Laws & Regulations

Guidance on Initial Site Assessment at Hazardous Waste Cleanups

Guidance to be used to conduct Corrective Action site assessment efforts. Informs Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit writers and enforcement officials of procedures to be used in conducting RCRA Facility Assessments.

The Backlog of Containerized Hazardous Waste Needing Incineration

This webpage describes the hazardous waste incinerator backlog of containerized hazardous waste issue and provides answers to several frequent questions EPA has received since the backlog started to help the regulated community and regulators.

Final Rule: Streamlined Management Requirements for Recycling of Used Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) and Glass Removed from CRTs

In the 2006 CRT rule, EPA amended its regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to streamline management requirements for recycling of used CRTs and glass removed from CRTs.

Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures Report

Each year EPA releases Facts and Figures data, formerly called Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States: Facts and Figures. It includes information on MSW generation, recycling/composting, combustion and landfilling.

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board Meeting – “Meeting the Needs of the User Community: e-Manifest Program Priorities and User Fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 and 2025” – February 28- March 2, 2023

Includes agenda, board roster, presentation, charge questions, background paper and advisory board meeting transcript.

Frequent Questions about the Final Rule: User Fees for the Electronic Hazardous Waste Manifest System (E-Manifest) and Amendments to Manifest Regulations

Frequent questions with regard to the proposed e-manifest rule

U.S. State of Kansas Solid Waste Management Plan Approval

Information pertaining to the approval of Kansas' solid waste management plan amended to include coal combustion residual disposal regulations

Tribal Minor NSR Existing Source Registration Form in EPA's South Central Region

This Tribal Minor NSR application form should be used to register an existing true minor source with the EPA Region 6 Tribal NSR Permitting Program.

Tribal Minor NSR New Source General Application Form in EPA's South Central Region

This Tribal Minor NSR application form should be used to request a minor NSR permit for a new construction project from the EPA Region 6 Tribal NSR Permitting Program.

Tribal Minor NSR Synthetic Minor Limit Application Form in EPA's South Central Region

This Tribal Minor NSR application form should be used to notify the EPA Region 6 Tribal NSR Permitting Program of requested synthetic minor emission limits associated with a new source general application form.

Tribal Minor NSR Change in Ownership Form in EPA's South Central Region

This Tribal Minor NSR application form should be used to notify the Region 6 Tribal Minor NSR Program of any changes in ownership of an existing facility.

WIIN Grant: Reducing Lead in Drinking Water

A website to outline the new WIIN Act grant programs.

Programs and Projects of the Office of General Counsel (OGC)

The Office of General Counsel (OGC) attorneys work with EPA headquarters and regional offices to provide legal support for the issuance of permits, the approval of state environmental programs, and the initiation and litigation of enforcement actions.

ALBUQUERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY (ABCWUA) WWTP - FINAL NPDES PERMIT No. NM0022250

Albuquerque Bernalillo county water utility authority (abcwua) wwtp, finalnpdes permit nm0022250

TUSCARORA NATION LANDS

Request for Comments on EPA as a certifying authority making a certification decision under §401 Clean Water Act (CWA) Water Quality Certification for proposed culvert replacement on Indian Nation Lands that do not have TAS for §401 purposes.

Comments Due Date: February 5, 2026
Geographic Locations: New York