolate. Insecticides: Acephate, Aldicarb, Bt (Bacillus
thur.), Carbaryl, Carbofuran, Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, Dimethoate,
Esfenvalerate, Methomyl, Thiodicarb, Tralomethrin, Trichlorfon.
Fungicides: Benomyl, Metalaxyl, Thiophanate-methyl.
Refers to acres receiving one or more applications of a specific
agricultural chemical.
II
Note: Data may not multiply across due to rounding.
Source: 'Crop Production" 1992 Summary and Agricultural Chemical Usage Survey.
National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
Agricultural Chemical Usage
March 1993
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Forest Health Monitoring Summary Reports
Forest Health Monitoring, New England, Summary Report, 1990, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, NE-1NFC-94-91,
May 1991.
This report covers a survey of the six-state New England region at 263 permanently maintained sampling
sites and was mandated by Public Law 100-521. This study is the first in a series and serves as a baseline
for the purpose of monitoring forest health.
Data collected at each site includes geographic, topographic and physiographic location, tree species,
diameter, crown position, crown damage, other vegetation, and foliar symptoms on indicator plants.
Forest conditions are assessed using five indicator groups: growth, foliar symptoms, soil chemistry, foliar
chemistry, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen fluoride are also evaluated as well as counts of tree seedlings-
saplings, mature live/dead, tree crown ratings, crown dieback, needle retention, and foliage discoloration.
The report also summarizes the major forest insect and pathogen problems as complied from a survey
taken by the USDA Forest Service.
Summary tables include (1) number of trees by major species and tree class, (2) distribution of open
growth, dominant, and codominant trees by percent of crown dieback and class for major species, and (3)
distribution of open growth, dominant, and codominant trees by percent of foliage transparency class for
major species.
Forest Health Monitoring in the South, Summary Report, 1991, USDA Forest Service, Southeastern
Forest Experimental Station, General Technical Report SE-81, December, 1992.
This report is similar to the 1990 New England Health Monitoring Summary Report but covers an initial
summary of data collected during 1991 in Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia. The program is still in the
implementation stages and undergoing development in nine other states in the south.
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All aspects of the Forest Health Monitoring program are still under development but the goal is to: (1)
identify and develop indicators of forest health, (2) establish baseline conditions with respect to selected
indicators, (3) monitor the indicators to detect unexpected deviations from baseline, (4) identify casual
relationships in the event of unexpected deviations, and (5) provide periodic statistical summaries and
interpretive reports on the trends in forest health.
Many summary tables and graphs are provided in the report covering the same data as the 1990 New
England Forest Health Monitoring Study, but it is cautioned that the tables are preliminary, still
undergoing revision, and should be interpreted with caution.
Forest Health Monitoring, New England/Mid-Atlantic, Summary Report, 1991, USDA, Forest
Service, NE/NA-INF-115-92, November, 1992.
This report is a follow-up to the 1990 New England Forest Health Monitoring Study and has been
expanded to include three additional states from the Mid-Atlantic region (New Jersey, Delaware, and
Maryland) and also adds the three southern states included in the 1991 South Forest Health Monitoring
Study (Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama). Many tables and graphs are included in the report covering the
same data as the 1990 New England Forest Health Monitoring Study.
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Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 1985-1990 (DOE/EIA-0573)
This report focuses on reporting the amounts and trends in the amounts of greenhouse gas emissions from
1985 to 1990. The eight greenhouse gases examined in this report are CO2, Cfy, NC>2, Ozone, CFCs,
NOX. VOCs, and SOX. Water vapor is also reported. The purpose of this report is to develop an
understanding as to how the greenhouse gases affect global climate change and how emissions of these
gases can increase or decrease with respect to human activity.
The Greenhouse Gases report summarizes the changes, trends, sources and miscellaneous details of each
of the greenhouse gases nationwide for the period 1985 to 1990, although 1991 data are included when
available. Emissions and emission trends of greenhouse gases are reported in tabular form for the various
gases. The estimates of emissions are based on data from a variety of sources both within and outside of
the Department of Energy, but in general are computed by multiplying an activity, such as vehicle miles
traveled (VMT), by an emissions coefficient. The reliability of both the emissions coefficients and
activity data vary widely. A more complete discussion of the reliability of the emission estimates is found
in Appendix A of the Greenhouse Gases Report.
Attached are examples of emissions and emission trends and source tables of greenhouse gases found in
the Greenhouse Gases Report.
The author of this report is the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration/Office of Energy
Markets and End Use.
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3. Methane Emissions
Overview
Anthropogenic methane K emitted into the atmosphere
as a byproduct of the production and combustion of
fossil fuels, the decomposition of human and animal
wastes, digestion processes in ruminant animals, and
the decomposition of organic matter in nee paddies. In
the United States, emissions from oil, gas, and coal
production, collectively, account for approximately one-
fourth of total estimated methane emissions (Table 19).
Solid waste landfills account for about a third of the
total—making waste landfills the largest single source.
Agricultural activities, primarily cattle production,
account for the remainder of the anthropogenic meth-
ane emissions.
In aggregate, the data indicate relative stability in
overall emissions rates in the late 1980s. It should be
noted, however, that estimated emissions from energy
production have been rising relative to other sources.
The rise in energy-related emissions relates primarily to
increasing levels of coal and natural gas output. Meth-
ane emissions from landfills are in decline primarily
because methane recovery from landfills for fuel use
has become more prevalent. Agricultural sources of
methane have also trended downward. The ruminant
animal population—primarily cattle—is in decline in
the United States as the composition of American diets
has shifted away from red meat to chicken and other
white meat substitutes and to greater reliance on grains,
fruits, and vegetables.
Methane emissions estimates are much more uncertain
than carbon dioxide emissions estimates. Most carbon
dioxide emissions can be computed with a fairly high
degree of reliability based on the carbon content of the
fuel consumed. The quantity of fuel consumed, in turn,
is usually carefully measured by organizations which
buy and sell fuel. In contrast, known anthropogenic
methane emissions are produced as an unintended
side-effect of energy production and consumption,
municipal waste disposal, and animal husbandry. As a
consequence, methane emissions are not metered, and
must therefore be estimated indirectly from a small
volume of experimental data, which may or may not be
representative of the population of emitters. Emissions
can then be estimated by multiplying the estimated
coefficient by some known variable (such as tons of
solid waste landfilled), which may be badly suited for
the purpose of computing methane emissions.
Table 19. U.S. Methane Emissions tram Anthropogenic Sources, 1985-1991
(Thousand Metric Tons of Methane)
Source 1985 1986 1987
Energy Sources
Oil and Gas 2,850 2 660 3 000
Coal Mining . 4 190 4 190 4 290
Transportatcn 323 309 297
Stationary Combustion 79 77 78
Area SourcM
Landfills 11310 11360 11.240
Agricultural Sources
Ruminant Animals 6 840 6 600 6 440
Animal Waste 3 665 3 586 3 594
Rice Paddies 209 197 195
Total 2B 486 29 179 29 134
1988 1989 1990 1991
3110 3110 3190 3280
4 390 4 570 4 920 4 590
286 276 264 248
79 83 72 72
11220 10980 10720 NA
6350 6130 6170 6210
3 585 3 497 3 527 3 604
243 225 236 232
29 263 2IL871 20JMMI MA
NA . not available.
Source: Emssnns estimates presented in this report.
Energy Information AdmrniMradon/ Emissions el Greenhouse Gases In the United Slates 1985-1990
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generate an emissions estimate of methane from coal
mining of between 33 and 52 million metric tons for
1988.*'
An alternative methodology, developed for EPA's
September 1990 report. Methane Emissions From Coal
Mining: Issues and Opportunities for Reduction, was
adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) in August 1991* Applying this
methodology to US. coal production data results in a
much larger emissions estimate for 1988 of 7.7 million
metric tons. This method constructs a relationship
between ventilation data from 59 of the "gassiest"
mines in the United States and the in situ methane
content of the coal in those mines. In situ methane
content is estimated on the basis of laboratory examina-
tion of coal samples from the various US. coal basins.
The estimated in situ methane content of coal in these
basins is shown in Table 21.*'
The EPA/IPCC method extends the relationship
between emissions from underground coal mines and
in situ methane content to surface coal mines, with
minor modifications. However, such a relationship may
differ substantially in surface coal mines where
methane in coalbed cracks and fractures has the
opportunity to migrate into the atmosphere in the
absence of mining. The relationship is further altered by
the much lower in situ methane content of surface-
mined coal. Thus, the EPA/IPCC method provides the.*
high end of the range of emissions estimates.
By definition, methane emissions are a function of in
situ methane content. Before it is combusted, all coal is
pulverized, releasing any methane it may contain.
Therefore, the methane emitted from coal mining is. at
a minimum, equal to coal production multiplied by in
situ methane content. In 1990. this minimum emissions
level amounted to 2.06 million metric tons.
Table 21. Estimated Average In Situ Methane Content of U.S. Coal Basins and States
(Cubic Meters Methane per Metric Ton of Coal)
Met!
Basin or Stale Con
Underground Mined Coal
Northern Appalachian 5
Central Appalachian 10.
Warrior 10.
Piceanca fl.
San Juan 7
Jlhnois 1.
Uinta 1.
Green River 1.
Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields . . 4
Surface Mined Coal
Appalachian (Including Warner) . . 1 .
Illinois 1.
Powder River 0.
Arkoma 3.'
San Juan 0.'
Alaska 0
Arizona ... 0<
Arkansas 1 .;
California . 0
Louisiana 0
North Dakota ... 0
Texas 0
Washington 0
lane
tent Reference
4 Ketefant, J.R.. Wicks. D.E.. and Kuuskraa. V.A.. 1988
4 Ketefant, J.R.. and Boyer. C.M., 1988
D Mdall. K.S., Wicks. D.E.. and Kuuskraa, V.A., 1986
D Mdall. K.S.. Wtcks. D.E.. Kuuskraa. V.A.. and Sedwck. K.B.. 19B6
1 Kelso. B.S., Wicks. D.E.. Kuuskraa, V.A.. 1938
B Mroz. T.H.. Ryan. J.G.. and Bryer. C.W.. 1 983
3 Mroz, T.H., Ryan, J.G.. and Bryer. C W.. 1983
3 Mroz, T.H. Ryan. J.G.. and Bryer. C.W.. 1983
4 Diamond. W P.. Laseota, J.C., and Hyman, D.M.. 1986
55 Diamond. W.P.. Lascola. J.C.. and Hyman, D.M.. 1986
22 Diamond W P.. Lascola J.C and Hyman, DM.. 1986
10 Diamond, W.P. Lascola. J.C and Hyman, D.M. 1986
W Diamond. W P . Lascola. J.C and Hyman, DM, 198E
48 Diamond W.P. Lascola J.C and Hyman D.M. 1986
10 Extrapolated Iron Powder River Basm
46 Extrapolated from San Juan Basin
22 Extrapolated from Illinois Basin
10 Extrapolated from Powder River Basin
10 Extrapolated from Powder River Basin
10 Extrapolated from Powder Rtver Basin
10 Extrapolated from Powder River Basin
Source: OECD, Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (Final Report) (Pans. France. August 1991), p. 2-85.
"US. Environmental Protection Agency. Anthrofm,rnic Metluiie Emissions in ihr United Slates: Estimates lor 1990 (Washington, DC, April
1993). pp 3-1 - 3-30.
"U5. Environmental Protection Agency. Mtthane Emissions from Coal Mining: Issues tad Opportunities /or Reduction (Washington, DC.
September 1990), pp. 36-48
"OECD, Estimaum of Crmiliouie Cos Emastoas and Sinks (Final Report) (Pans, France, August 1991), pp. 2-80 - 2-88
Energy Into
Mminii
n/En
toIGn
i in the Untied Slate* 1985-1990
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Table 27. Methane Emissions from U.S. Stationary Combustion Sources, 1985-1991
(Thousand Metric Tons of Methane)
Source 1985 1986 1987
Residential
Coal 0.04 0.04 0.04
Distillate Fuel 5.80 5.91 6.00
Natural Gas 543 5.29 5.29
LPG 0.43 0.42 0 46
Wood "23.50 *23.00 22.49
Total 35.20 34.65 34.28
Commercial
Coal 0.07 0.07 0.05
Fuel Oil 0.77 0.84 0.80
Natural Gas 2.98 2.84 2.98
LPG 0.07 0.07 0.08
Wood "0.17 »0.17 "0.17
Total 4.06 3.99 4.08
Industrial
Coal . 1.58 1.51 1.53
Fuel Oil . 247 244 1.98
Natural Gas 9.35 8.86 9.67
LPG 246 2.31 2.45
Wood "13.10 '12.80 12 48
Total 28.96 27.91 28.11
Electric Utility
Coal 9 45 9.33 9.78
Fuel Oil 0.85 1.15 0.98
Natural Gas 0 41 0.35 0.39
Wood 0.07* 0.07* 0.07
Total 10.79 10.91 11.22
Total All Fuels
Coal 1114 10.95 1140
Fuel Oil 9.89 10.33 9.77
Natural Gas . . . 1818 17.34 18.33
LPG 2.96 2.80 2.99
Wood 36.84 36.04 35.21
Total 79.01 77.46 77.70
1988 1989 1990 1991
0.04 0.03 004 0.03
6.18 6.08 4.89 4.85
5.68 5.86 5.38 5.58
0.46 0.51 0.47 0.50
*21.60 24.23 15.34 "15.30
33.95 36.70 26.12 26.27
0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
0.78 0.71 0.68 0.65
3.27 3.33 3.22 3.35
0.08 0.09 0.08 0.09
*0.17 "0.17 »0.17 «017
4.36 4.36 4.20 4.31
r.61 1.59 1.57 1.48
1.87 1.45 1 46 1.20
10.19 10.74 11.24 11.41
2.54 2.49 2.32 2.54
•12.80 13.25 13.26 *13.25
29.00 29.53 29.85 29.89
10.32 10.45 10.54 10.51
1.22 1.29 0.97 0.91
0.36 0.38 0.38 0.38
0.09* 010 010 0.09*
11.99 1222 11.98 11.90
12.03 12.12 12.20 12.08
10.05 9.54 7.99 7.62
1949 20.31 20.22 2072
3.08 309 2.88 313
34.66 37.75 28.86 28.81
79.31 82.81 72.15 72.37
•Estimate. Underlying energy data not available
Note. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors. AP-42 (Research Tnangle Park.
NC. 1985); Energy Information Administration. Slate Energy Data Report. DOE/EIA-0214(91) (Washington DC May 1993) and
Annual Energy Review 1992. DOE/EIA-0384(92) (Washington. DC, June 1993)
acidity, and landfill temperature. Waste management
techniques such as open dumping versus unitary land-
fill also play a crucial role. Wastes disposed of using
open dumping techniques decompose under aerobic
conditions producing carbon dioxide, while waste dis-
posal in tightly packed sanitary landfills like those used
in the United States, are more conducive to anaerobic
decomposition."
There were two methodologies considered for calculat-
ing U.S. emissions from landfills. The first model
assumes that methane is released into the atmosphere
dunng the same year that the waste is landfilled.*2 The
alternative includes time lag vanables that account for
the delay m the onset of anaerobic decomposition as
well as the decreasing levels of methane production
over time. The former was the preferred methodology
"OECD, Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions mi Sink (Final Report) (Pans, France, August 1991)
"H C. Bmgemer and P J. Cmtzen. The Production of Methane From Solid Wastes,- journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 92 (1987), pp
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Table 31. Maximum Methane-Producing Capacity tor U.S. Animal Wastes
(Cubic Meters o< Methane per Kilogram of Volatile Solids)
Animal Category
Cattle
Beet on Feed
Beet on Range
Dairy Cows
Swine
Breeding Swine ....
Market Swine
Poultry
Broilers
Layers . .
Sheen
Goats
Horaes
Maximum Potential Emissions
0.33
0.17
0.24
0.36
047
0.30
0.34
0.20
0.17
0.33
Reference
Hashimoto, A.G.. Varel. V.H.. and Chen. Y.R.. 1981
Hashimoto. A.G.. Varel, V.H.. and Chen. Y.R.. 1981
Moms. G.R.. 1976
Summers. R.. and BouslwU, S.. 19BO
Chen. Y.R.. 1983
Saftey. L.M.. et al., 1992
Salley. L.M.. et al.. 1992. based on Hill. D.T.. 1982 and 1984
Weighted value based on Salley. L.M., et al.. 1992
Satley. L.M.. et al.. 1992
Ghosh. S.. 1984
Note: Maximum methane-producing capacity is defined as cubic meters ot methane emitted tram 1 kilogram ot volatile sohds m
the solid waste of a given animal under optimal anaerobic conditions
Table 32. Methane Conversion Factors tor U.S. Livestock Waste Systems
(Percent of Maximum Methane-Producing Capacity)
Waste System
Pasture
Daily Spread
Solid Storage
Drytoi
Deep Pit Stacking ....
Litter
Paddock
Liquid Storage .
Anaerobic Lagoon ....
Pit Storage < 30 days .
Pit Storage > 30 Days .
Other Systems
E
Methane
Conversion
Factor
10.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
500
1000
1000
2000
90.00
10.00
20.00
10.00
A
Alternate
Conversion
Factor
1.25
0.30
1.25
1.25
5.00
1000
1 25
2250
9000
11.50
2250
1000
Methane
Conversion
Factor at 30'C
2.00
1.00
2.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
200
6500
90.00
33.00
65.00
NA
EPA
Methane
Conversion
Factor at 20'C
1.50
0.50
1.50
1.50
500
10.00
1 50
3500
9000
1800
3500
NA
Methane
Conversion
Factor at UPC
1.00
0.10
1.00
1.00
5.00
10.00
1 00
1000
90.00
5.00
10.00
NA
NA - not applicable.
Note: Maximum methane-producing capacity is defined as cubic meters ol methane emitted from 1 kilogram of volatile solids m
the solid waste of a given animal under optimal anaerobic conditions The methane conversion factors represent the percentage
of those emissions realized under a given waste management system
for future drafts of this report In April 1993. the
Environmental Protection Agency released a new report
on US. anthropogenic methane emissions In their
section on methane emissions from the solid waste of
livestock, they introduced new, lower estimates using
substantially lower methane conversion factors than
those used in this report. A comparison of emissions
factors is shown in Table 32.
Table 33 illustrates an alternative emissions estimate
based upon these lower factors, supplied to the VS.
Environmental Protection Agency in personal com-
munications with Dr. Andrew Hashimoto, Department
Chairman, Bioresource Engineering Department,
Oregon State University. Dr Hashimoto provided
conversion factors applicable at temperatures of 10,20.
and 30 degrees Celsius. As virtually all livestock in the
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Table B8. Coal Production from Underground Mining, 1981-1991
(Million Short Tons)
Coal Bute 1881 1882 1683 1884 1885
Ponnty*rana 3459 3550 3450 36*0 35*6
NornamWMlVignB . .. 36.12 4412 41 10 47*4 4226
fcbvM 172 1*0 1.65 221 1.79
Oha 10*5 1222 10*2 1411 13*5
70UI 83.08 83.74 88.06 101*6 83*6
CamalAppalirrili
Vngna 3229 30*9 2878 32*0 3355
Sounam Wail Vvgna 5300 58 41 50*2 6837 6149
EanamKonuky S9*2 57*7 4901 61*2 8332
Tamaaaaa 5.06 452 4 36 S26 520
Total 149*7 161*9 130*7 18855 16357
Warrior
Alabama 8*2 1129 10*6 13.18 1444
Comrade .... 657 6.61 5.58 641 638
San Juan
NawManco . .. 0*2 071 010 0.55 0*0
HUneto
IttOKU . . 2919 3466 3184 3850 3734
Inuna . . . 0.56 1 57 1 76 225 2.05
Waiiam Kanucky . .. 1758 1772 15*2 1732 17*1
Iowa ... . .. 006 000 000 017 017
Total 4740 53.91 49.44 8824 5748
Ulntl
Utah ... .. 1371 1703 1176 1232 1278
Green River
Wyoming 151 126 1 25 135 106
PonmytvanJa Anthracite
Ponmyhrana .... NA 036 030 0.58 073
NA.notavatable
Source Energy mtormaoon AdmniBanon. Coal Pnauoon. DOE/EIA-oi IB anam man
1088 1887 1886 1089 1990 1991
3676 37.78 3877 3907 40*8 40*0
40*2 45.31 4815 4829 6010 47.64
245 240 2.02 1*3 1.99 2*3
1435 12*1 1126 10*2 12*2 1223
64.46 88.10 8821 100*1 105.69 103*0
33*0 36.73 3758 35*2 39*7 34*3
0221 61*6 03*2 64.72 73*1 72.12
65*1 6626 8829 7527 8042 73*4
523 4*1 4*1 4*0 445 3.01
18626 168*6 174.10 18051 106*5 18220
1327 1433 14*3 1651 1753 17*6
5.48 5*4 6*5 8.50 10*2 9*0
0.75 0*2 022 0.05 008 003
39.72 3752 3852 3933 4157 4313
1.86 245 241 2.52 304 2*3
2220 25*9 25.79 2332 2446 23*8
013 0.06 0.00 0.00 0*0 0.00
63.90 65*2 88.72 85.17 6917 09*5
1427 14.51 1816 2010 2206 21*5
016 Oil 114 165 172 242
041 059 035 026 024 0.13
Table B9. Methane Emissions from Underground Coal Mining, 1981-1991
(Million Metric Tons)
Coil Burn
1881
1982
1983
1984
1985
1988
1987
1988
1989
1890
1991
Central Appalachia
Warnor
Pcaanca
San Juan
Uina
Green River
"oHniyluaHU Annraote
Total
OSS
191
032
005
001
010
002
N/A
2.98
062
194
042
OOE
001
012
003
3.20
OS8
167
040
005
Oil
002
2.84
067
202
049
006
013
002
3.40
062
206
053
006
001
013
002
1.46
063
212
049
006
001
014
002
3.46
065
217
053
DOS
001
015
002
3.58
065
222
055
007
015
003
167
068
230
060
008
014
003
3.83
070
2.51
065
010
015
004
4.15
0.68
253
0.63
0.09
015
004
3.93
- - LMI nan 0.05 mtan mane MH
NA.noiavatabla
Note Totti may noi aqual turn rt eomnonania due to moapanoeni rounding
Source EM amnaiat. bawd on Coal Pmouoan. DOE/EM-oi 18. varmn yaari. and manodi daseraad in Cnapiai 3
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Table B10. Coal Production Irom Surface Mining, 1981-1991
(Million Short Tons)
Coal Bate or Slala 1081 1*8! 1083 1064 1065
Appalachian
poiBUytMnia . 4840 4242 14.06 40.01 3442
Ohtt . 2S.05 24 12 22.76 35.1S 2146
Vnpna . . 628 6.06 774 747 720
WattVirgna 23.09 24 St 2237 24.70 24.01
EaMamKonuety 55.79 S1JB6 4410 55.48 4043
Tamouoa ... 4 65 2 77 221 2.05 224
Alacama .... 1574 1404 1277 13.91 13 X
Maryland 2.52 1.67 1 48 1.90 120
Total 18151 170.51 14738 170.74 16440
Uhlan Basin
Indiana . . 28.57 3015 3001 35.31 3126
linen .. 2266 2560 2501 2527 21.66
IOM 065 056 037 0.36 042
Utnuri . 4.68 534 408 6.72 547
Total 56.76 6145 60 J6 67.68 58.11
Itanlana 3355 2766 2802 3300 3320
Wyomng 10166 10708 11096 12957 13066
Total 11521 114.07 110.89 162.57 173.05
Arfcoma
OWanoma 577 471 366 464 323
San Juan
NMUueo 1787 1023 20J1 2073 2140
Catando . 13.30 M 69 11 13 1156 1067
Total 31.16 10.01 11 44 3228 3326
AtatU 081 083 070 086 143
Annna . . '1.61 1236 1140 11.52 8.63
Arkanui 022 014 006 008 008
CaMoma .. . 000 000 OOO 000 007
touuana . . 0.00 ooo ooo ooo 0.21
North OataB ... 1812 1745 1018 2211 2687
Tons 3281 3482 3805 41 IS 45 48
Waihngm 464 416 388 38? 444
Total Surtaca Pieductlen 480.63 472.03 45710 51748 510.73
1086 1087 1018 1089 1000 1001
3340 3128 3040 3022 2928 2375
21.66 22*4 22.58 2270 2216 1823
647 745 707 665 768 778
2814 2876 34.61 4014 4561 4726
46.10 5223 48.07 4063 4724 43.57
1.52 1.64 1.80 1.77 16S 1.20
1242 11.13 1140 11.56 1141 1010
142 1.53 120 1.51 146 111
MOJO 1S6J6 IB6J1 164J9 168.62 153.01
30JOS 31 J3 2842 31 U 3245 23.62
32 IS 2ljB3 20.07 1042 t8 72 17 12
O35 041 0.33 0.39 028 024
468 428 4.17 3.38 2.65 230
16.11 5644 SUO 6440 8440 4829
3348 3440 3846 3774 3742 1823
13666 14674 16248 16901 18243 10144
17043 1*1.14 201.76 207.66 220.14 330.66
304 246 2.13 149 1.SB 1.82
2074 18.51 2148 2366 2422 2)49
076 877 004 061 628 823
1040 2720 3042 3227 3240 30.73
1.57 140 1.75 158 171 144
11.56 11 J8 1240 1144 1120 1320
015 0.07 0.2S 004 004 003
000 0.05 0.05 004 0.06 0.06
225 2.75 289 2.06 310 3.15
2564 2514 2072 2058 2021 2053
4849 50.53 5228 5345 5576 5343
4.59 4 IS 5 17 5 04 5 00 51*
606.56 522.01 650.72 86543 66140 566.01
Soure* Enaigr Monnaun Mmnuraran. CmlProouctcn DOE/ElA-Otte. vanoua (ran
Table B11. Methane Emissions from Surface Coal Mining, 1981-1991
(Million Melnc Tons)
Coal Batfci or Slala
1081
1082
1963
108*
1085
1086
1987
1968
1989
1000
1091
Appaiachta
Ilknai BiHn
POHOoW RlVfJf
Aikema
Sanjgan
Anzona
Amamu
Cakfaraa
MofmOakaa
Taui
Total
022
005
001
002
001
000
000
0.3Z
020
006
001
001
001
000
oeo
OJO
018
006
001
001
001
ODD
000
0.27
020
006
001
001
001
000
DOC
0.31
oie
006
001
001
001
028
018
005
001
001
001
000
028
010
005
001
001
001
oie
005
002
001
001
020
OK
0.02
001
020
005
002
001
018
005
002
001
026
029
020
027
- - Latt man 0.05 mlan mane urn
Mma TottU may noi aqial mm ot ounpenami dm IB mdapanaani rounttmg
Seurea EM «wmaia«. baud on Ceaf Piwfceaon. DOE^IA-Oi 18. vanoua yaara. and matiodi ooao«Md in ChapM 3
Eirargy Intormalion Admmntralwn/ Emtaaioo* o) CrMnhouM Gaaa hi th* Unitad Stata* 198S>1090
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NHANES
Publications reviewed
Vital and Health Statistics Sample Design: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,
Centers for Disease control/National Center for Health Statistics, Series 2, No. 113, September 1992.
Vital and Health Statistics Data Systems of the National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Series , No. 16, December 1981.
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) was designed to assess the health and
nutritional, status of the non institutionalized population of the United States. Goals include but are not
limited to (1) producing national health parameters, (2) estimate the national prevalence of selected
diseases and disease risk factors, and (3) investigate trends in selected diseases. Blood and urine tests
check for Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic and Iodine. Major health conditions targeted by NHANES include
cancer, cardiovascular disease, gallbladder disease, and diabetes among others.
NHANES m (in progress) is the seventh in a series of survey using health examination procedures that
have been conducted since 1960. The sampling frame for NHANES m was composed of all of the
counties, parishes, and independent cities in the United States including Hawaii, and Alaska.
The general pattern of data collection has meant that each survey has been conducted over a period of
three or four years. Traditionally NHANES data are presented primarily through publication of individual
reports in the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics, Series 11.
The diverse nature of the data attracts a wide variety of users. In addition to policy makers and planners in
Federal and State health agencies, NHANES data is used by industrial groups and health researchers.
Ultimately data tapes with detail specific information is available through NCHS.
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1992 Federal Expenditures for the Conservation of Protected Species Under the Endangered
Species Act, December, 1992 (Department of Transportation)
This report includes a table of FY92 expenditures for threatened and endangered species under the
endangered species act for 23 states and lists 79 total species disbursements.
Framework for Measuring Progress Toward Meeting Federal Highway Environmental Goals, A
Survey of State Department of Transportation Environmental Programs, DOT, FHWA, Conducted
by Worldwide Environnientai'Practice, SRI International, May, 1993 (Department of Transportation)
This report focuses on a survey of Department of Transportation Environmental programs in 12 states.
Areas addressed include a description of environmental programs and policies; action strategies for policy
implementation, and environmental performance indicators used to measure program success. Methods
said to be prescribed in the Clean Air Act are stated to provide a universal means of separating pollution
generated by mobile sources from stationary sources.
Metrics for measuring progress and performance for each of nine major issue areas follows:
Air Quality: Sampling-the level of air pollutants in metropolitan areas.
Water Quality: Reduction in the volume of surface and groundwater contaminants generated as
measured in reports of spills of hazardous materials and EISs for highway construction
projects.
Visual Quality: Dollar value spent on actions to mitigate visual impact.
Noise Abatement: Measuring funds expended on noise abatement and the miles of noise walls
constructed.
Use of Hazardous Substances (Washington Only): Progress in the identification, substitution and
disposal of the state department of transportation inventory of environmentally hazardous
substances.
Fish and Wildlife Habitat Protection: Dollar value expended for remedial actions to safeguard
endangered or threatened species and their habitat.
Use of Non-Renewable Energy Resources: Reduction in the highway use of gasoline, vehicle-miles
traveled, and the annual gasoline consumption per registered automobile.
Cultural Resources: Funds expended in preservation of cultural resources.
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Wetlands Conservation: Number of acres of wetlands lost and gained as a result of highway
construction.
The Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and,Performance, Report of
the Secretary of Transportation to die United States Congress, DOT, FHWA, January, 1993.
This report provides detailed information on system characteristics, finance, and trends in environmental
condition and performance of the nation's highways, bridges, and transit, systep. It includes capital
investment requirements from all sources to either maintain current overall environmental system
condition and performance or to systematically improve overall condition and performance to a predefined
set of standards for the period 1992-2011.
The report also presents selected data and other information describing the environmental consequences
of transportation using readily available information. Environmental categories addressed include air
quality, water quality, wetlands, energy, noise, kind/open space, threatened and endangered species, and
community impacts.
Air Quality: Measures-of national air quality such as carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, and
ozone (as reported in the EPA's National Air Quality and Emissions Trend Report, 1991) are
used to monitor and show improvements and emission reductions that have occurred during
the time period 1982-1991. However, no databases or repositories of data are mentioned.
Water Quality: The planning for and implementation of highway systems can impact both surface
and underground water resources. Highway project planning, location, and design activities
can influence future uses of water resources by influencing patterns of growth, development,
and water supply distribution. Impacts range from erosion of disturbed soils to the chemical
pollutants associated with highway maintenance practices to potential pollution sources
present in roadway storm water runoff.
Wetlands: The report cites a 1991 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study which investigated wetland
status and trends from the 1970s to the 1980s. The report found an estimated 1.1 percent of
estuarine wetlands and 2.5 percent of inland wetlands were lost from the lower 48 states
during the 9-year study period, mostly due to agricultural land use (54 percent) urban
expansion (5 percent) and other land uses. FHWA acknowledges the lack of measures of the
impacts of highways on wetlands and intends to begin measuring their impact in the future.
Energy: The FHWA uses U.S. Departments of Transportation and Commerce data on highway use
of gasoline (measured in gallons), number of registered automobiles, number of licensed
drivers, and number of driving age population to monitor energy consumption (49 percent of
U.S. petroleum use). FHWA acknowledges the lack of data for transit as of the writing of
this report.
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Report Summaries
Highway Project Noise Mitigation: Highway noise is being attacked by FHWA with a three-part
strategy: motor vehicle control (quieter vehicles through regulation), land use control
(reasonable distances between highways and buildings through land use control), and
highway planning and design (noise control mandated by Federal noise criteria). The
construction of traffic noise barriers as measured by the number of linear miles of barriers is
the most commonly used index used to monitor the progress being made in noise abatement
on the nations highways.
Land Use/Open Space: FHWA acknowledges the lack of indices for monitoring land use/open
spaces but identifies probable data sets as being such items as the amount of land devoted to
transportation purposes, open space (indndmg park land and wildlife habitat) conservation
efforts supported by the highway program, information on access control, and other land-use
issues. FHWA acknowledges the indirect impacts of highways on open space and land use,
through development activity, but acknowledges that it may be impossible to measure.
Threatened and Endangered Species: FHWA monitors the threat to endangered species through
the amount of Federal-aid highway funds expended for the conservation of threatened and
endangered species. Not reflected in these costs are die numerous cases where State
highway agencies have avoided the habitats of protected species through project
modifications and other actions.
Community Impacts: Three broad categories of potentially adverse community effects due to
highway construction are noted: (a) dislocation of businesses and residents within the
proposed transportation corridor, (b) division and separation of formerly cohesive
communities; and (c) the fostering of urban sprawl and decline of central business districts
by inducement of growth in undeveloped or sparsely developed areas. FHWA uses the
NEPA environmental review process to identify possMde effects and to develop measures to
minimize or eliminate those effects. FHWA also requires local and State governments to
integrate transportation planning into long-term urban planning and rural development
efforts.
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