Laws & Regulations
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Clean Air Act Permit Actions in EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9)
Clean Air Act (CAA) pending and completed permit actions in EPA's Pacific Southwest (Region 9).
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Protecting Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information
The procedure protects Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (SPII): a) from inadvertent disclosure by authorized personnel; b) when being accessed from outside Agency, c) when removed physically, and d) when maintained within Agency.
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Methyl Bromide
Page provides information on methyl bromide including methyl bromide alternatives, critical uses, uses for quarantine and preshipment, exemptions, and reporting.
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GLWQA Annexes
The U.S. fulfills its GLWQA commitments through federal programs and in coordination or consultation with other levels of U.S. government and the public. Annexes coordinate action on specific environmental issues.
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Sanitary Survey: How to Prepare for a Sanitary Survey
Chemical Phase II-V Rules Presentation given by Kendra Morrison at the WWQ/PCA Conference held in Casper, Wyoming in October of 2017.
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WebEOC PIA
A July 2015 Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for WebEOC, a system providing spill notifications relating to oil and hazardous materials received from the United States Coast Guard’s National Response Center. WebEOC does not contain sensitive PII.
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Privacy Training Program
Recognizing that training and awareness are critical to protecting agency Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in Q1 of FY14, the EPA is developing a mandatory general awareness privacy training for all EPA employees.
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Plan for Reducing Personally Identifiable Information
Learn about National Privacy Program's (NPP) action items for FY16, including assessment of Agency federal information systems, Agency PIAs, Agency SORNs, Agency forms, and PII on Agency websites.
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System Life Cycle Management Policy
The System Life Cycle Management Policy (SLCM) ensures consistency with federal statutes, regulations, EPA’s System Life Cycle (SLC), Enterprise Architecture (EA), Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), and quality and security requirements.
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RR3 OSHA MOU
The purpose of this interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to establish the working relationship between the EPA, Region 3 (EPA) and Region 3, Philadelphia of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the Department of Labor.
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Conducting Privacy On-Site Reviews
To ensure the EPA is compliant with privacy and security requirements, National Privacy Program (NPP) will coordinate on-site reviews with Agency information security staff, Information Management Officials (IMO) and Liaison Privacy Officials (LPO).
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Processing Privacy Act Requests Procedure
This procedure provides the instructions for processing requests for records contained in Agency Privacy Act (PA) systems. The PA provides individuals the right to request access to their records maintained in Agency System of Records (SOR).
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Responding to Breaches of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Issued by the EPA Chief Information Officer
The procedure identifies the steps EPA employees will take to respond to breaches of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), setting out the roles and responsibilities for quickly and effectively reporting and responding to PII breaches.
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How Contractors Will Respond to a Suspected or Confirmed PII Breach
The procedure for contractors to follow during a breach of personally identifiable information (PII) includes informing the EPA Call Center, and their Contracting Officer (CO) and Contracting Officer Representative (COR).
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Plan for Reducing Unnecessary use of Social Security Numbers
In accordance with OMB Memorandum M-07-16, EPA's National Privacy Program (NPP) is reviewing FY16 instances in which the collection or use of the SSN is superfluous in Agency forms, systems, and websites.
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Computer Matching Agreement Procedure
A computer matching agreement is required for any computerized comparison of two or more electronic systems of records or non-federal record system for the purpose of establishing or verifying eligibility or compliance with federal benefit programs.
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Battery Collection Best Practices Toolkit
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EPA Plan for Reducing Personally Identifiable Information, January 2013
Learn about the Agency's action items in January 2013, including review of Agency SORNs, Agency forms and Agency systems for PII elements, as well as developing online privacy trainings.
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Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
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Chromium in Drinking Water
Learn about chromium regulation in public drinking water systems and the potential that the regulation may be amended in the future to better address chromium-6.