Policies and Guidance Documents
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State Authorization Procedures and Enforcement Guidance- Procedures for Issuing Immediate Final Rules
to Authorize State Hazardous Waste Program Revisions (PDF)(2 pp, 9K)
- Guidance for Using the New Streamlined Authorization
Procedures for the Approval of Previously Promulgated Rulemakings (PDF)(7 pp, 20K)
- Don Clay 3/11/91 Memo - Delegation of RCRA
Revision Authorization to Regions (PDF)(5 pp, 11K)
- December 1991 HQ Guidance on Delegation of
Authorization Decisions (PDF)(11 pp, 32K)
- Certification Removal Memo - April 1997 (PDF)
(2 pp, 7K)
- Clarification of EPA Policy an Authorizing Incomplete or Late "Clusters" Under 40 C.F.R. 271.21 and Availability of Public Information under RCRA Section 3006(.f) - November 6, 1992 (PDF) (4 pp, 14K)
- Statement of Principles - Effect of State Audit Immunity / Privilege Laws on Enforcement Authority for Federal Programs (PDF) (4 pp, 14K)
- Memo on State Equivalence - Determining Equivalency of State RCRA Hazardous Waste Programs (PDF)(11 pp, 34K)
- Memo on Determining Whether State Hazardous Waste Requirements are More Stringent or Broader in Scope than the Federal RCRA Program (9 pp, 3,294k) Appendix A (16 pp, 3,798K)
- Availability of Information Checklist (PDF)(7 pp, 77K) | Text Version (Rich Text File) (25K)
- Effect on State Authorization of HSWA 3006(f) - August 22, 1986 (PDF)(8 pp, 21K)(updated 2/29/00)
- Interpretation of April 24, 1986 Draft Guidance on 3006(f) of RCRA - July 23, 1986 Memo (PDF) (2 pp, 37K)
- Summary of RCRA 3006(f) Issues - 1986 (PDF) (3 pp, 75K)
- Universal Waste Rule - Enforcement Issues &
Addition of State-Only Universal Wastes (PDF) (2 pp, 7K)
(Note:
This document deals with questions concerning wastes that are hazardous
under the federal program.
- Universal Waste Questions and Answers Document (PDF) (10 pp, 24K)
- The Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act. Public Law 104-142 - May 13, 1996 (PDF) (9 pp, 134K) | Text Version (Text File) (27K)
- Reflecting RCRA Cleanup Reforms in MOAs
Between EPA and States Authorized for Corrective Action (PDF) (4 pp, 12K)
- Remediation Memo Consolidating RCRA Policies on Corrective Action (PDF)(13 pp, 49K)
- Phase IV Effective Dates Memo (PDF) (18 pp, 52K)
- R. LaShier Memo - Clarifying State Delisting
Authorization Status & Use of Checklist 17B (PDF) (2 pp, 9K)
- Flynn/Pressman Memo - States' Adoption
of Rules Involving HSWA Effective Dates (PDF) (2 pp, 12K)
- R. LaShier Memo - Non-Delegability 3004(t) / Authorization Status of "Non-Checklist" Authorization (PDF) (6 pp, 16K)
- 2002 IBR Guidance Document (PDF)(46 pp, 330K)