Pollution in Your Backyard 

September 9, 2000

Freedom to Know About Pollution in Your Backyard Want to know about point source discharges in your area:  Check out this Resource!  

The EPA has set up a “Water Discharge Permits Query Form” that allows you to retrieve selected data from the Permit Compliance System (PCS) database in Envirofacts regarding facilities holding National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits.

Specify the facilities by using any combination of facility name, geographic location, standard industrial classification, and chemicals. You may also select an output option.

This is really neat! http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/pcs/pcs_query_java.html