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| Name (ID Number) |
Comment
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Learn More
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Issuance Date
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Date Added to This List
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Most Recent Revision
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| Wastes | |||||
| Clarification of April 6, 2004 Memo on Recommended Interim Practices for Disposal of Potentially Contaminated Chronic Wasting Disease Carcasses and Wastes |
11/12/2004
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Clarification of the Regulatory Determination for Wastes from the Exploration, Development and Production of Crude Oil, Natural Gas and Geothermal Energy (58 FR 15284) |
03/22/1993
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Criteria for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities: A Guide for Owner's/Operators (EPA-530-SW-91-089) |
03/1993
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Decision-Makers' Guide to Solid Waste Management (EPA-530-R-95-023) |
08/1995
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Framework for Metals Risk Assessment (EPA/120/R-07/001) |
04/2007
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07/24/2007
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n/a
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| Full Cost Accounting for Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Handbook (EPA-530-R-95-041) |
09/01/1997
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Guidance for the Analysis of Refinery Wastes ((NTIS) PB87-154 910/AS) |
07/1995
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Guidance for the Sampling and Analysis of Municipal Waste Combustion Ash for the Toxicity Characteristic (EPA530-R-95-036) |
06/1995
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Guide for Industrial Waste Management (EPA-530-R-03-001) |
02/2003
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Criteria-Technical Manual (EPA-530-R-93-107) |
11/1993
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Planning for Natural Disaster Debris (EPA530-K-08-001) |
3/25/2008
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04/02/2008
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n/a
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| Recommended Interim Practices for Disposal of Potentially Contaminated Chronic Wasting Disease Carcasses and Wastes |
04/06/2004
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Safer Disposal for Solid Waste: The Federal Regulations for Landfills (EPA-530-SW-91-092) |
03/01/1993
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Waste Transfer Stations: Involved Citizens Make the Difference (EPA-530-K-01-003) |
01/2001
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| 2003 Water Quality Trading Policy |
2003
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Agency Interpretation of Applicability of Section 402 of the Clean Water Act to Water Transfers (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0805-0001) |
08/05/2005
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Alpha2u-Globulin: Association with Chemically Induced Renal Toxicity and Neoplasia in the Male Rat (EPA/625/3-91/019F (NTIS PB92143668)) |
09/1991
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Applicability of the Safe Drinking Water Act to Submetered Properties (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0838-0001) |
12/23/2003
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Assessment of Thyroid Follicular Cell Tumors (EPA/630/R-97/002) |
03/1998
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Following the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Rapanos v. United States & Carabell v. United States (June 2007 Legal Memorandum) |
06/05/2007
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07/26/2007
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12/02/2008
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| Combined Sewer Overflow: Guidance for Long-Term Control Plan (EPA 83-B-95-002) |
1995
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Determination of Mitigation under the CWA 404(b)1 (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0798-0001) |
02/1990
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Federal Guidance for Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0799-0001) |
11/1995
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Final Administrative Changes to Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Guidance (fr21oc98-34) |
10/21/1998
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Final Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Program Guidance (EPA 100-R-93-001) |
12/1992
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Framework for Cumulative Risk Assessment (EPA/600/P-02/001F) |
03/2003
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Guidance for Implementing the January 2001 Methylmercury Water Quality Criterion (EPA 823-R-10-001) |
04/29/2010
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05/13/2010
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n/a
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| Handbook of Groundwater Protection and Cleanup Policies for RCRA Corrective Action (EPA-530-R-04-030) |
04/2004
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Interim Procedures for Estimating Risks Associated with Exposures to Mixtures of Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans (CDDs and CDFs) and 1989 Update (EPA/625/3-89/016 (NTIS PB90145756)) |
03/1989
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Memo RE: Scope of Waters of the US following the Supreme Court Decision in SWANCC (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0801-0002) |
01/2003
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| National Estuary Program Guidance - Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plans: Content and Approval Requirements (EPA 842-b-92-002) |
10/1992
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Part 503 Implementation Guidance (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0806-0001 & EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0806-0001.1) |
10/01/1995
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Regulation of Certain Activities in Light of American Mining Congress v. Corps of Engineers (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0800-0001) |
04/1997
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Statistical Analysis of Ground-Water Monitoring Data at RCRA Facilities; Addendum to Interim Final Guidance |
07/1992
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Variance Technology Findings for Contaminants Regulated before 1996 (815-R-98-003) |
09/1998
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Wetlands | |||||
| Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Following the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Rapanos v. United States & Carabell v. United States (June 2007 Legal Memorandum) |
06/05/2007
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07/26/2007
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n/a
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| Determination of Mitigation under the CWA 404(b)1 (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0798-0001) |
02/1990
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Federal Guidance for Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0799-0001) |
11/1995
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Final Administrative Changes to Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Guidance (fr21oc98-34) |
10/21/1998
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Memo RE: Scope of Waters of the US following the Supreme Court Decision in SWANCC (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0801-0002) |
01/2003
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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| Regulation of Certain Activities in Light of American Mining Congress v. Corps of Engineers (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0800-0001) |
04/1997
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08/23/2007
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n/a
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