Section 120(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) requires EPA to establish
a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket (Docket) which contains information reported to EPA by federal facilities that
manage hazardous waste or from which hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants have been or may be released. The Docket serves
three major purposes:
- To identify all federal facilities that must be evaluated to determine whether they pose a risk to human health and the
environment sufficient to warrant inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL);
- To compile and maintain the information submitted to EPA on such facilities under the provisions listed in section 120(c)
of CERCLA; and
- To provide a mechanism to make the information available to the public.
The Docket is developed from information submitted by the federal facility under the following authorities:
Section 103 of CERCLA requires owners or operators of vessels or facilities to notify the National Response Center of a
release of a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance (notification of a release or potential release);
Section 3005 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provides EPA authority to establish a permitting system
for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities, which in turn requires the submission of certain information
as part of the permit application (interim status/permitting authority). The hazardous waste permitting program is generally
implemented by authorized states;
Section 3010 of RCRA requires hazardous waste generators, transporters, and TSD facility owners/operators to notify EPA of
their hazardous waste activities (notification of hazardous waste activity) and;
- Section 3016 of RCRA requires Federal facilities to submit an inventory of hazardous waste sites they own or operate, or have
owned and operated in the past (biennial inventory of hazardous waste activities).
In addition to these reporting authorities, EPA may become aware of a release or potential release of a hazardous substance,
pollutant or contaminant at a federal facility through previously submitted preliminary assessment (PA) reports, site inspection
(SI) reports, Department of Defense (DoD) Installation Restoration Program (IRP) reports or reports under another federal agency
environmental restoration program, but these facilities may not appear to have notified EPA under CERCLA section 103. The reports
under various federal agency environmental restoration programs may contain information regarding releases of hazardous substances,
pollutants or contaminants similar to that provided pursuant to section 103. EPA includes on the docket facilities which have
provided information to EPA through documents such as a report under a Federal agency environmental restoration program, regardless
of the absence of section 103 reporting.
EPA is required by statute to publish and update the Docket every six months. EPA published the initial list of Docket facilities
in the Federal Register (F.R.), on February 12, 1988 (53 F.R. 4280). The most recent Docket update can be accessed at the following
link: www.epa.gov/fedfac/pdf/update_21.pdf (PDF, 6 pp, 102K,
About PDF).
For more information, please contact:
Tim Mott, FFRRO
Phone: (703) 603-8807
Email: mott.timothy@epa.gov |
Docket Links |
Policy & Guidance Links |
EPA Policy on Listing Mixed Ownership Mine or Mill Sites Created as a Result of the
General Mining Law of 1872 on the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket, 2003 (PDF) (4 pp, 280K,
About PDF)
Federal Facilities Remedial Preliminary Assessment Summary Guide July, 2005 (PDF)
(39 pp, 3MB, About PDF)
Federal Facilities Remedial Site Inspection Summary Guide July, 2005 (PDF)
(53 pp, 3MB, About PDF)
Guidance for Performing Preliminary
Assessments under CERCLA September, 1991
Guidance for Performing Site Inspections
under CERCLA September, 1992
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Docket Updates Links |
Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Update #22 (PDF)
(7 pp, 178K, About PDF)
Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Listings through Update #21
Previous Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket Updates
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Other Resources |
EPA Resources |
Docket Reference Manual (PDF) (31 pp, 317K,
About PDF)
List of EPA Headquarters/Regional Docket Coordinators and Federal
Program Managers (PDF) (2 pp, 32K, About PDF)
EPA Superfund Site Assessment Web Area
Federal Facilities Cleanup Enforcement Web Area
EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Quality Assurance
EPA Compliance and Enforcement at Federal Facilities
FedCenter - The Federal government's home for comprehensive environmental
stewardship and compliance assistance information
EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Military
Munitions/Unexploded Ordnance
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