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- Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Environmental Science Center, Fort Meade. Maryland - Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary!
- Freshwater Biology Lab, Wheeling, West Virginia
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The Mid-Atlantic Environmental Assessment and Innovation Division (EAID) is responsible for a variety of programs. These include innovative, multi-media (such as combined air, water, soil, etc.) approaches to solving environmental problems.
Subjects we cover: an A to Z list with links
How we're organized: our offices, what they do and contact information
Our programs:
- Analytical Services
- Business Assistance Center
- Children's Health
- Coastal Environment
- Data
- Environmental Management Systems
- Environmental Science Center
- Going Green
- Green Landscaping
- Innovation
- Mountaintop Mining
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Quality Assurance
- Wetlands
- American Public Health Association Meeting - - EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson delivered the keynote address for the American Public Health Association's
137th Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on November 7, 2009. In her address, Administrator Jackson focused on core issues of protecting air and water quality, and preventing exposure to toxic contamination in our communities as necessary environmental elements in public health. EPA's Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) grant program provided an outreach table for the four-day conference. The Wheeling Jesuit University project with communities in Central Appalachian coal fields impacted by mountaintop mining was highlighted during the meeting. The top concern was the quality of household water supplies. Care communities took advantage of university leadership by assembling forums during which citizens could connect directly with researchers to answer questions about environmental health concerns. On November 10, 2009, Virginia Thompson of the Office of Environmental Innovation gave two presentations about pharmaceuticals in the environment. The first presentation, as a panelist with other EPA and USGS staff and managers, featured information on current stewardship programs and the need for source reduction. This presentation was attended by a standing-room only crowd of over 70 people. The other panel focused on implementation of pharmaceutical collection programs; Virginia's presentation showed ways that we can all work to reduce the source of pharmaceutical waste through different prescribing and payment approaches. An estimated 10,800 people attended the conference over the four-day period. - Trailblazer Awards Presented to Maryland Hospitals at Environmental Excellence in Healthcare Conference - - On November 6, 2009, Virginia Thompson of the Office of Environmental Innovation presented six Trailblazer Awards to hospitals in Maryland that have been leaders in moving toward sustainability. The setting was the second annual Environmental Excellence in Healthcare Conference, sponsored by Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (MD H2E) , and held at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. The hospitals recognized were Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin; Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore; LifeBridge Health, a health system based in Baltimore with hospitals located in Baltimore and Randallstown; Montgomery General Hospital, Olney; the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore; and the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, with three facilities in Baltimore and Perry Point. During the conference, EPA also honored MD H2E, an organization that has been key to successfully moving hospitals across Maryland toward more sustainable operations with a smaller environmental footprint. The conference also was a "green" conference, serving delicious local and sustainable foods and featuring no papers (registration and handouts all on-line instead).