Useful Links

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS

MUNICIPAL CODES

SOLID WASTE RESEARCH

• EPA's municipal solid waste facts and figures
• Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
• Environmental Industries Association (including National Solid Wastes Management Association, or NSWMA)
• Environmental Education and Research Foundation (EREF)
• International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
• Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
• Waste News
• Solid Waste

ISOCENTER - Information on ISO 14000, an International Standard for Environmental Management

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

• Envirofacts Database Query Form - includes mapping of surrounding sites.
• Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
• EPA's Municipal Solid Waste Program
• EPA's MSW-Clean Air Act Page
• Environmental Regulations and Laws
• Cleanup Information  - information regarding innovative cleanup technology.
• EnviroSense  - pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement databases.
• EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office home page

  OTHER INTERESTING WEB SITES

• Aerial Photographs - Terraserver database maintained by Microsoft
• Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry
  • Toxicological Profiles
• Call Before You Dig  Telephone Numbers to Clear Utilities Nationwide
• GeoCommunity - Includes GIS Data Depot (download GIS data) and free GIS packages
• Lawyers - directory maintained by Martindale-Hubbell
• Mapping - U.S. Geologic Survey Maps
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Database - maintained by Cornell University
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - Replaces Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes starting in 1997
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Zip Code Lookup