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EPA’s Response Letter to AGA Regarding MDPE and HDPE as a Non-Porous Surface
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) guidance on treatment of PCB containing wastes for land disposal under RCRA.
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EPA Updates Annual Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fee Materials for FY2025
EPA released its proposed registration decision for products containing the new active ingredient veratrine, an insecticide for direct application to walls and other man-made structures, such as transportation equipment for non-food commodities.
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Take Action at Home
What Can I Do to Protect Beaches?
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Next Steps for Request for Reconsideration, September 23, 2019
Next Steps for Request for Reconsideration, September 23, 2019 .
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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 7: Electric Utility Policies
Focuses on the authorites that state legislatures have granted to PUCs to regulate electricity and reliability, as these authorities directly affect utilities' and customers' investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and CHP.
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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 4.4: State Appliance Efficiency Standards
Provides recommendations on designing, implementing, and evaluating state appliance efficiency standards. Appliance standards save energy and generate net benefits for homes, businesses, and industry. State success stories are included for reference.
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Local Climate and Energy Program Model Design Guide: Enhancing Value and Creating Lasting Programs
Created for local climate and clean energy program implementers, learn how programs create and deliver value to target audiences and partners, how to raise revenue, and how they can operate cost effectively.
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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 7.3: Interconnection and Net Metering Standards
Provides recommendations for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective interconnection and net metering standards. State success stories are included for reference.
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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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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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Reference Table for the Question "What is Used Oil?"
Information on managing used oil
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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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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 7.1: Electricity Resource Planning and Procurement
Electricity resource planning includes power plants, electricity delivery, and end-use demand. Find more information on designing, implementing, and evaluating electricity resource planning policies. State success stories are included for reference.
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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 4.1: Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
Provides details about energy efficiency resource standards that states must meet, information about policies in each state, and designing and implementing effective EERS.
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All Energy Topics for State and Local Governments
Find key resources on energy topics for state and local governments.
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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 1: Introduction and Background
Introduces the Energy and Environment Guide to Action which documents best practices for designing and implementing state policies and the benefits of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and combined heat and power policies and programs.
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Energy and Environment Guide to Action - Chapter 6: Policy Considerations for Combined Heat and Power
CHP, also known as cogeneration, is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from a single fuel source. Read more about recommendations for designing, implementing, and evaluating combined heat and power.