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INTERNET NEWSBRIEF  July 7, 1995

Internet Newsbrief is a weekly service from the EPA Headquarters 
library that provides a sampling of new and/or useful Internet 
resources for EPA staff and other environmental professionals.  
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Newsbrief provided appropriate credit is given to the U.S. EPA 
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**  EPA INFORMATION  **

The Quality of Our Nation's Waters (the 305B report)
URL = http://www.epa.gov/docs/305b

The EPA's 1992 Report to Congress summarizes data submitted by 
the States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, Interstate 
Water Basin Commissions, and one American Indian Tribe regarding 
the quality of water in these geographic areas for 1990 and 1991.  
It is important to note that EPA has not yet determined the 
accuracy of the data; the intent is to offer an overview of the 
state of the nation's waters, not determine trends.  The report 
describes specific pollutants and the sources of pollutants 
affecting water quality throughout the U.S. and its territories, 
provides a brief description of state and federal action 
regarding water pollution, and gives examples of how each citizen 
can participate in reducing pollution and improving water 
quality.

The Title III List of Lists
URLs = http://www.epa.gov/docs/ceppo/metalist.txt.html
       http://www.epa.gov/docs/ceppo/install.exe

The Title III List of Lists is the Consolidated List of Chemicals 
Subject to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 
(EPCRA) and Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, As Amended.  The 
first URL listed above provides a description of the file, 
instructions for downloading and installing the .dbf file, and a 
point for further contact and information.  The second URL is for 
the actual .dbf file.  The purpose of the Title III List of Lists 
is to assist facilities as well as state and local governments in 
complying with the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act (EPCRA), and to prepare for and prevent chemical emergencies. 


**  ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION  **

U.S. Water News Online
URL = http://www.mother.com/uswaternews

U.S. Water News Online is a new electronic publication from the 
publishers of U.S. Water News.  U.S. Water News Online will be 
posted monthly, and will follow the same topical format as the 
print publication, listing at least two articles that are not 
contained in the print version under each section.  Topical 
divisions include "Front Page News"; "Water Quality"; "Water 
Conservation"; "Water Supply"; "Policy and Legislation"; 
"Litigation and Water Rights"; and "Global Water Front".  In 
addition to the news articles, the U.S. Water News Online website 
provides archives of older articles from both the online and 
print publications, an advertising section, discussion forum 
(under construction at this writing), a list of books available 
for ordering, and a calendar of upcoming meetings and 
conferences.  All articles are copyrighted.

ORNL Review - The Lab's Research and Development Magazine
URL = http://www.ornl.gov/ORNLReview/rev26-2/text/home.html

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's research and development 
magazine, ORNL Review, is available in full-text at this website 
from 1992 to the present.  Recent articles included: "Thin-Film 
Waveguide Bioindicators of Environmental Damage and Recovery"; 
"Radioactive Coal"; "Nutrients in Streams"; and "New Waste 
Technologies".  More recent articles appear in HTML format; older 
articles are presented as ASCII text files.

Solar Radiation Data Base
URL = http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/solrad/index.html

This database represents a prototype effort to make raw solar 
radiation and climate summary data available for selected 
locations throughout the U.S.  The data are provided to assist 
environmental and energy professionals with the siting, 
specification, and sizing of solar energy equipment.  To assist 
users of this resource, information on the technical background, 
interpretation of data tables, various data formats, methodology, 
derivation of climatic data, and references are provided.  The 
database contains solar radiation values for 239 stations in the 
United States and its territories for the period 1961-1990.  Data 
are expressed as monthly and yearly averages.  Climatic data 
(temperatures, record temperatures, wind speed, relative 
humidity, etc.) are also present in tabular format.  A data 
"form" that prompts the user through selection of state, station 
location, and equipment type and configuration is provided for 
retrieval of the data.

**  GOVERNMENT INFORMATION  **

United States Budget - Fiscal Year 1996
URL = gopher://sunny.stat-usa.gov/11/BudgetFY96

The full-text of the United States Budget for fiscal year 1996 is 
divided into easily navigable categories at this gopher site.  Of 
particular interest are the sections on "Ensuring a Clean 
Environment", "Investing in Science and Technology", and 
"Reinventing the Federal Government - Phase I and Phase II".

**  INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION **

The World Bank's Industrial Pollution Projection System (IPPS)
URL = http://www.worldbank.org/html/research/ipps/

The World Bank's Industrial Pollution Projection System (IPPS), a 
modeling system that provides a means for projecting industrial 
pollution for geographic areas or projects, is available via the 
World Wide Web.  The system was developed to assist environmental 
and industrial professionals, particularly those working with 
developing countries which rarely possess data regarding their 
own pollution, estimate pollution outputs based on the level of 
industrial activity, sectoral composition, and process 
technologies. This website offers both the executive summary and 
the full-text of the research report, and access to the datasets 
in both ASCII and Lotus spreadsheet format.  Numerous tables and 
figures are included in the research report.  The data contained 
in the datasets cover approximately 200,000 facilities in the 
U.S., 1,500 product categories, all operating technologies, and 
hundreds of pollutants.  

DISCLAIMER

The information provided in Internet Newsbrief was correct, to 
the best of our knowledge, at time of publication.  It is 
important, however, to remember the dynamic nature of the 
Internet.  A resource that is free and publicly available one day 
may require a fee or restrict access the next.  Also, the 
location of items may change as menus and homepages are 
reorganized.