Learn the Issues
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A Proposed Rule for Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
EPA is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 13 chemical substances which are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs).
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EPA RCRA ID: MED060996451
MED060996451, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, 168 COLLEGE AVENUE, Orono, ME
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EPA Sets Up Next Round of Small Business Advocacy Review Panels, Seeks Input on Toxic Substances Control Act Next Steps
EPA Sets Up Next Round of Small Business Advocacy Review Panels, Seeks Input on Toxic Substances Control Act Next Steps
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RSEI Data Dictionary: Submission Data
The submission table contains Form R information submitted to TRI.
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Technical Alert: Failures of Overfill Prevention at Substantial Harm Oil Facilities
EPA's Technical Alert: Failures of Overfill Prevention at High-Risk Oil Facilities summarizes operating standards for high-risk oil storage facilities.
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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 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 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 7: Targets
Learn about targets, the third factor category in the HRS pathway score equation. Targets are the people, resources, or sensitive environments that could be affected by the site.