In this document, ECOS provides information on permitting and compliance monitoring activities for the air, hazardous waste, clean water, and drinking water programs.
Resources
ECOS Compendium of State PFAS Actions
This document is a guide on state actions on PFAS across all topic areas. It will help states and other stakeholders learn more about state actions on PFAS and promote understanding of the critical work states do.
ECOS FY25: “Increased Federal Support Needed for State Implementation of Federal Programs”
This resource describes state need, challenges, and problem solving, and asks Congress for increased federal support for state implementation of federal programs.
National Environmental Protection: The Role of States
This resource describes the role states play in protecting human health and the environment and challenges faced, and asks Congress and EPA to financially support state environmental agency implementation of…
ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards, 2021 Update
In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…
ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards
In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…
Field Guide to Flexibility and Results
This Version 1.0 of The Field Guide to Flexibility and Results (Field Guide) aims to show states clearly where EPA, through communications and documents from Headquarters and Regions, is promoting and…
Initiation of Emerging Contaminants Characterization and Response Actions for Protection of Human Health
This issue paper is one in a series of papers being developed by the ECOS-DoD Sustainability Work Group’s Emerging Contaminants (EC) Task Group.
Emerging Contaminants Risk Communication Principles
This document is a product of the ECOS and Department of Defense Sustainability Work Group. The purpose of this document is to provide information and resources on the issues pertaining to…
Identification and Selection of Toxicity Values/Criteria for CERCLA and Hazardous Waste Site Risk Assessments in the Absence of IRIS Values
The ECOS-DoD Sustainability Work Group’s Emerging Contaminants Task Group prepared this paper based on discussions held at the February 2006 Work Group meeting that identified the selection of toxicity values/criteria…
