Laws & Regulations
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Regulation Timeline: Contaminants Regulated Under the Safe Drinking Water Act
A table that shows the timeline of when drinking water contaminants were regulated or had a revision.
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Drinking Water Regulations and Contaminants
This page contains regulations which are legally enforceable standards that apply to public water systems.
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SDWA Economic Analysis
This page provides information on EPA’s approach to economic analysis when developing standards for drinking water contaminants.
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Small Drinking Water System Variances
Small system variances allow a small system to install and maintain technology that can remove a contaminant to the maximum extent that is affordable and protective of public health in lieu of technology that can achieve compliance with the regulation.
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SafeWater LCR User Guide and Description of Source Code
SafeWater LCR User Guide
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Analytical Methods Developed by EPA for Analysis of Unregulated Contaminants
Links to methods for the analysis of unregulated contaminants in support of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR).
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Expedited Drinking Water Analytical Method Approval Requirements
This page contains a list of Expedited Method Approval Requirements
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Final Paper Products Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) Response to Public Comments
Final Paper Products Recovered Materials Advisory Notice Response to Public Comments
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Frequent Questions About Hazardous Waste Identification
Frequent Questions About Hazardous Waste Identification
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Differences Between Universal Waste and Hazardous Waste Regulations
Tables comparing requirements for universal waste and hazardous waste.
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Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Soils Treatment Technologies
Document providing guidance on how to design and conduct soil remediation activities at RCRA and other hazardous waste sites so that transfers of contaminants from contaminated soil to other media are minimized.
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Information Regarding the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Used Oil Rebuttable Presumption
Information in regard to the RCRA used oil and rebuttable presumption
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A User-Friendly Reference Document for Hazardous Waste Characteristics
EPA’s hazardous waste characteristics regulations under the authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C.
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Aggregate Risk Hazard Quotient Results Table for the Hazardous Waste Delisting Risk Assessment Software (DRAS)
Document that describes each of the columns in the Aggregate Risk Hazard Quotient Results Table and the equations to sum the columns.
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Common Sense Initiative’s Recommendation on Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Glass-to-Glass
From 1994 through 1998, EPA’s Common Sense Initiative (CSI) Computers and Electronics Subcommittee (CES) formed a workgroup to examine regulatory barriers to pollution prevention and electronic waste recycling.
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Frequent Questions for Hazardous Waste Generators
Links to frequent questions pages
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Creating and Submitting Hazardous Waste Annual Export Reports in WIETS
presentation slides on how to produce and submit an annual report in the WIETS
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Summary Chart of Hazardous Waste Permitting Regulations
This page provides links to EPA’s regulations for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
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Subpart X Permit Writers Technical Resource Document
This document identifies the minimum requirements for such an assessment and provides guidance for evaluating information submitted by permit applicants.
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Training Module about Groundwater Monitoring
This training module describes the groundwater monitoring criteria for interim status and permitted facilities.