This New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) policy makes clear the rules and regulations regarding the management of airbag waste. The project covers defective and non-defective airbag management,…
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States Observe Air Quality Awareness Week
ECOS member agencies spotlight a variety of air quality activities as part of Air Quality Awareness Week 2024. This year’s theme: Knowing Your Air.
Great Lakes Consortium for Fish Consumption Advisories’ Best Practice for PFOS Guidelines
Recommendations on PFOS consumption advisory levels from a collaboration of fish advisory program managers in eight states and Canada, based on the 2016 EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory.
State Innovation Video 2023: New York Community Mobile Air Monitoring Initiative
New York Aids in Vermont Flooding Recovery and Fighting Idaho, Montana Wildfires
This month, New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is deploying forest rangers to assist with efforts to contain wildfires in Idaho and Montana. The interstate assistance comes as a…
New York’s Seggos Pens Column on the Importance of Guarding Ukraine’s Environment
Looking beyond state and even national borders, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos has penned an opinion piece for The Hill entitled, Let’s Stop Putin from…
New York Sets Final Ambient Water Quality Guidance Values for PFOA, PFOS, and 1,4-Dioxane
This week, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the issuance of final water quality guidance values to regulate PFOA, PFOS, and 1,4-Dioxane in state…
New York Engages Communities in Statewide Community Air Monitoring Progress
This week, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced additional meetings to provide progress updates for communities participating in the 2022-23 Statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative, a…
ECOS Green Report: State Strides on Environmental Justice & Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
This ECOS Green Report provides highlights of four well-attended 2022 virtual ECOS EJ Workgroup meetings, held in conjunction with U.S. EPA. Spotlighted topics described in this report include working with…
New York Embarks on ‘Aggressive’ Path Toward Net Zero
Earlier this week, New York State’s Climate Action Council Co-Chairs – Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos and New York State Energy Research & Development Authority President and…
