Laws & Regulations

Guidance: Establishment, Management and Use of Superfund Special Accounts

Guidance serves as a reference guide for issues involving the deposit and use of special accounts

Status of Civil Judicial Consent Decrees Addressing Combined Sewer Systems (CSOs)

Tracking table of civil consent decrees for combined sewer systems (CSOs). This supports the National Enforcement Initiative (NEI) for Keeping Raw Sewage and Contaminated Stormwater Out of Our Nation's Waters.

Links to CWA Compliance Agreements with Federal Agencies

Table providing links to Federal Facility Compliance Agreements (FFCAs) EPA has entered into with other federal agencies to address Clean Water Act violations.

Case Summary: Settlement Reached at the Ashland/NSP Lakefront Superfund Site in Wisconsin

Case summary of the Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront Superfund Site cleanup settlement agreement in Wisconsin

Guidance: Enforcing Information Requests in Hazardous Waste Cases

This policy assists the Regions in enforcing information request letters under Superfund and RCRA

Interim Guidance: CERCLA Administrative Tools for Good Samaritans at Orphan Mine Sites

Guiding principles to assist Regions regarding the Agency's Good Samaritan Initiative and administrative tools to facilitate cleanup of abandoned hard rock mines

Guidance: Landowner Liability under Section 107(a)(1) of CERCLA, De Minimis Settlements under Section 122(g)(1)(B) of CERCLA and Settlements with Prospective Purchasers of Contaminated Property

Guidance on Landowner Liability under Section 107(a)(1) of CERCLA, De Minimis Settlements under Section 122(g)(1)(B) of CERCLA and Settlements with Prospective Purchasers of Contaminated Property

Fact Sheet: Brownfield Sites and Supplemental Environmental Projects

Answers to questions about brownfield sites and the use of supplemental environmental projects.

Interim Guidance: Notice Letters, Negotiations, and Information Exchange

Interim guidance on the issuance of notice letters and the exchange of information with PRPs

Interim Guidance: Municipal Solid Waste Exemption under Superfund

Interim guidance discusses the statutory provisions of CERCLA § 107(p) and identifies some factors to be considered by EPA and DOJ staff in exercising their enforcement discretion of MSW at an NPL site.

Guidance: Communication Strategy for Superfund Settlements with Small Volume Waste Contributors

Communication strategy for settling with de minimis and de micromis parties, model letter for contact with parties and brochure explaining Superfund liability and small volume waste contributors.

Report: Cost documents that address financial assurance that may be required for a RCRA Facility Investigation

Transmittal of two documents addressing financial assurance matters related to RCRA facility investigation.

Guidance: Ability to Pay

Guidance on conducting ability to pay analysis

Guidance: Revised Model CERCLA Section 122(g)(4) De Minimis Contributor CD and AOC and New Model ATP Provisions for De Minimis Settlements

Cover memorandum and four attachments containing model language for de minimis settlement consent decrees and/or administrative orders and ability to pay provisions in de minimis settlements for ability to pay and non-ability to pay parties.