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Documents for Connecticut Statewide Phosphorus Advanced Restoration Plan for Freshwater River

View supporting TMDL documents for Connecticut Statewide Phosphorus Advanced Restoration Plan for Freshwater River.

Tax Incentive Programs for Superfund Redevelopment

Tax incentive programs offer either tax credits or tax depreciation in the interest of encouraging the redevelopment of Superfund sites.

Instructions for Reporting 2020 TSCA Chemical Data Reporting

The forms used to make CDR submissions.

NPDES Permits for Certain Point Source Discharges of Pollutants that Travel Through Groundwater to Surface Waters

EPA has issued an Interpretative Statement about NPDES applicability to pollutant releases from a point source to groundwater that subsequently migrate to jurisdictional surface waters.

Lehigh Cement Company LLC and Lehigh White Cement Company LLC Clean Air Act Settlement

This is the settlement page for Lehigh Cement Company LLC Clean Air Act Settlement

National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Increasing Compliance with Drinking Water Standards at Community Water Systems

This page describes EPA's enforcement activities on drinking water pollution at community water systems. This is one of EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives. Both enforcement cases, and a map of enforcement actions are provided.

National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Stopping Aftermarket Defeat Devices for Vehicles and Engines

This page describes EPA's enforcement activities on air pollution from mobile sources. This is one of EPA's National Compliance Initiatives. Both enforcement cases, and a map of enforcement actions are provided.

National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Reducing Significant Non-Compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits

This page describes EPA's enforcement activities on water pollution from raw sewage and contaminated stormwater. This is one of EPA's National Compliance Initiatives. Both enforcement cases, and a map of enforcement actions are provided.

Utilizing the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to Support Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) Compliance

These webinar slides provide an overview of the LCRI and cover how the DWSRF can be used to comply with the upcoming regulation at its compliance deadline of November 1st, 2027. (December 2024)

Financial Capability Assessment Framework for Municipal Clean Water Act Requirements

Provides greater clarify on the flexibilities built into the financial capability assessment guidance that local governments or authorities can use in assessing their financial capability.

Implementation of Integrated Planning and Green Infrastructure through Enforcement Tools

The purpose of this memorandum is to ensure consistent implementation of the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act which requires EPA to inform municipalities of the opportunity to develop an integrated plan and to promote the use of green infrastructure.

Public Outreach for Integrated Wastewater and Stormwater Planning

This report focuses on the essential element of public outreach in the integrated planning process. Includes case studies from Burlington, Vermont and Onondaga County, New York.

Process for Issuing Small MS4 Permits

This chart describes the process for developing and administering small MS4 general permits for permit writers using either the comprehensive (one-step) or two-step approach.

Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework

Provides guidance for EPA, states, and local governments to develop and implement effective integrated plans under the CWA. This framework was finalized after extensive public input including a series of workshops across the country.

Implementation of Integrated Planning in Accordance with the 2019 Water Infrastructure Improvement Act

This memorandum highlights new provisions in the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act (WIIA), signed into law on January 14, 2019, and how EPA will continue to support communities and states on integrated planning and green infrastructure.

Estimating Users of Water Resources: Springfield–Greene County Data Collection Plan

This data collection plan provides next steps for the Springfield and Green County project partners and ideas for other communities on how to collect water resource user data to help support an integrated planning process.

Combined Sewer Overflows - Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development

Provides an aid for assessing financial capability as part of negotiating schedules for CWA requirements for municipalities and local authorities.

Achieving Water Quality Through Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Plans

Memorandum from EPA headquarters to regional offices to work with states and communities to get the most effective and cost-effective approaches for meeting the Agency's shared objective of clean water that protects public health and the environment.

Prioritizing Wastewater and Stormwater Projects Using Stakeholder Input

This report describes how communities can use stakeholder input to select and rank criteria and apply those criteria to prioritize stormwater and wastewater projects.

Estimating the Value of Water: A Literature Review

This document describes the methodology and results of a literature review of relevant studies that examined how communities similar to Springfield estimated their water resource value.