From rhoskins@home.com Sat Apr 17 07:59:20 1999 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id HAA13146 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:59:19 -0700 Received: from ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id HAA02943 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:59:19 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA257 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:59:17 -0700 Message-ID: <011c01be88e2$d36ee840$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Richard E. Hoskins" To: Subject: WAPHGIS: EPA www site http://www.epa.gov/ceis/ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 07:58:59 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0119_01BE88A8.26D48DE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0119_01BE88A8.26D48DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Likely many of you know about this already ... but many may not. I have = had inquiries so here it is.=20 >From some months back .... U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol M. Browner today unveiled an Internet Website that will allow citizens to easily obtain up-to-date, comprehensive, accurate environmental information about their communities simply by entering a zip code. The Website is part of the Clinton Administration's right-to-know programs that are designed to provide Americans with needed information about local pollution. The new Internet website is accessible at: http://www.epa.gov/ceis. The source of the new Website, the Center for Environmental Information and Statistics (CEIS), was set up in March 1998 by Browner to improve public access to reliable and comprehensive information needed by citizens to protect their health and environment. It is a national, source of reliable and comprehensive data and information on the state of and trends in environmental quality. Unlike other websites, the CEIS Website is formatted in an interpretive manner for individual counties rather than a line-by-line listing of data. "The Center for Environmental Information and Statistics is a giant step forward in providing the American people with accurate, timely, and easy-to-understand, easy-to-access environmental and public health information," Browner said. "Anyone can quickly obtain a snapshot of air and water quality, hazardous waste and toxic chemicals in their own community, all on a single Webpage which can become a focal point for community partnerships, an education tool for young people and an invaluable reference tool in libraries." For anyone not having a personal computer and a modem, the Website is accessible on computers in most public libraries, through the cooperation of the American Library Association, in 24 federal EPA offices nationwide and in the 1,363 Federal Government Depository Libraries across the country; each state has six or more Depository Libraries in state universities or elsewhere. Volumes of EPA air, water, toxics and waste information which are available but often are inaccessible to the average citizen, will now be available to anyone using a computer and a modem. The user can pinpoint the search to his or her own community and even create a map of their own community using the "community mapper" feature. Specific subject area EPA websites are linked to the CEIS website. Most important, the CEIS Website provides contextual information which explains the meaning of the secured data. For the first time, everyone with Internet access can find in one place a variety of useful information, including: * environmental profiles for each state, county and territory, a starting point for understanding EPA's data on environmental quality and changes in conditions over time, at the state or community level; the profiles include information on air and water quality, drinking water, and hazardous wastes and toxic releases county by county; * a digital library which lets users search more than 100 EPA reports on environmental quality and a number of other environmental reports at the community, state, regional and national levels; and, * an atlas of maps covering a wide range of environmental topics. The CEIS Website can also zero in on a specific place or topic, link data and information at state and county levels, explain the data and what it means, dig into EPA data sets and programs to serve technical information users, and, describe how the data were collected, their applicability and limitations. EPA's Internet homepage, to which the new one-stop source is linked, is being visited close to 35-million times a month, proving the interest of Americans in obtaining environmental information through their computers. The new website resulted from consultation with over 300 regular users of information on EPA through its homepage or other sources of information. Asked what they needed, most requested that information be formatted on the community level and be available on the Internet. Feedback from CEIS Website users is encouraged. There is an area of the website that allows the user to recommend other information and interpretation which would be useful. ------=_NextPart_000_0119_01BE88A8.26D48DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Likely many of you know about this = already ... but=20 many may not. I have had inquiries so here it is.
 
From some months back ....
 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency = Administrator=20 Carol M.
Browner today unveiled an Internet Website that will allow = citizens=20 to
easily obtain up-to-date, comprehensive, accurate=20 environmental
information about their communities simply by entering = a zip=20 code. The
Website is part of the Clinton Administration's = right-to-know=20 programs
that are designed to provide Americans with needed = information=20 about
local pollution.
     The new Internet = website=20 is accessible at:
http://www.epa.gov/ceis.

&nbs= p;   =20 The source of the new Website, the Center for = Environmental
Information and=20 Statistics (CEIS), was set up in March 1998 by Browner
to improve = public=20 access to reliable and comprehensive information
needed by citizens = to=20 protect their health and environment.
It is a national, source of = reliable=20 and comprehensive data and
information on the state of and trends in=20 environmental quality.

     Unlike other = websites,=20 the CEIS Website is formatted in an
interpretive manner for = individual=20 counties rather than a line-by-line
listing of=20 data.

     "The Center for Environmental = Information=20 and Statistics is a
giant step forward in providing the American = people with=20 accurate,
timely, and easy-to-understand, easy-to-access = environmental=20 and
public health information," Browner said. "Anyone can quickly = obtain=20 a
snapshot of air and water quality, hazardous waste and toxic=20 chemicals
in their own community, all on a single Webpage which can = become=20 a
focal point for community partnerships, an education tool for=20 young
people and an invaluable reference tool in=20 libraries."

     For anyone not having a = personal=20 computer and a modem, the
Website is accessible on computers in most = public=20 libraries, through
the cooperation of the American Library = Association, in 24=20 federal EPA
offices nationwide and in the 1,363 Federal Government=20 Depository
Libraries across the country; each state has six or more=20 Depository
Libraries in state universities or=20 elsewhere.


     Volumes of EPA air, = water, toxics=20 and waste information which are
available but often are inaccessible = to the=20 average citizen, will now
be available to anyone using a computer and = a=20 modem.  The user can
pinpoint the search to his or her own = community and=20 even create a map
of their own community using the "community mapper" = feature.  Specific
subject area EPA websites are linked to the = CEIS=20 website.  Most
important, the CEIS Website provides contextual=20 information which
explains the meaning of the secured=20 data.

     For the first time, everyone with = Internet=20 access can find in one
place a variety of useful information,=20 including:
*    environmental profiles for each state, = county=20 and territory, a
     starting point for = understanding=20 EPA's data on environmental
     quality and = changes in=20 conditions over time, at the state or
     = community=20 level; the profiles include information on air = and
    =20 water quality, drinking water, and hazardous wastes and=20 toxic
     releases county by=20 county;
*    a digital library which lets users search = more=20 than 100 EPA
     reports on environmental = quality and a=20 number of other
     environmental reports at the = community, state, regional and
     national = levels;=20 and,
*    an atlas of maps covering a wide range of=20 environmental topics.

     The CEIS Website = can also=20 zero in on a specific place or topic,
link data and information at = state and=20 county levels, explain the data
and what it means, dig into EPA data = sets and=20 programs to serve
technical information users, and, describe how the = data=20 were
collected, their applicability and=20 limitations.

     EPA's Internet homepage, to = which=20 the new one-stop source is
linked, is being visited  close to = 35-million=20 times a month, proving
the interest of Americans in obtaining = environmental=20 information
through their = computers.

     =20 The new website resulted from consultation with over 300 = regular
users of=20 information on EPA through its homepage or other sources=20 of
information.  Asked what they needed, most requested that=20 information
be formatted on the community level and be available on = the=20 Internet.

     Feedback from CEIS Website = users is=20 encouraged.  There is an area
of the website that allows the = user to=20 recommend other information and
interpretation which would be=20 useful.




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