Laws & Regulations

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  • Learn about Effluent Guidelines

    Key terms and concepts in the national Effluent Guidelines program

  • Resources on Public Participation in the Hazardous Waste Permitting and Corrective Action Processes

    Guidance describing EPA development of the RCRA Expanded Public Participation Rule to empower communities to become more actively involved in local hazardous waste management

  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Public Participation Manual

    2016 edition of the RCRA Public Participation Manual

  • Chemical Data Reporting Instructions Regarding Confidentiality

    Provides instructions on how to claim and submit company confidential information for IUR to EPA.

  • Water Quality Parameter (WQP) Report Form

    Water systems treating for corrosion control in Wyoming and on R8 Tribal Lands can use this form to report test results for Water Quality Parameter (WQP) samples.

  • Tier 1 Public Notices issued by EPA

    Lead Service Line Inventory Template - This spreadsheet template may be used by public water systems in Wyoming and on EPA R8 Tribal Lands for service line inventories.

  • The Basics of the Regulatory Process

    Congress authorizes EPA to help put laws into effect by creating and enforcing regulations: mandatory requirements that can apply to individuals, businesses, state or local governments, non-profit institutions, or others.

  • Summary of the Safe Drinking Water Act

    The Safe Drinking Water Act authorizes EPA to establish minimum standards to protect the quality of drinking water, using detailed risk and cost assessment; and requires all public water systems to comply, including protection from underground injection.

  • Summary of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle-to-grave. This includes generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal. RCRA also addresses management of non-hazardous solid wastes.

  • Summary of the Pollution Prevention Act

    The Pollution Prevention Act focuses on reducing the amount of pollution through changes in production, operation, and raw materials use. Also known as source reduction, it includes increasing efficiency in the use of resources like energy or water.

  • Summary of the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) was enacted in 1980 to minimize paperwork burden for small businesses or governments, educational institutions, and others resulting from the collection of information by or for the federal government.

  • Summary of the Oil Pollution Act

    The Oil Pollution Act, which streamlined and strengthened EPA's ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills, requires oil storage facilities and vessels to submit plans detailing how they will respond to large discharges.

  • Summary of the Noise Control Act

    The Noise Control Act established a national policy to promote an environment for all Americans free from noise that jeopardizes their health and welfare. Primary responsibility for control of noise rests with State and local governments.

  • Summary of the National Environmental Policy Act

    Describes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which requires that all branches of government give proper consideration to the environment prior to undertaking any major federal action that significantly affects the environment.

  • Summary of the Food Quality Protection Act

    The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and thus fundamentally changed EPA’s regulation of pesticides.

  • Summary of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) authorizes EPA to set tolerances, or maximum residue limits, for pesticide residues on foods. If residues are found above that level, the commodity will be subject to seizure.

  • Summary of the Endangered Species Act

    The Endangered Species Act focuses on conserving threatened and endangered plants and animals. One way EPA helps protect endangered species is through regulating the use of pesticides, and establishing maximum levels for pesticide residues in food.

  • Summary of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)

    CERCLA provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment.

  • Summary of the Clean Air Act

    The Clean Air Act, or CAA, is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources, using standards such as National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards.

  • Construction Sector (NAICS 23)

    Find environmental regulatory information for the construction sector, including the construction of buildings or engineering projects. This includes RCRA information for hazardous waste, refrigeration compliance, asbestos, effluent guidelines & lead laws

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