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Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities: A Planning Guide for Construction and Development

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Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities: A Planning Guide for Construction and Development (PDF) (MYER) is a guidance manual that provides the construction industry comprehensive environmental information. (255 pp, 2386K)

Printed copies of this document are available free of charge from EPA's document warehouse, the National Service Center for Environmental Publications. Please specify EPA document number 305-B-04-003.

There are two parts to this guide.

Forward and Disclaimer (PDF) (3 pp, 134K)

The owner, contractor, architect, and other personnel involving in construction and development can use this guide during the pre-bid phase to learn what is required of them and factor in the cost for compliance. They should also use this document during the pre-construction phase to assign environmental responsibilities, and during the construction phase to find answers to ongoing environmental questions or conducting self audits.

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Individual chapters and checklists are provided below for users who desire specific sections of the document:

Part I - A Planning Guide

Introduction (PDF) (3 pp, 164K)

List of Questions which Facilitate Responsibility Assignment for each of the following areas:

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Regulatory Background and Case Studies for each of the following areas:

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Part II - Self-Audit Checklists for Key Environmental Areas of the Construction Industry

Storm water Self-Audit Checklist (PDF) (26 pp, 514K)
Dredge and Fill/Wetland (Section 404) Self-Audit Checklist (PDF) (18 pp, 172K)
Oil Spill Prevention Self-Audit Checklist (PDF) (14 pp, 140K)
Hazardous Waste Self-Audit Checklist (PDF) (21 pp, 176K)
Hazardous Substances (Superfund Liability) Self-Audit Checklist (PDF) (11 pp, 105K)
Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Self-Audit Checklist (PDF) (23 pp, 245K)
Asbestos Self-Audit Checklist (PDF) (15 pp, 214K)

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