Laws & Regulations

Consent Decree: March 29, 2012 Settlement Agreement (MLC Bankruptcy Settlement)

Settlement agreement with MLC for Diamond Alkali, Kane and Lombard, and Hayford Bridge sites

Report: Regional Trends in Remedy Changes (Final)

Transmittal memorandum and 8/99 final report on Regional Trends in Remedy Changes at the national and regional levels.

Guidance: Documenting Reason for not Issuing UAOs to all Identified PRPs

Guidance on documenting reasons for not issuing a UAO to identified PRPs

Case Summary: EPA Finalizes Agreement with New York City on Design Elements of Gowanus Canal Cleanup

Case summary on agreement with City of New York regarding design element for cleanup work associated with Gowanus Canal

Case Summary: $6.8 Million Penalty for Violations at Rodale Manufacturing Superfund Site in Pennsylvania

Case summary of penalty for violations at Rodale Manufacturing Superfund Site

Case Summary: Agreement results in $18.75 million for cleanup work and $500,000 for natural resources restoration at Ohio Superfund site

Case summary on Nease Chemical Superfund site

Case Summary: Exide Technologies Bankruptcy Settlement

Summary of the Exide Technologies bankruptcy settlement.

Opinion: SDNY Bankruptcy Court Decision in Anadarko Fraud Litigation

Court decision in the fraudulent conveyance litigation associated with the Tronox bankruptcy proceedings

Guidance: Superfund Entry and Continued Access

Memorandum on entry and continued access to facilities by EPA officers, employees and representatives for the purposes of response and civil enforcement activities under CERCLA. OSWER No. 9829.2

Guidance: Processing Requests for Use of Enforcement Discretion

Memorandum addressing the use of enforcement discretion and no action assurances.

Guidance: Settlement Policy on Contribution Waiver Language Regarding De Micromis Parties (Exempt and Non-Exempt)

Memo transmits revised policy & model contribution waiver language re new Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Includes 5 attachments of model language.

Model: Notice of Ineligibility to Receive a De Minimis Party Settlement

Appendix C to Interim Guidance on the Ability to Pay and De Minimis Revisions to CERCLA 122(g) by the 2002 Brownfields Amendments .

Guidance: Initiating PRP-Financed RD in Advance of Consent Decree Entry

Guidance on expediting cleanup work by PRPs when a consent decree is awaiting court approval.

Guidance: PRP Performance of Risk Assessments in RI/FS

Guidance and model language documents regarding risk assessments conducted during PRP RI/FS

Guidance: RCRA Corrective Action Plan

Guidance on developing a RCRA Corrective Action plan

Guidance: Policy for Municipality and MSW CERCLA Settlements at NPL Co-Disposal Sites

Transmittal memorandum and policy supplementing the 9/30/89 Interim Policy on CERCLA Settlements Involving Municipalities and Municipal Wastes. 1998 MSW Policy states that EPA will continue its policy of generally not identifying generators and transporters of MSW as PRPs at NPL sites.