Laws & Regulations
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Guidance on Basic Elements of an EPA-Funded Tribal Pesticide Program
This guidance document describes basic elements for an EPA-funded tribal pesticide program.
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PPIS Download Product Information Data
Downloadable Pesticide Product Information System data for Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act section 3 and section 24(c) (Special Local Need), vocabulary, and U.S. companies and organizations with EPA Company Numbers.
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Environmental Hazard and General Labeling for Pyrethroid and Synergized Pyrethrins Non-Agricultural Outdoor Products
EPA approved certain optional modifications to the “Environmental Hazard Statements” and general “Directions for Use” for pyrethroid and pyrethrins non-agricultural outdoor products. Find out about these changes.
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Guidance on Major/Minor Designation for NPDES Facilities in Region 10
Guidance for changes to "major" and "minor" designations for new and existing NPDES facilities within EPA Region 10.
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Case Summary: EPA Reaches $14.6 Million Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Torrance, Calif. Superfund Sites
Case summary of the Montrose Groundwater Superfund site cleanup settlement in Region 9
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Guidance: Interim Revisions to Superfund Settlement Models to Clarify Contribution Rights and Protection from Claims Following Aviall and ARC Decisions
Memo on interim revisions to the Superfund settlement models issued to clarify contribution rights based on the Supreme Courts decisions in Aviall and Atlantic Research
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Case Summary: Cleanup Agreement for Precision National Corporation Site, Penn.
Case summary of the administrative order on consent to cleanup groundwater and surface water contamination at the Precision National Corporation Site in Clarks Summit, Penn.
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Case Summary: Settlement Reached on Groundwater Cleanup at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site, R.I.
Case summary of the remedial design/removal action (RD/RA) consent decree for cleanup at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site in Rhode Island
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Case Summary: Settlement Reached on cleanup and costs for Occidental Chemical Corp / Firestone Tire Superfund site
Case summary of the cost recovery and cleanup settlement reached for the Occidental Chemical Corp / Firestone Tire Superfund Site in Region 3.
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Case Summary: Agreement Furthers Cleanup of the Quanta Resources Superfund Site in New Jersey
Case summary of the Quanta Resources Superfund site settlement agreement
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Case Summary: RCRA Settlement will Result in Improvements to Moca, Puerto Rico Landfill Operations
Case summary of the corrective action agreement for the Moca, Puerto Rico landfill
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Case Summary: Cleanup Settlement Addresses Contaminated Sediment Removal in Blair Waterway, Washington State
Case summary of the cleanup agreement for Blair Waterway in the Port of Tacoma
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Case Summary: EPA Issues Order for Groundwater Investigation at Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund Site
Case summary for UAO for site cleanup at Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund Site
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Cleanup Settlement Will Eliminate Toxaphene Contamination at a Former Pesticide Facility in Georgia
Case summary of settlement agreement for clean up of toxaphene at former pesticide facility in Georgia
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Case Summary: Kellwood Company Agrees to Conduct Cleanup at the Riverfront Superfund Site in New Haven, Mo.
Case summary of the settlement agreement associated with cleanup of the Riverfront Superfund site in Region 7
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News Releases and IG Statements
The News Releases and IG Statements page of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General.
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IG Statement: Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on OIG report "Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention"
Statement of Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention.
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OIG News Release: Former EPA official sentenced to 32 months in prison for defrauding government under ‘CIA agent’ guise
WASHINGTON – John C. Beale, a former employee of the EPA, today was sentenced to 32 months in prison following a plea agreement in which he admitted perpetrating multiple frauds under the bogus guise of performing undercover work as a CIA agent.
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OIG News Release: EPA IG responds to open letter from Sen. Vitter
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins Jr. has responded to a letter signed and released to the public February 18 by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Memo from agency's Deputy Administrator
Your February 25, 2014, letter Senator Vitter