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The links listed below will assist businesses in the Pacific Northwest to learn about and comply with environmental regulations.
COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE

Training:
Scientific & Technical
Accreditation & Certification
Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
Pollution Prevention:
National Environmental Performance Track
Planning Environmentally Aware Meetings and Events
Prevention and Recycling
Pollution Prevention (P2) in Region 10
Green (Environmentally Preferable ) Purchasing. Think Environment + Price + Performance
Waste minimization
Compliance Assistance Centers
National Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse; a repository of compliance assistance contacts, websites, and tools. The Clearinghouse was developed at the request of our stakeholders - to help them quickly find the compliance assistance material and contacts they need.

Chemical Industry Local Governments Paints & Coatings Automotive Service & Repair Construction Industry

Metal Finishing Transportation Printing Agriculture Printed Wiring Boards

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Dept. of Energy)

EPA CONTACTS

Asbestos

DATABASES, STATISTICS AND MAPPING

Make a Map - Use EPA Geographic Information system (GIS) technology to make your own maps of human and environmental concerns for any areas in the US.
GIS Map Library - View preselected maps by state or criteria
Environmental Data Library
EnviroFacts - National Information on environmental data
Surf Your Watershed
Center for Environmental Information and Statistics -National Information on environmental quality, status and trends.
Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) - provides compliance and enforcement information for approximately 800,000 EPA-permitted facilities nationwide, including information on inspections

INDUSTRY SECTOR INFORMATION

Inactive Mine Site Characterization and Cleanup Handbook
Region 10 Mining Strategy
Oil and Gas Exploration
Specific Sector Notebooks (to HQ page)
Sector Facility Indexing Project - Compliance and inspection history, chemical releases and spills, demographics.
PERMITS & REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Permits

• Waste Water Discharge
• Hazardous Wastes Treatment, Storage or Disposal
• Corps of Engineers Wetlands Regulatory Information

Reporting Requirements

• Toxic Release Inventory
• Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accidental Release Prevention
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES

Air Quality
Northwest Collaborative Air Priorities Project (NWCAPP)
Underground Storage Tanks
Enforcement Strategy
Water Discharge
Permits
Compliance
Agricultural Sector
Agriculture Strategic Plan for Region 10

PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS

National Center For Environmental Publications and Information
Publications Available Locally
Video Loans

REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION

Clean Air Act (CAA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters
Title 33, Chapter 26 Water Pollution Prevention and Control
Title 33, Chapter 27 Ocean Dumping
Title 33, Chapter 40 - Oil Pollution
Safe Drinking Water Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Title 42, Chapter 82 Solid Waste Disposal
Title 15, Chapter 53 Toxic Substance and Control Act (TSCA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA)

SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION

Prevention and Recycling
Pollution Prevention (P2) in Region 10

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