Laws & Regulations
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Guidance: Issuing Administrative Orders for Immediate Removal Actions
Memorandum discusses the use and issuance of administrative orders for immediate removal actions under Superfund.
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Guidance: Enforcing Financial Responsibility at RCRA Closure and Post-Closure Facilities that are Closing
Guidance addresses financial responsibility at closure and post-closure RCRA facilities that are closing
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Case Summary: Exide Technologies Bankruptcy Settlement
Summary of the Exide Technologies bankruptcy settlement.
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Opinion: SDNY Bankruptcy Court Decision in Anadarko Fraud Litigation
Court decision in the fraudulent conveyance litigation associated with the Tronox bankruptcy proceedings
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Guidance: Documenting Reason for not Issuing UAOs to all Identified PRPs
Guidance on documenting reasons for not issuing a UAO to identified PRPs
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Report: Regional Trends in Remedy Changes (Final)
Transmittal memorandum and 8/99 final report on Regional Trends in Remedy Changes at the national and regional levels.
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Guidance: PRP Performance of Risk Assessments in RI/FS
Guidance and model language documents regarding risk assessments conducted during PRP RI/FS
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Guidance: Initiating PRP-Financed RD in Advance of Consent Decree Entry
Guidance on expediting cleanup work by PRPs when a consent decree is awaiting court approval.
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Guidance: Small Cost Recovery Referrals
Guidance on seeking cost recovery for Superfund cases valued at less than $200,000.
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Guidance: RCRA Corrective Action Inspection
Guidance manual on conducting RCRA corrective action inspections
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Guidance: Coordinating RCRA Corrective Action Activity and Closure and Superfund Site Activities
Coordination between cleanup activities within the RCRA Corrective Action, Superfund, and state/tribal lands.
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Guidance: RCRA Corrective Action Plan
Guidance on developing a RCRA Corrective Action plan
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Guidance: Ensuring PRP Compliance with Superfund Obligations
Memorandum sets out steps to ensure compliance by Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) with EPAs active orders and settlement agreements for CERCLA studies, response work, and cost recovery.
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Case Summary: EPA Orders $25+ million Cleanup Along the Kalamazoo River
Case summary of cleanup order for Kalamazoo River
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Guidance: Collection Actions for Delinquent Superfund Accounts
Memorandum on referral and collections procedures and additional areas, including: judgments, bankruptcies, interest, and stipulated penalties
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Case Summary: EPA Finalizes Agreement with New York City on Design Elements of Gowanus Canal Cleanup
Case summary on agreement with City of New York regarding design element for cleanup work associated with Gowanus Canal
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Case Summary: $6.8 Million Penalty for Violations at Rodale Manufacturing Superfund Site in Pennsylvania
Case summary of penalty for violations at Rodale Manufacturing Superfund Site
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Guidance: Policy for Municipality and MSW CERCLA Settlements at NPL Co-Disposal Sites
Transmittal memorandum and policy supplementing the 9/30/89 Interim Policy on CERCLA Settlements Involving Municipalities and Municipal Wastes. 1998 MSW Policy states that EPA will continue its policy of generally not identifying generators and transporters of MSW as PRPs at NPL sites.
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Guidance: Using and Issuing Superfund Section 106(a) Administrative Orders
Guidance on use of section 106(a) administrative orders under Superfund
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Case Summary: $22 Million Cleanup Settlement for Cooper Drum Superfund Site in California
Case summary for cleanup agreement at Cooper Drum Superfund site