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The training requirements specified in 40 CFR part 763 appear to apply to projects (excluding small-scale, short-duration projects) involving interior building components. Specifically, is roofing work and other exterior work covered?

Worker training requirements specified in 40 CFR part 763, including those for accreditation under the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (MAP), apply to interior building projects done in schools and public and commercial buildings. Additionally, the asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…

Last published: May 14, 2025

Is someone who works as a Registered Environmental Assessor also required by the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) to be an accredited asbestos inspector in order to perform asbestos inspection work?

Yes. If a person’s job entails inspecting schools and/or public or commercial buildings for asbestos containing building materials (ACBM), AHERA requires that said person acquire valid accreditation as an asbestos inspector by completing the necessary training course work before inspecting a school building or public or commercial building. Other Frequent…

Last published: May 14, 2025

Under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), can a local education agency (LEA) hire one abatement firm both to conduct a response action and to carry out the transmission electron microscopy (TEM) clearance air monitoring on that project?

No. In Unit II.B.2 of Appendix A to 40 CFR part 763, subpart E it states that TEM “[s]ampling operations must be performed by qualified individuals completely independent of the abatement contractor to avoid possible conflict of interest.” Accordingly, the LEA would have to select another person or firm “completely…

Last published: May 14, 2025

Rio del Oro WWTF - NPDES Permit No. NM0030414

EPA Approved Regulations and Statutes in the Wisconsin SIP

EPA Approved Regulations in the Wisconsin SIP

Responses to 40 CFR Part 75 Petitions - 2009

Find responses to petitions submitted by affected units subject to 40 CFR Part 75 in 2009.

Inferno Energy, LLC - Clean Water Act Public Notice

The EPA is providing notice of a proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment against Inferno Energy, LLC, for alleged violations stemming from an unauthorized discharge of oil in or onto navigable waters of the United States in violation of Section 311(b)(3

Go-Fer Sanitation, Inc. - Clean Water Act Public Notice

The EPA is providing notice of a proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment against Go-Fer Sanitation, Inc., a business located in, Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, for alleged violations of the domestic septage requirements found at 40 C.F.R. Part 503 and Sect

Method 107 - Vinyl Chloride Content of In-process Wastewater Samples

Promulgated CFR Method 107 Determination of Vinyl Chloride Content of In-Process Wastewater Samples, and Vinyl Chloride Content of Polyvinyl Chloride Resin Slurry, Wet Cake, and Latex Samples

Method 201A - PM10 and PM2.5 - Constant Sampling Rate Procedure

Promulgated CFR Test Method 201A Determination of PM10 and PM2.5 Emissions From Stationary Sources (Constant Sampling Rate Procedure)

Summary of EPA Emission Test Methods

This document provides the publication date and rule status for the air emission test methods, performance specifications and quality assurance procedures. It is updated by the Measurement Technology Group, part of the Air Quality Assessment Div., OAQPS.

Method 28A - Air to Fuel Burn Rates - Wood Fired Appliances

CFR Promulgated Test Method 28A Measurement of air to fuel ratio and minimum achievable burn rates for wood-fired appliances

EPA’s Additions to Indiana’s 2022 Impaired Waters List

Documents related to EPA’s Decision on Indiana’s 2022 Section 303(d) list of impaired waters

Proposed Rule - Treatment of Indian Tribes in a Similar Manner as States for Purposes of Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act

A proposed rulemaking to provide more opportunities to fully engage tribes in the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(d) Impaired Water Listing and TMDL Program.