Window to My Environment

Tom Brody

Region 5 US EPA (Chicago)

IT ISFREE!!

www.epa.gov/enviro/wme

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BRS (Biennial Reporting System) – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that collect data on the generation, management, and minimization of hazardous waste.

Air Emissions – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that release pollutants into the air.

Water Discharge – Specific facilities that are regulated by EPA to discharge to US waters.

Toxic Releases – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that must report to state and local governments the locations and quantities of any chemical stored on site.

Superfund – Facilities designated by EPA to respond to concerns over health and environmental risks posed by hazardous waste.

Multi-Activities – Facilities covered by two or more of the other regulated site features.

Hazardous Waste – Specific facilities regulated by EPA that handle materials designated as hazardous waste.

Hazardous waste

Schools, Churches, Hospitals – Extracts from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which is part of EPA’s National Shape File Repository.

Highways - The Highways layer is extracted from the Department of Transportation's Office of Geographic Information Services

Streets - The Street layer is from US Census Bureau’s Census 2000 TIGER/Line.

Impaired Water Bodies/Streams – From the section 303(d) (impaired waters) prioritized list of waters that do not meet EPA’s water quality standards.

Water Bodies/Streams - From the US Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset (NHD).

Demographics - From the US Census Bureau’s Population and Housing 1990 Summary Tape File 3A (STF-3A).

Air Monitors - From the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) operated by EPA Office of Air Quality Planning And Standards.

Water Monitors - Retrieved in real-time from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) NWIS website.

Congressional Districts, City Boundaries, and Counties – From the USGS Map Layers Warehouse.

States - From the US Census Bureau’s Census 2000 TIGER/Line files.

Special/Moderate Flood Hazard Areas - Retrieved in real-time from ESRI's Geography Network. It depicts the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Digital Q3 Flood Data.

What Is WME?

• Geographic Portal

• Uses ArcIMS technology

• A Work In Progress

What WME Isn’t

• Not a Predictive or Simulation Tool

• Not Temporally Standardized

• Not Finished

Comments? Questions? Ideas?

Dave Catlin

202.566.0694

Catlin.Dave@epamail.epa.gov

Tom Brody

312.353.8340

Brody.Tom@epa.gov

www.epa.gov/enviro/wme