Learn the Issues
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Are all milk farms and milk producers exempt from the SPCC Rule?
The exemption is for all milk and milk product containers, piping and appurtenances, but does not exempt containers that store other oils, such as petroleum oil at dairies, milk producers and milk product manufacturing facilities. These facilities will not have to account for, or address the exempt milk and milk…
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Pipeline tanks and the transportation exemption in Title III
An oil corporation's pipeline facility contains three kinds of tanks. One type is a breakout tank used to receive and store hazardous liquids transported by a pipeline for reinjection and continued transportation by the corporation's pipeline. Another type is used to receive and store hazardous liquid for delivery to pipelines…
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National Estuary Program Fact Sheets
A listing of the fact sheets about the National Estuary Program
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EPA RCRA ID: OHD004281598
OHD004281598, SAK Steel Corp Zanesville Operations, Zanesville, OH
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EPA RCRA ID: OHD032271975
OHD032271975, Nucor Steel Marion, Inc., 912 Cheney Avenue Marion, Ohio
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Hazardous Waste Cleanup: Vernay Laboratories Inc. Facility - Yellow Springs, OH
RCRA Corrective Action Site, OHD004243002
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Nexeo Solutions LLC, (Formerly Ashland Chemical Company), Willow Springs, Illinois
RCRA Corrective Action Site, Nexeo Solutions LLC, (Formerly Ashland Chemical Company), Willow Springs, Illinois
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Rhode Island's 2022 303(d) List Report and Related Documents
View supporting documents for Rhode Island's 2022 section 303(d) list of impaired waters.
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Section 20: Radionuclides
There is no HRS score pathway for radionuclides, but there are special considerations that come into play within each of the four pathways when radioactive substances are present.
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Section 19: Soil Exposure - Nearby Population Threat
Learn about soil exposure and nearby population threat, which assesses the relative risk that nearby individuals (residents, students, and day care children) may travel to the site and come into contact with hazardous substances.
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Section 18: Soil Exposure - Resident Population Threat
The soil exposure pathway for evaluating HRS scores evaluates the potential threats to humans and terrestrial environments posed by direct, physical contact with hazardous waste or contaminated soil.
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Section 17: Air - Waste Characteristics & Targets
The air migration pathway for evaluating HRS scores evaluates the likelihood of release of hazardous substances into the atmosphere and how many people and sensitive environments could be exposed to hazardous substances carried in the air.
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Section 16: Air - Likelihood of Release
Learn about the air migration pathway for evaluating HRS scores and the likelihood of hazardous gas and particulate substance release.
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Section 15: Surface Water - Ground Water to Surface Water Component
Learn about surface water targets, which can be threatened by the release of contaminated ground water.
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Section 13: Surface Water - Human Food Chain Threat
Learn about how surface water releases can threaten the human food chain.
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Section 12: Surface Water - Drinking Water Threat
Learn about how surface water releases can threaten the safety of drinking water.
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Section 11: Surface Water - Likelihood of Release
Learn about the surface water pathway, the most complex pathway for evaluating Hazard Ranking System (HRS) scores.
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Section 10: Ground Water - Waste Characteristics & Targets
Learn about the waste characteristics factor category in the ground water pathway, which is made up of two components: the toxicity/mobility of the most hazardous substance associated with the site and the hazardous waste quantity at the site.
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Section 9: Ground Water - Likelihood of Release
Learn how EPA evaluates an identified aquifer's likelihood of release factor category for the purpose of scoring the ground water pathway.
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Section 8: Ground Water - Aquifers
Learn about issues surrounding aquifers, the basic unit of evaluation in the HRS ground water pathway.