Laws & Regulations

Guidance: Model Language for Compliance with Public Participation Requirements under RCRA section 7003(d)

Memorandum and model federal register notices for filing notices regarding public participation under section 7003(d) of RCRA and Superfund covenants not to sue.

Guidance: Ability to Pay and De Minimis Revisions to CERCLA Section 122(g) by 2002 Brownfield Amendments

Interim guidance and model notice letters addressing amendments made to CERCLA by the 2002 Brownfields Amendments.

Guidance: Defining "Matters Addressed" in CERCLA Settlements

Memorandum describes the principles applied in defining "matters addressed" and the application of these principles to the most common types of Superfund settlements.

Memorandum: Final Guidance on the Issuance of Administrative Orders Under Section 311(c) and (e) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), July 1, 1997

Enclosed is the final guidance document on the issuance of administrative orders under 311(c) and (e) of the Clean Water Act.

Case Summary: Cleanup Settlement Reduces Threat of Contaminated Groundwater in Massachusetts

Case summary for settlement agreement at Nuclear Metals Superfund site

Case Summary: Agreement results in $18.75 million for cleanup work and $500,000 for natural resources restoration at Ohio Superfund site

Case summary on Nease Chemical Superfund site

Opinion: SDNY Bankruptcy Court Decision in Anadarko Fraud Litigation

Court decision in the fraudulent conveyance litigation associated with the Tronox bankruptcy proceedings

Guidance: RCRA Corrective Action Plan

Guidance on developing a RCRA Corrective Action plan

Case Summary: Exide Technologies Bankruptcy Settlement

Summary of the Exide Technologies bankruptcy settlement.

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.

Guidance: Using and Issuing Superfund Section 106(a) Administrative Orders

Guidance on use of section 106(a) administrative orders under Superfund

Guidance: Early De Minimis Waste Contributor Settlements Methodology

Memorandum received concerning Methodology for early De Minimis contributer settlements under CERCLA Section 122(g)(1)(A). OSWER No. 9834.7-1c.

Model: Notice of Ineligibility to Receive a De Minimis Party Settlement

Appendix C to Interim Guidance on the Ability to Pay and De Minimis Revisions to CERCLA 122(g) by the 2002 Brownfields Amendments .

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

Guidance: PRP Performance of Risk Assessments in RI/FS

Guidance and model language documents regarding risk assessments conducted during PRP RI/FS

Guidance: Preparing Superfund Ready for Reuse Determinations

Guidance and fact sheet on the preparation of ready for reuse determinations at Superfund sites

Guidance: De Minimis Waste Contributors Superfund Settlements (Streamlined Approach)

Streamlined Approach for Settlements with De Minimis Waste Contributors under CERCLA Section 122 (g) (1)(A), OSWER No. 9834.7-1D.

Guidance: Settlement Policy on Contribution Waiver Language Regarding De Micromis Parties (Exempt and Non-Exempt)

Memo transmits revised policy & model contribution waiver language re new Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Includes 5 attachments of model language.

Guidance: Processing Requests for Use of Enforcement Discretion

Memorandum addressing the use of enforcement discretion and no action assurances.

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.