April 2002

Environmental Protection Indicators for California (EPIC)

The 2002 EPIC report is available for download as either a series of pdf files or as one large file. You will need the free program Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print these files.

This 300-page report describes the process for the identification and selection of environmental indicators that are adopted as part of the EPIC system, and presents the initial set of environmental indicators.

Contents -- Page No
[PDF files are provided for each of the following sections.]

Cover Material
Message from the Secretaries
Front Matter (Inside cover, Acknowledgments and Table of Contents)

Executive Summary

Chapter 1 Introduction
    The Directive -- 1
    Overview of the Indicators -- 2
    Conceptual Model for Environmental Indicators -- 3

Chapter 2 The Environmental Indicators for California (EPIC) Process
    Scope of the EPIC Project -- 5
    The Indicator Identification and Selection Process -- 5

Chapter 3 The Environmental Indicators
    Introduction, Chapter Organization -- 11
    Background Indicators -- 13
    Air Quality -- 27
    Water -- 61
    Land, Waste and Materials Management -- 105
    Pesticides -- 137
    Transboundary Issues -- 157 
    Environmental Exposure Impacts Upon Human Health -- 187   Ecosystem Health -- 199

Chapter 4 Findings and the Future Directions   Introduction -- 263
    Issue Area-Specific Findings and Future Directions -- 267   
    Future Directions for the EPIC Project -- 277

Appendix A EPIC Project Collaborators -- 279
Appendix B Types of Indicators -- 281 
Appendix C Glossary -- 282 

or if you prefer, Download the entire EPIC Report (3,212 kb)

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Environmental Protection Indicators for California    http://oehha.ca.gov/multimedia/epic/index.html

For Information about the EPIC project contact Carmen Milanes, cmilanes@oehha.ca.gov

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