Laws & Regulations
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Why does EPA charge fees for accreditations and certifications?
As specified in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA must establish and implement a fee schedule to recover to the U.S. Treasury the Agency's costs of administering and enforcing the standards and requirements applicable to lead-based paint training programs and contractors. Question Number: 23002-33304 Find a printable PDF copy…
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Village of Bosque Farms - NPDES Permit No. NM0030279
Village of Bosque Farms, npdes permit nm0030279
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NPDES Permit for Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System in Colorado
Under NPDES permit COR-042008, the Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center is authorized to discharge from its municipal separate storm sewer system outfalls to Toll Gate Creek in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
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PRN 88-6: Change in Registration Procedures; Agency Approval not Required for Certain Amendments
This notice describes certain modifications to pesticide registrations that no longer require an application to or approval by EPA, based on amendments to 40 CFR 152.44 in May 1988.
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PRN 92-2: Permissible label claims regarding ozone depleting substances
This notice describes EPA's policy for certain chlorofluorocarbon-related labeling claims on pesticide aerosol products. Under this policy, true claims that a product does not contain CFCs or other ozone-depleting substances are permitted on labels.
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Risk Management for Phthalates
EPA's existing chemicals programs address pollution prevention, risk assessment, hazard and exposure assessment and/or characterization, and risk management for chemicals substances in commercial use.
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PRN 92-4: Material Safety Data Sheets as Pesticide Labeling
This notice describes EPA's interpretation that a material safety data sheet may accompany a pesticide or device without approval from EPA as long as it does not conflict with the approved pesticide labeling.
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Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket: Update No. 6
List of federal facilities, current as of July 17, 1992.
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Hazardous Ranking Score (HRS) Ongoing Site List
Ongoing list of Hazardous Ranking Score (HRS) sites with details on their past and current status.
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Environmental Compliance Issue Coordination
An order to establish the Department of Energy (DOE) requirements for coordination of significant environmental compliance issues to ensure timely development and consistent application of Departmental environmental policy and guidance
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Memorandum of Understanding on Long-Term Stewardship at Federal Facilities in the United States
The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding is to provide a common understanding and basis for discussion and coordination between the Environmental Council of the States and relevant federal agencies regarding Long-Term Stewardship.
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Interim Status Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities; Final Rule
Amendments providing conformance between certain interim status requirements for surface impoundments and those requirements contained in the permitting rules of 40 CFR Part 264
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Performance Based Contracting (PBC) by Other Federal Agencies at Federal Facilities
Other agencies use PBCs for federal facility site response. This has led to situations where EPA employees have been asked to assume inappropriate procurement and contract management roles.
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A homeowner is acting as their own general contractor and hires multiple companies to do the work. Would each business be required to follow the Lead Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule and assign certified renovators to supervise their portion of the work including separate containment?
While the homeowner may be performing the role of general contractor by hiring firms and organizing their work, the homeowner is not performing, offering or claiming to perform a renovation and therefore does not need to be a certified firm. The firms hired by the homeowner to perform renovation tasks…
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May the renovator training provider give the exam orally?
Yes. There is no requirement that the course test be conducted in writing. Each individual must successfully complete the hands-on skills assessment and receive a passing score on the course test to pass any course. Question Number: 23002-19573 Find a printable PDF copy of all frequent questions pertaining to lead.
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Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP): Connecticut River Fish Tissue Study
This document serves as an example of how to put together a QAPP for an environmental project.
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Transmittal of Guidance for Documenting and Reporting Performance in Achieving Land Revitalization
How to identify eligible acreage, determine when entire sites or portions of sites satisfy the measures, and clarify how these new performance measures relate to existing measures
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Letter from Marianne Lamont Horinko to Raymond F. Dubois
This letter address two approaches towards Superfund post-Record of Decision project management: one based on Navy Principles and another based on Air Force performance-based Principles.
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My firm performs renovations in large apartment complexes that often consist of several separate buildings. If a renovation is to be performed in a common area in one building, are we required to provide pre-renovation education to all tenants in all buildings?
When renovations are to be performed in common areas of multi-unit target housing, the RRP Rule requires that the firm notify in writing both the owner of the building and each “affected unit.” See 745.84(b)(1) and (2). Common areas are those portions of a property generally accessible to residents/users, and…
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My firm removes and replaces garage doors made up of multiple panels, each of which has an exterior painted surface area of <20 square feet. If we disturb the paint on just one of the door panels, is that activity subject to the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule?
An activity that disturbs less than 20 square feet of exterior painted surface and otherwise meets the definition of minor repair and maintenance is not subject to the RRP Rule. However, the RRP Rule provides that when removing painted components, or portions of painted components, the entire surface area removed…