Compliance Assistance

This Web site focuses on EPA's compliance assistance tools supporting the Resource Conservation and recovery Act (RCRA). It enhances environmental compliance assistance by providing links to documents, tools, information and other related and linked Web sites for compliance with environmental requirements related to hazardous substances.

About the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Overview
RCRA - Includes a link to the text.

Compliance and Enforcement National Priorities
RCRA - Provides a strategy for addressing environmental challenges exacerbated by mineral processing.

Monitoring
Information on RCRA Compliance Monitoring program, including inspections.

Enforcement
Information on the civil enforcement program for hazardous substances.

Tools and Information on How to Comply

Design for the Environment Partnerships is a voluntary partnership program that works directly with industry to integrate health and environmental considerations into business decisions.

Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Facilities Regulated under Subtitle D of RCRA (PDF) (3/1/00) (153 pp, 751K, About PDF) assist the regulated community in developing programs to evaluate their compliance with RCRA Subtitle D.

Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (PDF) (12/1/98) (246 pp, 986K, About PDF) assist the regulated community in developing programs to evaluate their compliance with RCRA regulation on treatment, storage and disposal facilities.

Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Hazardous Waste Generators under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (PDF) (10/1/98) (178 pp, 729K, About PDF) assist the regulated community in developing programs to evaluate their compliance with RCRA regulations for hazardous waste generators.

Sector Notebooks - A series of profiles containing information on selected major industries, which focus on key indicators that present air, water, and land pollutant release data.

National Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse links to public and private compliance assistance materials. Users may post documents and interact with assistance providers, both within and outside of EPA. The Clearinghouse allows users to search for relevant material on new and existing regulations, pollution prevention opportunities, and voluntary programs that were created by other parts of EPA, other federal agencies, tribes, states and local agencies, industry, and other organizations.

Top of page

Information for Concerned Citizens

National Response Center - Report oil or chemical spills.

Top of page