Laws & Regulations
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Draft Approval to Dispose of Less than 50 Parts Per Million Polychlorinated Biphenyl Remediation Waste Issued to New American Public Power Association (APPA) Members
This page contains the Draft Renewal Approval Issued for Public Comment for the Approval to Dispose of Less than 50 Parts Per Million Polychlorinated Biphenyl Remediation Waste Issued to APPA New Members
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Lead and Copper – Sample Collection Instruction Form For Homeowners
LCR sample collection form & instructions
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Documents Related to the Listing Amendment for Wastewater Treatment Sludges Listed as Waste Code F019
Proposed and final rules and a fact sheet about the final rule.
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A User-Friendly Reference Document for Hazardous Waste Listings
This document describes EPA’s hazardous waste listing regulations under the authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C.
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Land Disposal Restrictions for Hazardous Waste: A Snapshot of the Program
This document provides a short summary of the hazardous waste program's land disposal restrictions requirements.
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Summary of Requirements for the Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restrictions Program
This document clarifies the requirements of the land disposal restrictions program regarding hazardous waste.
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Presentation Slides about EPA's Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restrictions Program
These slides provide a training documents on key aspects of the LDR program. It includes numerous examples of how the regulations work in the real world.
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Policy Statement: Clarification of the Dilution Prohibition and Combustion of Inorganic Metal-Bearing Hazardous Wastes for Land Disposal Restrictions
This memorandum sets out a Statement of Policy under the RCRA clarifying the application of the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) prohibition on dilution (see 40 CFR 268.3) to combustion of certain inorganic metal-bearing hazardous wastes.
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Variance Assistance Document: Land Disposal Restrictions Treatability Variances and Determinations of Equivalent Treatment
This document provides assistance to those seeking to submit a variance request for LDR treatability variances and determinations of equivalent treatment regarding the hazardous waste land disposal restrictions program.
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Memorandum about Treatment of Underlying Hazardous Constituents in Toxicity Characteristic Metal Wastes
This memorandum discusses the treatment of underlying hazardous constituents (UHCs) in toxicity characteristic metal wastes or those with waste codes D004-D011.
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Guidance: Demonstrating Compliance with the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Alternative Soil Treatment Standards
This guidance provides suggestions and perspectives on how members of the regulated community, states, and the public can demonstrate compliance with the alternative treatment standards for certain contaminated soils that will be land disposed.
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Guidebook: Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedures for Submission of Data for the Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Program
This document explains how to generate data which characterizes the performance of hazardous waste treatment systems in terms of the composition of treated hazardous waste streams plus treatment system operation and design.
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Calculation of Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Treatment Standards
examples of calculations of treatment standards including for High Concentration Selenium Wastes Using Data Submitted by Chemical Waste Management (CWM) and Antimony Using Data Submitted by Chemical Waste Management and Data Obtained From Rollins.
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Frequent Questions About Land Disposal Restrictions for Hazardous Waste
Frequent questions on land disposal restrictions such as Do the regulations allow dilution of an ignitable or characteristic waste to remove the characteristic? Does a decharacterized waste have to meet the land disposal restrictions?
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Fact Sheet About the Conditional Exemption from Hazardous Waste Regulation for Low-Level Mixed Waste
This fact sheet explains the final rule conditionally exempting low-level mixed waste from hazardous waste regulation.
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EPA Form 3540-16 Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments
Annual report form used to report pesticide production to EPA
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2008 Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Implementation Actions Fact Sheets
This page contains the fact sheets for the 2008 Lead (Pb) NAAQS. These actions deal with the finding of failure to submit various portions of the State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for the 2008 Lead NAAQS.
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Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Implementation - Training and Assistance for State and Local Air Agencies
Training for State and Tribal Officials implementing the Lead NAAQS.
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State Designations for 2008 Lead Standards
Tables displaying States and areas of non-attainment of 2008 Lead Standard.
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2012 Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Nonattainment Actions
These actions deal with the finding of failure to submit State Implementation Plans for the 2012 Particulate Matter NAAQS standards.