This national report presents EPA's ocean dumping monitoring activities in fiscal year 2013. EPA conducted 13 surveys at 20 ocean disposal sites offshore from Puerto Rico, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and Oregon. This report summarizes each survey's objectives(s), activities, conclusions, and recommended environmental management actions.

Summary of extensive surveys on Florida mangrove landbirds conducted during 2008-2011, with results quantifying distribution and estimating breeding-season abundance of mangrove landbirds.

Report detailing the discussion in a meeting of experts and representatives from international organizations on the topic of ethical concerns of using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare. Includes a list of participants and the meeting's agenda.

Summary of two study areas of the Cooper's Hawk in north Florida, including diet, foraging, home range, and predation.

This report provides an overview of the everglades restoration and the river of grass land acquisition.

This report presents an overview, developments and congressional interest on the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) related to Everglades Restoration.

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Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.

The Disaster Relief Fund is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the primary source of funding used to provide assistance following a major disaster declaration. This report contains information on funding provided as a result of a major disaster declaration in Florida from fiscal years 2000 to 2013.

Report on state laws regarding performance-enhancing drugs for show and race horses in California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas.

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's proposal to homeport a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) at Mayport, FL. Transferring a CVN from Norfolk, VA, to Mayport would shift from Norfolk to Mayport the local economic activity associated with homeporting a CVN, which some sources estimate as being worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Navy's desire to homeport a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) at Mayport, FL. Prior to the submission of the FY2013 budget, Navy plans called for having Mayport ready to homeport a CVN in 2019.

Report examining evacuation procedures using existing forecasting models in the gulf coast states and discusses ways to improve the use of forecasting models by government officials.