Laws & Regulations
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Compliance Monitoring Strategy for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
This strategy consolidates existing principles, program requirements, and activities of the national RCRA monitoring program.
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Inspection Tool for the Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing NESHAP
Applicability flowcharts and inspection checklists for the miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFF).
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National Strategy for Improving Oversight of State Enforcement Performance
Strategy for strengthening the oversight of states
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Guidance: Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Storage Tanks under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Storage Tanks under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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Industrial User Inspection and Sampling Manual for Publicly Owned Treatment Works
This guidance document is intended for use by Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) inspectors where the POTW has an approved pretreatment program.
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Final Policy on Inspection Report Timeliness
Establishes inspection practices and pilots for the appropriate and timely notification of EPA inspection results to facilities and the public.
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Compliance Advisory: EPA Regulations About UV Lights that Claim to Kill or Be Effective Against Viruses and Bacteria
Compliance advisory on uv lights
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Compliance Advisory: Compliance Concerns Associated with Increasing Oil Storage
Compliance advisory designed to help owners and operators of new and existing oil storage facilities achieve and maintain compliance by better understanding federal regulatory requirements that may apply to their site.
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Mobile Sources Compliance Monitoring Program
Information on EPA's compliance activities on air mobile sources.
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Audit Protocols
These 11 audit protocols assist the regulated community in developing programs at individual facilities to evaluate their compliance with environmental requirements under federal law.
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Country Codes for Foreign Pesticide Establishments
Country codes used in foreign pesticide establishment registration and reporting
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Build Resilience & Adapt to Climate Change Impacts for Drinking Water & Wastewater Utilities Part 2
In this webinar, EPA provides an overview of the CRWU initiative and its tools and resources.
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Knowing Your Headworks: Identifying the Pitfalls in Preliminary Treatment
This webinar demonstrates examples of the screening and grit removal equipment as well as troubleshooting and maintenance required of this equipment. The presenters also discuss collection system techniques leading up to the waste coming into the plant.
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Policy Statement on E-Reporting in EPA Regulations
Electronic reporting in new EPA regulatory actions
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Federal Register Notice of Proposed Determination - November 10, 1983
Proposed Determination to prohibit, deny, or restrict the specification, or the use for specification, of an area as a disposal site.
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Army Response Letter - signed May 6, 2009
Reply to a letter requesting a review of the decision to proffer a Department of the Army permit to Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Phosphate Division, Aurora Operations.
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Elevation Request Letter to Army - signed June 14, 1993
A letter requesting to review a permit decision regarding modification of an existing Section 404/Section 10 permit (Port Valdez 83) which the Alaska District issued to the City of Valdez.
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The Mitigation Rule Retrospective: A Review of the 2008 Regulations Governing Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and EPA report summarizing the progress made in implementing the 2008 Mitigation Rule, including analysis of trends in aquatic resource impacts and compensation from 2010 through 2014.
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Corps of Engineers Proposal to Issue and Modify Nationwide Permits 1998 (Supplemental)
Federal Register notice, October 14, 1998.
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State or Tribal Assumption of the CWA Section 404 Permit Program
Why states and tribes might assume administration of the section 404 program from the Federal government, which waters could be administered by states or tribes under this program, and the process for assuming administration of these waters.