Corrective Action Resources Specific to EPA's Region 3

EPA Region 3 provides Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action program guidance documents and other information resources in following areas:

• Corrective Action Implementation  
  • RCRA Checklists for Corrective Action Remediation Project Phases including RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI), Corrective Measures Study (CMS), Interim Measures (IM), Health and Safety Plan (H & S), and Corrective Measures Implementation (CMI).
  • RCRA Corrective Action Required Event Codes (National and Region 3)
• Institutional Controls
  • Mapping Institutional and Engineering Controls (IC/EC) Guidance document.
  • Model Environmental Covenant (EC) template developed by EPA and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for RCRA Corrective Action Sites.
• Risk Guidance and Screening
  • Risk Screening Approach guidance documents for Corrective Action facilities.
• Redevelopment and Reuse
  • Land Anticipated Use/Reuse Assessment and Land Ready for Use/Reuse forms.

• RCRA Corrective Action Facility Investigation Scope of Work (pdf) (266.11 KB)
  RCRA Corrective Action Facility Investigation
• RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Study Scope of Work (pdf) (172 KB)
  RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Study
• RCRA Corrective Action Interim Measures Scope of Work (pdf) (177.51 KB)
  RCRA Corrective Action Interim Measures
• RCRA Corrective Action Health and Safety Plan (pdf) (151.82 KB)
  RCRA Corrective Action Health and Safety Plan
• RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Implementation Scope of Work (pdf) (81.27 KB)
  RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Implementation
• EPA Region 3 Open Burn/ Open Detonation- Permitting Guidelines (pdf) (9.93 MB, February 2002)
  RCRA Permitting for Open Burn and Open Detonation
• EPA Region 3 Required RCRA Corrective Action Event Codes (National and Region3) (pdf) (426.78 KB)
  Region 3 RCRA Corrective Action Event Codes
• EPA Region 3 Mapping Institutional and Engineering Controls (pdf) (243.8 KB, 6/10/2020)
  RCRA Institutional and Engineering Controls Mapping
• EPA Region 3 Corrective Action Long Term Stewardship Approach (pdf) (111.92 KB, 1/9/2018)
  The Region Three approach to Long-Term Stewardship (LTS) relies on existing EPA guidance developed with the goal to assess the long term effectiveness of completed remedies: engineered controls (EC) and institutional controls (IC) at facilities.