Inventory by organization: U.S. Federal Government

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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

  • Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Semitechnical
  • Public Health Assessments
  • Region 9
  • Region 6
  • Site Activity Query
  • Internet HazDat--Sensitive Map
  • Site Contaminant Query
  • Toxicological Profile Query
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Data & Statistics
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • National Center for Health Statistics
  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 7, 2002

    • Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development

  • A Project of the U.S. Department of Energy
  • Nontechnical
  • Overview of Sustainable Development
  • Land Use Planning
  • Transportation
  • Green Buildings
  • Disaster Planning
  • Air Quality
  • Water Efficiency
  • Materials Efficiency
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 20, 2002

    • Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP)

  • Part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Services
  • Technical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Chemical Health and Safety
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 7, 2002

    • Environmental Information Resources

  • This site contains links to National and International Environmental Resources
  • Nontechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • U.S. Environmental Resources by Subject
  • U.S. Environmental Resources by Name
  • International Environmental Resources
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on May 1, 1999

    • Enviro$en$e

  • Sponsored by EPA, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
  • Nontechnical
  • Search
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 20, 2000
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    Federal Register

  • The mission is to ensure ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of U.S. citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience
  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on September 24, 1998

    • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

  • Nontechnical
  • Border Health Home Page
  • Facts About U.S.-Mexico Border Health
  • Border Health Data Infrastructure
  • Border Vision Fronteriza
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 28, 2002

    • Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE)

  • Information on visibility in the National Parks and Wilderness Areas.
  • Nontechnical
  • Visibility Data
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 25, 2002

    • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • National Agricultural Library Water Quality Information Center

  • By the Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
  • Access to 28 databases of federal-level information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)

  • Nontechnical
  • About NCSE
  • 97007: Clean Air Act Issues in the 105th Congress
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 25, 2002

    • The National Park Service

  • Part of the Department of Interior and is in charge of managing national parks
  • Nontechnical
  • Cabrillo National Monument, CA
  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ
  • Chiricahua National Monument, AZ
  • Coronado National Memorial, AZ
  • Fort Bowie National Historic Site, AZ
  • Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
  • Hohokam Pima National Monument, AZ
  • Lake Mead National Recreation Area, UT
  • Saguaro National Park, AZ
  • Tonto National Monument,AZ
  • Tumacacori National Historical Park, AZ
  • White Sands National Monument, NM
  • Amistad National Recreation Area, TX
  • Big Bend National Park, TX
  • Chamizal National Memorial, TX
  • Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX
  • Padre Island National Seashore, TX
  • Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • National Response Center

  • Used to store information on notifications of oil discharges and hazardous substance releases
  • Semitechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 10, 2003

    • Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP)

  • A federally-funded basic research program administered by the Division of Extramural Research and Training (DERT) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in coordination with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
  • Nontechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Research Briefs
  • The Harvard-Mexico Project on Maternal-Fetal Lead Exposure, Risks, and Prevention
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 25, 2002

    • United States Census Bureau

  • Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Variety of demographic information for counties along the U.S.-Mexican Border
  • Semitechnical

    U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • Federal agency that focuses on promoting, regulating and sustaining agriculture
  • Semitechnical
  • Energy and Environment Program
  • Environmental Education Information Center
  • Forest Service
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • USDA Forest Service

  • Information about forest land along the U.S.-Mexican Border
  • Semitechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • U.S. Department of Commerce

    Its broad range of responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship.
    The following agencies and departments are part of the Department of Commerce:
  • Economics and Statistics Administration (which includes the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 29, 1999

    • U.S. Department of Energy

  • Federal agency that oversees energy resources
  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 29, 1999

    • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

  • Semitechnical
  • Colonias
  • Community Development Block Grant Program
  • Texas State Office
  • Texas Environmental Office
  • San Antonio Area Office
  • New Mexico State Office
  • Arizona State Office
  • California State Office
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 29, 1999

    • U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)

  • The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to tribes
  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
    The following agencies and departments are part of the U.S. Department of the Interior:
  • The National Park Service
  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Endangered Species List
  • Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas
  • Bureau for Indian Affairs
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • The Office of Surface Mining
  • Minerals Management Services
  • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
  • USGS Water Resources
  • National Water Conditions
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  • Surface Water Data Retrieval
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  • USGS Educational Sites
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  • Bureau of Reclamation
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • U.S. Department of State Office of Mexican Affairs

  • Nontechnical
  • Border Affairs
  • Environment
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

  • Semitechnical
  • Hazmat Safety
  • NAFTA Land Transportation Standards
  • Official Mexican Standards as Published in the Diario Oficial De La Federacion (Mexico's Federal Register)
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)

  • The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment--air, water, and land--upon which life depends
  • Semitechnical
  • The following agencies and departments are part of the Environmental Protection Agency:
  • Policy, Economics, and Innovation
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • California-Baja California Border Environmental Program

  • Nontechnical
  • Biannual California-Baja California Border Region Tour
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 29, 2001
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    US EPA Border Environmental Program (Border 2012)

  • Nontechnical
  • U.S.-Mexico Environmental Indicators Report (Border XXI)
  • U.S.-Mexico Border Contingency Planning Activities page
  • Environmental Health Workgroup page (Border XXI)
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 10, 2000
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    US EPA Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)

  • EPA database used to store information on notifications of oil discharges and hazardous substance releases
  • Data prior to the year 2000
  • Data for the year 2000 and beyond
  • Semitechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • US EPA Envirofacts Warehouse

  • Access to several EPA environmental databases (can search by state or county)
  • Superfund data
  • Safe drinking water information
  • Water discharge permits
  • Hazardous waste data

    US EPA Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

  • Technical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on April 30, 1999

    • US EPA National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI)

  • Technical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on April 30, 1999

    • US EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)

  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • US EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)

  • Nontechnical
  • Environmental Justice
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on March 20, 2000

    • US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs

  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on June 26, 1999

    • US EPA Region 6

  • Covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as 63 Indian Tribes
  • Nontechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • US EPA Region 9

  • Covers Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands subject to U.S. law, and approximately 140 Tribal Nations
  • Nontechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on August 24, 1998

    • US EPA Superfund

  • Superfund is a trust set up by the Federal Government to fund the clean-up of Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Semitechnical
  • This site may not necessarily provide border-specific information
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on May 1, 1999

    • US EPA Surf Your Watershed

  • Nontechnical
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on January 29, 1999

    • U.S.-Mexico Information Center on Air Pollution (CICA)

  • Sponsored by EPA Clean Air Technology Center
  • CICA provides technical support and assistance at no cost to Federal, State and Local Agencies, and Universities in Mexico
  • Technical data
  • Most comprehensive source for border-specific air quality information (in table format or via area maps)
  • Information on atmospheric dispersion (air quality) with computerized and mathematical modeling for the dispersion of air pollutants.
  • Entry updated by EcoWeb on December 8, 2000

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