Laws & Regulations

Chemical Accident Prevention: Site Security

This chemical safety alert assists facilities that routinely handle extremely hazardous substances, along with SERCs, LEPCs, and emergency responders, in their efforts to reduce criminally caused releases and vulnerability to terrorist activity.

Chemical Safety Alert: Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves

Certain types of check and butterfly valves can undergo shaft-disk separation and fail catastrophically, even when operated within their design limits of pressure and temperature, causing toxic/flammable gas releases, fires, and vapor cloud explosions.

Amendments to EPCRA Sections 304 and 312 – America’s Water Infrastructure Act (Section 2018)

Section 2018 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act, enacted on October 23, 2018, amended the emergency release notification and the hazardous chemical inventory reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

Risk Management Plan (RMP) Delay Rule Vacatur

This page covers the vacatur of the RMP delay rule.

Federal Register Notice: Oil Pollution Prevention; Non-Transportation-Related Onshore and Offshore Facilities

Federal Register covering the prevention of discharges of oil into navigable waters.

Final Action on Clean Water Act Hazardous Substances Spill Prevention

EPA is taking final action to establish no new requirements under Clean Water Act (CWA), Section 311.

El Paso Natural Gas L.L.C. (EPNG) Laguna Compressor Station Final TV Renewal Permit No. R6FOP-NM-R2-2020

Public Notice of Final Issuance of Renewed Permit

Geographic Locations: New Mexico

Documents Related to EPA's Objection to Dayton Power & Light J.M. Stuart Station’s NPDES Permit

Correspondence and documents related to the permit objection.

Documents related to proposed CAFO, MM-05-2021-0002

proposed cafo

U.S. Department of Energy - Bryan Mound Oil Storage - Draft NPDES Permit No. TX0074012

EPA is soliciting public comment on the proposed permit.

Summary: 2015 North American Amendment Proposal to Control Hydrofluorocarbons

This document provides a summary of the Amendment Proposal.

Plywood and Composite Wood Products Manufacturing - Frequently Asked Questions

Plywood and Composite Wood Products Manufacturing ICR forms for major source facilities, including those with CEMS

Fact sheet and additional information: Proposal on NSPS for GHG Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed EGUs

Under Section 111(b) of the Clean Air Act, EPA sets New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired power plants. In 2018, EPA proposed revisions to the standards.

Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing National Emissions Standards July 2017 Amendment

Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing National Emissions Standards July 2017 Amendment and Related Documents

Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)

proposed risk and technology review amendments with summary fact sheet