Colleges & Universities in New England

Compliance Information

This site provides useful information to help colleges and universities comply with some basic environmental regulatory requirements. This site, however, does not list all applicable regulatory requirements that might apply to your facility.

Audit

• Audit Initiative

• Audit Policy

Code of Federal Regulations

Common Violations

Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know - EPCRA Assistance/Enforcement Program

Hazardous Waste Management - New England University
Laboratories XL Project
A project to develop a more effective scheme for regulating hazardous waste from university labs, enhance laboratory safety, and illustrate systems for managing the environmental impacts of labs. For more information:

• Lab Waste at Educational Facilities, Academic Labs Rule
  The proposal for a national rule to address hazardous waste in academic laboratories

• Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste; SubpartK - Standards Applicable to Academic Laboratories, Federal Register/ Vol 71, No.99, May 23, 2006, Proposed Rules

• New England Universities Laboratories

• Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence

Inspection Reports

• Lilliput University (PDF) (15 pp., 42 KB, about PDF)

• University of Omnium - Medical School (PDF) (9 pp., 35 KB, about PDF)

• Academic Institution (PDF) (16 pp., 49 KB, about PDF)

• University of Bhutan-Papua (PDF) (51 pp., 183 KB, about PDF)

• University of Ruritania (PDF) (6 pp., 17 KB, about PDF)

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) Databases

• Vermont Safety Information Resources

Regulatory Interpretations

Storm Water Management

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program

• Storm Water Phase II Final Rule Fact Sheet Series

• National Menu of Best Management Practices for Storm Water Phase II

• Examples of Phase II BMPs And Associated Measurable Goals

• New England Communities Regulated by the Phase II Storm Water Program

Test Method Development and Approval Process

Toxic Substances Control Act

• Lead-Based Paint Hazards Fact Sheet, Summer 2003 (PDF) (4 pp., 142 KB, about PDF)
• New Chemicals Program

Virtual Campus