Learn the Issues

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  • 为英语水平有限者提供援助

    Simplified Chinese translation of web page on "Assisting individuals with Limited English Proficiency

  • 談特朗普總統的冠狀病毒講話

    This page will hold information relating to the coronavirus pandemic in Traditional Chinese

  • Runs Better Unleaded Poster

    Post on preventing childhood lead poisoning.

  • Integrated Planning for Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater

    Approaches and resources for planning and integration of Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater

  • 2025 Southern California Wildfire Fact Sheets

    Fact sheets and a public presentation about EPA's work supporting the response and recovery.

  • Soak Up the Rain: Resource Index

    Information about using and maintaining green infrastructure, its benefits, calculators and models, climate change, funding stormwater management, and outreach tools.

  • About the Water Pollution Control (Section 106) Grant Program

    Under CWA Section 106, EPA is authorized to provide grants to states, eligible interstate agencies, and eligible tribes to establish and administer programs, including enforcement programs,for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution.

  • Tribal Grants under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act

    EPA provides technical assistance and funding under the Clean Water Act Section 106 program to assist tribes and intertribal consortia to understand, assess, and preserve water resources on their lands.

  • September—October 2019 Pacific Southwest Newsletter

    Protecting Children, Restoring SF Bay, Revitalizing a City, and More!

  • WIFIA Frequent Questions

    Frequent questions asked about the WIFIA program.

  • States May Have More Stringent Tier II Reporting Requirements

    Pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) section 312, facilities meeting the general applicability requirements of 40 CFR 370.10 must submit Tier II inventory information by March 1st. Can states have more stringent requirements than the federal requirements? If so, how can I find out about the…

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  • Determining EPCRA 311 / 312 Compliance After Modifying Solid Manufactured Item

    Under EPCRA section 311(e)(2), any substance present as a solid in any manufactured item to the extent exposure to the substance does not occur under normal conditions of use is exempt from the definition of hazardous chemical and therefore need not be reported under EPCRA sections 311 and 312. However…

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  • Release Notification for Lead from Ammunition

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 302.6 , any person in charge of an onshore facility shall, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any release of a hazardous substance from a facility in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity (RQ) in any 24-hour period, immediately notify…

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  • MSDS reporting for various blends of gasoline

    A service station stores both leaded and unleaded gasoline on-site. For the purpose of EPCRA 311 hazardous chemical inventory reporting, is the owner/operator of the facility required to submit separate material safety data sheets (MSDS) for each type of gasoline, or is a single MSDS sufficient? Section 311 of EPCRA…

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  • Reporting responsibility under EPCRA §302 for a facility with several unrelated companies?

    A public warehouse is used by several unrelated companies to store extremely hazardous substances (EHSs). For purposes of emergency planning notification, who is responsible, under EPCRA Section 302, for notifying the State Emergency Response Commission if a threshold planning quantity (TPQ) of an EHS is present at the warehouse? The…

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  • Reporting hydrofluoric acid as a mixture

    A facility has hydrofluoric acid which is a mixture of hydrogen fluoride and water. The MSDS specifies that the mixture is 50% hydrogen fluoride and 50% water. For purposes of reporting under Sections 311/312, should the facility report on the hydrofluoric acid mixture or the 50% hydrogen fluoride? Since the…

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  • EPCRA Section 312 applicability

    Who is required to submit a Section 312 Tier I Form? The requirements of Section 312 ( 40 CFR Part 370 ) apply to the owner or operator of any facility that is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the…

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  • Liability for damages that a release may cause

    Once a facility properly notifies the National Response Center (NRC) , is it exempted from any liability for damages that the release may cause? No. Proper and timely reporting of a release in accordance with Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) section 103 does not preclude liability for…

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  • Two threshold planning quantities (TPQs)

    Several substances on the list of extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) have two threshold planning quantities (TPQs) listed in 40 CFR Part 355 , Appendix A . When would a facility use the higher TPQ? EHSs that are in solid form are subject to one of two different TPQs. A facility…

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  • Storage location for batteries in forklifts when complying with Tier II reporting

    As part of Tier II Chemical Inventory Reporting, a facility must provide a brief description of the precise location of the hazardous chemical at the facility ( 40 CFR §370.42(i)(8)(i) ). A facility is reporting forklift batteries on their annual Tier II Inventory Form. How should the facility list the…

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