Laws & Regulations
More than a dozen major statutes or laws form the legal basis for the programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Below are EPA's laws and regulations that may apply to tribal government operations.
- Tribal Assumption of Federal Environmental Programs - Treatment in the Same Manner as a State (TAS)
- The Clean Air Act
- The Clean Water Act
- The Safe Drinking Water Act
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (Solid and Hazardous Waste Programs)
- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Programs
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Endangered Species Act
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act