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Environmental Information for Tennessee

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Air

  • Real-time information about today's air quality forecast in Tennessee cities and counties on AirNow.gov
  • MyAir shows many different kinds of air data for Kentucky.
  • MyClimate shows greenhouse gas emissions by sector, and other kinds of climate data, for Tennessee.
  • Clean Air Act permitting in Tennessee
  • Real-time radiation data from monitors located in Tennessee:
    • Knoxville
    • Memphis
    • Nashville
  • State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for air quality approved by EPA for Tennessee
  • Air compliance dashboard: see trends in environmental compliance and enforcement. The dashboard provides an easy-to-use summary of activities to answer questions like: which facilities are regulated, how many have been inspected or otherwise evaluated, and how many have alleged violations and have been subject to enforcement.

Water

  • Information on water quality in TN
  • Explore your local waterways with How's My Waterway
  • Drinking water information
  • Water quality standards
  • Region 4 actions to address climate change impacts on water
  • Underground injection control program in Region 4
  • Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
  • Compliance dashboards: see trends in environmental compliance and enforcement. The dashboards provide an easy-to-use summary of activities to answer questions like: which facilities are regulated, how many have been inspected or otherwise evaluated, and how many have alleged violations and have been subject to enforcement.
    • Drinking water dashboard
    • U.S. waters dashboard

Land and Waste Cleanups

  • List of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) sites
  • Brownfields and land revitalization in Region 4
  • Hazardous waste compliance dashboard: see trends in environmental compliance and enforcement. The dashboard provides an easy-to-use summary of activities to answer questions like: which facilities are regulated, how many have been inspected or otherwise evaluated, and how many have alleged violations and have been subject to enforcement.

Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals

  • Agency in Tennessee that regulates pesticides
  • Most recent fact sheet on the management of certain toxic chemicals in Tennessee from EPA's Toxic Release Inventory
    • Go to approved SIPs in Region 4
  • Pesticides compliance dashboard: see trends in environmental compliance and enforcement. The dashboard provides an easy-to-use summary of activities to answer questions like: which facilities are regulated, how many have been inspected or otherwise evaluated, and how many have alleged violations and have been subject to enforcement.

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Last updated on September 27, 2024
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