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OSHA Safety Programs (A-Z)
Safety Jokes
Ammonia Refrigeration
Analytical Methods, Sampling and
Asphalt Fumes
Autobody Repair and Refinishing
Blood Lead Laboratories, OSHA Approved
1,3-Butadiene
Chemical Sampling Information
Cincinnati Technical Center (CTC)
Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles
Competent Persons
Compressed Gas and Equipment
Construction: Asbestos
Construction: Asphalt Fumes
Construction: Concrete and Masonry
Construction: Confined Spaces
Construction: Crane, Derrick, and Hoist Safety
Construction: Demolition
Construction: Electrical
Construction: Fall Protection
Construction: Fire Safety
Construction: General
Construction: Hand and Power Tools
Construction: Heat Stress
Construction: Laser Hazards
Construction: Lead
Construction: Motor Vehicle Safety
Construction: Noise
Construction: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Construction: Power Transmission and Distribution
Construction: Scaffolding
Construction: Silica
Construction: Trenching and Excavation
Construction: Walking/Working Surfaces
Construction: Welding, Cutting and Brazing
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
Cotton Dust
Crane, Derrick, and Hoist Safety
Crystalline, Silica
Diesel Exhaust
Directorate of Technical Support (DTS)
Direct-Reading Instruments
Docket Office
ELF Radiation
Epidemiology, Occupational
Federal Safety and Health Council
Foodborne Disease
Forklifts, Powered Industrial Trucks
General Safety and Health References
Hazard Information Bulletins (HIBs)
Hazardous Drugs
Hazardous and Toxic Substances
Health Guidelines, NIOSH/OSHA/DOE
Heavy Metals, Toxic Metals
Highway Work Zones and Signs, Signals, and Barricades
Internet Sites, Other
Laser/Electrosurgery Plume
Laser Hazards
Lead, Approved Blood Laboratories
Lead Test Kit
Legionnaires' Disease
Lockout/Tagout, Control of Hazardous Energy
Meat Packing
Medical Access Order
Medical and First Aid
Medical Screening/Surveillance
Methylene Chloride
Molds and Fungi
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL)
Needlestick Prevention
Noise and Hearing Conservation
Occupational Epidemiology
Occupational Health Professionals
Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing
OSHA Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR)
OSHA Technical Manual (OTM)
Other Internet Sites
Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
Power Transmission and Distribution in Construction
Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts)
Process Safety Management (PSM)
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
Radiation, Ionizing
Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation
Reproductive Hazards
Respirator Change-out Schedules
Safety and Health References, Other Internet Sites
Salt Lake Technical Center (SLTC)
Sampling and Analysis
Sampling and Analytical Methods
Ship Building and Repair
Silica, Crystalline
Small Business Training
Spray Operations
Steel Erection
Surface Contamination
Synthetic Mineral Fibers
Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)
Teen Workers
Toxic Metals
Trenching & Excavation
Variances (VAR)
Video Display Terminals, Computer Workstations
Violence, Workplace
Walking/Working Surfaces
Waste Anesthetic Gases
Welding, Cutting & Brazing
Wood Products Industry
Labels: Toxic2U
Information of EHS Federal Agencies & Regulations
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
http://www.epa.gov
Synopsis: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implements the Federal laws designed to promote public health by protecting our Nation's air, water, and soil from harmful pollution. EPA endeavors to accomplish its mission systematically by proper integration of a variety of research, monitoring, standard-setting, and enforcement activities. As a complement to its other activities, EPA coordinates and supports research and anti-pollution activities of state and local governments, private and public groups, individuals, and educational institutions. EPA also monitors the operations of other federal agencies with respect to their impact on the environment.
EPA was created through Reorganization Plan #3 of 1970, which was devised to consolidate the Federal Government's environmental regulatory activities under the jurisdiction of a single agency. The Plan was sent by President Nixon to Congress on July 9, 1970, and the Agency began operation on December 2, 1970.
EPA was formed by bringing together 15 components from five executive departments and independent agencies. Air pollution control, solid waste management, radiation control, and the drinking water program were transferred from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services). The Federal Water Pollution Control Program was taken from the Department of the Interior, as was part of a pesticide research program. From the Department of Agriculture, EPA acquired authority to register pesticides and to regulate their use, and from the Food and Drug Administration it inherited the responsibility to set tolerance levels for pesticides in food. EPA was assigned some responsibility for setting environmental radiation protection standards from the Atomic Energy Commission, and absorbed the duties of the Federal Radiation Council.
The enactment of major new environmental laws and important amendments to older laws in the 1970s and 80s greatly expanded EPA's responsibilities. The following environmental laws establish EPA�s authority (http://www.epa.gov/history/org/origins/laws.htm):
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
PL 99-519, Title II of TSCA [Oct. 22, 1986].
Asbestos Information Act of 1988
42 USC 7401, 7412, 7414, 7416 (amends Clean Air Act) [Nov. 1, 1988]
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act (ASHAA)
PL 98-377, Title II of TSCA [May 24, 1982]
Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act
PL 106-40; 42 USC 7412(r)--amends Section 112(r) of Clean Air Act [Jan. 6, 1999]
Clean Air Act (CAA)
42 U.S.C. s/s 7401 et seq. [Dec. 31, 1970] and Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 [42 U.S.C. s/s 7401 et seq. (Nov. 15, 1990)]
33 U.S.C. s/s 121 et seq. [Dec. 28, 1977]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund)
42 U.S.C. s/s 9601 et seq. [Dec. 11, 1980]
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
42 U.S.C. 11011 et seq. (Title III of Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act of 1986--SARA) [Oct. 17, 1986]
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
7 U.S.C. 136; 16 U.S.C. 460 et seq. [Aug. 3, 1973]
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), Delaney Clause
21 U.S.C. 409. [1958]; Certain pesticide regulatory functions transferred from FDA and USDA to EPA through Reorganization Plan #3 of 1970. [July 9, 1970]; EPA announced new negligible risk approach to regulating pesticides in food. [Oct. 12, 1988]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
7 U.S.C. s/s 135 et seq. [Oct. 21, 1972]; Original FIFRA passed in 1947; Oct. 21, 1972 Amendment was also known as the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act; Significant new amendments related to pesticide re-registration requirements, storage and disposal of suspended/canceled pesticides, indemnity payments, and enforcement issues. [Oct. 25, 1988]
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
P.L. 104-170; 110 Stat. 1489 (amended FIFRA and FFDCA)
[Aug. 3, 1996]
5 U.S. Code s/s 552 [July 4, 1966]
Indoor Radon Abatement Act (IRAA)
PL 100-551, Title III of TSCA [Oct. 28, 1988]
Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988
PL 100-572 (amends Safe Drinking Water Act) [Nov. 1, 1988]
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
33 USC 1401 et seq; PL 92-532 [Oct. 23, 1972]
National Environmental Education Act (NEEA)
PL 101-619 [Nov. 16, 1990]
42 U.S.C. 4321-4347 [Jan. 1, 1970]
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
29 U.S.C. 61 et seq. [Dec. 17, 1970]
Ocean Dumping Ban Act (ODBA)
PL 100-688 (amendment to Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act) [Nov. 18, 1988]
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA)
33 U.S.C. 2702-2761 [Aug. 18, 1990]
Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)
42 U.S.C. 13101 and 13102, s/s et seq. (part of Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act of 1990, P.L. 101-508) [Nov. 5, 1990]
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
PL 102-550, Title IV of TSCA [Oct. 28, 1992]
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
42 U.S.C. S/s 321 et seq. [Oct. 21, 1976]
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
43 U.S.C. s/s 300f et. seq. [Dec. 16, 1974]
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. [Oct. 17, 1986]
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
15 U.S.C. s/s 2601 et seq. [Oct. 11, 1976]
The Agency now administers ten comprehensive environmental protection laws (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/laws.htm#disclaim):
The Clean Air Act (CAA)
The Clean Water Act (CWA)
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund)
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
The Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA)
The Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)
Among the environmental laws enacted by Congress through which EPA carries out its efforts are (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawintro.htm#carrying ):
History of Regulations
1938 - Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
1947 - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1948 - Federal Water Pollution Control Act (a.k.a. The Clean Water Act)
1955 - Clean Air Act
1965 - Shoreline Erosion Protection Act
1965 - Solid Waste Disposal Act
1970 - National Environmental Policy Act
1970 - Pollution Prevention Packaging Act
1970 - Resource Recovery Act
1971 - Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act
1972 - Coastal Zone Management Act
1972 - Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
1972 - Ocean Dumping Act
1973 - Endangered Species Act
1974 - Safe Drinking Water Act
1974 - Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act
1975 - Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
1976 - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
1976 - Toxic Substances Control Act
1977 - Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
1978 - Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
1980 - Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act
1980 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
1982 - Nuclear Waste Policy Act
1984 - Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act
1986 - Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act
1986 - Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
1988 - Indoor Radon Abatement Act
1988 - Lead Contamination Control Act
1988 - Medical Waste Tracking Act
1988 - Ocean Dumping Ban Act
1988 - Shore Protection Act
1990 - National Environmental Education Act
The EPA comprises the following agencies:
Office of Air and Radiation
Office of Water
Office of Solid Waste
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Office of Research and Development
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
The following is summary information for each of these agencies.
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
Synopsis: EPA�s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) deals with issues that affect the quality of our air and protection from exposure to harmful radiation. OAR develops national programs, technical policies, and regulations for controlling air pollution and radiation exposure. Areas of concern to OAR include: indoor and outdoor air quality, stationary and mobile sources of air pollution, radon, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, radiation protection, and pollution prevention.
http://www.epa.gov/oar/
Office of Water (OW)
Synopsis: EPA�s Office of Water is responsible for the EPA�s water quality activities including development of national programs, technical policies, and regulations relating to drinking water, water quality, ground water, pollution source standards, and the protection of wetlands, marine, and estuarine areas.
http://www.epa.gov/ow/
Office of Solid Waste (OSW)
Synopsis: EPA�s Office of Solid Waste provides policy, guidance, and direction for the land disposal of hazardous wastes, underground storage tanks, solid waste management, encouragement of innovative technologies, source reduction of wastes, and the Superfund Program.
http://www.epa.gov/osw/
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS)
Synopsis: EPA�s Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances develops national strategies for toxic substance control and promotes pollution prevention and the public�s right to know about chemical risks.
http://www.epa.gov/internet/oppts/
Office of Research and Development (ORD)
Synopsis: EPA�s Office of Research and Development (ORD) is the principal scientific and research arm of the EPA. ORD conducts research and fosters the use of science and technology in fulfilling EPA's mission. ORD is organized into three national laboratories and two national centers located in a dozen facilities around the country and in Washington, DC.
http://www.epa.gov/ord/
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
Synopsis: EPA�s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), working in partnership with EPA Regional Offices, State Governments, Tribal Governments and other Federal agencies, ensures compliance with the nation's environmental laws. Employing an integrated approach of compliance assistance, compliance incentives and innovative civil and criminal enforcement, OECA and its partners seek to maximize compliance and reduce threats to public health and the environment.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/
http://www.dot.gov
Synopsis: Established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, the Departments first official day of operation was April 1, 1967. The mission of the DOT is to:
Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future.
The DOT consists of the Office of the Secretary and eleven individual operating administrations. These include the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Maritime Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Research and Special Programs Administration, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, the Surface Transportation Board and the Transportation Administrative Services Center.
http://www.osha.gov/
Synopsis: In 1970, Congress established the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). As defined in its enabling legislation, P.L. 91-596, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, OSHA's mission is to "Assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions". This mandate involves the application of a set of tools by OSHA (e.g., standards development, enforcement, compliance assistance), which enable employers to maintain safe and healthful workplaces.
OSHA is headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. The Agency is organized functionally, with major programs grouped into Directorates headed by members of the Senior Executive Service. Programs are carried out by Regional Offices and subordinate Area and District Offices (or, in the case of the San Francisco Region, Service Centers). Major organizational elements are:
Advises and assists the Secretary of Labor on all matters related to the policies and programs that are to assure safe and healthful working conditions for the working men and women of the Nation, and provides executive direction to the occupational safety and health program.
Directorate of Health Standards Programs
Develops and promulgates workplace standards and regulations to ensure healthful working conditions for the Nation's workforce.
Directorate of Safety Standards Programs
Provides workplace standards and regulations to ensure safe working conditions for the Nation's workers.
Directorate of Compliance Programs
Provides a balanced program of compliance for OSHA; establishes and maintains a comprehensive occupational safety and health compliance guidance and assistance program; and establishes and maintains discrimination complaint investigation programs.
Directorate of Federal/State Operations
Provides for the development, evaluation, and performance analysis of State occupational safety and health programs; educates and trains employers and employees in the recognition, avoidance and prevention of unsafe and unhealthful working conditions; provides for a program of consultation and advice to employers and employees and their representative organizations as to effective means of preventing occupational injuries and illnesses; and develops, implements and evaluates voluntary programs in cooperation with industry, labor and their representatives.
Directorate of Technical Support
Serves as the principal source of Agency expertise with respect to scientific, engineering, and medical issues involved in the overall occupational safety and health field; and provides technical assistance and support to all other National Office and Regional Office organizations of the Agency.
Directorate of Construction
Serves as OSHA's principal source for standards, regulations, policy, programs, and assistance to OSHA Offices, other Federal agencies, the construction industry, and the general public with respect to construction safety and health.
Directorate of Policy
Reconciles the views of Congress, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Secretary of Labor, and the public as to the role of OSHA into a consistent and coherent Agency policy, taking into consideration the economic, technical, and political consequences of Agency actions, including the effects of Agency policies and actions with regard to small businesses.
Directorate of Information Technology
Provides a comprehensive, integrated management information, data collection and analysis, and networked communications program for the Occupational Safety and Health administration.
Directorate of Administrative Programs
Provides administrative management support to the OSHA in the areas of management data and statistics coordination, personnel management, program budgeting and planning, financial control, administrative management systems, and National Office administrative services.
Plan, direct, and administer comprehensive occupational safety and health programs throughout OSHA's regions.
Labels: Enviro, Toxic2U, Waterwars
EHS Checklists
EHS Required Checklists
Federal—Hazardous Waste Storage
Inspection Checklist for Hazardous Waste Container Storage Areas
Federal—Groundwater
RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Checklist
Federal—Universal Wastes
Universal Waste: Handler Training Checklist
Federal—Spill Prevention (SPCC Plan)
SPCC Planning Checklist
Federal—Stormwater
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Inspection Checklist
Federal—Oil Spills
Oil Spills Facility Response Plan Checklist
Federal—Recordkeeping
Federal—Toxic Substances Control Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
Federal—Training
Hazardous Waste/Chemical Worker Training
Federal—Hazardous Waste Generators
Generator Checklist
Federal—Title V
Title V Operating Permits
Federal—Containers
Container Accumulation Area Inspection Checklist - LQG
Federal—HAZWOPER
HAZWOPER: Emergency Response Training Checklist
Federal—Accumulation Time
Container Accumulation Area Inspection Checklist - SQG
Oil Spills: SPCC Training Checklist
Federal—Underground Storage Tanks
Basic Checklist for USTs
Federal—Contingency Plan
Integrated Contingency Plan (ICP) Matrix
Federal—Hazardous Waste - General
Hazardous Waste: Introductory Training Checklist
Federal—Hazard Communication
Hazard Communication: MSDS Training Checklist
Federal—Pollution Prevention
Pollution Prevention (P2) Checklist
Federal—Used Oil Management
Used Oil Management Responsibilities Checklist
Hazardous Waste: Container Training Checklist
Tank Inspection Checklist - SQG
OSHA's Hazardous Waste/Chemical Worker Training Checklist
Hazard Communication: Employee Training Checklist
Hazard Communication: Label Training Checklist
Oil Spills: Facility Response Plan Training Checklist
Federal—Personal Protective Equip.
PPE Audit Checklist
Federal—Ventilation
Ventilation Checklist
Federal—PCB Management
PCB Management Checklist
Tank Inspection Checklist - LQG
Federal—Risk Management
Checklist for Resubmitting Your RMP for Chemical Accident Prevention
Federal—Asbestos
Asbestos - Adequately Wet Checklist
Federal—TSDF
TSDF Inspections Requirement Checklist
Drip Pad Weekly Inspection Checklist
Federal—Wetlands
Wetlands Project Planning Checklist
Federal—Landfills and Land Treatment
Land Ban Notification Checklist
Federal—Security
Asset Based Vulnerability Checklist for Wastewater Utilities
Federal—Acid Rain
Monitoring Plan Review Checklist for NOx Budget Trading Plan
Certification Application Review Checklist for the NOx Budget Trading Program
Labels: Toxic2U, WI-EHS
EHS Federal Regulation Lists
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA);
42 U.S.C. 4321-4347
Synopsis: NEPA is the basic national charter for
protection of the environment. It establishes policy, sets goals, and provides
means for carrying out the policy.
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm
Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and
Fuels Regulatory Relief Act Public Law 106-40, Jan. 6, 1999; 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)
Synopsis: The purpose of this public law is to
amend Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act to remove flammable fuels from the
list of substances with respect to which reporting and other activities are
required under the risk management plan program, and for other purposes. Under
Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), by June 21, 1999, certain facilities
were required to have in place a risk management program and submit a summary of
that program - called a Risk Management Plan (RMP) - to the Environmental
Protection Agency. On Aug. 5, 1999, President Clinton signed legislation that
removes from coverage by the RMP program any flammable fuel when used as fuel or
held for sale as fuel by a retail facility. The legislation also limits access
to Off-Site Consequence Analysis (OCA) data that are reported in RMPs by covered
facilities. For one year beginning Aug. 5, 1999, OCA information will not be
available to the public except in certain ways. During that one-year period, the
federal government will conduct an assessment and issue regulations governing
future public access to OCA data.
http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/ap-99law.htm
Clean Air Act (CAA); 42 U.S.C. s/s 7401 et
seq. (1970)
Synopsis: The Clean Air Act is the comprehensive
Federal law that regulates air emissions from area, stationary, and mobile
sources. This law authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to
establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect public
health and the environment. The following criteria pollutants have been
identified: ozone, particulate matter (PM10), carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen
dioxide, and sulfur dioxide.
The goal of the Act was to set and achieve NAAQS
in every state by 1975. The setting of maximum pollutant standards was coupled
with directing the states to develop state implementation plans (SIPs)
applicable to appropriate industrial sources in the state.
The Act was amended in 1977 primarily to set new
goals (dates) for achieving attainment of NAAQS since many areas of the country
had failed to meet the deadlines. The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act in
large part were intended to meet unaddressed or insufficiently addressed
problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, stratospheric ozone depletion,
and air toxics.
State Implementation Plans.
The Act requires each state to develop a state
implementation plan (SIP) to attain the NAAQS by the applicable attainment
deadlines. SIPs must be approved by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) as containing sufficient measures to timely attain NAAQS and meet other
requirements described below. SIPs must contain air pollution measures in
adopted, "regulatory" form within one year after approval by EPA. Upon approval
by EPA, SIP requirements can be enforced against regulated sources by EPA and by
any citizen.
SIP Requirements.
Among the numerous other SIP requirements are: a
mandate that the region achieve a three percent annual reduction in emissions of
ozone precursors (VOC an NOx); a requirement that new sources over 10 tons per
year of VOC or NOx, and modifications to such sources, achieve lowest achievable
emission rate and offset their emission increases by equal reductions elsewhere
in the region; transportation control measures to reduce vehicle trips; and
measures to increase average vehicle occupancy of commuters to employers of over
100 employees.
Sanctions, Federal Implementation Plans, and
Conformity Findings.
If the state fails to submit an approvable SIP
according to schedules in the Act, EPA is required to impose one sanction within
18 months, and a second if the failure is not cured within another six months.
The sanctions are cutoffs of federal transportation funds (with certain
exceptions) and an increased offset ratio (2:1) that would make it more
difficult for stationary sources wishing to construct or modify to obtain
required permits. In addition, EPA is required to, within two years of
disapproving the SIP, promulgate a federal implementation plan (FIP) to fill the
gap in the deficient state plan. Finally, new conformity findings, which are
required for federal approval or funding of highway and other projects, cannot
be made 120 days after SIP disapproval.
Motor Vehicle Emission Controls.
1970 Act required EPA to adopt emission
limitations for motor vehicles. The 1990 Amendments require EPA to adopt
regulations to achieve further reductions in emissions from motor vehicles, as
well as from other mobile sources such as locomotives. States are preempted from
adopting emission limitations for motor vehicles and certain other mobile
sources. Exception: California can adopt motor vehicle standards, and standards
for some --but not all-- other mobile sources, and other states can adopt the
California standards.
Hazardous Air Pollutants.
In addition to criteria pollutants, the Act
regulates 189 "hazardous air pollutants" i.e. those which can cause cancer or
other severe localized health effects due to emissions from a single facility.
EPA is required to adopt regulations mandating that new and existing sources
emitting 10 tons per year or more of such pollutants employ maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) according to specified schedules. EPA is to consider
further reductions in the future to eliminate any remaining unacceptable
residual risk.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/caa.htm
Clean Water Act (CWA); 33 U.S.C. s/s 121 et
Synopsis: The Clean Water Act is a 1977 amendment
to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, which set the basic
structure for regulating discharges of pollutants to waters of the United
The law gave EPA the authority to set effluent
standards on an industry basis (technology-based) and continued the requirements
to set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. The CWA
makes it unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source
into navigable waters unless a permit (NPDES) is obtained under the Act.
The 1977 amendments focused on toxic pollutants.
In 1987, the CWA was reauthorized and again focused on toxic substances,
authorized citizen suit provisions, and funded sewage treatment plants (POTW's)
under the Construction Grants Program.
The CWA provides for the delegation by EPA of
many permitting, administrative, and enforcement aspects of the law to state
governments. In states with the authority to implement CWA programs, EPA still
retains oversight responsibilities.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/cwa.htm
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA); 42 U.S.C.
s/s 300f et seq. (1974)
Synopsis: The Safe Drinking Water Act was
established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. This law
focuses on all waters actually or potentially designed for drinking use, whether
from above ground or underground sources.
The Act authorized EPA to establish safe
standards of purity and required all owners or operators of public water systems
to comply with primary (health-related) standards. State governments, which
assume this power from EPA, also encourage attainment of secondary standards
(nuisance-related).
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/sdwa.htm
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund); 42 U.S.C. s/s 9601 et
seq. (1980) Synopsis: The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, was
enacted by Congress on December 11, 1980. This law created a tax on the chemical
and petroleum industries and provided broad Federal authority to respond
directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may
endanger public health or the environment. Over five years, $1.6 billion was
collected and the tax went to a trust fund for cleaning up abandoned or
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. CERCLA:
established prohibitions and requirements concerning closed and abandoned hazardous waste sites;
provided for liability of persons responsible for releases of hazardous waste at these sites; and
established a trust fund to provide for cleanup when no responsible party could be identified.
The law authorizes two kinds of response actions:
Short-term removals where actions may be taken to address releases or threatened releases requiring prompt response.
Long-term remedial response actions that permanently and significantly reduce the dangers associated with releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances that are serious, but not immediately life threatening. These actions can be conducted only at sites listed on EPA's National Priorities List (NPL).
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl.htm
CERCLA also enabled the revision of the National
Contingency Plan (NCP) (http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/ncpover.htm).
The NCP provided the guidelines and procedures needed to respond to releases and
threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants. The
NCP also established the National Priorities List (NPL) (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl.htm).
CERCLA was amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/whatissf/sara.htm
) on October 17, 1986.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/whatissf/cercla.htm
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act (SARA); 42 U.S.C.9601 et seq. (1986)
Synopsis: The Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA) amended the CERCLA on October 17, 1986. SARA
reflected EPA's experience in administering the complex Superfund program during
its first six years and made several important changes and additions to the
program. SARA:
stressed the importance of permanent remedies and innovative treatment technologies in cleaning up hazardous waste sites;
required Superfund actions to consider the standards and requirements found in other State and Federal environmental laws and regulations;
provided new enforcement authorities and settlement tools;
increased State involvement in every phase of the Superfund program;
increased the focus on human health problems posed by hazardous waste sites;
encouraged greater citizen participation in making decisions on how sites should be cleaned up; and
increased the size of the trust fund to $8.5 billion.
SARA also required EPA to revise the Hazard
Ranking System (HRS) (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/npl_hrs/hrsint.htm)
to ensure that it accurately assessed the relative degree of risk to human
health and the environment posed by uncontrolled hazardous waste sites that may
be placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl.htm).
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA);
42 U.S.C. s/s 321 et seq. (1976)
Synopsis: RCRA (pronounced "rick-rah") gave EPA
the authority to control hazardous waste from "cradle-to-grave." This includes
the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous
waste. RCRA also set forth a framework for the management of non-hazardous
wastes.
The 1986 amendments to RCRA enabled EPA to
address environmental problems that could result from underground tanks storing
petroleum and other hazardous substances. RCRA focuses only on active and future
facilities and does not address abandoned or historical sites (see CERCLA).
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/rcra.htm
Emergency Planning & Community
Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA); 42 U.S.C. 11011 et seq. (1986) Synopsis: Also
known as Title III of SARA, EPCRA was enacted by Congress as the national
legislation on community safety. This law was designated to help local
communities protect public health, safety, and the environment from chemical
hazards.
To implement EPCRA, Congress required each state
to appoint a State Emergency Response Commission (SERC). The SERCs were required
to divide their states into Emergency Planning Districts and to name a Local
Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) for each district.
Broad representation by fire fighters, health
officials, government and media representatives, community groups, industrial
facilities, and emergency managers ensures that all necessary elements of the
planning process are represented.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/epcra.htm
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ; 7 U.S.C.
136;16 U.S.C. 460 et seq. (1973)
Synopsis: The Endangered Species Act provides a
program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and
the habitats in which they are found. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
of the Department of the Interior maintains the list of 632 endangered species
(326 are plants) and 190 threatened species (78 are plants).
Species include birds, insects, fish, reptiles,
mammals, crustaceans, flowers, grasses, and trees. Anyone can petition FWS to
include a species on this list. The law prohibits any action, administrative or
real, that results in a "taking" of a listed species, or adversely affects
habitat. Likewise, import, export, interstate, and foreign commerce of listed
species are all prohibited.
EPA's decision to register a pesticide is based
in part on the risk of adverse effects on endangered species as well as
environmental fate (how a pesticide will affect habitat). Under FIFRA, EPA can
issue emergency suspensions of certain pesticides to cancel or restrict their
use if an endangered species will be adversely affected. Under a new program,
EPA, FWS, and USDA are distributing hundreds of county bulletins that include
habitat maps, pesticide use limitations, and other actions required to protect
listed species.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/esa.htm
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); 7 U.S.C. s/s 135 et seq. (1972) Synopsis: The
primary focus of FIFRA was to provide federal control of pesticide distribution,
sale, and use. EPA was given authority under FIFRA not only to study the
consequences of pesticide usage but also to require users (farmers, utility
companies, and others) to register when purchasing pesticides.
Through later amendments to the law, users also
must take exams for certification as applicators of pesticides. All pesticides
used in the U.S. must be registered (licensed) by EPA. Registration assures that
pesticides will be properly labeled and that if in accordance with
specifications, will not cause unreasonable harm to the environment.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/fifra.htm
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); 15
U.S.C. s/s 2601 et seq. (1976)
Synopsis: The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
of 1976 was enacted by Congress to give EPA the ability to track the 75,000
industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. EPA
repeatedly screens these chemicals and can require reporting or testing of those
that may pose an environmental or human-health hazard. EPA can ban the
manufacture and import of those chemicals that pose an unreasonable risk.
Also, EPA has mechanisms in place to track the
thousands of new chemicals that industry develops each year with either unknown
or dangerous characteristics. EPA then can control these chemicals as necessary
to protect human health and the environment. TSCA supplements other Federal
statutes, including the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Release Inventory under
EPCRA.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/tsca.htm
The Marine Protection, Research, and
Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA); 33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq. (1972)
Synopsis: The purpose of this Act was to prevent
"unregulated dumping of material into the oceans, coastal, and other waters"
that endanger "human health, welfare, and amenities, and the marine environment,
ecological systems and economic potentialities." Within this law, the
transportation and dumping of radioactive, chemical, or biological substances
were forbidden. However, this Act also included Title III, later called the
National Marine Sanctuaries Act, which charged the Secretary of the Department
of Commerce to identify, designate, and manage marine sites based on
conservational, ecological, recreational, historical, aesthetic, scientific or
educational value within significant national ocean and Great Lake waters.
Under the newly created agency, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary of the Department of
Commerce with the approval of Congress began examining nationally significant
marine areas for possible sanctuary designation. Two years after the Act was
passed, the nation's first marine sanctuary was created to preserve the wreckage
of the USS Monitor, a Civil War ironclad, resting in 240 feet of water off North
Carolina, 16 miles off the coast of North Carolina.
http://www.epa.gov/cludygxb/programs/nmsp.html
http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/natprogram/nphistory/nphistory.html#NMSact
The Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control
Act (UMTRCA); 42 U.S.C. 7901 (1978)
Synopsis: The UMTRCA is based on the finding that
uranium mill tailings located at active and inactive mill operations may pose a
potential and significant radiation health hazard to the public, and that the
protection of the public health, safety, and welfare and the regulation of
interstate commerce require that every reasonable effort be made to provide for
the stabilization, disposal, and control in a safe and environmentally sound
manner of such tailings in order to prevent or minimize radon diffusion into the
environment and to prevent or minimize other environmental hazards from such
tailings.
The UMTRA provides for the following:
In cooperation with the interested States, Indian tribes, and the persons who own or control inactive mill tailings sites, a program of assessment and remedial action at such sites, including, where appropriate, the reprocessing of tailings to extract residual uranium and other mineral values where practicable, in order to stabilize and control such tailings in a safe and environmentally sound manner and to minimize or eliminate radiation health hazards to the public.
A program to regulate mill tailings during uranium or thorium ore processing at active mill operations and after termination of such operations in order to stabilize and control such tailings in a safe and environmentally sound manner and to minimize or eliminate radiation health hazards to the public.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/7901.html
Pollution Prevention Act (PPA); 42 U.S.C.
13101 and 13102, s/s et seq. (1990) Synopsis: The Pollution Prevention
Act focused industry, government, and public attention on reducing the amount of
pollution through cost-effective changes in production, operation, and raw
materials use. Opportunities for source reduction are often not realized because
of existing regulations, and the industrial resources required for compliance,
focus on treatment and disposal. Source reduction is fundamentally different and
more desirable than waste management or pollution control.
Pollution prevention also includes other
practices that increase efficiency in the use of energy, water, or other natural
resources, and protect our resource base through conservation. Practices include
recycling, source reduction, and sustainable agriculture.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/ppa.htm
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA); 33 U.S.C.
Synopsis: The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990
streamlined and strengthened EPA s ability to prevent and respond to
catastrophic oil spills. A trust fund financed by a tax on oil is available to
clean up spills when the responsible party is incapable or unwilling to do so.
The OPA requires oil storage facilities and vessels to submit to the Federal
government plans detailing how they will respond to large discharges. EPA has
published regulations for aboveground storage facilities; the Coast Guard has
done so for oil tankers. The OPA also requires the development of Area
Contingency Plans to prepare and plan for oil spill response on a regional
scale.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/opa.htm
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA);
29 U.S.C. 651 et seq. (1970)
Synopsis: Congress passed the Occupational and
Safety Health Act to ensure worker and workplace safety. Its goal was to make
sure employers provide their workers a place of employment free from recognized
hazards to safety and health, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive
noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.
In order to establish standards for workplace
health and safety, the Act also created the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) as the research institution for the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA is a division of the U.S.
Department of Labor that oversees the administration of the Act and enforces
standards in all 50 states.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/osha.htm
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT
Does your facility meet the following
criteria? IF YES, then this regulation
applies. Summary
Is your facility a generator of hazardous
waste? EPA Identification Number 40 CFR
262.12 Within 90 days of becoming a RCRA
hazardous waste generator, obtain EPA identification number and notify EPA of
location and description of waste generating activities.
Does your facility generate more than
1,000 kg of hazardous waste per month and ship wastes off-site for disposal
Hazardous Waste Manifests 40 CFR 262.20 (a)-(d)
Each shipment must be accompanied by a manifest.
1,000 kg of hazardous waste per month and ship wastes off-site to a TSD
facility within the U.S.? Hazardous
Waste Biennial Reporting 40 CFR 262.41
Submit biennial hazardous waste generators report to EPA (or state) by March 1
of each even numbered year.
1,000 kg of hazardous waste per month and have you not received a signed
manifest from the TSD in 35 days, or was the manifest not properly executed?
Hazardous Waste Exception Reporting 40 CFR 262.42
Contact transporter and TSD to determine status of manifest and waste
shipment. If manifest is not received within 45 days, an exception report must
be filed to EPA (or state). Small quantity generators have 60 days to receive
a manifest before an exception report must be filed.
Does your facility generate any wastes
restricted from land disposal under 40 CFR 268 (Land Disposal Restrictions)?
Testing, Tracking and Recordkeeping Requirements for Generators, Treaters and
Disposal Facilities 40 CFR 268.7(a)
Generators managing a restricted waste that does or does not meet treatment
standards must submit a one-time written notice to each treatment or storage
facility receiving the waste. A new notification must be sent when there is a
change in the waste or facility. Submit a one-time notice to the receiving
facility if the waste is not prohibited from land disposal because of an
extension, exception or variance.
1,000 kg of hazardous wastes per month and do you store hazardous wastes for
up to 90 days? Accumulation Time 40 CFR
262.34 Maintain the following records at
the facility to store hazardous wastes on site for up to 90 days without
obtaining a permit: - written description of procedures to ensure that waste
remains in the unit for no more than 90 days, written description of the waste
generation and management practices for the facility showing that they are
consistent with the 90-day storage limit, and documentation that the
procedures are complied with, OR - documentation that the unit is emptied
every 90 days.
Do you treat, store or dispose hazardous
waste at your facility and has there been a release, fire, or explosion that
could threaten human health, or the environment outside the facility?
Emergency Procedures 40 CFR 265.56
Notify either the government official designated as the on-scene coordinator
for the geographic area or the National Response Center (800-424-8802). If
evacuation from the local area is advisable, notify appropriate local
authorities.
Are there hazardous waste storage tanks or
container storage areas at your facility?
Inspections 40 CFR 265.195(c) Document
inspections of hazardous waste tanks and container storage areas.
Has there been a release, greater than one
pound, of hazardous waste from a tank to the environment?
Notifications, Reports 40 CFR 265.196(d)
Report to the EPA Region Administrator within 24 hours of detection.
Does your facility have underground
storage tanks or do you plan to install any underground storage tanks that are
equipped with cathodic protection?
Operation and Maintenance of Corrosion Protection 40 CFR 280.31(d) Reporting
and Recordkeeping 40 CFR 280.34(b) Release Detection Recordkeeping 40 CFR
280.45 Maintain records of operation of
cathodic protection in accordance with 40 CFR 280.34. Records must provide: 1)
results of last 3 inspections (for impressed current) 2) results of testing
from the last 2 inspections (for all USTs) Maintain the following: 1) a
corrosion expert's analysis of site corrosion potential if corrosion
protection equipment is not used 2) documentation of operation of corrosion
protection equipment 3) documentation of UST system repairs 4) recent
compliance with release detection requirements The following release detection
records must be maintained: 1) all written performance claims pertaining to
any release detection system used 2) results of any sampling, testing or
monitoring must be maintained for 1 year. Tank tightness testing results must
be retained until the next test is conducted 3) written documentation of all
calibration, maintenance and repair of release detection equipment must be
maintained for at least 1 year after the servicing work is completed.
Has the facility completed permanent
closure or change-in-service of an UST?
UST Closure Records 40 CFR 280.74
Maintain records of the results of the site investigation for 3 years.
Does your facility own or operate a UST
containing petroleum? Financial
Responsibility Recordkeeping 40 CFR 280.111
Maintain evidence of all financial assurance mechanisms used to demonstrate
financial responsibility.
Has your facility brought a UST into
service? Initial Notification 40 CFR
280.22 Within 30 days, submit a
Notification for Underground Storage Tanks Form to the agency or department
designated in Appendix II to 40 CFR Part 280.
Do you suspect a release from a UST
system? Reporting of Suspected Releases
40 CFR 280.50 Report any suspected
release to the appropriate agency within 24 hours. Conditions which require
reporting include: 1) the discovery of regulated substances released at the
UST site or in the surrounding area. 2) unusual operating conditions (for
example, sudden loss of product). If the system equipment is found to be
defective and is immediately repaired or replaced, reporting is not required.
3) monitoring results which indicate that a release may have occurred.
Reporting is not required if the release detection monitoring device is found
to be defective and is immediately repaired or replaced, and if additional
monitoring does not confirm the initial result.
Was an underground storage tank overfilled
or did a spill occur? Reporting of
Spills and Overfills 40 CFR 280.53
Report to implementing agency (state or EPA) within 24 hours of: 1) spills and
overfills of petroleum resulting in a release in excess of 25 gallons, or that
cause a sheen on nearby surface waters 2) spills or overfills of a hazardous
substance that result in a release that equals or exceeds its reportable
quantity under CERCLA (these spills must be reported immediately) 3) spills or
overfills of less than 25 gallons of petroleum and less than the reportable
quantity for a hazardous substance must be contained and cleaned up within 24
hours. If cleanup can not be accomplished within 24 hours, the owner must
immediately notify the implementing agency.
Has a release from a UST been confirmed?
Initial Response Reporting 40 CFR 280.61
Report the release to the implementing agency within 24 hours of the release
or other time period specified by the agency. A report summarizing the initial
abatement steps taken and any resulting information or data must be submitted
to the implementing agency within 20 days of release confirmation or within
another time period specified by the agency. Within 45 days of release
confirmation, or other time period determined by the implementing agency,
submit initial site characterization information to the implementing agency.
Has a spill, overfill or release resulted
in free product? Free Product Removal
Reporting 40 CFR 280.64 Remove free
product to the greatest extent practical. Within 45 days after confirming a
release, or other time period specified by the implementing agency, submit a
report to the agency that includes information regarding removal of free
Has a release occurred from a UST?
Investigation for Soil and Groundwater Cleanup Reporting 40 CFR 280.65
Conduct soil and groundwater investigations in the area of the release, the
release site, and the surrounding area possibly affected by the site to
determine the extent of contamination. Submit information collected from the
investigation as soon as practical or in accordance with a schedule
established by the agency.
Has the agency required you to submit a
corrective action plan or has the agency established a corrective action plan?
Corrective Action Plan Reporting 40 CFR 280.66
Owners and operators may be required to submit a corrective action plan for
contaminated soil and groundwater. Typically, the schedule and format for the
plan will be established by the implementing agency, or owners/operators may
voluntarily submit the corrective action plan. Upon plan approval and
implementation, results must be reported in accordance with the
agency-specified schedule and format. Owners/operators may begin soil and
groundwater cleanup before approval of the corrective action plan after
notifying the agency of their intention and must comply with any conditions
imposed by the agency. All self-initiated measures must be included in the
corrective action plan submitted to the agency for approval.
Does your facility plan to permanently
close or perform a change-in-service of a UST?
Permanent Closure/Change-in-Service 40 CFR 280.70
Notify the implementing agency 30 days before beginning activities, unless
such action is in response to corrective action associated with any release
from the UST.
Do own or operate a petroleum UST at your
facility and have you confirmed a release, spill or overflow?
Financial Responsibility Reporting 40 CFR 280.110
Submit evidence of financial responsibility to the director of the
implementing agency within 30 days.
SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
Does your facility operate a public water
system (provide to the public piped water for human consumption, if it has at
least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25
individuals daily for at least 60 days out of each year)?
Reporting Requirements 40 CFR 141.313(a)
Within the first 10 days following the month in which analytical results are
received, or within the first 10 days after the end of the required monitoring
period stipulated by the state, whichever is shorter, report to the state the
results of any test measurement or analysis required, unless a state lab
performs the analysis and reports the results to the office that would
typically receive notification from the supplier.
system and are you aware of failure to comply with any national primary
drinking water regulation (including failure to comply with monitoring
requirements)? Reporting Requirements 40
CFR 141.31(b) Report within 48 hours to
the state.
system and have you distributed, published, posted, and/or made available a
public notification? Reporting
Requirements 40 CFR 141.31(c) Within 10
days of completion of the public notification to the persons served by the
system and/or the media, submit a representative copy to the state.
system? Public Notification 40 CFR
141.32 Give notice to the persons served
in the following cases (type of notification and applicable timeframes are
indicated by SDWA): 1) any failure to comply with a maximum contaminant level
(MCL) treatment technique, or testing procedure required by a national primary
drinking water regulation 2) any failure to comply with any monitoring
required pursuant to section 1445 of the SDWA 3) existence of a variation or
exemption 4) any failure to comply with the requirements of any schedule
prescribed pursuant to a variance or exemption
Are you an owner or operator of a public
water system? Record Maintenance 40 CFR
141.33 Retain the following records on
the premises or at a nearby convenient location: 1) records of bacteriological
analyses conducted pursuant to SDWA for at least 5 years 2) records of
chemical analyses conducted pursuant to SDWA for at least 10 years 3) records
of action taken to correct violations of primary drinking water regulations
for at least 3 years after the last action taken 4) copies of written reports,
summaries, or communications relating to sanitary surveys of the system for at
least 10 years after completing the survey 5) records concerning a variance or
exemption granted to the system for at least 5 years following the expiration
of the variance or exemption
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT
Do you have knowledge of a release of a
hazardous substance into the environment in a quantity equal to or exceeding
its reportable quantity? Hazardous substances and their reportable quantities
are listed in 40 CFR 302.4 Notification
Requirements 40 CFR 302.6 Upon having
knowledge of a release of a hazardous substance into the environment equal to
or exceeding its reportable quantity, immediately notify the National Response
Center at (800) 424-8802. Additional reporting and notifications are required
for continuous releases under CERCLA (40 CFR 302.8) A written notification
must be made to the appropriate EPA Regional Office within 30 days of the
initial telephone notification.
Are you an owner/operator of a facility
where hazardous substances were stored, treated, or disposed of and the
facility has not been issued a permit or interim status under RCRA
CERCLA Section 103(a) You should have
notified EPA by June 9, 1981 of the existence of the facility as well as the
amount and type of any hazardous substance found, and any known, suspected, or
likely releases of such substances.
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
Are there extremely hazardous substances
at your facility in amounts equal to or greater than their threshold planning
quantities (TPQ)? A list of EHSs and their TPQs is located in Appendix A and B
of 40 CFR 355. Emergency Planning
Notification 40 CFR 355.30 Within 60
days, notify the state emergency response commission (SERC) that an extremely
hazardous substance (EHS) in excess of the TPQ is at the facility. Notify the
local emergency planning committee (LEPC) of your facility's representative
who will participate as the emergency coordinator in the emergency planning
process. Promptly notify the LEPC of any relevant changes at the facility as
they occur or are expected to occur. Provide information the LEPC requests for
developing and implementing the emergency plan.
Has there been a release of a listed
hazardous substance in excess of the reportable quantity that results in
exposure to persons off site? Emergency
Release Notification 40 CFR 355.40
Immediately notify the SERC and LEPC. Also notify the LEPC of any area and the
SERC of any state likely to be affected by the release. Substances subject to
the notification include: 1) CERCLA hazardous substances 2) a release of a
reportable quantity of an EHS Reportable quantities are listed in Appendix A
and B of 40 CFR 355. As soon as possible after the immediate notification, you
must also provide to the SERC and LEPC a written follow-up emergency notice.
Is there a continuous release of a listed
hazardous substance at your facility?
Continuous Release 40 CFR 302.8 The
following notifications must be given: 1) initial telephone notification to
the National Response Center 2) Initial written notification to the EPA
regional office within 30 days of initial telephone notification 3) follow-up
notification within 30 days of the first anniversary date of the initial
written notification. Submit annual re-evaluation within 30 days of the
anniversary date of the initial written notification, and document (notify
appropriate EPA Regional Office only if changes in any information previously
submitted). 4) notification of a change in the composition of source(s) of the
release or in the other information submitted in the initial written
notification of the release within 30 days 5) initial telephone notification
of "new" release if there is change in composition or source of release,
immediately as there is sufficient basis to assert the "new" release is
continuous and stable in quantity and rate 6) immediate telephone notification
of statistically significant increase in release to NRC, and appropriate SERCs
and LEPCs (written follow-up emergency notification under EPCRA also required)
Are any OSHA hazardous chemicals present
at your facility? Community RTK--MSDS
Reporting 40 CFR 370.21 Facilities
required to have MSDSs under the OSHA hazard communication standard (HCS) are
also required to submit this information. The thresholds for reporting
hazardous chemicals are: - hazardous chemicals (poses a physical or health
hazard) in amounts greater than 10,000 lbs. - extremely hazardous substances (EHS)
present in amounts greater than or equal to 500 lbs or the TPQ, whichever is
lower. Within 3 months, submit copies of the MSDSs or a list of hazardous
chemicals to the SERC, LEPC and the local fire department. If MSDSs are
submitted, a new MSDS must be submitted to the LEPC within 3 months after the
information is available.
Is your facility required to prepare/have
an MSDS under OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.1200?
Community RTK--Inventory Reporting 40 CFR 370.25
Prepare and submit to the SERC, LEPC and local fire department (LFD), an
emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form (Tier I or Tier II). The
hazardous chemicals that must be listed and the threshold levels are the same
as those for which an MSDS is required. Tier I must be submitted annually by
March 1. If requested by the SERC, LEPC or LFD, submit a Tier II, which
includes more detailed information. You may submit a Tier II instead of a Tier
I. SERCs, LEPCs and LFDs usually prefer the Tier II.
Does your facility have 10 or more
full-time employees and use more than 10,000 lbs of any of the 300 listed
toxic chemicals (e.g., creosote, pentachlorophenol, CCA)? Chemicals are listed
in 40 CFR 372.65(a). Toxic Release
Inventory 40 CFR 372.10; 372.22 Submit
annual report to the EPA and state on amounts of more than 300 listed toxic
chemicals released into the environment routinely or as a result of an
accident. These reports (known as the Form R) are due by July 1 of each year.
This regulation applies to facilities that are in SIC Codes 20-39 and
manufacture, process or use a toxic chemical in excess of its threshold
reporting quantity during the calendar year.
Is your facility in SIC codes 20 - 39 and
manufacture, import or process a listed toxic chemical which is sold or
distributed in a mixture or trade name product containing the listed chemical
to either a facility that must report under Section 313 or a facility that in
turn sells the same mixture or trade name product to a firm in SIC codes 20 -
39? Notification about Toxic Chemicals
40 CFR 372.45 Supplier notification must
be provided annually in writing and with the first shipment of each calendar
year. Whenever suppliers' products contain newly listed toxic chemicals,
suppliers must notify customers with the first shipment made during the next
calendar year following EPA's final decision to add the chemical to the list.
Suppliers must send a new notice to customers within 30 days when they
discover that their previous notification did not properly identify the listed
toxic chemical(s) in the mixture or correctly indicate their percentage by
weight. Suppliers must send a revised notice to their customers when they
change a mixture or trade name product by adding, removing or changing the
percentage by weight of a listed chemical. The notice must be sent with the
first shipment of changed mixture or trade name product.
Has there been a discharge of oil from
your facility? Discharge of Oil
Notification 40 CFR 110.6 Immediately
notify the National Response Center at (800) 424-8802 (in Washington, D.C.
metro area, call 202-426-2675). If direct reporting to the NRC is not
possible, reports may be made to the Coast Guard or EPA on-scene coordinator
for the geographic area where the discharge occurs.
Is the facility located onshore/offshore
and has it discharged, or could it reasonably be expected to discharge oil in
harmful quantities into navigable waters of the U.S. or adjoining shorelines?
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan 40 CFR 112.3; 112.7
An onshore or offshore facility must prepare a Spill Prevention Control &
Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan if it: (1) was in operation on or before August 16,
2002, must maintain its Plan, but must amend it, if necessary to ensure
compliance, by February 17, 2006, and must implement the amended Plan as soon
as possible, but not later than August 18, 2006; (2) becomes operational after
August 16, 2002, through August 18, 2006, and could reasonably be expected to
have a discharge, must prepare and implement a Plan by August 18, 2006; and
(3) becomes operational after August 18, 2006, and could reasonably be
expected to have a discharge, must prepare and implement a Plan before it
begins operations. An onshore or offshore mobile facility must amend its Plan,
if necessary, and implement such amendments by August 18, 2006. This
requirement does not apply to facilities that have an underground buried
storage capacity of less than 42,000 gallons of oil, and that have an
aboveground storage capacity of less than 1320 gallons of oil (provided that
no single aboveground container is in excess of 55 gallons). The SPCC Plan
must be reviewed at least every 5 years and must be amended as a result of
specified facility changes.
Has there been a discharge of greater than
1,000 gallons of oil into navigable waters or shorelines, or has a discharge
in harmful quantities occurred in 2 spill events within any 12 month period?
Amendment of SPCC Plans by Regional Administrator 40 CFR 112.4(a)
Submit to the EPA Regional Administrator and state agency in charge of water
pollution control within 60 days information regarding the spill required by
40 CFR 112.4(a).
Does your facility have an SPCC Plan and
has there been a discharge of greater than 1,000 gallons of oil into navigable
waters or shorelines, or has a discharge in harmful quantities occurred in 2
spill events within any 12 month period? OR Have there been changes in
facility design, construction, operation, and/or maintenance that affect the
facility's probability to discharge oil.
SPCC Plan 40 CFR 112.4; 112.5(a) Amend
the SPCC Plan within six months, and implement as soon as possible, but not
later than six months following preparation of the amendment.
Is your facility a
non-transportation-related onshore facility that, because of its location,
could reasonably be expected to cause "substantial harm" to the environment by
discharging oil into or on navigable waters or adjoining shorelines?
Facility Response Plans 40 CFR 112.20
The facility can be expected to cause "substantial harm" if: 1) the facility
transfers oil over water to or from vessels and has a total oil storage
capacity greater than or equal to 42,000 gallons; or, 2) the facility's total
oil storage capacity is greater than or equal to 1,000,000 gallons. Prepare a
Facility Response Plan consistent with the requirements of the National Oil
Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan (40 CFR 300) and applicable
area contingency plans prepared under Section 311(j)(4) of the Clean Water
Act. Plans should be reviewed annually.
non-transportation-related onshore facility that is not expected to cause
substantial harm to the environment?
Certification for Facilities that Do Not Pose Substantial Harm 40 CFR 112
Appendix C Complete and maintain the
"Substantial Harm Criteria" form in the SPCC Plan. The form is located in
Attachment C-II of 40 CFR 112, Appendix C.
Has there been a discharge of a designated
hazardous substance in excess of its reportable quantity from your facility
into navigable waters of the U.S.? A list of designated substances and their
reportable quantities is located in 40 CFR 117.3.
Notice of Discharge of a Reportable Quantity 40 CFR 117.21
Immediately notify the appropriate agency of the U.S. Government of the
discharge in accordance with the procedures in 33 CFR 153.203.
Does your facility plan to discharge
industrial wastewater into U.S. waters?
Time to Apply 40 CFR 122.21(c) Submit a
NPDES permit application to the EPA (or state) at least 180 days before the
date on which the discharge is to commence, unless permission for a later date
has been granted by the Director. Permit applications must be submitted 90
days before construction activities including clearing, grading and excavation
resulting in disturbance of more than 5 acres. Submit permit renewal
applications at least 180 days before the permit's expiration date.
Does your facility discharge, or plan to
discharge stormwater associated with industrial activity?
Application Requirements for Stormwater Associated with Industrial Activity 40
CFR 122.26(c) Apply for one of the
following types of NPDES stormwater permits: individual permit; permit through
group application; general permit.
Does your facility directly discharge
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 40 CFR 122.41(l)(4)
Report monitoring information on Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) at
intervals specified In the NPDES permit.
Are you aware of any noncompliance with
your facility's NPDES permit that may endanger health or the environment
Twenty-Four Hour Reporting 40 CFR 122.41(l)(6)(i)
Report to the EPA (or state) noncompliance information within 24 hours of
becoming aware of the circumstances. A written submission must be provided
within 5 days.
Does your facility have an NPDES permit
and are you aware of an upset which exceeds any effluent limitation in the
permit? Twenty-Four Hour Reporting 40
CFR 122.41(l)(6)(ii)(B) Report to the
EPA (or state) within 24 hours of becoming aware of the upset. A written
submission must be provided within 5 days.
Does your facility have a NPDES permit and
are you aware of a violation of a maximum daily discharge limitation for any
of the pollutants listed by the Director in the permit to be reported within
24 hours? Twenty-Four Hour Reporting 40
CFR 122.41(l)(6)(ii)(C) Report to the
EPA (or state) within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. A written
Did your facility have an unanticipated
bypass (diversion of waste streams from a part of treatment)?
Bypass 40 CFR 122.41(m)(3)(I) Report to
the EPA (or state) an unanticipated bypass within 24 hours of becoming aware
of the bypass. A written submission must be provided within 5 days.
and are you aware of an "anticipated bypass"
Bypass 40 CFR 122.41(m)(3) Submit to the
EPA (or state) prior notice, if possible, at least 10 days before the date of
the bypass.
and have there been any "other" instances of noncompliance not reported in a
DMR or 24 hour report? Other
Noncompliance 40 CFR 122.41(l)(7) Report
noncompliance at the time monitoring reports are submitted in a noncompliance
report, and include the information required by 24 hour notice reporting [40
CFR 122.41(l)(6)(i)]
Have you become aware that your facility
failed to submit any relevant facts in a NPDES permit application or submitted
incorrect information in a permit application or in any report?
Other Information 40 CFR 122.41(l)(8)
Promptly submit facts or information to the EPA (or state).
Are there any planned physical changes to
your NPDES-permitted facility? Planned
Changes 40 CFR 122.41(l)(1) Notify EPA
(or state) as soon as possible of any planned physical changes which may
change the nature or quantity of pollutants discharged or results in a change
in sludge use or disposal practices, or results in a new source.
Do you anticipate noncompliance with your
facility's NPDES permit? Anticipated
Noncompliance 40 CFR 122.41(l)(2) Give
advance notice to the EPA (or state) of any planned changes in the facility or
activity that may result in noncompliance with permit requirements.
Are you a manufacturing, commercial,
mining or silvicultural discharger?
Existing Manufacturing, Commercial, Mining, and Silvicultural Dischargers 40
CFR 122.42(a) Notify EPA (or state) as
soon as you "know or have reason to believe" that any activity has occurred or
will occur that will result in a discharge of any toxic pollutant, not limited
in the NPDES permit, above specified notification levels
for discharge of stormwater associated with industrial activity?
Stormwater Discharges 40 CFR 122.44(I)(4)(ii)
Maintain record of required annual inspection and certification that the
facility is in compliance with the plan and permit, and of any incidents of
noncompliance. Facilities covered under general permits must have developed
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans.
Has your facility's production level
increased and do you have alternate production-based limits in your NPDES
permit? Production-based Limitations 40
CFR 122.45(b)(2)(ii)(B) Notify the
Director (or state) at least 2 business days prior to a month in which the
facility will operate at a level higher than the lowest production level
identified in the permit.
Is your facility covered by a NPDES permit
and does your facility use, manufacture, store, handle, or discharge any
listed toxic or hazardous pollutant under the Clean Water Act?
Best Management Practices for Pollutant Dischargers 40 CFR 125.104
Your facility is subject to best management practices (BMP) program
requirements for all activities that may result in significant amounts of
those pollutants reaching U.S. water. Listed toxic pollutants are in Section
307 and listed hazardous substances and reportable quantities are located in
Section 311. Develop a written BMP program for the facility.
Does your facility discharge industrial
wastewaters or stormwater to a sanitary sewer and route to a Publicly Owned
Treatment Works (POTW)? Pretreatment
Standards 40 CFR 403 Obtain permit if
necessary from POTW and comply with national pretreatment standards. Notify
POTW of all discharges that could "cause problems to the POTW", including slug
loadings [40 CFR 403.12(f)].
wastewater or stormwater to a POTW and is your facility subject to New
Categorical Pretreatment Standards?
Reporting Requirements for POTWs and Industrial Users 40 CFR 403.12(b)(6)
Within 180 days of a new Categorical Pretreatment Standard or an EPA
determination of the applicability of a category to an indirect discharger or
90 days prior to commencement of discharge by a new source, dischargers must
submit a Baseline Monitoring Report (BMR) to the Control Authority (or POTW).
Is your facility an industrial user
subject to a Categorical Pretreatment Standard?
Reporting Requirements for POTWs and Industrial Users 40 CFR 403.12(e)
Submit periodic sampling and analysis reports to the Control Authority on
continued compliance in June and December of each year, unless Pretreatment
Standards or the Control Authority requires more frequent submissions
Are you a New Source that has commenced
discharge to a POTW or has the EPA established a new Categorical Pretreatment
Standard? Reporting Requirements for
POTWs and Industrial Users 40 CFR 403.12(d)
Within 90 days of the final compliance date for Categorical Pretreatment
Standards or, for New Sources, 90 days following commencement of discharge of
wastewater to the POTW, submit to the Control Authority (or POTW) a 90-day
compliance report containing current monitoring results of the monitoring
information submitted in the Baseline Monitoring Report (BMR).
Is your facility an industrial user of a
POTW and will there be a "substantial change" in the volume or character of
pollutants in the discharge? 53 Fed Reg.
40600 (1988) and 40 CFR 403.12(j)
Promptly notify the POTW in advance of the "substantial change". Only changes
expected to occur "on a regular or routine basis over an extended period of
time (3 months or more)" need to be reported.
Does your facility discharge any amount of
RCRA "acute" hazardous waste or more than 15 kilograms of any RCRA hazardous
waste per calendar month to a POTW POTW
Pretreatment Standards 40 CFR 403.12(p) 53 Fed Reg 40600 (1988)
Report in writing to the POTW, EPA and applicable state hazardous waste
authorities within 180 days of the initial discharge the following: 1) name of
hazardous waste discharged 2) type of discharge, i.e., continuous or batch 3)
EPA hazardous waste ID number Additional information is required to be
reported by dischargers of over 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per month. In
the case of new regulations identifying additional characteristics of
hazardous waste or listing any additional substance as a hazardous waste,
provide similar notification within 90 days.
Does your facility discharge to a POTW and
are you aware of violating a Categorical Pretreatment Standard (through upset
or bypass)? Pretreatment Standards 40
CFR 403.12(g)(2) and .16(c)(3) Report to
the POTW within 24 hours of becoming aware of the violation. The initial
notification may be oral and must be followed up with a written notification
within 5 days. Repeat the sampling and analysis and submit the results of the
repeat analysis to the Control Authority (or POTW) within 30 days after
becoming aware of the violation.
do you anticipate that a bypass will occur?
Bypass 40 CFR 403.17(c)(1) Submit a
notice to the Control Authority (or POTW) of an anticipated bypass at least 10
days prior, if possible.
are you aware of an "unanticipated bypass"?
Bypass 40 CFR 403.17(c)(2) Within 24
hours of becoming aware of an unanticipated bypass that exceeds applicable
pretreatment standards, orally report to the Control Authority, and follow-up
with a written submission within 5 days.
Does your facility discharge to a POTW but
is not covered by Categorical Pretreatment Standards
Discharge Reports 40 CFR 403.12(h)
Noncategorical dischargers must submit to the Control Authority (or POTW) a
discharge report every six months in a form and on dates specified by the
control authority. The reports must include a description of the nature,
concentrations, and flow of the pollutants required to be reported and be
based on sampling and analysis performed during the reporting period.
Are there regulated substances above
specified threshold quantities for the Accidental Release Prevention Program
under the Clean Air Act? The list of regulated chemicals was published in the
Federal Register on January 31, 1994.
Chemical Accidental Release Prevention 40 CFR 68.30
Develop a Chemical Accidental Release Prevention Program for your facility by
June 21, 1999 or within 3 years after the material is listed.
Are you required to have Continuous
Emission Monitoring Systems? New Source
Performance Standards 40 CFR 60.7
Maintain operating records, and records of startup, shutdown, and any
malfunctioning of the facility's air pollution control equipment. Provide
written notification: 1) within 30 days of date construction or reconstruction
is commenced 2) within 60 days of the anticipated initial start date 3) within
15 days of the actual startup date 4) of any physical or operation change to
an existing facility that may increase the emission rate of a regulated
pollutant within 60 days, or as soon as possible, before the change is
commenced 5) within 30 days prior to a continuous emission monitoring
performance demonstration 6) 30 days prior to the anticipated date of opacity
observations Submit a report of excess emissions, as defined in applicable
portions of the regulations, by the 30th day of the end of each calendar
quarter.
Does your facility fit under an industry
category required to meet maximum achievable control technology (MACT)?
Hazardous Air Pollutants 40 CFR 63 Meet
specific required reporting, monitoring and recordkeeping requirements.
FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT
Do your operations include pesticide
application using restricted use pesticides?
Pesticide Applicator Certification 40 CFR 171.4; 171.11
Obtain applicator certification or conduct pesticide applications by a person
supervised by a certified applicator. A list of restricted use pesticides is
included in 29 CFR 152.175. Recertification must be completed every 3 years.
Firms employing certified commercial applicators must maintain at their
principal place of business accurate records of the use of restricted use
pesticides.
Are you a manufacturer or importer of a
"new chemical substance" Premanufacture
Notification - Notice Form 40 CFR 720.40 and Commencement of Manufacture or
Import 40 CFR 720.102 Submit a
premanufacture notice (PMN) to EPA at least 90 days prior to manufacture or
importation. Certain substances (e.g., pesticides, food) and activities (e.g.,
research and development, test market, low volume) are exempted from PMNs. If
you become aware of new information during the review period related to the
PMN, that information must be submitted within 10 days of receiving the new
information and at least 5 days before the end of the 90-day review period. If
the new information becomes available during the last 5 days, immediately
notify EPA by telephone. Within 30 days of manufacture or importation, submit
notice of commencement of manufacture or import (NOC) to EPA.
chemical substance (listed in 40 CFR 721, Subpart E) for which a "significant
new use" is planned? Significant New
Uses of Chemical Substances - Notice Requirements and Procedures 40 CFR
721.25(a) Submit significant new use
notice (EPA Form 7710-25) to EPA at least 90 days prior to manufacture or
process of the chemical substance.
Are there PCB transformers at your
facility, including those in storage for reuse?
PCBs Manufacturing, Processing, Distribution in Commerce, and Use Prohibitions
40 CFR 761.30(a)(1)(vi)(A) Register all
PCB transformers with the EPA, National Programs Division by December 28,
1998, or within 30 days of discovering a PCB transformer.
Are there PCB transformers in a commercial
building or within 30 meters of a commercial building?
40 CFR 761.30(a)(1)(vii) You should have
registered all PCB transformers with the building owner by December 1, 1985.
Has a PCB transformer been involved in a
fire-related incident? PCBs
Manufacturing, Processing, Distribution in Commerce, and Use Prohibitions 40
CFR 761.30(a)(1)(xi) Notify the National
Response Center (1-800-424-8802) immediately.
Has there been a spill of PCBs (with
concentration >50 ppm)? Requirements for
PCB Spill Cleanup 40 CFR 761.125(a)(1)(i)
Within 24 hours of discovery, report spills contaminating surface waters,
sewers, drinking water supplies, animal grazing lands, or vegetable gardens to
the appropriate EPA Regional Office (Pesticides and Toxic Substance Branch).
Spills of more than 1 pound contaminating other areas must be reported within
24 hours to the appropriate Regional Office.
Has there been a PCB spill cleanup at your
facility? Requirements for PCB Spill
Cleanup 40 CFR 761.125(c)(5) Maintain
records of decontamination for PCB spill cleanup for 5 years from the date of
the spill. Specific content required is dependent upon whether amount of PCB
spilled was less than one pound, or equal to or greater than one pound.
Is your facility a commercial storer,
transporter or disposer of PCB waste?
Notification of PCB Waste Activity (EPA Form 7710-53) 40 CFR 761.205(a)(5)
Before engaging in PCB waste handling activities, notify EPA of your PCB waste
activities by filing EPA Form 7710-53 "Notification of PCB Waste Activity
Form" with EPA.
Is your facility a commercial storer or
disposer of PCB waste? Disposers and
Commercial Storers of PCB Waste 40 CFR 761.180(b)(3)
Submit annual PCB report to the Regional Administrator of the EPA Region in
which the facility is located by July 15 each year.
Does your facility generate PCB waste and
is your facility used for storage of PCB items designated for disposal, or use
storage containers for liquid PCBs which are larger than shipping containers
required by the Department of Transportation for liquid PCB transportation?
Notification of PCB Waste Activity (EPA Form 7710-53) 40 CFR
761.205(c)(2)(iii) Notify EPA and
receive an EPA identification number. Submit a separate notification to EPA
for each storage facility and EPA will assign a unique EPA identification
number to each facility.
Is your facility sending PCB waste to a
commercial off-site storage or disposal facility?
The Manifest - General Requirements 40 CFR 761.207(a) and 761.208(a)(1)
Prepare a Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (EPA Form 8700-22) and a
continuation sheet if necessary. Prepare an annual document log and maintain
it at the facility for a minimum of 3 years after the facility ceases to use
or store PCBs.
Has your facility not received a signed
manifest from the storage or disposal facility within 35 days after the
transporter accepted the PCB waste?
Exception Reporting 40 CFR 761.215
Contact the disposer or commercial storer to determine whether the waste has
been received. If the waste has not been received, contact the transporter to
determine the disposition of the PCB waste. If you have not received a
manifest within 45 days from the date the waste was accepted by the
transporter, submit an exception report to the EPA Regional Administrator for
the Region in which the generator is located.
Is your facility a manufacturer, importer
or processor of a chemical substance and did you manufacture or import greater
than 1100 pounds of a chemical substance at a single site?
Manufacturer's Reporting - Preliminary Assessment Information 40 CFR 712,
Subpart B Under the Preliminary
Assessment Information Rule (PAIR), report on each chemical substance (EPA
Form 7710-35, "Manufacturer's Report-Preliminary Assessment Information") that
is manufactured or imported for commercial purposes during the reporting
period established for that substance. Processors are exempt from reporting
under PAIR, as are certain manufacturers and importers if specifically
exempted. Chemicals subject to reporting are listed in 40 CFR 712.30.
Did you manufacture, import or process
10,000 pounds or more of any chemical substance (for a "commercial purpose")
listed on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory at any single site during the
latest corporate fiscal year prior to August 25, 1990?
Inventory Reporting Regulations - Persons Who Must Report 40 CFR 710.28
Submit TSCA inventory update information to EPA every 4 years (after reporting
periods from August 25 to December 23, 1990). The update information must be
provided on EPA Form 7740-8 "Partial Updating of TSCA Inventory Database
Production and Site Report". Certain manufacturers or importers are
specifically exempted from this requirement. Volume records must be maintained
for four years on substances manufactured or imported in amounts less than
10,000 pounds annually, as evidence to support a decision not to report.
Are you a manufacturer, processor or
distributor and have you received allegations of significant adverse reactions
from chemical substances? Recordkeeping
Requirements 40 CFR 717.15 Maintain
records of "significant adverse reactions to health or the environment"
alleged to have been caused by a chemical substance or mixture (unless the
alleged cause can be directly attributed to an accident, spill or discharge).
A "significant adverse reaction" is a reaction that may indicate substantial
impairment of normal activities, or long-lasting or irreversible damage to
health or the environment.
Are you a manufacturer (including
importer) who falls within the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS;
recently replaced SIC Codes) Subsector 325 (Chemical Manufacturing and allied
products) or Industry Group 32411 (Petroleum Refineries)?
Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule 40 CFR 716.60
Provide unpublished health and safety lists or study submissions (dated since
November 1, 1977) to EPA on or before the 60th day after the effective date of
the listing of subject chemicals (40 CFR 716.20), or within 60 days of
proposing to manufacture, import, or process a listed substance or mixture if
the proposal is made after the effective date of the listing. Submit copies of
any additional ongoing studies to EPA within 30 days of completion if the
study was initiated during the initial 60-day reporting period.
distributor of chemical substances/ mixtures and have you obtained information
which reasonably supports the conclusion that a substance or mixture presents
a substantial risk of injury to health or the environment?
EPA's TSCA Section 8(e) Policy Statement 43 Fed Reg 1111 TSCA 8(e)
Immediately inform EPA of these facts unless you know that the EPA
Administrator has been adequately informed of such information. You must
report in writing to EPA within 15 working days after obtaining substantial
risk information, and within 15 working days after obtaining relevant or
significant supplemental data after an initial submission of substantial risk
distributor of chemical substances/ mixtures and are you aware of an
"Emergency Incident of Environmental Contamination"
EPA's TSCA Section 8(e) Policy Statement 43 Fed Reg 1111 (1978) and 56 Fed Reg
28458, 28459 (1991) Immediately report
by telephone to the appropriate EPA Regional Office. **NOTE** JUNE 20, 1991 -
EPA SUSPENDED THIS PART OF TSCA SECTION 8(E) POLICY STATEMENT. An "Emergency
Incident of Environmental Contamination" is environmental contamination
(accident or intentional) involving a chemical known to be a serious human or
environmental toxicant and which because of the extent, pattern and amount of
contamination (1) seriously threatens humans with cancer, birth defects,
mutation, death, or serious or prolonged incapacitations (e.g.,
neurotoxicologic effects, serious reproductive system effects), or (2)
seriously threatens non-human organisms with large-scale or ecologically
significant population destruction. If the EPA Regional Office can not be
notified, notify the National Response Center at (800) 424-8802. Within 15
days of the date of telephone reporting, submit a written follow-up report to
EPA Headquarters.
Is your facility a chemical importer?
Chemical Substances Import Policy 40 CFR 707.20
Sign a statement certifying at the port of entry for shipments entering the
U.S. that either: (1) the shipment is subject to TSCA and complies with all
applicable rules and orders thereunder, or (2) it is not subject to TSCA.
Is your facility a chemical exporter?
TSCA Section 12(a)(1)(B) 15 USC 2611(a)(1)(B)
Follow reporting and recordkeeping requirements of section 8 of TSCA. Provide
a stamp or label stating that the substance, mixture, or article is intended
for export to qualify for exemption from other certain TSCA requirements.
Is your facility making or planning to
make a shipment of a chemical substance or mixture to a foreign country?
Notices of Export Under Section 12(b) 40 CFR 707.60(a)
Notify EPA before shipment of any substance or mixture for which: (1) test
data is required under Section 4 or 5(b); (2) an order has been issued under
Section 5; (3) a rule has been proposed or issued under Section 5 or 6; or (4)
an action is pending or relief has been granted under Section 5 or 7. EPA must
then notify the government of the importing nation of such test data, rule,
order, action or relief.
If your facility making or planning to
make a chemical export to a foreign country?"
Notices of Export under Section 12(b) 40 CFR 707.65 58 Fed Reg 40238 (7/27/93)
and 59 Fed Reg 2999 (1/20/94) Provide
written notice for the first export or intended export to a foreign country in
a calendar year to EPA for each regulated substance or mixture, under the
original Export Notification Rule. Postmark the notice within 7 days of
forming the intent to export, or on the date of export, whichever is earlier.
If the notice is prompted by the issuance of a proposed rule, you have 30 days
after publication of the rule to submit the notice to EPA. Submit a one-time
notice to EPA for export of a Section 4 chemical substance or mixture to a
foreign country instead of an annual notice.
Labels: Enviro, Toxic2U, Waterwars, WI-EHS


This repository contains five games made in the Unity game engine. All of them are 2D games and are for PC. All of the code and art for Parastic Passage and Pacific Pollution is by Brad Tully unless noted otherwise. The sounds were acquired from the website http://freesound.org/ . The code for 4HourGameJam, Apocalypse and SkiRoyaleNEW was written by Brad Tully, Joseph Yates and Jason Komoda. The art for those three games was made by Yitian Yie.
In this game the player controls a parasite. The goal is to infect every bug in the level before the timer runs out.
Space bar shoots the parasite in the direction you are facing unless noted otherwise.
Fly: Can fly and shoots the parasite downwards exclusively. Gets caught in webs.
Bee: Can fly. Gets caught in webs.
Spider: Can spawn webs that it can climb on by left clicking the mouse on the screen. Can catch flys and bees in the webs.
Termite: Can walk/ climb through trees and wood.
Ant: Can walk through the ground.
First scene of game is "Start Screen" everything else loads in order.
This game is supposed to be a statement on the pollution of our oceans. It starts with on a screen with a top down view of the ocean with trash floating. The player picks up as much as possible before the time runs out. The amount of trash determines how much trash will spawn in the second scene. The second scene is a runner where the player controls a turtle using the up and down arrows or 'W' and 'S', and tries to avoid eating trash. If the turtle eats 5 pieces of trash it dies and the game ends. As it eats trash it slows down. Also the trash is shown inside the turtles stomach in the bottom left corner of the screen.
On this project I mainly wrote the scripts of the enemies and their behavior.
For this game we were tasked to make a game where each team member could only put 4 hours of work into the game. We made a side scrolling space shooter. The goal is to stay alive until the boss fight. Also do not get hit by objects and do not let them hit the left side of the screen.
Controls: WASD to move and left click on the screen to shoot rockets.
Enemies: The purple aliens can shoot you. The yellow aliens spin and can only be killed by shooting the cap of the spaceship. The asteroids take three shots to destroy them. The boss (eyeball) takes many shots to kill.
This contains the purple and yellow aliens as well as the asteroid.
This contains the boss enemy.
For this project I mainly did the behavior of the animals and the player controls.
For this game we were tasked to make a game where each team member could contribute 8-12 hours of work. We made an apocalypse survival game where there is two weather modes. One where it is raining and there is a lot of water and resources. Then there is a drought. During the drought there is less resources and fires pop up that can hurt the player.
Deer attack the player if you get close which will decrease your health. Rabbits run away when you get close. You can kill both with your axe and collect meat to eat. You can knock down trees with your axe and collect the wood to make a new axe if yours breaks. When you walk over water you collect it and can drink it to satisfy your thirst. Every time the timer goes to 0 on the right. The thirst and hunger will decrease. If you have food and water it will increase your health. Once they reach 0 your health decreases. When your health is 0 the game ends.
Controls: WASD to move. Left click to use the axe. Left click the buttons on top to use resources.
For this game the work I did revolved around the Player movement/ controls, the game controller which manages the race scene, the grand prix, single race, time trial modes, the interactable objects, multiplayer, the tutorial scenes and scripts and the menus. I also made all of the race tracks.


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Home Jersey City Final Rendering Released for Jersey City's Canopy by Hilton
Final Rendering Released for Jersey City's Canopy by Hilton
Under construction: Canopy by Hilton, 159 Morgan Street, Jersey City. Photo by Chris Fry/Jersey Digs.
After many years of residential-heavy development, Jersey City caught a hotel bug in 2017 that saw the opening of a Residence Inn by Marriott and a Hyatt House outpost. Now, the company behind a Canopy by Hilton project has officially revealed what the under-construction development will look like when it's completed.
Late last year, ground broke at 159 Morgan Street on a new hotel project from KABR Group. The 211-room facility will rise 10 stories and feature 6,500 square feet of retail space on the building's ground floor. The hotel's main lobby, which is planned for the second floor, would be connected by an elevator at the street level.
Canopy by Hilton. Rendering via KABR Group.
Some new details have emerged about the hotel — it will include several first-class amenities and sport a rooftop bar. Work at the property is being managed by Kattera, formerly known as Fields Construction, and is moving briskly; the frame of the hotel currently rises seven stories and has hummed along despite some recent frigid temperatures.
The property will be the first New Jersey location for the growing Canopy by Hilton franchise, which opened their first hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, back in 2015. The young brand is known for including a "local feel" in their designs and features beds that have a canopy created by a grey headboard that reaches to the ceiling and overhangs.
Hilton's Canopy franchise has around 30 hotels in the pipeline and just opened an outpost in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month. While the company has not announced an official opening date for the Jersey City hotel, construction progress suggests it could welcome guests later this year.
159 Morgan Street
Canopy by Hilton
KABR Group
7th Street Boutique Buildings Launching Elegant New Construction, Downtown Jersey City
N February 19, 2019 at 2:13 pm
I left The Morgan because of this building's construction.
So happy to be out of this overdeveloped area.

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Mass shooting in Boulder weighs heavily on Colorado men's coach Tad Boyle, players
Dan Wolken
Shortly before Colorado's second-round NCAA men's basketball tournament game against Florida State on Monday, coach Tad Boyle began to see alerts on his phone about the mass shooting at a Boulder grocery store that killed 10 people, including a police officer.
When the Buffaloes tipped off, details were still murky, and Boyle decided against addressing it with the team, though he assumed many of them were getting messages from back home and knew as much as he did.
After Colorado's 71-53 season-ending loss, Boyle said the events had weighed on his mind throughout the night, and that his heart went out to the families who lost loved ones in the tragedy.
"It puts basketball in its proper place," Boyle said. "Win or lose tonight, I just felt an emptiness in my stomach. Another senseless act of violence that we've experienced as a country many, many times."
Colorado senior guard McKinley Wright, who played his final college game, said the shooting was on his mind during the game.
"I feel bad, so terrible for the families who were affected by what happened in Boulder," he said. "Today people get so caught up and even us as players on playing this game, and it's a privilege to play this game. But we have to realize life outside of basketball is real, and a lot of people lost family members today and that sucks, man.
"Where I come from (near Minneapolis), that happens often and I see it a lot, and I'm just hurt and devastated for them as families that they have to experience this."
Boyle said he discussed with his assistant coaches when to talk about the shooting and decided to wait until after the game, because the team's mindset can be fragile under the best of circumstances -- and they were going to have to play the game regardless of what happened.
"This gives the game of basketball perspective. It gives the NCAA Tournament perspective," he said. "I'm so thankful we're playing this tournament and this group got a chance to play basketball. They love the game and they've sacrificed, and I knew that when this game was over with, it was going to be all about perspective, win or lose...
"We've got to find a way to stop this stuff. I don't know the answer of it. We just have to figure out a way."
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Most of us relate more easily to a $60 bill at the gas pump than parts per million, or ppm, of global-warming gases. Just look at history: Driving habits have changed largely in response to pain at the pump--not because of the growing body of knowledge about problems from tailpipe emissions. In the late 1970s and '80s, when gas prices represented an all-time high percentage of household income, gasoline consumption plummeted 12 percent. But in the following decade, as gas costs became a smaller percentage of household income, even the doubling of cars' fuel economy didn't keep demand from rising year after year.
While vehicle miles traveled and gas consumption have declined in recent years, Americans still burn 50 billion gallons more motor fuel per year, have 100 million more vehicles on the road, and drive them an average of 3,000 miles farther annually than we did three decades ago.