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Reports on an agreement between the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Rid-A-Bird pesticide manufacturer, to desist from using the pesticide. Why pesticide was halted; Details on agreement; Contact for more information.

States that the Midwest Ozone Group (MOG) requested a federal District Court to review United States Environmental Protection Agency's regional plan to reduce smog, during November 1997. Provision of plan; Charges of MOG; Comments from David Flannery, legal counsel for MOG.

States that United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will host the International Hazardous Materials Spills Conference slated for April 5-9, 1997, in Chicago, Illinois. Theme of conference; Details on topics to be discussed; Information on special events scheduled during conference; Contact for more information.

States that the United States Environmental Protection Agency finalized its dioxin standards for pulp and paper mills. Provisions of standards; Reaction of the paper industry.

Reports that the plans by United States President Bill Clinton to combat global warming, were debated at the international conference in Kyoto, Japan. Details on the proposed plan; Comments from Thomas J. Donahue, president of the United States Chambers of Commerce.

States that as a result of requests from agricultural workers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed that two requirements for protective gloves under the Worker Protection Standard be eased. Details on changes to be made; When this standard went into effect; Contact information.

States that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), have issued a report on their effort to investigate chemical accidents. Details on a program developed by these agencies; Contact information.

States that Delhi Gas Pipeline of Oklahoma and Boeing Company's C-17 program were honored by the Environmental Protection Agency, for their efforts to prevent pollution and reduce air pollution. Detailed information on Boeing's C-17 program.

Presents information on RMBPC-2, a biotechnology product which can be used to increase yields of alfalfa in areas with low nitrogen levels. When the Environmental Protection Agency's Officer of Pollution Prevention and Toxics' approved this product; Speculations on the viability of the product; Information from an alfalfa expert at the University of California at Davis.

Presents information on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Compliance Assurance Monitoring, a rule issued under the Clean Air Act. When this rule will take effect; Implications of this rule; Information from EPA; Comments from Theresa Larson of the National Association of Manufacturers.

Announces that Mary Nichols, assistant administrator for air and radiation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) left the agency in 1997. Why Nichols resigned; Programs of the EPA which Nichols managed; Other EPA programs which Nichols played a role in.

States that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has developed a strategy, aimed at helping the industry and states comply with the 1996 air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter. Principles included in the strategy; Availability of additional information on the standards on the World Wide Web; Contact for technical information on the standards.

Reports that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has issued additional Superfund guidelines, aimed at encouraging developers to clean up lower-risk hazardous waste sites, called brownfields. Why financial and real estate institutions are often reluctant to redevelop brownfields; Contact information for the guidelines; Availability of the guidelines on the World Wide Web.

States that the San Francisco Bay Area in California has to clean up its air quality, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found it guilty of violations of the federal health standard for ozone in 1996 and 1997. Comments from Randy Wittorp of the EPA's Region 9 Office; When the EPA adopted a stricter ozone standard.

Reports that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced that, five industry sectors are under requirement to provide extensive data on their environmental performance to the agency, under a community-right-to-know project. Listing of the sectors; Name for the project; What this project is part of; Data which each facility in the project must report; Contact information.

Focuses on the warnings given by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to the public regarding the hazards posed by metallic mercury. Information on where metallic mercury can be found; What are the implications of the short term and long term exposure to metallic mercury; Contact information.

Looks at the a permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency which would regulate how storm water is dealt with at construction sites in the United States. What is included in the permit; Description of the changes in the permit; Contact information.

Focuses on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) examination of allowable pesticides residues in raw and processes food under a different timetable required by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996. What is required by the EPA under the law; Description of the impact by the reassessment process.

States that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has discovered thousands of damaged underground storage tanks which have violated its regulations. Information on reminders that underground storage tanks installed before December 1988 should meet requirements designed to protect against spill, overfill and corrosion by December 1998; Amount of fines proposed by the EPA.

Focuses on the delay by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of a rule which would control emissions of ethylene oxide. Reasons for the delay by the EPA; When the rule was expected to take effect; Contact information.

Presents information on the recipients of the 1997 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. What these awards are received for; Number of nominations submitted for the awards; Identification of the recipients; Contact information available.

Announces that the National Database of Supplemental Environmental Projects, a database of environmentally beneficial projects undertaken by defendants in enforcement actions, is available on the World Wide Web. Information on the database; Web address of the database; Contact information available.

Announces that the National Pesticide Telecommunications Network, a hotline, will be opened to to public seven days a week. Location of the hotline; Information on the hotline; Contact information available.

Focuses on the carbon monoxide emission level in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. Where carbon monoxide emissions come from; Information on the Environmental Protection Agency's reclassification of the carbon monoxide levels in the Las Vegas Valley; Comments from Michael Sword, assistant director of the Air Pollution Control Division in Clark County, Nevada.

Focuses on an agreement signed by several state and federal environment agencies and two Wisconsin American Indian tribes to cleanup the Wisconsin's Fox River and Green Bay environment. Details on the agreement; Identification of the organizations involved in the agreement; Reason for the cleanup; Information on the Fox River Group.

Focuses on the reduction on acid rain pollutants by utilities in the United States for 1996. Information on the Clean Air Act; Reference to a reports released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Percentage of sulfur oxide emissions electric utilities are responsible for; Comments from John Kinsman, manager for Atmospheric Science at Edison Electric Institute.

Presents information on an Environmental Protection Agency report which states that air toxics are a source of pollution in United States water. Identification of the waters; Information on the different problems air pollution caused the United States waters; Contact information available.

Reports that four Chemical Safety Alerts issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are aimed at warning industry officials about significant hazards which result from chemical accident investigations. When the EPA issues such alerts; What the four alerts warned of.

Reports that Congress received legislative reform principles for Superfund, United States toxic waste cleanup law, from the Clinton administration. What the administration said it will support; Comments from Carol Browner, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator.

Reports that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was thinking of adding dioxin and dioxin-like compounds to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). Description of dioxin; Reason the EPA has proposed listing dioxin on the TRI; When the EPA was expected to make the final decision on the proposal.

Reports that in Phoenix, Arizona, gasoline retailers and petroleum refiners introduced a less toxic `reformulated fuel' which is designed to reduce vehicle emissions. When the fuel went on sale at gasoline stations; Group which addressed smog problems in the region; Estimated amount of tons daily the Environmental Protection Agency expects the use of the reformulated gasoline to reduce smog-forming volatile organic compounds by.

Reports that the utilities industry is opposed to tighter clean-air regulations for ozone and particulate matter by the Environmental Protection Agency. What the industry claimed; Comments from Thomas R. Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute; How health and environmental advocates view the standard.