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Truck Fleet Operations - Legal Requirements

It is also important to examine each aspect of your operation and determine possible applicable legal and other requirements.  In this example, the following were considered:*

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
  • hazardous waste, solid waste, underground fuel tanks (USTs)
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (commonly known as “Superfund”)
  • spills associated with processes
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know-Act (EPCRA)
  • Sections 301-303 » Emergency Planning
  • Section 304 » Emergency Release Notification
  • Sections 311-312 » Community Right to Know Reporting Requirements
  • Section 313 » Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting
• Clean Water Act (CWA)
  • Wastewater discharge, SPCC, stormwater
• Clean Air Act (CAA)  
  • New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), NSR, CTG, non-attainment area

Truck Fleet Operations Legal Requirements Summary Spreadsheet

These charts are meant to be a living document. Please e-mail Stacy Givens with comments, corrections, updates and additions.

* For more information about the specifics of these acts, visit the EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov