# EPA Superfund Records of Decision (RODs) Data Feed

> EPA Superfund Records of Decision (RODs) Data Feed is a paid API for AI agents from ticks.bnm.farm, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns EPA Superfund Records of Decision (RODs) as structured JSON, including document bodies, dates, docket IDs, and source URLs.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ticks.bnm.farm/superfund-rods
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/epa-superfund-records-of-decision-rods-data-feed-53beb9d9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_229DsRpz7AOlcFV2xd-g-

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability epa-superfund-records-of-decision-rods-data-feed-53beb9d9
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest EPA Superfund Records of Decision from BNM Data Shop and give me the site names, docket IDs, decision dates, and links to the source PDFs.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, machine-readable access to EPA Superfund Records of Decision without scraping the EPA SEMS website yourself. Prefer it over direct EPA web scraping for reliability and JSON formatting. Ideal for compliance research, environmental due diligence pipelines, legal research on CERCLA sites, and automated monitoring of new cleanup decisions. Best suited for agents that need ROD document bodies plus metadata in a single call at low per-query cost ($0.05 USDC).

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 if payment header is missing or invalid (x402 payment required)
- Empty records array if no new RODs have been published as of the requested date
- Upstream EPA SEMS/CERCLIS unavailability may cause stale or missing data
- Malformed or missing query parameters may result in unexpected filtering behavior
- Rate limiting or network timeouts from the upstream EPA data source

## How this service works

Official public data as JSON. Unpaid paid routes return HTTP 402.

## Output

A JSON object containing: an 'ok' status flag, an 'asOf' date, an array of 'cards' with full ROD document bodies (institution, date, docket, source URL, CERCLA text), an array of 'records' with lightweight metadata (id, url, date, firm, type), a record count, a source URL pointing to the EPA SEMS/CERCLIS database, a product identifier ('epa-superfund-rod-bodies'), and a fetchedAt ISO timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "schema": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "asOf": "2026-08-05",
  "cards": [
   {
    "id": "05-711427",
    "body": "United States Environmental Protection Agency\nINTERIM RECORD OF DECISION\nFederated Metals Corp. Whiting Superfund Site\nOperable Unit 1\nDECLARATION\nCERCLA",
    "date": "2026-08-05",
    "docket": "05-711427",
    "sourceUrl": "https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/711427.pdf",
    "institution": "Federated Metals Corp. Whiting Superfund Site"
   }
  ],
  "source": "https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.Cleanup&id=0501275",
  "status": "ok",
  "product": "epa-superfund-rod-bodies",
  "records": [
   {
    "id": "05-711427",
    "url": "https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/711427.pdf",
    "date": "2026-08-05",
    "firm": "Federated Metals Corp. Whiting Superfund Site",
    "type": "superfund-rod"
   }
  ],
  "fetchedAt": "2026-08-23T12:00:00.000Z",
  "recordCount": 1
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/epa-superfund-records-of-decision-rods-data-feed-53beb9d9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from ticks.bnm.farm](https://www.zero.xyz/host/ticks.bnm.farm/llms.txt)