EPA awards $2 million for environmental data-sharing.The Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) recently announced more than $2 million environmetal informarion grants to four states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , and two Native American tribes. This is the first phase of fiscal year 2003 funding for ongoing work on the National Environmtal Information Exchange Network, which enables sharing of environmental data between the EPA, states, tribes, and other partners via the Internet. When completed, the network will integrate state and federal environmental data, facilitate the reporting of data to EPA head-quarter by the state and impro data quality. "One of the biggest obstacles to states and private companies reporting data to EPA is incompatible computer systems that do not allow the smooth transfer of data online," said Acting Administrator Marianne Horinko in a press release. "The grants ... will allow states and tribes to continue important work in resolving technology transfer issues, with the long-term goal of a national environmental management system that gives both EPA and all citizens the best environmental data possible." The following grants were recently awarded: One Stop Grant--$500,000 * North Dakota Department of Health, Environmental Health Section * District of Columbia Department of Health Readiness Grant--$297,700 * Delaware Department of Natural Resources Many sub-national governments have a Department of Natural Resources or similarly-named organization:
* Kansas Department of Health and Environment Mission Statement: "To create, promote and enhance health and vitality through innovation, collaboration and celebration." The 10 Essential Public Health Services (excerpted from "The Essential Services of Public Health" by James A. * Maryland Department of the Environment Challenge Grant--$190,000 * Cherokee Nation (Oklahoma) Readiness Grant--$100,000 * Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) For more information, visit www.epa.gov/Networkg/. |
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