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The Bush Administration continues to limit public's right to know due to "concerns for homeland security"... post from at e-mail forwarded from the National Resources Defense Council. - FYI. Information after this notice below describes what the Envirofacts database contains. There is a Feedback form on the Envirofacts web site for sending an e-mail to EPA; you should consider doing so to inquire about this abrupt change in policy, and to ask what environmental data WILL be available to the public after this database is shut down. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/ef_feedback.html Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 06:03:55 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Notification of Suspension of Envirofacts Direct Access Privileges #3 As part of our continuing efforts to respond to Homeland Security issues, Envirofacts has found it necessary to re-evaluate its Direct Connect Access policy and availability. As a result of a thorough review, we have modified our eligibility criteria and updated our procedures and registration form accordingly. Therefore, starting April 1, 2002, Direct Connect access will no longer be available to the general public. Direct Connect access to Envirofacts will only be >available to U.S. EPA employees, U.S. EPA Contractors, the Military, Federal Government, and State Agency employees. To implement these new policies and procedures, Direct Connect Access >for all current users will be discontinued on April 1, 2002, subject to >re-certification. Since you have been identified as a user with current Direct Connect access, we are serving you with this early notice to give you time to accommodate this change.If after April 1, you still need Direct Connect access and feel you are eligible, you may submit a new registration application request via the >web. You should first review the new information on the "Connecting Directly to the Envirofacts Database" page, located at http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/ef_access.html Please be advised that your request cannot be processed until you complete and submit a copy of the new updated registration form, which is available at http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/ef_registration.html. We apologize for any inconvenience this change in policy and procedure has caused you. Thank you for your continued support. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Envirofacts Warehouse to provide the public with direct access to the wealth of information contained in its databases (Paid for, one might add, by tax dollars!TH). The Envirofacts Warehouse allows you to retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Air, /enviro/html/air.html Chemicals, /enviro/html/chemicals.html Facility Information, /enviro/html/facility.html Grants/Funding, /enviro/html/grants.html Hazardous Waste, /enviro/html/hazard.html Superfund, /enviro/html/hazard.html Toxic Releases, /enviro/html/toxic_releases.html and Water Permits, /enviro/html/water.html Drinking Water, </enviro/html/water.html Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence, </enviro/html/water.html Drinking Water Microbial and Disinfection Byproduct Information /enviro/html/water.html (Information Collection Rule [ICR]). You may retrieve information from several databases at once, or from one database at a time. Online queries allow you to retrieve data from these sources and create reports, or you may generate maps of environmental information by selecting from several Mapping Applications /enviro/html/mod/index.html. You can also read about the spatial data /enviro/html/spatial_data.html used by Mapping Applications. The locational information </enviro/html/locational/index.html in Envirofacts contains all of the latitude and longitude coordinate data for EPA related facilities. John D. Walke Director, Clean Air Program Natural Resources Defense Council 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005-3928 (202) 289-6868 (Ph) (202) 289-1060 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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