Others may request data via the Freedom of Information Act official procedures. The AIRS Home Page, AIRS Executive, and the AIRS bulletin board are free resources to the public. The majority of the data stored in AIRS is provided to EPA from the States and Local Agencies who are collecting this information. In some instances, data may also be provided by EPA, other federal agencies, and foreign countries via the World Health Organization. The general public can only access the public information.
Security is built into the software to ensure that the proper data are retrieved.
Those users who use the non-public data are responsible for maintaining proper use of this information.