Laws & Regulations

Audit of the EPA's Telework and Remote Work Programs

Audit of the Community-Based Organization Set-Aside Grants Awarded Pursuant to the Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities Grant Program

Guidance: Use and Enforcement of CERCLA Information Requests and Administrative Subpoenas

Guidance on the use and enforcement of information requests and administrative subpoenas

Case Summary: Big River Superfund Site $80 Million Settlement for Lead Contamination Cleanup of Approximately 4100 Residential Properties

Case summary regarding settlement related to cleanup of residential property

Compliance Assistance and Voluntary Programs for Federal Facilities

This page focus on compliance assistance with environmental laws that is available to federal facilities.

Third Party Agreements to Support Cleanup and Reuse of Superfund NPL Sites

Policy memorandum issued by EPA and DOJ regarding agreements with third parties to spur investment and get sites on the Superfund NPL cleaned up.

Bifurcating RD/RA to Accelerate Remedial Design Starts at PRP-Lead Superfund Sites

Memorandum to Regions on expediting Superfund settlements and accelerating remedial design by potentially responsible parties

Guidance: Penalty Matrix for RCRA Section 7003 Civil Penalty Policy

Collection of penalty matrices for RCRA 7003 civil penalty policy

Guidance: Penalty Matrix for CERCLA Section 106(b)(1) Civil Penalty Policy

Penalty matrices supplementing the 1997 civil penalty policy for CERCLA section 106(b)(1)

Audit of the EPA's Fiscal Year 2021 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

Case Summary: Chemtura Corporation Bankruptcy Settlements

Press release announcing settlement agreement in Chemtura corporation bankruptcy.

Case Summary: Settlement Reached at Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman (MEW) Study Area to Address TCE Contamination

Case summary of the first amended consent decree with Intel Corporation and Raytheon Company to address trichloroethylene (TC) contamination in residential and commercial buildings in Mountain View, California

Case Summary: $24.9 Million Cleanup Settlement Reached for the North Alcoa Superfund Alternative Site in Illinois

Case summary of the consent decree for cleanup work at the North Alcoa Site

Case Summary: EPA Awarded $4.5 Million Judgment for Cleanup Work Conducted at Mine Sites in Idaho

Case summary about settlement agreement for cleanup work at mine sites in Idaho

Case Summary: Cleanup Order for Lockheed West Seattle/Shipyard 2 will help Puget Sound

Case summary of order for cleanup work in Washington State

Case Summary: EPA Reaches Settlement for Soil Clean up at South-Bay Superfund Site in California

Case summary on cleanup agreement for Del Amo Superfund Site

Case Summary: Settlement Reached at Salt Creek Park Firing Range Site

Case summary of cleanup settlement agreement at Salt Creek Park Firing Range Superfund Site

Guidance: EPA Participation in Bankruptcy Cases

Guidance on EPA Participation in Bankruptcy Cases identifies the factors to be considered by EPA in determining whether to participate in a bankruptcy case.

Guidance: Preparing Waste-in Lists and Volumetric Rankings for Release to PRPs ("Waste-in" Guidance)

Guidance on the compilation and release of waste-in lists and volumetric rankings for information release requirements of CERCLA section 122 (e) to PRPs

Model Provisions: RCRA 3008(h) AOC - financial assurance provisions

Model language provisions on financial assurance for the RCRA section 3008(h) administrative order on consent