Additional Online Resources

• General Environmental Resources
• Water Quality
• Waste (RCRA and Solid Waste)
• USTs/ASTs
• Superfund (CERCLA)
• Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-know Act (EPCRA)
• Air Quality
• Catastrophic Release & Spills
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
• Enforcement

• Water Quality
• Hazardous Waste
• USTs/ASTs
• Hazardous Substance Account Act
• Hazardous Materials Management
• California Air Quality Laws
• Proposition 65
• The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
• Enforcement

• Agencies
• Legislation, Codes, and Regulations
• California Bar
• Websites and Blogs

• Environmental News
• Recycling of CRTs & Computer Parts
• Engineering Resources & Utilities
• Chemical Databases & Information
• General Laws & Regulations

Top Hits

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Cornell University Legal Information Institute - Excellent compendium of legal resources compiled by Cornell University students. Includes statutes, regulations, court decisions, international materials, and links to other sites.
• Regulations and Proposed Rules - New regulations, proposed rules, important notices and the regulatory agenda of future regulations.
• Codified Regulations - Federal regulations codified in the Code of Federal Regulations and additional material related to Title 40, Protection of the Environment.
• U.S. EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Homepage - Includes links to each of the Office's principal programs:
• EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance (OECA) - EPA's civil and administrative enforcement of its various substantive statutes is centralized in OECA.

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Environmental Legal & Regulatory Sites

General Environmental Resources

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Good place to start.
• Morgan Lewis EnvInfo.com - Comprehensive collection of hard-to-find guidance documents, regulatory materials, our annual Deskbook (including summaries of all EPA statutes and regulations), and helpful articles and essays.
• U.S. EPA Regions - Maps and links to each of U.S. EPA's ten regional offices.

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Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-know Act (EPCRA)

• TRI Program Home Page - Starting point for EPA rules and guidance for Toxic Release Inventory reporting under section 313 of CERCLA, known as the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act.
• Lead Reporting Guidance Document (PDF) - Link to pdf file of the EPA guidance document for reporting releases of lead and lead compounds under EPCRA.
• RTK-Net TRI Search - Database of "Right-to-Know" toxic release inventory information reported pursuant to EPCRA, searchable by location, facility, or chemical.
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know: Chemical Data - Provides information about each of the 300+ extremely hazardous substances currently listed as part of Section 302 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

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Enforcement

• EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance (OECA) - EPA's civil and administrative enforcement of its various substantive statutes is centralized in OECA.
• EPA Enforcement Guidance and Penalty Policies - Penalty policies for calculating civil and administrative fines .
• Environmental Audit Policy - Checklist for determining whether a plant audit qualifies as a voluntary audit under EPA's audit policy: Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, Disclosure, Correction, and Prevention of Violations, 60 Federal Register 66706 (Dec. 22, 1995).
• Environmental Justice - EPA policies on Environmental Justice issues.

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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

• TSCA Statutory Text - Statute governing registration and testing of chemicals and chemical mixtures in interstate commerce.
• EPA Office of Pesticides and Toxics - Office within EPA in charge of implementing TSCA.
• Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics - New Chemicals Program - EPA's New Chemicals Program is mandated by TSCA and is designed to help manage the potential risk from chemicals new to the marketplace.

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Water

• EPA's Office of Water Homepage Safe Drinking Water Act Database - Contains information about public water systems and their violations of EPA's drinking water regulations, as reported to EPA by the states. Drinking water regulations establish maximum contaminant levels, treatment techniques, and monitoring and reporting requirements. The database can help you to find your drinking water supplier and view its violations and enforcement history since 1993.

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Waste (RCRA and Solid Waste)

• U.S. EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Homepage - Includes links to each of the Office's principal programs.
• RCRA Online - Useful online database of guidance documents, applicability determinations, outreach materials, internal Agency memos, and other publications that cover a wide range of RCRA issues and topics.
• EPA Region 6's Hazardous Waste Delisting Program - The model program for delisting hazardous waste.

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Superfund (CERCLA)

• Superfund Program Home Page - Starting point for information on Superfund program.
• Superfund Site Contaminant Query (ATSDR) - Database of Superfund site information maintained by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
• National Priorities List Sites - Fact sheets for each Superfund site on the National Priorities List.
• RTKNet ERNS Search Database - Emergency Response Notification System database of chemical releases reported under CERCLA.

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Clean Air

Clean Air Act

• Clean Air Act Complete text of Clean Air Act.

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Risk Management Planning—Section 112(r) Accidental Release Program

• The One Plan (PDF) - Guidance document for creating a facility-wide integrated contingency plan harmonizing all of applicable federal contingency planning requirements.
• RMP*Info Overview - RMP*Info is the publicly available Internet site that displays Risk Management Plans (RMPs) developed pursuant to the Accidental Release Prevention Program in section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act.

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Air Toxics & NESHAPs

• EPA Air Toxics Website - Home for regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 112 of Title III of the Clean Air Act governing emissions of air toxics. Includes industry-specific Maximum Achievable Technology Control (MACT) standards, the residual risk program.
• EPA Air TTNWeb Home - The Technology Transfer Network, starting point for most of EPA's technical Clean Air Act guidance.
• National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Regulations - Links to the final regulatory language of the promulgated MACT standards as published in the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Fact Sheets for Hazardous Air Pollutants (Title III) - Collection of fact sheets for each of the promulgated MACT standards.
• Memoranda for Hazardous Air Pollutants (Title III) - General policy and guidance memoranda covering general MACT implementation issues.
• NESHAP/MACT Rules Implementation - Starting point for information on each of the industry-specific standards. Contains background information (rule preambles, background information documents, technical guidance, and implementation information), proposed and file rule language, and docket information on each of the MACT standards.

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National Ambient Air Quality Standards and new Source Review

• National Ambient Air Quality Standards - List of the current ambient air quality standards for criteria pollutants: carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, lead, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone.
• Non-Attainment Areas Database (Green Book) - Maps and tables of areas that have failed to achieve the ambient air quality standards.
• EPA's "Air Now" - Real Time Data - Maps of regional air quality and air quality forecasts from the Air Quality Index. Data is based on nationwide network of ambient air quality monitors .

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Prevention of Significant Deterioration

• RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse - Database of control technology considered to be "reasonably available," "best available," or capable of the "lowest achievable emission rate" for particular types of industrial processes.
• NSR Policy and Guidance Database - Comprehensive database of policy and guidance documents covering various aspects of the major NSR and PSD programs. Maintained by EPA's Region 7.

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Title V Permitting

• Title V Petition Database - Petitions filed by parties objecting to the issuance of Title V permits to particular facilities.
• Title V Policy and Guidance Database - Comprehensive databse of policy and guidance documents covering the Title V program.

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Air Emissions Data & Other Resources

• "AirsData" - Source Emissions & Compliance Data - EPA's principal database for air pollution data for the entire United States. Provides access to local pollution levels, locations of air monitoring sites, and individual stationary sources of air emissions.
• EPA's "Air Now" - Real Time Data - Maps of regional air quality and air quality forecasts from the Air Quality Index. Data is based on nationwide network of ambient air quality monitors.
• AP-42 Emission Factors - EPA's Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emission Factors (CHIEF), the standards means of estimating potential to emit from stationary and mobile sources.
• Air Pollution Maps & Data via NESCAUM - (Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management)—Maps of local and regional air pollution levels for the Northeastern states.

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Catastrophic Release & Spills

• EPA's Oil Spill Program Home Page - Repository for information on all aspects of responding to oil spills.
• EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO) - Central location for all of EPA's accidental response programs under various statutes.
• Office of Pipeline Safety - Home page for the Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety.
• Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) - Provides aid and assistance to federally declared disasters.
• EDF Scorecard - Site maintained by the Environmental Defense Fund; allows users to search for information about the environmental conditions in their city or town by pulling information from publicly available databases.

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Key California Laws

Water Quality

• All state materials are reflected on the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Homepage
• The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LA RWQCB) Homepage has local information, including the local Basin Plan and updates on the development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

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Hazardous Waste

• The Department of Toxic Substances Control implements the state Hazardous Waste Control Law and its homepage includes the statute, regulation, and guidance materials
• Frequently asked questions are a good starting point for common issues
• National Recycling Coalition - Resources for recycling CRTs, computer parts, electronics, and almost everything else under federal law.

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USTs/ASTs

• The SWRCB Tank Page for the UST Law and UST Clean-up Fund
• The SWRCB Aboveground Storage Tank Program
• The US EPA AST Program, including the Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control (SPCC) Program
• RCRA Corrective Action
• Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
• Brownfields
• Underground Storage Tanks
• Technology Innovation
• Hazardous Waste Combustion Toolkit - The Toolkit provides information for the implementation of the September 30, 1999 hazardous waste combustion rule (64 FR 52,828), including information on the transition of air emission permitting requirements from the RCRA to the CAA program.

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Hazardous Substance Account Act

• The DTSC homepage contains relevant guidance and materials for remediation of contaminated properties

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Hazardous Materials Management

• The Unified Program is implemented at the local level by 84 government agencies certified by the Secretary of Cal/EPA. These Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs) oversee the implementation of the Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory Act (H&SC 25500-25545) and other laws. The CUPA homepage provides helpful program information

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Air Quality

• The California Air Resources Board provides a list of local air quality management districts that implement local air quality rules

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Proposition 65

• The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) implements California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, commonly known as Proposition 65. The web page provides a copy of the law, implementing regulations, background information and updates

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The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

• CEQA applies to development projects and other projects that have the potential to cause significant environmental effects to the environment. The law, the implementing regulations, known as the CEQA Guidelines, and cases interpreting the law can be accessed through the California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) at http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/

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Enforcement

• SWRCB Enforcement Guidance
• DTSC Enforcement Guidance

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Local Resources

Websites and Blogs

• Law.com California
• Find Law California
• Los Angeles Observed
• Southern California Law Blog

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Agencies

• Main California Government Site
• City of Los Angeles
• SCAQMD

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Legislation, Codes, and Regulations

• California Codes
• California Legislation
• California Code of Regulations

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California Bar

• State Bar Attorney Search

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General Reference Sites

• Federal Government Main Site
• Federal Government Environment, Energy, and Agriculture Site
• Environmental Law Net

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Environmental News

• Environmental News Network - Domestic and international news with a "green" slant.
• AirLINKS - U.S. EPA Clean Air Act related press releases.

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Recycling of CRTs & Computer Parts

• National Recycling Coalition - Resources for recycling CRTs, computer parts, electronics, and almost everything else under federal law.

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Engineering Resources & Utilities

• International Standards Organization - Official site for ISO standards.

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Chemical Databases & Information

• Chemical Right-To-Know Initiative - The ChemRTK Initiative provides basic toxicity information about chemicals.
• Chemicals in our Community.
• Design for the Environment (DfE) Partnerships - The DfE Program forms voluntary partnerships with multiple stakeholders, including industry representatives from small to very large companies; trade associations; union representatives; federal, state, and local governments; education organizations; and environmental groups.
• U.S. EPA Design for the Environment Green Chemistry Program Homepage - The Green Chemistry Program recognizes and supports fundamental and innovative chemical technologies that are cost-effective, useful to industry, and prevent pollution.
• Chemicals in the Environment: OPPT Chemical Fact Sheets - Fact sheets produced by the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics provide a brief summary of information on selected chemicals.
• Index to EPA Test Methods - A reference tool to help locate copies of approved EPA test methods.
• Agreements and Implementation of Global / Regional Standards and Instruments - Contains agreements with other U.S. agencies, foreign countries and international organizations to establish international standards for chemicals.

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General Laws & Regulations

• Regulations and Proposed Rules - New regulations, proposed rules, important notices and the regulatory agenda of future regulations.
• Codified Regulations - Federal regulations codified in the Code of Federal Regulations and additional material related to Title 40, Protection of the Environment.
• Current Legislation - Current legislation before the U.S. Congress, Congressional Committees, and uncompiled Public Laws.
• Laws - Public laws passed by the U.S. Congress and codified in the U.S. Code.
• Senate Environment and Public Works Committee - Links to proposed legislation, Committee hearings, and *.pdf versions of all of the laws under the Committee's jurisdiction.
• THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet– Summaries and status of bills, Congressional Record, Congressional Committee reports and hearing schedules.
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Home of the Federal Register Online
• The Code of Federal Regulations Online - The Federal Register is available online from 1996 onward.
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - The source for government technical publications. If it's not available elsewhere, you can find it here, but usually for a price.

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