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Cleanup Laws, Regulations and Guidance

RCRA Corrective Action

RCRA is the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act - a state delegated program that includes solid and hazardous waste management and corrective action when hazardous waste accidents occur.

  • Summary of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • Regulatory Information: RCRA corrective action 
  • RCRA Online - RCRA policies and guidances

Superfund

Superfund is the program for cleaning up abandoned hazardous waste sites.

  • Summary of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
  • Regulatory information: Superfund
  • Policy, guidance and laws

Federal Facilities

The Federal Facilities program supports hazardous waste cleanups at federal facilities.

  • Enforcement and Compliance Resources - includes statutes and executive orders, policies and guidance for environmental enforcement at federal facilities

Brownfields

Brownfields grants include those that address assessments and cleanups on potentially usable property.

  • Summary of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act
  • Regulatory Information: Brownfields
  • Laws and Regulations - Brownfields and Land Revitalization

Underground Storage Tanks

The Underground Storage Tanks (UST) program oversees the state delegated program that addresses USTs and Leaking USTs.

  • Underground Storage Tanks Laws and Regulations
  • Regulatory Information: Underground Storage Tanks
  • UST Policy and Guidance

Emergencies

This program addresses all kinds of emergencies including oil spills on land and inland waters.

  • Regulatory Information: Emergency Management

Legacy Hardrock Mines

The Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains oversees the legacy hardrock mine cleanup program.

  • Legacy Hardrock Mine Cleanup Program
  • Good Samaritan Hardrock Mine Cleanups

Enforcement and Compliance

  • Cleanup Policy and Guidance, Models and Publications
  • Enforcement policy, guidance and publications
  • Waste, chemical and cleanup enforcement policy, guidance and publications

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  • Cleanups: What You Should Know
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Last updated on April 29, 2025
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