SmartWay is a voluntary collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the business community (e.g., truck and rail carriers, shippers, logistics companies1) to improve fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impacts from moving goods. Established by EPA in 2004, SmartWay is the only voluntary program working across the entire freight system to comprehensively address key national economic, energy, and environmental goals related to goods movement and freight sustainability. Environmental, state, and community groups rely upon SmartWay's clean air achievements in...

This guide is the second of two guides available to help your company participate fully in the SmartWay Transport Partnership as a Logistics Company Partner. The first guide, the Logistics Company Tool "Quick Start Guide," provides a basic walk-through of the process of identifying, gathering, preparing, and submitting your data using the SmartWay Logistics Company Tool. (From this point on, this guide will refer to the SmartWay Logistics Company Tool as the "Logistics Company Tool" or simply, the "Tool," for brevity.) The Quick Start Guide may be all you need to successfully complete the...

The National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change was first published in 2008. OW created one of the first climate change strategies in the Agency, and is considered a model for other emerging efforts within the federal government. The 2008 Strategy describes the likely effects that climate change will have on water resources and implications for EPA's Office of Water (OW) and the National Water Program (NWP). In 2012, OW developed an updated strategy that describes NWP's long- term goals for sustainably managing water resources in light of climate change. It is intended as a...

The National Stormwater Calculator is a simple to use tool for computing small site hydrology for any location within the US. It estimates the amount of stormwater runoff generated from a site under different development and control scenarios over a long term period of historical rainfall. The analysis takes into account local soil conditions, slope, land cover and meteorology. Different types of low impact development (LID) practices (also known as green infrastructure) can be employed to help capture and retain rainfall on-site. The calculator's primary focus is informing site developers...

This guide is intended for use by school officials and child care providers responsible for the maintenance and/or safety of school and child care facilities including the drinking water. The purpose of this guide is to describe the importance of implementing best management practices for drinking water in schools and child care facilities and how a school or child care facility would go about implementing these practices. This guide is specifically designed for schools and child care facilities that have their own well and, therefore, are classified as a public water system. This guide is...

This guide is the second of two guides available to help your company participate fully in the SmartWay Transport Partnership as a Multi-modal Carrier Partner. The first guide, the Multi-modal Carrier Tool "Quick Start Guide," provides a basic walk-through of the process of identifying, gathering, preparing, and submitting your data using the SmartWay Multi-modal Carrier FLEET Tool. (From this point on, this guide will refer to the SmartWay Multi-modal Carrier FLEET Tool as the "Multi-modal Tool" or simply, the "Tool," for brevity.) The Quick Start Guide may be all you need to successfully...

Through the RE-Powering America's Lands Initiative1, the U.S. EPA promotes the reuse of potentially contaminated properties, landfills, and mining sites for renewable energy generation. EPA has identified several benefits for siting solar photovoltaics (PV) facilities on potentially contaminated lands and municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, noting that these sites: May provide an economically viable reuse for sites that may have significant cleanup costs or low real estate development demand; May have environmental conditions that are not well suited for commercial or residential...

The National Program Manager Guidance: (1) provides information on priorities; (2) provides a general identification of the types of activities that are the responsibility of HQ, regions, and air agencies;1 (3) identifies specific activities expected to be major tasks in FY 2014; and (4) provides information on the State and Tribal Grant program (STAG). The guidance provides the basis for negotiations between HQ and regions and between regions and air agencies as to resource allocation and expected performance. Specific expectations and deliverables will be as established through negotiations...

This is our early warning report, prepared by the Office of the Inspector General at the request of the Honorable David Vitter, Ranking Member, Committee on Environment, and Public Works, United States Senate. This report addresses three areas in which John C. Beale, the former Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation, defrauded the EPA: retention bonus, salary above federal statutory limits, and time and attendance.

Attached is our report on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) fiscal 2013 and 2012 consolidated financial statements. We are reporting six significant deficiencies, one of which is also a noncompliance issue. Attachment 2 contains the status of recommendations related to significant deficiencies reported in prior years' reports. The significant deficiencies included in attachment 2 also apply for fiscal 2013.