Last Updated December 23, 2004
EPA's Ag Assistance Center
Providing information to help producers and agribusiness comply with environmental regulations
The National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center (Ag Center) of the Environmental Protection Agency is the "first stop" for information about environmental requirements affecting the agricultural community. The Ag Center was created by the U.S. EPA with the support of the USDA. Although the USDA and other agencies provide educational and technical information on agricultural production, information on compliance with environmental requirements has not been readily accessible. The Ag Center was created to address this need.
Through its website and other channels, the Ag Center offers comprehensive, easy-to-understand information about compliance — commonsense, flexible approaches that are both environmentally protective and agriculturally sound. The Ag Center also provides information on reducing pollution and making good use of the latest pollution prevention technologies.
This Ag Center home page is the gateway to a large library of compliance information as well as up-to-date news about related EPA programs and proposals. On most topics, the Ag Center offers publications that can be read on line, downloaded, or ordered by fax or mail.
A broad selection of topics are addressed, including pesticides, animal waste management, emergency planning and response, groundwater protection, surface water protection, fuel storage, and hazardous waste management.
Information Available
News and alerts: The Ag Center regularly
compiles ag-related news items from EPA headquarters
and regional offices, posts them on its
website and announces them through its list server. Particularly important
items are more
fully described on the website under Highlights.
The website also contains separate compilations
of ag-related news and alerts, including:
- Items for which EPA is accepting comments
- Health and safety alerts
- Upcoming and recent compliance dates with links to compliance information
- Links to other sources of environmental compliance news
The toll-free number allows callers to order any of the more than 200 publications that the Ag Center has assembled pertaining to compliance with environmental requirements. Call (888) 663-2155 for up-to-date information on environmental requirements that affect agriculture.
To subscribe to the Ag Center List Server, send the command, subscribe agcenter Firstname Lastname (Your first name and last name) in the body of an E-mail message to the list server at listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov, with nothing in the subject line.
Contact
EPA's Ag Center
901 North 5th St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: (888) 663-2155; Fax: (913) 551-7270
Ginah K. Mortensen
Phone: (913) 551-7429
E-mail: mortensen.ginah@epa.gov
Internet
www.epa.gov/agriculture
