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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • Small Business Division • January 2006

Toll-Free Hotline: (800) 368-5888
In DC & VA: (202) 566-2822

The following list of Publications has been compiled to help small businesses and other interested parties understand environmental trends, requirements, and regulations. Updated editions will be automatically substituted. As publications are identified, they will be added to this list. They are grouped by subject areas, and individual items may be ordered using the order form attached, or by calling one of the above numbers. Availability of some publications is limited, so please order only those pertinent to your needs and in minimum necessary quantities. Since none of these is copyrighted, any one may be duplicated locally. Availability of most of the listed publications is also on the website at http://www.smallbiz-enviroweb.orgExit EPA Disclaimer.

DISCLAIMER: The materials listed below are available directly or indirectly from the Small Business Division (SBD) at EPA, and are presented as an information service for small businesses and other parties needing or interested in information on the protection of human health and the environment. Some of this material was not officially compiled and made publicly available by EPA, and the accuracy of those which have been is subject to subsequent correction based on future developments.

REQUEST FOR PUBLICATIONS form (PDF) (2 pp, 70K, about PDF)

Publications for Small Business, January 2006 (PDF) (33 pp, 865K, about PDF)

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General Publications - EPA

A- 1 Strategic Plan: Describes EPA goals and objectives and discusses strategies for achieving environmental results; EPA 190-R-00-002; 09/00; 104 pp.
A- 2 Solid Waste Funding - A Guide to Federal Assistance: [EPA 530-K-00-006]. This brochure describes a variety of funding sources for solid, and other, waste research and management programs, available to state, local governments, the general public, and small businesses. Even though it emphasizes solid waste programs, notations are made where funding is available for other than solid waste problems, 10/00, 9 pp.
A- 3 Doing Business with EPA, EPA 180-B-99-001, 01/99.
A- 4 CRS Report to Congress - Summaries of Environmental Laws Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, (95-59 ENR), 01/03/95, 101 pp.
A- 5 Industry Sector Notebooks, [EPA 305-F-98-018]. This brochure includes a list of all notebooks and ordering information, 07/98.
A- 6 Glossary of Environmental Terms, [EPA 175–B-97-001], Booklet, 12/97, 65 pp., (with VOC “Update,” FR 63-17333), 04/09/98.
A- 7 Connecting to EPA on the Internet, undated, 2 pp. (Includes listing of some of the EPA offerings on the Internet); New Directions (A Report on Regulatory Reinvention), EPA, 5/98; EPA 100-R-98-04, 8 pp.
A- 8 The Office of Compliance--An Introductory Guide [EPA 300-F-95-002], Covers EPA Enforcement--The New Alignment with major office functions listed. Booklet, 01/95, 14 pp.
A- 9 Semi-annual Regulatory Agenda - Regulations under development, notices, and review of prior regulations at EPA. Current Issue.
A-10 Memorandum and Revised Guidelines for Implementing the Regulatory Flexibility Act - Deputy Administrator, EPA, 04/9/92, 64 pp.
A-11 Public Law 104-121, 03/29/96, 110 Stat.857-874; Title II--Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 857-74 pp.; Revised Interim Guidance for EPA Rulewriters; Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), 03/29/99, 97 pp; Fact Sheet, PA 233-F-99-001, 06/99, 4 pp.; Information for Potential Small Entity Representatives to the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Process, EPA 233-F-99-002, 07/99, 4 pp, Fact Sheet.
A-12 Public Law 104-121, 03/29/96, 110 Stat.857-874; Title II--Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), pp. 857-74; Revised Interim Guidance for EPA Rulewriters; Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), 03/29/99, 97 pp; Fact Sheet, PA 233-F-99-001, 06/99, 4 pp.; Information for Potential Small Entity Representatives to the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel Process, EPA 233-F-99-002, 07/99, 4 pp, Fact Sheet.
A-13 Application Kit for Assistance, 02/01, 41 pp. An application form for EPA grants to be submitted to the EPA Grants Operations Branch, Mail Code 3903R.
A-15 Guide to Environmental Issues, 520/B-94-001, 09/96, 84 pp. (Out of print, to be revised in 08/01 by the Cincinnati EPA Office.)
A-16 Aiming for Excellence - Actions to Encourage Stewardship and Accelerate Environmental Progress. This is a report of the EPA Innovations Task Force, addressing EPA needs to promote regulatory compliance and to encourage those willing and able to do more, EPA 100-R-99-006, 07/99, 68 pp.
A-17 EPA National Publications Catalog 2000, EPA 200-B-00-001, 07/00, 232 pp. (This item must be ordered from the EPA National Center for Environmental Publications at 1-800-490-9198.)
A-18 Resource Guide: Resolving Environmental Conflict in Communities, EPA-F-00-001, 05/00, 6 pp. Alternative and appropriate dispute resolution approaches are described.
A-20 Innovation at the Environmental Protection Agency - A Decade of Progress, EPA 100-R-00-020, 04/00, 36 pp., www.epa.gov/opei.
A-21 Beyond Compliance Supplemental Env. Projects, EPA 325-R-01-001, 01/01, 37 pp., www.epa.gov/oeca/sep.
A-22 Profiles of Industries - Sector Notebooks, (1995-2002). Free electronic copies, http://www.epa.gov/oecaerth/resources/publications/assistance/sectors/notebooks/index.html.
A-23 Learning to Listen: A Cooperative Approach to Developing Innovative Strategies - Lessons from the New Jersey Chemical Industry Project, Stakeholder Group, EPA 231-R-00-004; EPA 231-R-00-004, Washington, DC and New York City, New York, respectively, Final Report, 05/00. Describes the substantive results of the four pilots and the process and “Keys to Success” that led to the achievements of this exceptionally productive Stakeholder-driven project.
A-24 Proposed Framework for a Flexible Track Program, 05/07/97. White paper that describes the draft structure for one of the first successful “alternative path” or alternative regulatory tract programs for facilities with good environmental performance. This paper led to the establishment of the highly respected New Jersey Silver and Gold Tract Program and also served as a model for EPA’s National Environmental Performance Track. Note: NJDEP has produced related documentation concerning the Silver Track: Silver and Gold Track Program Environmental Performance - Guidance Document, NJ DEP, 08/99, http://www.state.nj.us/dep/special/silver/index.htmlExit EPA Disclaimer.
A-25 Regulations: A Vital Tool for Protecting Public Health and the Environment, EPA 100F-03-001, 03/03, 24 pp.

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Information on Small Business

B- 1 Regulatory Assistance for Small Business and Others, EPA 180-F-94-001. Flier describing the role and functions of the EPA Small Business Ombudsman, 09/94, 6-panels. (Currently out of print.)
B- 2 U.S. Small Business Administration, Programs & Services, 4th Edition, 06/00, 37 pp.
B- 3 EPA's Asbestos and Small Business Ombudsman Regulatory Assistance - Description of the function of the Ombudsman with questions and answers, 01/01/95, 6 pp.; Attachment, 2 pp.
B- 4 Municipalities, Small Business, and Agriculture - The Challenge of Meeting Environmental Responsibilities, EPA 230-09-88-037, Report to Administrator on the cumulative impact of 85 EPA regulations, 09/88, 73 pp.
B- 5 The Small Business Sector Study - Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Small Business, EPA 230-09-88-039. Potential impact of regulations that will become effective during 1988-1992, 09/88, 165 pp.
B- 6 The Municipal Sector Study - Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Municipalities, EPA 230-09-88-038. Potential impact of 22 regulations municipalities will have to comply with in the near future, 09/88, 175 pp.
B- 7 The Agricultural Sector Study - Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Agriculture, EPA 230-09-88-040. Impact of recent and future proposed regulations on the financial condition of farms in the United States, 09/88, 175 pp.
B- 8 Compliance Assistance Tools, EPA 305-K-98-003. In this booklet, EPA’s Office of Compliance provides a brief outline of resources and tools currently available or under development for over a dozen industries, 07/98, 20 pp.
B- 9 EPA Compliance Assistance Centers, EPA 305-F-032a, Fall 98.
B-10 EPA’s Small Business Research (SBIR) Program, 3 pp., http://es.epa.gov/ncer/sbir.
B-11 Innovative Clean Technologies Case Studies, EPA 600-R-93-175, 08/93, 142 pp; Innovative Clean Technologies Case Studies Second Year Project Report, EPA 600-R-94-169, 04/94, 214 pp. These items report development of innovative pollution preventions technologies for and by small business.
B-12 Environmental Management Systems - An Implementation Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Organizations, Second Edition, 01/01, 206 pp.
B-13 Save Money & Energy with Energy Star (for Small Business), EPA 430-K-01-005. This flyer provides information on Energy Star Small Business Voluntary Program, 09/01.
B-14 The Small Business Source Book on Environmental Auditing, EPA 233-B-00-003. This source book is a compilation of the bibliography, the training list, and a summary matrix of these trainings that will act as a quick reference to the courses listed, 05/00, 45 pp.
B-15 Status of the State Small Business Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program (SBTCP) - Report to Congress for the Period January to December 1999, EPA 233-R-01-001, 07/01.
B-16 Environmental Management Guide for Small Laboratories, EPA 233-B-00-001, 05/00, 139 pp.; Laboratories, EPA 530-SW-90-027m, undated, 4 pp., Small Business Size Standards; Testing Laboratories, Final Rule, FR, 12/29/99, pp. 74842-74847.
B-17 The Small Business Environmental Assistance Site Visit Manual - Iowa Waste Reduction Center, University of Northern Iowa, 60 pp.
B-18 Opening Doors for America’s Small Businesses, EPA 233-F-02-001, 06/02, 16 pp. This book is a great introduction to the Key EPA services that are available to help America’s small businesses. The publication addresses five critical areas for small business including: utilizing “one-stop” assistance, improving regulations, managing environmental compliance, encouraging environmental leadership, and preparing for the future.
B-19 Partners for the Environment - Boosting Your Bottom Line, EPA 100-R-00-001, 01/00, 16 pp., (Pamphlet).
B-20 A Resource Directory of Small Business Environmental Assistance Providers, EPA-233-B-02-001, 03/02, 85 pp., www.epa.gov/sbo and www.smallbiz-enviroweb.orgExit EPA Disclaimer
B-21 Beyond Compliance - Supplemental Environmental Projects, EPA 325-R--01-001, 01/01, 37 pp.
B-22 Small Business Compliance Policy - Discover, Disclose, Correct, EPA 305-F-01-019, 8 pp.
B-23 Inspiring Performance: The Government-Industry Team Approach to Improving Environmental Compliance, Lessons from the New Jersey Chemical Industry Project - Compliance Assistance Team, Final Report, EPA 231-R-99-002, Washington, DC, 05/99. Documents the collaborative process used by industry and government to identify the topics where compliance assistance was most needed and the formats that industry finds most useful. The Team worked together to prepare compliance tools and present workshops. Serves as a model for leveraging scarce resources to meet compliance assistance needs. (Also, see Compliance Assistance Materials developed by this Team.)
B-24 Compliance Assistance Materials (CAM) For New Jersey Environmental Regulations, 05/98; Developed by the Compliance Assistance Team of EPS’s New Jersey Chemical Industry Project and provides brief summaries and contact information for the mail environmental requirements in New Jersey, applicability flow charts for the top six New Jersey regulations chosen by Industry Team members, and a bibliography of environmental compliance resources, http://www.state.nj.us/dep/enforcement/home.htmExit EPA Disclaimer
B-25 Practical Guide to Environmental Management for Small Businesses, EPA 233-K-02-001, 09/02, 41 pp. This new publication based on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) concepts is designed to help small businesses organize their environmental management responsibilities in a productive and most cost-effective way, 05/03, http://www.smallbiz-enviroweb.org/html/pdf/EM_Guide0902.pdf (PDF, 50pp., 907Kb,about PDF) Exit EPA Disclaimer
B-26 Documenting Your Environmental Management Plan, EPA 233-K-03-001, 07/03, 79 pp., “A Workbook for Small Businesses.” The Workbook allows the small business owner to get environmental management issues organized one step at a time. Each section includes an explanation of what needs to be done, worksheets to help the business owner complete the tasks, and examples of completed documentation from two hypothetical small business. The Workbook works as a support document to the Practical Guide to Environmental Management for Small Business, http://www.smallbiz-enviroweb.org/html/pdf/Documenting_EMP.pdf (PDF, 80pp., 4481Kb,about PDF) Exit EPA Disclaimer
B-31 Confused by Environmental Regulations? Small Business Assistance Programs Can Help, www.smallbiz-enviroweb.orgExit EPA Disclaimer

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

 

General Information:

C- 2 Little Known But Allowable Ways to Deal with Hazardous Waste, EPA 233-B-00-002, 05/00, 51 pp. The Guide is available at http://www.epa.gov/sbo/pdfs/hazwaste_500.pdf (PDF, 64pp., 606Kb,about PDF)
C- 3 Guide for Industrial Waste Management. This comprehensive Guide to best practices provides information and resources to develop state guidelines; hold workshops to educate business and individuals; and train facility operators. The information presented is broad and easily tailored to individual applications for safe management of industrial wastes. This is the source of everything you need starting from understanding risk and considering the site, to protecting air, surface and groundwater, to operating the waste site, monitoring, corrective action, to closure and post-closure care. The Guide is available at http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/industd/guide.htm or on CD, EPA 530-C-03-002 or paper EPA 530-R-03-001 from US EPA/NSCEP, P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-0419. CD is also available here as Item C-3.
C- 7 Hazardous Waste Management; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Manifest System, Final Rule, FR, 03/04/05, pp. 10775-10825; Correcting Amendments, FR, 06/16/05, pp. 35034-35041. (Information available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/gener/manifest/mods.htm.)
C- 8 EPA Catalog of Hazardous and Solid Waste Publications, 17th Edition, EPA 530-B-04-001, 09/04. (Note: All publication items dated 1996 and later are found on www.epa.gov/osw.)
C- 9 Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste, Title 40 CFR Part 261, 07/01/97; Revisions, through 05/4/98; Proposed Rules, 07/27/94, 10/02/96, and 10/28/03.
C-67 Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions, Title 40 CFR Part 148, 07/01/96, pp. 668-677; Land Disposal Restrictions, Title 40 CFR Parts 148, 268, 261, 271, 08/22/95, 01/01/96, 03/25/96, and 05/10/96, 9 pp.
C-70 Decision-Maker’s Guide To Solid Waste Management, EPA 530-R-95-023, 08/95, 371 pp. (Also available: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/dmg2.htm.)
C-77 Part II, 40 CFR Part 112, Oil Pollution Prevention and Response; Non-Transportation-Related Onshore and Offshore Facilities; Proposed Rule, FR, Thursday, 06/17/04, pp. 34015-34017; Hazardous Waste Mgmt System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Recycled Used Oil Mgmt. Standards, Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 07/30/03; Oil Pollution Prevention and Response; Non-Transportation-Related Onshore and Offshore Facilities, Final Rule, 04/17/03; Oil Pollution Prevention and Response; Non-Transportation-Related Onshore and Offshore Facilities, Final Rule and Proposed Rule, FR, Thursday, 01/09/03, pp. 1349-1355; Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Guides: Fact Sheets, Stakeholders Letter, USEPA Regional Contacts, SPCC Compliance Assistance Guides and SPCC Facility Survey Results and Analysis, Oil Programs, referencing the SPCC and Oil Amendment, Final Rule, FR, 07/17/02, 3 pp.; Oil Prevention Non-Transportation-Relate On-Shore and Off-Shore; Part II, 40 CFR Part 112, Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 07/17/02, pp. 47041-47152; Oil Pollution Prevention and Response; Non-Transportation-Related Facilities, Final Rule; Technical Correction, FR, Friday, 06/29/01, pp. 34559-34561; Oil Pollution Prevention and Response; Non-Transportation-Related Facilities, Correction: In Rule Document 00-13976 beginning on page 40776 in the issue of FR, Friday, 06/30/00, p. 43840; Oil Pollution Prevention and Response; Non-Transportation-Related Facilities; Part III 40 CFR Part 112, Final Rule, FR, Friday 06/30/00, pp. 40775-40817; Response Plans for Marine Transportation-Related Facilities Handling Non-Petroleum Oils; Part IV, Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 154, Final Rule, FR, Friday 06/30/00, pp. 40819-40827; NCP Overview, http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/ncpover.htm; National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR, Part 300.920, pp. 1-138; and Oil Pollution Prevention; Non-transportation-related Onshore and Offshore Facilities, Part 112 and Part 110, FR, (07-01-99 Edition), pp. 627-698.
C-90 Tank Systems--Hazardous Waste Storage, 40 CFR 260.190-200, 07/01/98; Amended, FR 12/08/97, pp. 64656-60.
C-91 Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities and Hazardous Waste Generators; Organic Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments, and Containers, Part V, 40 CFR, Parts 262, 264, and 265, Final Rule, FR, Thursday, 01/21/99, pp. 3381-3391; Part II, 40 CFR Part 264, et al., Final Rule, FR, Monday, 12/08/97, pp. 64635-64671.
C-92 NESHAPs: Proposed Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors (Phase I Final Replacement Standards and Phase II), Parts 63 and 264, (EPA), Proposed Rule, FR, Tuesday, 04/20/04, pp. 21197-21385; NESHAP: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors, 40 CFR, Parts 63 and 264, (EPA), Direct Final Rule, FR, Tuesday, 07/03/01, pp. 35087-35107; NESHAP: Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors, 40CFR, Parts 63 and 264, (EPA), Proposed Rule, FR, Tuesday, 07/03/01, pp. 35124-35155; NESHAPS: Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors, 40 CFR Part 63, Hazardous Waste Combustion Interpretive Clarification and Technical Correction, Final Rule, FR, Thursday, 11/09/00, pp. 67268-67272; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Toolkit, 40 CFR, Parts 60, 63, 260, 261, 264, 265, 266, 270, and 271, Notice of Availability, Availability of new implementation toolkit related to final regulations, FR, Wednesday, 09/20/00, pp. 56798-56799; NESHAPS: Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors, 40 CFR Parts 60, 63, 261, and 270, (EPA), Final Rule–technical correction, FR, Monday, 07/10/00, pp. 42292-42302; Effluent Limitations Guidelines, Pretreatment Standards, and New Source Performance Standards for the Commercial Hazardous Waste Combustor Subcategory of the Waste Combustors Point Source Category, 40 CFR Part 444, Final Rule, FR Thursday, 01/27/00, pp. 4360-4385; NESHAPS: Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors, 40 CFR, Parts 63, 261, and 266, Final Rule–Technical Correction, FR, Friday, 11/19/99, pp. 63209-63213; NESHAPS: Final Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Hazardous Waste Combustors, 40 CFR Part 60, et al., Final Rule, FR, Thursday, 09/30/99, pp. 52827-53077; and Hazardous Waste Combustors; Revised Standards, Part IV, 40 CFR Parts 63, 261, and 270, Final Rule, FR, Friday, 06/19/98, pp. 33781-33829.
C-93
Comprehensive Procurement Guideline IV for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials; Recovered Materials Advisory Notice IV, Final Rule and Notice, Part V, 40 CFR, Part 247, FR 04/30/04, pp. 24027-24050; Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials, Proposed Rule, FR, 08/28/02, pp. 45256-45274; Comprehensive Guideline for Procurement of Products Containing Recovered Materials; Recovered Materials Advisory Notice III, Final Rule, FR, 01/19/00, pp. 3070-3094.
C-94 Amendments to the Corrective Action Management Unit (CAMU) Rule, Final Rule, FR, 01/22/02, pp. 2962-3029.
C-95

Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits of Storage Tanks under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA-300-B-00-006, 3/00. Storage Tanks Compliance Audit: UST/AST. Also available:
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/incentives/auditing/auditpolicy.pdf (PDF, 49pp.,894Kb,about PDF)

C-96 Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Paint Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Final Determination; Final Rule FR 04/04/02, pp. 16261-16283.
C-97 Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits for Hazardous Waste Generators Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA-305-B-01-00, 06/01. (Also available: http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/strategy/crossp.html.)
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It’s Easy Being Green! A Guide To Planning And Conducting Environmentally Aware Meetings and Events, EPA 530-K-96-002, 09/96. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/grn-mtgs/index.htm and in Spanish, EPA 530-K-96-002S, at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/general/espanol/greenmtg.pdf (PDF, 14pp., 317Kb,about PDF) ).)

C-100 Protocol For Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits of Facilities Regulated Under Subtitle D of RCRA, EPA 300-B-00-001, 03/00, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (2221-A).
C-101 Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits fo Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, EPA 305-B-98-006, 12/98.
C-102 State Scrap Tire Programs - A Quick Reference Guide:1999 Update, EPA 530-B-99-002, 08/99. (Available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/tires/scrapti.pdf (PDF, 53pp., 262Kb,about PDF) )
C-105 Waste Management System; Testing and Monitoring Activities, Final Rule - Methods Innovation Rule, Final Rule, FR, 06/14/05, pp. 34537-34592. (Information available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/test/mir.htm.)

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Pollution Prevention:

C-99 Why Should You Care about Preventing Waste, EPA 742-E-01-001, 07/01, 12 pp.

 

Land Disposal Restrictions/Waste Definitions:

C-40 Protocol For Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits for Municipal Facilities Under U.S. EPA’s Wastewater Regulations, EPA 300-B-00-016, 12/00, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (2221-A).
C-41 Land Disposal Restrictions, Title 40 CFR Part 268, Subpart A –General, 07/01/96, 2 pp.; Land Disposal Restrictions: Correction of Tables; Treatment Standards for Hazardous Waste and Universal Treatment Standards, Amending 40 CFR Part 268, Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 02/19/97, pp. 7501-600; Organobromine Productions Wastes, Final Rule and Technical Amendment, FR, Monday, 06-29-98, pp. 35147-35150; and Extract, FR, 5/4/98, pp. 24625-27.
C-45 Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (HWIR-Media), Final Rule, FR, 11/30/98, 65873-947 pp. and FR, 12/01/98, pp. 66101-02.
C-47 (No longer available)
C-58 Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Chlorinated Aliphatics Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Part III, EPA, 40 CFR, Part 148, et al., Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 11/08/00, pp. 67067-67133. Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste – Dye and Pigment Industries; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Final Rule, FR, 02/24/02, pp. 9137-9180; Correction, FR, 06/16/05, pp. 35032-35024; Proposed Rule, FR, Friday, 07/23/99, pp. 40191-40230.
C-59 Environmental Fact Sheet: Low-Level Mixed Waste Conditionally Exempt from Hazardous Waste Regulation, EPA 530-F-01-008, 05/01, 2 pp., http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/radio/factsheet.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .
C-64 Land Disposal Restrictions - Summary of Requirements, OSWER & OECA, EPA 530-R-01-007, 120 pp., Revised 08/01; http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ldr/ldr-sum.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .
C-73 Environmental Fact Sheet: Final Modification to the Wood Preserving Regulations , EPA-530-F-92-029, 10/92, 2 pp.; Administrative Stay of Wood Preserving Rule, EPA-530-SW-91-052, 05/91, 2 pp; New Rule for Wood Preserving Wastes, EPA-530-SW-91-012, 12/90, 6 pp.; Wood Preserving; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste, 40 CFR Part 260, et al.,Final Rule, FR, Thursday. 12/6/90, pp. 50449-90.
C-76 Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Listed Wastes and Hazardous Debris, Final Rule, FR, Tuesday, 08/18/92, pp. 37193-37282; Land Disposal Restrictions for Electric Arc Furnace Dust, Part II, 40 CFR, Parts 261, 268, and 271, Final Rule, FR, 08/19/91, pp. 41163-41178.
C-80 Hazardous Waste Management System, etc., FR, Tuesday, 04/9/02, Correction Rule document, pp. 17119-17120; ID and Listing of Haz Waste: Inorganic Chemical Mfr. Wastes; Land Disposal Restriction of Newly ID Wastes; and CERCLA Haz. Substance Designation & Reportable Quantities, Final Rule, FR, Tuesday, 11/20/01, pp. 58257-58289; Environmental Fact Sheet, EPA 530-F-00-026, 11/01, 3 pp.; Technical Amendments to Hazardous Waste Mgmt. Systems, etc., Final Rule, FR, Friday, 10/09/ 98, pp. 54356-54357, correction of effective date under CRA; Hazardous Waste Mgmt System, etc., Petroleum Refining Process Wastes, etc., Final Rule and Proposed Rule, FR, 08/6/98, pp. 42109-42192; Haz. Waste Mgmt. System ID and Listing of Haz. Waste, Exclusions, Final Rule, FR, Monday, 06/22/92, pp. 27880-27888; Hazardous Waste Mgmt. System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program; Hazardous Waste Lamps, Final Rule, FR, 07/6/99, pp. 36465-36490; Organobromine Production Wastes, etc., Final Rule, FR, Monday, 08/10/98, pp. 42580-42582, correction of effective date and technical amendments; Organobromine Production Wastes, etc., Final Rule, FR, Monday, 06/29/98, pp. 35147-35150, Technical Amendment; and Organobromine Production Wastes, etc., Final Rule, FR, 05/4/98, pp. 24595-24628.
C-83 Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste: Conditional Exclusions From Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste for Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes; Proposed Rule, FR 11/20/03, pp. 65585-65619, and Extension of Comment Period, Proposed Rule, FR, Friday, 01/30/04, pp. 4463-4464.; Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Dyes and/or Pigments Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities; Designation of Five Chemicals as Appendix VIII Constituents; Addition of Five Chemicals to the Treatment Standards of F039 and the Universal Treatment Standards; Final Rule, FR, 02/24/02, pp. 9137-9180; Correction, FR, 06/16/05, pp. 35032-35024; Proposed Rule, FR 11/25/03, pp. 66163-66230, and Corrections, FR, 01/08/04, pp. 1319-1320; Hazardous Waste Management; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes, and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities, Final Rule, 11/20/01, pp. 58257-58300; and Corrections, 04/09/02, pp. 17119-17120; and Hazardous Waste Management System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Wastes from Wood Surface Protection. Final Rule, FR, 01/04/94, pp. 457-69.
C-87 Correction to the (HWIR); Revisions to the Mixture and Derived-from Rules: Delay of Effective Date; Reopening of Comment Period, FR, Monday, 12/03/01, pp. 60153-60154; Correction to the (HWIR): Revisions to the Mixture and Derived-From Rules, Direct Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 10/03/01, pp. 50331-50334; Correction to (HWIR): Revisions to the Mixture Rule; Proposed Rule, FR Wednesday, 10/03/01, pp. 50379-50380; Environmental Fact Sheet - Finalization of Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR), EPA-530-F-01-009, 05/01, http://www.epa.gov; Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR); Revisions to Mixture and Derived-From Rules, Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 05-16-01, pp. 27265-27297; and Hazardous Waste Mgmt. System; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Chlorinated Aliphatics Production Wastes; Land Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes; CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities, Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 11/08/00, pp. 67067-67133.
C-88 Emergency Revision of the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Treatment Standards for Listed Hazardous Wastes from Carbamate Production, Part IV, 40 CFR, Parts 268 and 271, Final Rule, FR, 09/04/98, pp. 47409-47418; Hazardous Wastes Management System Carbamate Production, Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Land Disposal Restrictions - Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Programs; and CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designation and Reportable Quantities, Part IV, 40 CFR, Parts 261,268, 271, and 302, Final Rule, FR, Tuesday, 06/17/97.
C-89 Hazardous Waste Mgmt System; Definition of Solid Waste; Toxicity Characteristic, Final Rule; Response to court order vacating regulatory provisions. FR, Wednesday, 03/13/02, pp. 11251-11254.; Fact Sheet - Deferral of Phase IV Standards for PCB's as an Underlying Hazardous Constituent in Soil, EPA-530-F-00-031, 08/00, 2 pp.; Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV: Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes, Metal Wastes, Zinc Micronutrient Fertilizers, Carbamate, and K088, Final Rule, FR. Tuesday, 05/11/99, pp. 25407-25417; Characteristic Slags Generated from Thermal Recovery of Lead by Secondary Lead Smelters; Land Disposal Restrictions, Final Rule, Extension of compliance date of final rule, FR, Wednesday, 09/09/98, pp. 48124-48127; Hazardous Waste Recycling Land Disposal Restrictions, 40 CFR Part 268, Final Rule, FR, Monday, 08/31/98, pp. 46331-46334; Organobromine Production Wastes; Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Land Disposal Restrictions; Listing of CERCLA Hazardous Substances, Reportable Quantities, Final Rule, Technical Amendment, FR, Monday, 08/10/98, pp. 42580-42582; and Final Rule, Technical Amendment, FR, Monday, 06/29/98, pp. 35147-35150; LDR Phase IV Treatment Standards for Metal and Mineral Processing Wastes, Mineral Processing Secondary Materials and Bevill Exclusion Issues, Hazardous Soils, and Exclusion of Recycled Wood Preserving Wastewaters, Final Rule, FR, Tuesday, 05/26/98, pp. 28555-28753; Clarification of Standards for Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restriction Treatment Variances, Final, FR, Friday, 12/05/97, pp. 64503-64509; and LDR Phase IV: Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes, Paperwork Reduction and Streamlining, Exemptions from RCRA for Certain Processed Materials; and Miscellaneous Hazardous Waste Provisions, Final Rule, FR, Monday, 05-12-97, pp. 25997-28040.

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Waste Minimization, Recycling and Disposal Information:

C-35 180-Day Accumulation Time Under RCRA for Waste Water Treatment Sludges from the Metal Finishing Industry, Final Rule, FR, Wednesday, 03/08/00, pp. 12377-98.
C-50 Waste Minimization--Environmental Quality with Economic Benefits, EPA-530-SW-90-044, 04/90, 34 pp.; Draft Guidance to Hazardous Waste Generators on the Elements of a Waste Minimization Program, Notice and Request for Comment, FR, 06/12/89, pp. 25056-57.The Resource Conservation Challenge: National Partnership for Environmental Priorities, EPA 530-F-05-002, 02/05, 2 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/resources/rcc-npep.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-51 Miscellaneous Recycling Information [See also C-74]: Excerpts from 40 CFR part 266--Recyclable Materials Used in a Manner Constituting Disposal, 266.20-23; Recycled Materials Utilized for Precious Metal Recovery, 266.70; Spent Lead-Acid Batteries Being Reclaimed, 266.80; Burning of Hazardous Waste, FR, 02/21/91, pp. 7133-240.; Standards for the Management of Specific Hazardous Wastes--Amendment to Sub-part C--Recyclable Materials Used in a Manner Constituting Disposal, Final Rule, FR, 08/24/94, pp. 43496-500; Universal Waste Rule (Hazardous Waste Management System--Modification of the Hazardous Waste Recycling Regulatory Program), Final Rule, FR, 05/11/95, pp. 25491-551; Correcting Amendments to Final Rule, FR, 12/24/98, pp. 71225-230; Hazardous Waste Management System; Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program; Hazardous Waste Lamps; Final Rule, FR, 07/06/99, pp. 36465-80; and Cathode Ray Tubes and Mercury-Containing Equipment, Proposed Rule, FR 06/12/02, pp. 40507-28.
C-52 RCRA: Reducing Risk From Waste--EPA's RCRA Program, EPA 530-K-97-004, Perspectives of the EPA program under RCRA, 09/97, 46 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/general/risk/risk.htm.)
(Spanish Translation, EPA 530-K-97-004S, also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/general/espanol/k97004s.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-53 Hazardous Waste Incineration: Question and Answers, EPA 530-SW-88-018, 04/88, 53 pp.
C-54 Pollution Prevention Policy Statement, Proposed, FR, 01/26/89, pp. 3845-7; Pollution Prevention Strategy--Notice, FR, 02/26/91, pp. 7849-64; Waste Prevention: It Makes Good Business Sense! EPA 530-F-93-008, 09/93.
C-56 The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste, EPA 530-K-96-003, 09/96, 35 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook.htm.)
C-57 Recycle: You Can Make A Ton of Difference, EPA-530-F-92-003, 04/92 (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/recy-ton.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-62

Municipal Solid Waste in the U.S., 2001 Facts and Figures Executive Summary, EPA 530-F-05-003, pp. 1-16. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/pubs/msw05rpt.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)

(Also available: Municipal Solid Waste in the U.S., 2003 Data Tables at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/pubs/03data.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)

C-63 Recycling Works! State and Local Solutions to Solid Waste Management Problems, EPA 530-K-99-003, Successful programs for recycling, 01/89, 52 pp.; (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/recycle.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .); Promoting Source Reduction and Recyclability in the Market Place, EPA-530-SW-89-066, 07/89, 141 pp.
C-69 Household Hazardous Waste Management - A Manual for One-Day Community Collection Programs, EPA-530-R-92-026, 08/93, 75 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/househld/hhw/cov_toc.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-70 Decision-Maker's Guide To Solid Waste Management, EPA 530-R-95-023, Second Edition, FR, 08/95, 361 pp. (Also available: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/dmg2.htm.)
C-71 Reuse + Recycling = Waste Reduction: A Guide for Schools and Groups, EPA 530-K-03-001, 32 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/students/school.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .) America’s Marketplace Recycles! A Guide to Waste Reduction at Shopping Centers, EPA 530-R-04-031, 12/04, 52 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/amrguide/amrguide.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .) The New Wave in Electronics: eCycling, EPA 530-F-04-020, 09/04, Brochure. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/plugin/pdf/consumer.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-75 Second Facility Pollution Prevention Guide, EPA 600-R-92-088, Guide Book, 05/92, 150 pp.; Waste Minimization, Environmental Quality with Economic Benefits, EPA 530-SW-90-044, Second Edition, 04/90.
C-81 Safer Disposal for Solid Waste--The Federal Regulations for Landfills, EPA 530-SW-91-092, 03/93, 17 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/safedis.htm.)
C-82 Criteria for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities--Guide for Owners/Operators, EPA-30-SW-91-089, 03/93, 22 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/criteria.htm.) Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices, Final Rule, FR, Monday, 07/01/96, pp. 34251-34278.
C-84 Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste, EPA 530-K-92-004, 11/93, 78 pp.; (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/pubs/red2.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .) Waste Prevention Pays Off--Companies Cut Waste in the Workplace, with Flyer, EPA 530-K-005, 11/93, 24 pp.; Waste Prevention--It Makes Good Business Sense, EPA-30-F-93-008, 09/93; Office Paper Recycling--An Implementation Manual, EPA 530-SW-90-001, 01/90, 62 pp.
C-85 Promoting Chemical Recycling: Resource Conservation in Chemical Manufacturing, EPA 231-R-99-001,05/99, 29 pp.; Storage, Treatment, Transportation, and Disposal of Mixed Waste, Proposed Rule, FR, Monday, 03/01/99, pp. 63463-63501; and Approach to Reinventing Regulations of Storing Mixed Low-Level Radioactive Waste, Proposed Rule, FR, Monday, 03/01/99, pp. 10063-10073.
C-103 Zinc Fertilizers Made from Recycled Hazardous Secondary Materials, Final Rule, FR, 07/24/02, pp.48393-48415.

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Used Oil Information
(See also, Item E-6, Chemical Advisory on Used Oil):

C-36 Managing Used Oil - Advice for Small Businesses, EPA-530-F-96-004, 11/96; (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/usedoil.htm); Used Oil Facts Sheet, 03/03/98, 2 pp.; Standards For The Management Of Used Oil - 40 CFR Part 279, 07/01/97, pp. 394-419; Management Standards For Used Oil Filters, 40 CFR Part 261, 07/01/97, pp. 29-33; Identification Listing of Hazardous Waste and Recycled Used Oil Mgmt. Standards, Direct Final Rule, FR, 05/06/98, pp. 24963-969, and Removal of Direct Final Rule Amendments, FR, 07/14/98, pp. 37780-82.
C-68 EPA Wastes: Used Oil Management Program, You Dump It, You Drink It Campaign, Publications, Rules, Notices, and Regulations; Related Links, updated 06/10/05, 4 pp., http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/index.htm#ydiydi. PUBLICATIONS: Collecting Used Oil for Recycling/Reuse - Tips for consumers who change their own motor oil and oil filters, EPA 530-F-94-008, 03/94, 8 pp.; Environmental Fact Sheet - Properly managing used oil filters, EPA 530-F-92-010, 07/94, 2 pp.; Got Your Driver’s License? You can make a difference, EPA 530-F-03-040, 09/03, 2 pp.; How To Set Up A Local Program To Recycle Used Oil, EPA 530-SW-89-039A, 05/89, 38 pp.; Managing Used Oil - Advice for Small Businesses, EPA 530-F-96-004, 11/96, 4 pp.; 2004 CPG, Buy-Recycled Series - Vehicular Products, EPA 530-F-04-018, 05/04, 8 pp.; RCRA in FOCUS - Vehicle Maintenance, EPA, 530-K-99-004, 06/99, 20 pp.; Requirements - Used Oil Management Standards, EPA, 530-H-98-001, 2 pp.; Wastes Publications - Ordering, updated 05/24/05. RULES: Wastes-Recycled Used Oil Management Standards - Summary, 4 pp.; Final Rule, Notice of Judicial Vacatur of Administrative Stay, FR. Friday, 06/28/96, 3 pp.; Administrative Stay, Summary, FR, Monday, 10/30/85, 5 pp.; Part V, EPA 40 CFR Parts 271 and 279, Final Rule, 03/04/94, 21 pp.; and 40 CFR Parts, 260, 2661, 266, 271, and 271, Final Rule, 57 FR 41566, 09/10/92, 108 pp.; Agency Information Collection Activities: Continuing Collection; Comment Request; Used Oil Mgmt Standards Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, Notice, FR Friday, 04/12/02, 2 pp.; and Notice, FR Wednesday, 10/14/98, 5 pp.; Supporting Statement for Renewal of Information Collection Request, etc., - Wastes - Used Oil, 09/28/98, 29 pp.; Response to Comments Document (ICR), Final, 02/17/99. 12 pp.; Notice, FR, Wednesday, 04/17/96, 2 pp.; Notice, FR Tuesday, 02/06/96, 2 pp.; and Notice, FR, Friday, 09/01/95, 2 pp. REGULATIONS: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) - Beta Test Site, Data is current as of July 1, 2005, last updated June 8, 2005, 1 p.; REGULATIONS RELATED TO USED OIL: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) - Beta Test Site and data is current as of July 1, 2005, Title 40: Protection of Environment, Part 191– Environmental Radiation Protection standards for Management Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Waste, 50 FR 38084, 09/19/85, unless otherwise noted, 23 pp.; and Title 40: Protection of Environment, Part 442– Transportation Equipment Cleaning Point Source Category, data is current as of 07/05/05, 20 pp.; and POSTERS: You Dump It, You Drink It, EPA 530-H-02-003, winter 2003, 2 pp., http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/en-poster.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; in Spanish: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/campgn/sp-poster.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; Managing Oil Spills, EPA 530-H-02-001, winter 2003, 2 pp., http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/en-oilspill.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; in Spanish: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/sp-oilspill.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; Storing Used Motor Oil, EPA 530-H-02-002, winter 2003, 2 pp., http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/en-empposter.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; in Spanish: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/sp-empposter.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; Managing Used Motor Oil, EPA 530-F-02-029, winter 2003, 2 pp., http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/en-infocard.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; in Spanish: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/sp-infocard.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; and Recycle Used Motor Oil, EPA530-F-02-027, winter 2003, 2 pp., http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/en-dumpbr.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; in Spanish: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/campgn/sp-dumpbr.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .

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Small Quantity Generator Information:

C- 1 Notification of Regulated Waste Activity, EPA Form 8700-12 (Rev. 12/99), 51 pp.; EPA Identification Number Application and Acknowledgment of Notification of Regulated Waste Activity, EPA Form 8700-12A, 01/98.
C-10 Managing Your Hazardous Waste: A Guide for Small Business, EPA 530-K-01-005, 12/01. Information and instructions for disposal of regulated hazardous wastes, i.e., and obtaining a U.S. EPA identification number, and using the EPA hazardous Waste Manifest to ship hazardous waste off-site, 27 pp. (Also available in English and Spanish at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/sqg/sqghand.htm.) Included is an "Addendum for: A Handbook for Small Businesses-Understanding the [Small Quantity Generator] Hazardous Waste Rules" (Update), 03/04, which provides supplementary information for the Small Quantity Generator, including an Appendix A (an updated listing) EPA and State Hazardous Waste Contacts for Assistance and an Appendix B. Guidance to Hazardous Waste Generators on the Elements of a Waste Minimization Program, Notice, FR, 05/28/93, 31113-20 pp.
C-20 RCRA in Focus: Construction, Demolition, and Renovation, EPA530-K-04-005, 9/04, 24 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/rif-c&d.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-12 RCRA in Focus: Dry Cleaning, EPA530-K-99-005, 6/99, 20 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/dryclean.pdf (PDF,about PDF) and in Korean, EPA 530-K-99-005K at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/k99005k.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-13 RCRA in Focus: Furniture Manufacturing and Refinishing, EPA530-K-03-005, 1/04, 16 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/furnitur.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-28 RCRA in Focus: Leather Manufacturing, EPA530-K-00-002, 9/00, 20 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/k00002.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-21 RCRA in Focus: Motor Freight and Railroad Transportation, EPA530-K-03-003, 9/00, 20 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/k00003.pdf (PDF,about PDF) and in Spanish, EPA 530-K-03-003S at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/sp-frght.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-14 RCRA in Focus: Photo Processing, EPA530-K-99-002, 1/99, 20 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/photofin.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-17 RCRA in Focus: Printing, EPA530-K-97-007, 1/98, 15 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/printing.pdf (PDF,about PDF) and in Spanish, EPA 530-K-97-007S at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/sp-prntg.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-15 RCRA in Focus: Textile Manufacturing, EPA530-K-02-028, 9/02, 15 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/k02028.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)
C-11 RCRA in Focus: Vehicle Maintenance, EPA530-K-99-004, 6/99, 20 pp. (Also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/vehicle.pdf (PDF,about PDF) and in Spanish, EPA 530-K-99-004S at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/id/infocus/k99004s.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)

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Underground Storage Tank (UST)

C-31 Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks (UST), 40 CFR Part 280 Subparts A-I, 07/01/00.
C-32 UST Systems: Inspection and Maintaining Sumps and Spill Buckets, (Practical Help and Checklist, EPA-510-R-05-001, May 2005, 19pp., http://www.epa.gov/oust/pubs/sumpman1.htm.)
C-37 Musts for USTs - A Summary of Federal Regulations for Underground Storage Tank Systems, EPA 510-K-002, 07/95, 37 pp.; UST Program Facts--Implementing Federal Requirements for Underground Storage Tanks, EPA 510-B-95-0110, 08/95, 16 pp.; Don't Wait Until 1998, EPA 510-B-94-002, 04/94, 16 pp.; Underground Storage Tanks Requirements & Options, EPA 510-F-97-005, 06/97, 5 pp.; and Are You Upgrading An Underground Storage Tank System? EPA 510-F-97-009, 08/97, 5 pp
C-38 Underground Storage Tank Directory - Regional and State UST/LUST Program Contacts, EPA 510-F-00-001, 01/00.
C-39 Dollars and Sense, EPA 510-K-95-004, 07/95, 17 pp.; Financing Underground Storage Tanks Work--Federal and State Assistance Programs, EPA 510-B-99-002, 03/99, 23 pp.; State Fund Administrators on OUST Mail List, 02/10/95, 22 pp.; List Of Known Insurance Providers For Underground Storage Tanks, EPA 510-B-00-004, 01/00.
C-42 Doing Inventory Control Right, EPA 510-F-93-004, 11/93, 17 pp.; Introduction to Statistical Inventory Reconciliations for Underground Storage Tanks, EPA 510-B-95-009, 09/95, 13 pp.; Manual Tank Gauging For Small Underground Tanks, EPA 510-B-93-005, 11/93, 8 pp.
C-43 Straight Talk on Tanks-Leak Detection Methods for Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks and Piping; EPA 510-B-97-007, 09/97, 28 pp.; List of Leak Detection Evaluations for Underground Storage Tanks Systems (Fifth Edition), EPA 510-B-98-005, 10/98, 362 pp.
C-44 An Overview of Underground Storage Tank Remediation Options, EPA 510-F-93-029, 10/93, 24 pp.; Controlling UST Cleanup Cost--Fact Sheet 1-5, EPA 500-F-92-001, 05/92; Tankracer, EPA 510-F-966-001, 3 pp.; Pay For Performance Cleanups, EPA 510-B-002, 06/96, 31 pp.
C-65 Closing Underground Storage Tanks, EPA 510-96-004, 08/96, 4 pp.
C-66 Leaking Underground Storage Tanks and Health, EPA 530/UST-91/018, 01/92, 19 pp.

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Infectious/Medical Waste Information:

C-60 Medical Waste, EPA website at www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/medical. Hazardous Waste Management System--Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste--Infectious Waste Management: Notice of data availability, FR, 06/02/88, pp. 20140-43. Replaced by Protect Yourself, Protect Others: Brochure for consumers on safe disposal of sharps, 530-F-04-004, also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/medical/med-home.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; Community Options for Safe Needle Disposal: Booklet for state and local governments, 530-K-04-001, (also available at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/medical/med-govt.pdf (PDF,about PDF) .)

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Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, & Liability Act (CERCLA)--Superfund

D- 1 This is Superfund--A Citizen's Guide to EPA's Superfund Program, [540-K-99-006] last updated January 2000 -www.epa.gov/superfund This is Superfund – A Citizen’s Guide to EPA’s Superfund Program (Spanish version) February 1995
D- 2 Designation, Reportable Quantities, and Notification (CERCLA), 40 CFR Part 302, Sections 302.1 through 302.8, 07/01/96, 303-384 pp., listings and requirements for reporting spills of the CERCLA Hazardous Substances.This publication is available on-line through a series of pdf files at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_04/40cfr302_04.htmlExit EPA Disclaimer.
D- 3 Superfund Program--De Minimis Landowner Settlements, Prospective Purchaser Settlements, Guidance on settlements with De Minimis Landowners, FR, 08/18/89, 34235-47 pp., with Memoranda, OSWER Dir., 9834.7-1B, and -1C, 12/20/89 and 09/02/92, respectively. (Methodology).
D- 5 Superfund [WH/FS-87-001R]: Flyer covering Superfund under CERCLA, Fall 1987, 2 pp.
D- 6 The Superfund Remedial Program [WH/FS-87-002R], Short description of long-term EPA cleanup actions to stop or reduce serious, but not immediately threatening, hazardous substance releases, Fall 1987, 4 pp.
D- 7 The Superfund Removal Program [WH/FS-87-003R]: Short description of short-term EPA action to stabilize or cleanup hazardous materials that present an imminent threat to health or environment, Fall 1987, 3 pp.
D- 8 Superfund Fact Sheet: Public Involvement, Directive Number 9230.0-05FSJ, September 1992: Short description of citizens' involvement in planning and response to hazardous waste cleanup actions in their communities.
D- 9 Identifying Superfund Sites--National Priorities List (NPL) and Hazard Ranking System (HRS) [WH/FS-87-005R]: Short description of EPA's National Priorities List of uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites and the method used to rank the potential risks posed by these sites, Fall 1987, 4 pp.
D-12 Environmental Response Team ,EPA 9360.6-07: Booklet on the team functions, 10/91, 24 pp.
D-13 Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program, EPA-540-8-89-010, HMCRI Conference, November 27-29, 1989, reports on the EPA SITE Program (treatments supportive of cleanup at Superfund sites), with guidance for annual proposals,19 pp., with, SITE Program Fact Sheet: July 1990, 4 pp. and EPA SITE Update, Fall 1990, 2 pp.
D-14 State and Local Involvement in the Superfund Program OSWER Directive Number 9375.5-01FSA, October 1991: Role of the states and local governments in the CERCLA program.
D-15 Environmental Fact Sheet--The Superfund Enforcement Process--How it works - Describes process for remedial actions, authorities, tools for enforcement, state and public participation, Summer 1988, 5 pp.
D-16 Superfund Technical Assistance Grants - 540-8-90-013; Description of the program, published June 1990.
D-17 Policy on CERCLA Enforcement Against Lenders and Government Entities that Acquire Property Involuntarily, FR, 02/11/95, 63517-9 pp.; The Effect of Superfund on Lenders that Hold Security Interest in Contaminated Property - Fact Sheet, 08/96.
D-18 Amendment to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan--Procedures for Planning and Implementing Off-Site Response Actions, Final Rule, FR, 09/22/93, pp. 49200-218. This final rule added a new §300.440 to 40 CFR Part 300. The new section is titled, “Procedures for planning and implementing off-site response actions,” and applies to any remedial or removal action involving the off-site transfer of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
D-19 Superfund Administrative Reforms - 12 Initiatives in 6 Major Areas: Enforcement Reforms, Economic Development, Community Involvement, Environmental Justice, Consistent Program Implementation and State Empowerment, 02/17/95, 36 pp.
D-20 Protocol For Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act and CERCLA Section 103 - Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (2224-A), EPA 305-B-98-009, 12/98.Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, (2224A), EPA 305-B-01-002,03/01, 75pp
D-21 Reporting Requirements for Continuous Release of Hazardous Substances: A Guide for Facilities on Compliance - OSWER 9360.7-01A, PB97-963314, 12/97. Out of Print but available at: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/resources/release/faciliti.htm.

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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

 

General Information:

E- 1 The Layman's Guide to the Toxic Substance Control Act, EPA 560-1-87-011, Summary of TSCA legislation (PL 94-469), 05/87, 14 pp.
E- 2 The TSCA Assistance Office Information Service: Flier summarizing the types of assistance available, 03/85.
E- 3 Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB'S), Final Rule, FR, 06/29/98, 35384-474 pp.; Technical and Procedural Amendments, Final Rule, FR, 06/24/99, 33755-62 pp.
E- 4 Pre-manufacture Notification: Reporting procedures for new chemicals, 40 CFR 720, 07/01/98. Pre- manufacture Notice: EPA Form 7710-25, Instruction for Completing Form.
E- 9 TSCA Inventory Update Rule Amendments, Proposed Rule, FR, 08/26/99, pp. 46772-46812 and Proposed Rules, extension of comment period, FR, 10/22/99, pp. 56998-999.
E-12 Answers to Your Questions About the TSCA, Section 8(c) Rule: Record-keeping requirements regarding alleged adverse reactions to chemical substances and mixtures, 40 CFR 717,07/01/98, 4 pp.; Records and Reports of Allegations that Chemical Substances Cause Significant Adverse Reactions to Health or the Environment.
E-15 A Guide For Chemical Importers/Exporters, EPA 560-1-90-001, 04/91, Introduction To The Chemical Import Requirements Of The Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA 305-B-99-001, 06/99; Fact Sheet: Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 12(b) - Notices of Export.
E-50 Explaining Environmental Risk, Notes on environmental risk communication, 11/86, 27 pp.; Understanding Environmental Health Risks & Reducing Exposure,EPA-230-9-90-82, 09/90; and The ABC's Of Assessment, EPA Journal, 12/08/93.
E-51 Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)--Health Risk Assessment Guidelines, etc.; Describes the EPA electronic on-line database which provides risk assessment and regulatory information on chemical substances, 03/1/01.
E-53 Refractory Ceramic Fibers--Proposed Significant New Use, Proposed Rule, 03/21/94, FR, 13294 p.

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Chemical Advisories:

E- 6 Notice of Potential Risk--Used Motor Oil, 02/84, 2 pp., with supplement, 2 p.
E- 7 Notice to Formulators of Metalworking Fluids--Potential Risk from Nitrosamines, 09/84, 2 pp.
E- 8 Notice to Workers of Potential Risk--Nitrosamines in Metalworking Fluids, 09/84, 2 pp.
E-33 Formaldehyde (OPTS):Highlights of the EPA review under TSCA, 05/84, 5 pp.; An Update on Formaldehyde (EPA/CPSC), 10/90, 5 pp.

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Asbestos in Schools Information:

E-19 Asbestos Worker Protection, CFR 40 Part 763, Subpart G, 07/01/03, 795-796 pp.; applies to State and Local Government Employees Not Covered By OSHA.
E-21 Asbestos Containing Materials in Schools, CFR 40 Part 763, Subpart E, 07/01/03, pp. 708-795.; applies to Public and Not For Profit Schools.
E-22 Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan, Part 763, Subpart E, Appendix C covers required training for inspectors, supervisors and workers; Management Planner and Project Designer for asbestos abatement operations in schools, commercial and public buildings, CFR 40 Part 763 Subpart E, Appendix C, 07/01/03. Clarification Interim, Final Rule, FR, 05/25/95, 27697pp.
E-23 How to manage Asbestos In School Buildings- AHERA Designated Person Self Study Guide, EPA-910-B-96-001, 01/96, 97pp.; http://www.smallbiz-enviroweb.org/pub_video/epadocs/edocs/e23.pdf (PDF,about PDF) Exit EPA Disclaimer
E-24 AHERA Accredited Training Providers and Courses--Publication Listing Sources, FR, 05/31/95, 28410 pp.; Accredited Asbestos Testing Laboratories--Publication Listing Sources, FR, 08/30/91, 43064 pp.; State and Regional Listing of Training Providers, 11/13/00, 6 pp., http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/ndaac.html.
E-26 Asbestos-in-Schools--A Guide to New Federal Requirements for Local Education Agencies: Guidance for planning and inspections, 02/88, 41 pp.
E-28 Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 (AHERA): Public Law 99-519, 10/22/86, 100 STAT. 2970- 100 STAT. 2991, dealing with asbestos in schools, http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/asbreg.html.
E-29 100 Commonly Asked Questions about the New AHERA Asbestos-in-Schools Rule: Collection of questions on the AHERA rule, 05/88, 61 pp.
E-30 Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits of Facilities with PCBs, Asbestos. and Lead-Paint Regulated uner TSCA - CFR 40 Part 763, Subparts E&G, EPA 300-B-00-004, 03/00, 240 pp.
E-31 The ABCs of Asbestos in Schools: Joint EPA, PTA and NEA pamphlet, 08/03, 16 pp., EPA-745-K93-017, www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/abcsfinal.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; Asbestos In Schools Pamphlet, 10/03/03, www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/asbestos_in_schools.html ; Federal Requirements For Asbestos Management In Schools Pamphlet, 10/03/03, www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/aherarequirements.pdf (PDF,about PDF) ; and 20 Frequently Asked Questions About Asbestos-In-Schools Pamphlet, 10/03/03, www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/aherafaq.html.
E-31S El ABC del Asbestos en las Escuelas: Spanish version of "The ABCs of Asbestos in Schools," September 2004, 16 pp., EPA 747-K04-001
E-32 Asbestos in Schools--Evaluation of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)--A Summary Report, EPA 560-4-91-012, 06/91, and Fact Sheet, 07/91.

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General Asbestos Information:

E- 5 Asbestos in Your Home--Questions and Answers, 1990, 8 pp., http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/ashome.html Health Facts Asbestos, 01/96, 2 pp.
E-10 Asbestos in Buildings--Guidance for Service and Maintenance Personnel EPA 560-5-85-018, Guidance Flier, 07/86, 17 pp.
E-11 Guidance for Controlling Asbestos Containing Materials in Buildings, (Purple Book), EPA 560-5-85-024, Introduction to the problem of asbestos in buildings and guidance for coping with the problem, 06/85, 105 pp.
E-13 Asbestos Fact Book, A-107/86-002, Summary of hazardous asbestos problem--background, manifestations, key issues, counteracting efforts, sources of additional information and guidance, 05/86, 12 pp.
E-14 Guidance for Preventing Asbestos Disease Among Auto Mechanics, 06/86, 14 pp.; Q'S and A's on Asbestos in Brakes, Fall '03.
E-20 Asbestos, Prohibitions of the Manufacture, Importation, Processing and Distribution of Certain Asbestos Containing Products Asbestos Ban and Phaseout Rule CFR 40 Part 263, Subpart I, 07/01/03, 796-803 pp.
E-25 Fact Sheet/Press Release--EPA Releases Asbestos-in-Public-Buildings Study and Recommendations to Congress: Extent and condition of asbestos containing materials in public and commercial buildings, 2/88, 8 pp.
E-27 A Guide to Respiratory Protection for the Asbestos Abatement Industry, EPA 560-OPTS-86-001, Also for maintenance or repair work, 09/86, 183 pp.
E-34 Managing Asbestos in Place--A Building Owner's Guide to operations and maintenance programs for asbestos containing materials, (Green Book), 07/90, 40 pp.,(TS-799) (20T-2003).
E-36 Asbestos: Asbestos Home Page (OPPT), 06/06/01, http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/.
E-61 EPA Regional and State Asbestos Contacts,. www.epa.gov/asbestos/contacts.htm.
E-62 Asbestos: Asbestos Strategies - Report of Findings and Recommendation On the Use and Management of Asbestos, 05/16/03, 82 pp., www.getf.org/asbestosstrategies/report.cfmExit EPA Disclaimer.
E-63 Asbestos: Framework for the Asbestos Action Plan, 05/21/03, (www.epa.gov/asbestos/vaiframework.pdf (PDF,about PDF) )
E-65 Asbestos: Drinking Water, www.epa.gov/oqwda000/dwh/c-ioc/asbestos.html.
E-66 Asbestos: Analysts Registry (AAR) Approved Organizations, Updated 07-01-04. Testing Laboratorie