Solid Waste and Emergency Response Law
Solid Waste and Emergency Response Law Office
Associate General Counsel:
John Michaud (Acting)
The Solid Waste and Emergency Response Law Office provide legal support
for the Agency's hazardous and solid waste programs and cleanup initiatives,
including Superfund, the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), land
revitalization (brownfields, federal facilities, oil spills, underground
storage tanks), and the emergency response program.
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Statutes for which the Solid Waste and Emergency Response Law Office is responsible:
- Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (PDF, 167 pp, 423.2K) - Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) - all
sections except Section 313 (Toxics Release Inventory) - Oil Pollution Act (PDF, 66 pp, 336.5K)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (PDF, 163 pp, 420.4K)
- Clean Water
Act Section 311