TIPS & TOOLS

Legal Requirements:  Environmental Regulations Checklist

The following checklist is a component of the EPA National Environmental Achievement Track Application. It serves to help facilities identify the major federal, state, tribal and local environmental requirements that are applicable to them. This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of environmental regulations and requirements.

• Air Pollution Regulations
• Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
• Hazardous Materials Management
• Water Pollution Control Requirements
• Drinking Water Regulations
• Solid Waste Management
• Toxic Substances
• Pesticide Regulations
• Environmental Clean-up, Restoration, Corrective Action

Air Pollution Regulations

Hazardous Waste Management Regulations

Hazardous Materials Management

Water Pollution Control Requirements

1. Oil Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (40 CFR 112) 
2. Designation of Hazardous Substances (40 CFR 116) 
3. Determination of Reportable Quantities for Hazardous Substances
4. NPDES Permit Requirements (40 CFR 122)
5. Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards (40 CFR 129)
6. General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources
7. Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Point Source Effluent Guidelines and Standards
8. Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing Point Source Effluent Guidelines and Standards
9. Plastics and Synthetics Point Source Effluent Guidelines and Standards (40 CFR 416)
10. Water Quality Standards
11. Effluent Limitations for Direct Dischargers
12. Permit Monitoring/Reporting Requirements
13. Classifications and Certifications of Operators and Superintendents of Industrial Wastewater Plants 
14. Collection, Handling, Processing of Sewage Sludge
15. Oil Discharge Containment, Control, and Cleanup
16. Standards Applicable to Indirect Dischargers (Pretreatment)
17. Other federal, state, tribal or local hazardous waste management regulations not listed above 

Drinking Water Regulations

1. Underground Injection and Control Regulations, Criteria and Standards (40 CFR 144, 146) 
2. National Primary Drinking Water Standards (40 CFR 141) 
3. Community Water Systems, Monitoring and Reporting Requirements (40 CFR 141)
4. Permit Requirements for Appropriation/Use of water from Surface or Subsurface Sources
5. Underground Injection Control Requirements
6. Monitoring, Reporting, and Record-Keeping Requirements for Community Water Systems 
7. Other federal, state, tribal or local hazardous waste management regulations not listed above 

Solid Waste Management

1. Criteria for Classifications of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices (40 CFR 257) 
2. Installation of Systems of Refuse Disposal
3. Solid Waste Storage and Removal Requirements
4. Disposal Requirements for Special Wastes
5. Other federal, state, tribal or local hazardous waste management regulations not listed above 

Toxic Substances

1. Manufacture and Import of Chemicals, Record-Keeping and Reporting 
2. Import or Export of Chemicals (40 CFR 707) 
3. Chemical Substances Inventory Reporting Requirements (40 CFR 710) 
4. Chemical Information Rules (40 CFR 172)
5. Health and Safety Data Reporting (40 CFR 716)
6. Pre-Manufacture Notifications (40 CFR 720)
7. PCB Distribution Use, Storage and Disposal (40 CFR 761) 
8. Regulations on Use of Fully Halogenated Chlorofluoroalkanes (40 CFR 762)
9. Storage and Disposal of Waste Material Containing TCDD (40 CFR 775) 
10. Other federal, state, tribal or local hazardous waste management regulations not listed above 

Pesticide Regulations

1. FIFRA Pesticide Use Classification (40 CFR 165) 
2. Procedures for Disposal and Storage of Pesticides and Containers (40 CFR 165)
3. Certification of Pesticide Applications (40 CFR 171)
4. Pesticide Licensing Applications (40 CFR 171)
5.  Labeling of Pesticides
6. Pesticide Sales, Permits, Records, Application and Disposal Requirements
7. Disposal of Pesticide Containers
8. Restricted Use and Prohibited Pesticides
9. Other federal, state, tribal or local hazardous waste management regulations not listed above 

Environmental Clean-up, Restoration, Corrective Action

1. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (Superfund) 
2. RXRA Corrective Action
3. Other federal, state, tribal or local hazardous waste management regulations not listed above