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The Hazardous Site Cleanup and the Land and Chemicals divisions both administer programs to cleanup hazardous waste and materials in EPA's mid-Atlantic region. Although there are similarities between the two divisions, the regulatory focus of their programs differs.

The table below shows some of the differences in responsibility between each division, provides a selective list of the regulations administered by HSCD and LCD and their respective programs; and, finally, lists program and divisions web sites where you can find additional information.

Hazardous Site Cleanup Division		Land and Chemicals Division
Organizational Chart		Organizational Chart
Focus: Emergency and long-term cleanup of hazardous materials that pose an immediate threat to human health and the environment due to improper or uncontrolled disposal practices, or accidents in the handling, transporting, or storing of hazardous wastes. This division will cleanup hazardous waste when: the site has been abandoned or the party responsible for the waste cannot be identified.		Focus: Protecting human health and the environment and preventing pollution by regulating the creation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, and use of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes and materials. Part of this division's responsibility involves overseeing the cleanup of hazardous materials and waste by the responsible party when the facility is: active or soon to be active permitted or seeking a permit to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste In addition, this division protects the air from asbestos emissions, protects the water and land from inefficient hazardous waste practices and pesticide misuse or contaminants and protects children from the hazards of lead-based paint and other environmental contaminants. It also provides for our right to know about chemicals in our environment and actively promotes reductions in the generation of hazardous waste.
Federal Laws	Division Programs and Web Sites	Federal Laws	Division Programs and Web Sites
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 42 U.S.C. s/s 9601 et seq. (1980)	Brownfields Risk Assessment Superfund	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 7 U.S.C. s/s 135 et seq. (1972)	Pesticides
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) 33 U.S.C. 2702 to 2761	Inland Area Committee	The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992.	Lead
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) 42 U.S.C.9601 et seq. (1986)	Brownfield Risk Assessment Superfund	Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) 42 U.S.C. 13101 and 13102, s/s et seq. (1990)	Recycling
		Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 42 U.S.C. s/s 321 et seq. (1976)	Land Cleanup Solid Waste Underground Storage Tanks
		Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 15 U.S.C. s/s 2601 et seq. (1976)	Asbestos Toxic Substances

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