State Oversight Resources and Guidance Documents
On this page:
- General
- Clean Air Act (CAA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
General
- Principles and Best Practices for Oversight of Federal Environmental Programs (pdf)
- Effective Partnerships Between the EPA and The States in Civil Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Work (pdf)
- Oversight of State and Local Penalty Assessments: Revisions to the Policy Framework for State/EPA Agreements - 1993 Memorandum from Steven A. Herman, Assistant Administrator for Office of Enforcement
- Revised Policy Framework for State/EPA Enforcement Agreements - 1986 Memorandum issued by James A. Barnes, Deputy Administrator
- EPA Policy on Oversight of Delegated Environmental Programs - 1984 Memorandum issued by William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator
Multimedia
Clean Air Act (CAA)
- CAA Section 112(r) Combined Enforcement Policy
- CAA Area Sources Policy
- CAA Stack Testing Guidance
- The Air Facility System Business Rules Compendium
Stationary Sources
- CAA Stationary Source Compliance Monitoring Strategy
- CAA Stationary Source – Air Facility System Data Requirements
- Guidance on Federally-Reportable Violations for Stationary Air Sources
- Clarification Regarding Federally-Reportable Violations for Stationary Air Sources
- Revised Timely and Appropriate (T and A) Enforcement Response to High Priority Violations (HPVs) Policy
Clean Water Act (CWA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program
- Memorandum of Agreements Between EPA and States Authorized to Implement the NPDES Program
- NPDES Permit Writer's Manual
- CWA NPDES – Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) and Permit Compliance System
- CWA NPDES ICIS Addendum Data Elements Attachment
- CWA NPDES Compliance Monitoring Strategy
- CWA NPDES Enforcement Management System (EMS)
- CWA Inspection Conclusion Form with Single Event Violation Table
- Majors Rating Sheet -- EPA Guidance for Evaluating and Designating CWA NPDES Facilities as Majors (PDF) (45pp, 3.1MB, About PDF)
Permit Compliance System (PCS)
Significant Noncompliance (SNC)
- September 21, 1995 Memo from Steve Herman Extending Significant Noncompliance definition for non-monthly average limits
- Clarification of NPDES EMS Guidance on Timely and Appropriate Response to SNC Violations
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- Fiscal Year 2022-2025 FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Guidance
- Fiscal Year 2018 - 2021 FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Guidance
- Fiscal Year 2015 - 2017 FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Guidance
- Fiscal Year 2011 thru 2013 Joint OPP/OECA FIFRA Cooperative Agreement Guidance
- Extension of the FY 2011-2013 Joint OPP/OECA Cooperative Agreement Guidance
- FIFRA State Primacy Enforcement Responsibilities: Final Interpretive Rule
- Procedures Governing the Rescission of State Primary Enforcement Responsibility for Pesticide Use Violations
- Worker Protection Standard Agricultural Inspection Guidance
- FIFRA Inspection Manual
- FIFRA Compliance Monitoring Strategy
- FIFRA Project Officers Manual
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Linking Enforcement Actions to Significant Non-Complier (SNY) Determinations
- Compliance Monitoring Strategy for the RCRA Subtitle C Program
- 2008 National Program Manager Guidance (RCRA begins on page 48)
- Guidance for RCRA Core Large Quantity Generator Pilot Projects
- RCRA Civil Enforcement Response Policy
- RCRAInfo Data Appendix for the 2003 Enforcement Response Policy
- Example Data Entry Flow Chart with Timing for Entering RCRAInfo inspections/violation/SNC/enforcement
- RCRA Civil Penalty Policy
- Revised Penalty Matrices for the RCRA Civil Penalty Policy