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Featured Rules and Tools
Featured Rules and Tools
EPA and several states have developed helpful training videos, forms and other tools. This website features a sampling of these different sector-specific tools and state-specific tools for evaluating air emissions. In addition, EPA also hosts a resource for sectors called, "Regulatory and Compliance Assistance by Sector." If you have a suggestion for a featured rule or tool, please send an e-mail with the information.
Dry Cleaners
(Perc NESHAP)
Collision Repair
(6H NESHAP)
Metal fabrication
(6X NESHAP)
Boilers and Process Heaters
(6J NESHAP, 5D MACT, Dc NSPS)
Plating and Polishing
(6W NESHAP)
Engines
(4Z NESHAP, 4I NSPS, 4J NSPS)
Painting and Coating
(6H NESHAP, 4M MACT, 4W MACT)
Resources
The resources below will link you to frequently used and new EPA rules, as well as state or federal compliance assistance tools that have been developed. Most of these rules and tools resources are air quality-focused, but some hazardous waste and water quality resources are included. To find state-specific information that is not listed here, go to state contacts. The National Compliance Assistance Centers provide industry-specific compliance and pollution prevention resources for 17 different major industry sectors and offers a Gateway to locating state tools and resources.
Air quality rules and resources
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Compliance assistance tools
- Air quality tools by state
- EPA regulation navigation tools - four new tools posted
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Compliance assistance calendars from select states for various sectors including -
- dry cleaners
- gasoline distribution
- chromium electroplaters
- hazardous waste generators
- Major source reclassification - encourages innovation and source reduction - new in Oct 2020
- Compilation of area source rules - includes compilation of all completed rules
- Air toxics - area source standards
- Inital list of hazardous air pollutants modifications
- Air emission inventories
- New regulatory actions
- Regulatory information by industry sector
- National air quality trends
- EPA resource on Ozone
- Green Book of Nonattainment Areas - Nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants
- Economic and Cost Analysis for Air Pollution Regulations - Provides access to EPA documents and tools relating to cost, benefit and economic impacts of the national stationary source air pollution regulations.
Hazardous and solid waste resources
- Hazardous waste - This page provides several national compliance assistance resources and state-specific assistance tools, including a new EPA guide available in multiple langauges.
- Solvents in the workplace: how to determine if they are hazardous waste
- CompTox chemical dashboard - data for chemistry, toxicity and exposure for over 875,000 chemicals.
- Solid waste - This page provides several national compliance assistance resources and state-specific assistance tools, including guidance on regulated medical waste.
- Assessing and managing chemicals under review - Links to updates
- Status of chemicals currently under review
- 2014 Update to TSCA Work Plan
Water and stormwater resources
- Overview of the proposed revised definition of "Waters of the United States" - 2019 recorded webinar
- Water and stormwater - This page provides several national compliance assistance resources and state-specific assistance tools, including TMDL.
General environmental compliance resources
- EPA regulatory information by topics
- Major environmental laws
- Compliance assistance centers
- EPA small business resource information sheet
- ECHO - enforcement and compliance history online: Use this site to learn about the compliance history of facilities in your community.
