Laws & Regulations
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Fact Sheet: Proposed Amendments To The Regional Haze Rule And Proposed Guidelines For Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations Under The Regional Haze Rule - 2004
Proposal to amend regional haze rule to provide guidelines to states and tribes for determining how to set pollution limits for older facilities.
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Visibility Report to Congress - November 2001
Visibility Report to Congress - November 2001
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List of Areas Protected by the Regional Haze Program
List of 156 Mandatory Class I Federal Areas
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How Air Pollution Affects the View
How Air Pollution Affects the View
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Vessels, Marinas and Ports
An overview of EPA’s vessels (recreational/commercial/military), marinas, and ports programs and the regulatory (permits/rules) and non-regulatory approaches for addressing their associated environmental impacts, such as air and water pollution.
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Tribal UST and LUST Data
Data from underground storage tanks in Indian Country
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TRI Metal Mining Information
Background information on issues relevant to the possible modification of TRI reporting requirements for metal mining facilities.
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Final Rulemaking: Amendments to Regulatory Requirements for State Regional Haze Plans
The EPA is finalizing revisions to requirements states must follow in preparing and submitting implementation plans and progress reports for visibility impairment.
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Summary of the TRI Reporting Requirements and National Mining Association (NMA) Lawsuit
Summary of actions taken related to a 1998 lawsuit filed by the National Mining Association challenging EPA's 1997 TRI industry expansion rulemaking.
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Notification: Audit of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-Funded Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant Recipient, State of Wisconsin
Notification: Audit of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-Funded Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant Recipient, State of Wisconsin
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Custom Files for TRI Data Users
Custom-generated data files for users who contact the Toxics Release Inventory Program.
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EPCRA Guidance Documents and Fact Sheets
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act was passed in response to a toxic chemical disaster in Bhopal, India as well as one at the Institute, West Virginia. It sets requirements for reporting on hazardous and toxic chemicals.
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Podcast: EPA OIG’s IIJA Oversight Plan
Podcast: EPA OIG’s IIJA Oversight Plan
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Comfort/Status Letters Guidance
Transmittal memorandum, policy and guidance document, model letters, reference materials for Regions to use when responding to interested parties who may want to acquire impacted properties.
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Utilizing the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to Support Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) Compliance
These webinar slides provide an overview of the LCRI and cover how the DWSRF can be used to comply with the upcoming regulation at its compliance deadline of November 1st, 2027. (December 2024)
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Primary Nonferrous Metals (Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium): National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources
Includes rule history, rule summary and Federal Register citations for 40 CFR 63 Subpart GGGGGG.
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Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
The Toxics Release Inventory tracks the management of certain toxic chemicals that may pose a threat to human health and the environment.
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Response to Georgia-Pacific Use of Demand Growth Exclusion from Projected Actual Emissions
This document may be of assistance in applying the New Source Review (NSR) air permitting regulations including the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements. This document is part of the NSR Policy and Guidance Database. Some documents in the database are a scanned or retyped version of a paper photocopy of the original. Although we have taken considerable effort to quality assure the documents, some may contain typographical errors. Contact the office that issued the document if you need a copy of the original.
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Definition of Source
This document may be of assistance in applying the New Source Review (NSR) air permitting regulations including the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements. This document is part of the NSR Policy and Guidance Database. Some documents in the database are a scanned or retyped version of a paper photocopy of the original. Although we have taken considerable effort to quality assure the documents, some may contain typographical errors. Contact the office that issued the document if you need a copy of the original.
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NSPS Subpart DD Applicability Determination Request
This document may be of assistance in applying the New Source Review (NSR) air permitting regulations including the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements. This document is part of the NSR Policy and Guidance Database. Some documents in the database are a scanned or retyped version of a paper photocopy of the original. Although we have taken considerable effort to quality assure the documents, some may contain typographical errors. Contact the office that issued the document if you need a copy of the original.