Laws & Regulations

Reformulated Gasoline

Reformulated gasoline (RFG) is gasoline blended to burn cleaner and reduce smog-forming and toxic pollutants in the air we breathe. The Clean Air Act requires that RFG be used to reduce harmful emissions of ozone.

Potential SBAR Panel: Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings

SBAR panel on regulation of renovation, remodeling, and painting activities for the exterior of public and commercial buildings that create lead-based paint hazards

Federal Gasoline Regulations

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate fuels and fuel additives for use in mobile sources if such fuel, fuel additive or any emission products causes or contributes to air or water pollution that may endanger the public health or welfare.

Regulatory Flexibility for Small Entities

The Regulatory Flexibility Act provides small entities with an expanded opportunity to participate in the development of certain regulations.

Draft Guidance on Plantwide Applicability Limitation Provisions Under the New Source Review Regulations

In this draft guidance, EPA addresses specific concerns raised by stakeholders regarding the use of plantwide applicability limitations (PALs) in the New Source Review permitting program.

Federal Regulations Prohibiting Job Discrimination

Non-Time-Critical Removal Actions

Removal responses are used to address contamination that poses an immediate threat to human health and the environment. View a partial list of EPA's guidance for removals, with a focus on Non-Time-Critical Removal Actions (NTCRA).

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IUR, TSCA, Inventory Update Reporting, 2006, Basic information, History, General, Inventory Update Reporting and Chemical Data Reporting

Appendix A: FY 2014

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Small Business Certification Examples

An example of a certification for small business.

Voluntary Small Business Waiver Form

Certification for small business form

Civil Rights

OCRA enforces federal civil rights laws .

TSCA Experimental Release Applications (TERAs) for five intergeneric strains of photosynthetic green algae Scenedesmus dimorphus, R-13-0003 through R-13-0007

TERA submitted by Sapphire Energy, Inc.on August 1, 2013.

TSCA Biotechnology Notifications Status For Cases Reviewed Prior to June 22, 2016

This Notifications Table lists only those submissions received under the Biotechnology Regulation, beginning in 1998. From the Table, you can link to a brief summary of select submission and, in many cases, to a fact sheet on the decision reached by OPPT.

TSCA Experimental Release Application (TERA) for modified Gordonia terrae, R-13-0001 and modified Rhodococcus jostii, R-13-0002

TERAs submitted by the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS and US Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, WA. These microorganisms will be used in a field demonstration of bioaugmentation to enhance RDX degradation.