This U.S. Geological Survey data release contains data from soil and storm water samples collected in and around areas in southern Nevada where a polymer-based dust palliative was applied. The applied palliatives were FSB-1000 (Soil Tech, 2012) or Soil-Sement (Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc., 2001) which contain water and the co-polymer butyl acrylate vinyl acetate (BAVA). Samples were collected during and after the construction of two solar energy facilities and on a mining access road in the Mojave Desert from 2016 to 2020. Two tables are presented: 1) concentrations of BAVA and ancillary data from all samples (BAVA_conc.csv), and 2) background-adjusted gel permeation size selective chromatography data from the samples in which BAVA was detected (BAVA_chromatography.csv). References: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc., 2001, Soil-Sement, Dust and Erosion Control Agent. Accessed September 11, 2024, at https://www.dustdr.com/soilsementmsds.pdf. Shamsuddin, S., Awad, M., Xiang, P., Karamdoust, S., Landry, E., and Ebied, A., 2022, Detection of the Butyl Acrylate–Vinyl Acetate (BA–VA) Copolymer in Soil Binders Using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR): Analytical Letters, 56(11), p. 1763–1772, accessed September 11, 2024, at https://doi.org/10.1080/00032719.2022.2145302. Soil Tech, 2012, FSB 1000 - Formulated Soil Binder: Application Instructions and Material Safety Data Sheet (No. 00120FS0101512), October 15, 2012, accessed September 11, 2014, at https://www.valleyair.org/busind/comply/pm10/forms/FSB1000info.pdf.