Learn the Issues
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - October 14-15, 2020
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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EFAB Report: Municipal Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
Discusses the challenges and steps leading up to EE retrofits; describes financing mechanisms; references several reports that provide more in-depth analysis; and lists financial resources available to support municipalities’ efforts in energy efficiency
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - January 24-26, 2023
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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EFAB Report: Green Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance Finance
In this report, EFAB defines green infrastructure, outlines the benefits of green infrastructure, introduces green infrastructure operations and maintenance costs, and identifies and evaluates diverse ways to fund/finance green infrastructure O&M costs.
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EPA at WEFTEC 2019-EPA Resources
EPA is at WEFTEC in 2019.
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Public Meetings of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) and Workgroups (2016 and earlier)
EFAB Meeting Summaries - 2017 and earlier
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - October 15-16, 2024
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - November 12, 2024
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - January 8, 2025
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) Meeting Materials - September 19, 2024
Materials for EFAB meeting.
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EFAB February 2020 Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the public meeting held by EFAB February 11-13, 2020, which considered a report by the EFAB Stormwater Infrastructure Finance Task Force Workgroup, conducted a consultation with EPA on financing options for the Backhaul Alaska program, received.
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News from the Center for Environmental Finance - Volume 4, Issue 1 - February 2014
The Green Infrastructure Summit Brings Together Communities that are advancing green infrastructure programs and to engage in dialogue surrounding implementation opportunities and obstacles.
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PCB Disaster Waste Cleanup Guidance for Omaha (Elkhorn/Bennington) Tornadoes
This webpage explains the PCB disaster waste cleanup guidance for Omaha (Elkhorn/Bennington) Tornadoes.
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Who is responsible for preparing and submitting an RMP for a leased stationary source?
The "owner or operator" of a stationary source with covered processes is required to comply with the risk management program requirements in 40 CFR Part 68. If a stationary source owner leases the source to an operator, who is responsible for submitting the risk management plan (RMP)? Both the owner…
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Protecting Communities from Chemical Accidents: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (Video)
Training video to raise awareness of EPCRA to planners, responders, state and local government officials, and the public.
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Container capacity less than 55 gallons
Do facilities need to consider containers that are less than 55 gallons for applicability under 40 CFR Part 112? No. The third column of page 47066 of the July 17, 2002 Preamble states that "You need only count containers of 55 gallons or greater in the calculation of the regulatory…
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Can a containment wall be constructed out of concrete blocks?
Yes. SPCC regulations do not mandate design specifications, rather, they are performance based. Therefore, a containment wall may be of any construction type, material, or design, assuming it meets the performance standards and requirements of Part 112. Regional offices can help determine whether individual containment equipment meets the performance standards…
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PE certification and applying PE's seal
Except as provided in 40 CFR §112.6 for qualified facilities, a Professional Engineer (PE) must certify a facility’s SPCC Plan. In order to certify an SPCC plan, must a PE apply his seal to the plan, or is the PE’s signature on a certification statement sufficient for SPCC purposes? For…
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Does a product or substance have to create a sheen to be subject to SPCC?
The SPCC general applicability in 40 CFR §112.1(b) refers to a discharge of oil in quantities that may be harmful, as described in Part 110. Part 110 is often referred to as the sheen rule. Does a product or substance have to create a sheen to be subject to SPCC…
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Oil-filled equipment capacity
When counting against the 1,320 aboveground storage capacity threshold, would operational storage of oil (such as in a hydraulic press) be used? Oil which is contained in equipment is required to be factored into the storage capacity for the facility even though the oil may be only used for ancillary…