Navigating Environmental Compliance – Resources
Welcome to the “Resources” page for Navigating Environmental Compliance readers! This book contains references and links to various resources. To keep things simple, the links and downloadable templates are available below by chapter, in the order presented in the book except I remove duplicates within the same chapter.
Housekeeping
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News and Updates
Navigating Environmental Compliance 2nd edition was published on January 2, 2026. The prior versions are still ok–here’s what’s new:
– Some details about my PREPARED framework (the topic of my upcoming book PREPARED, which is a companion to Navigating Environmental Compliance).
– Updated links (which are also below).
– Information about TSCA and PFAS reporting.
– Updates to the Hazardous Waste chapter per the issuance of the Third Rule (sounds like a dystopian fantasy but it’s not that big of a deal).
– Some much needed cleanup. It flows better now.
If you would like a free copy of the 2nd edition (paperback), please send an email to me at info@endlish.com with your name, mailing address, and a photo of the original book that you purchased.
Exploring Environmental Compliance Careers 2nd edition will be available in January 2026 as well. You probably already have an environmental compliance career, but if you know a student (high school or college) or someone who might be interested in transitioning to this career later in life, please send them to Amazon to pick up a copy. I appreciate your support!
Generic (Resources Used Throughout the Book):
EPA: http://www.epa.gov
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR): http://www.ecfr.gov
Environmental Law Handbook 25th ed: click here to buy at Amazon (EnvironmentHQ is not currently an Amazon Affiliate).
Chapter 1: ECA
Downloads:
Chapter 2: Regulatory
Downloads: None
Provided Links:
Federal Register: http://www.federalregister.gov
CAA https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview
CWA https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act
TSCA https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-toxic-substances-control-act
CERCLA https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-cercla-overview
EPCRA https://www.epa.gov/epcra
OPA https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-oil-pollution-act
Works Cited:
“The Basics of the Regulatory Process.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 28 Sept. 2021, https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/basics-regulatory-process. (added in September 2022)
“Fundamentals of Environmental Law.” Environmental Law Handbook, by Thomas F. P. Sullivan and Christopher L. Bell, 22nd ed., Bernan, 2014, p. 4.
“The Origins of EPA.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 19 Nov. 2018, www.epa.gov/history/origins-epa.
Ruckelshaus, William D. “EPA Policy on Oversight of Delegated Environmental Programs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Apr. 1984, https://www.epa.gov/compliance/epa-policy-oversight-delegated-environmental-programs-1984. (updated 10/23/23)
Chapter 3: Air Emissions
Downloads:
Provided Links:
https://www.epa.gov/criteria-air-pollutants/naaqs-table
http://epa.gov/criteria-air-pollutants
http://epa.gov/haps/initial-list-hazardous-air-pollutants-modifications
https://www.epa.gov/scram/air-quality-dispersion-modeling-screening-models
http://epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/current-regulations-and-regulatory-actions
http://epa.gov/ghgreporting/resources-subpart-ghg-reporting
https://ghgreporting.epa.gov/ghg/login.do
http://www.osha.gov/data/sic-search
https://sor-scc-api.epa.gov/sccwebservices/sccsearch/
http://epa.gov/nsr/prevention-significant-deterioration-psd-increments
http://cfpub.epa.gov/rblc/index.cfm?action=Home.Home
http://cdx.epa.gov (routes you through Login.gov so you will need to setup an account there)
40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A (stack test methods)
Works Cited:
“Additional Information on 2009 Proposed Rule.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 19 Nov. 2019, www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/additional-information-2009-proposed-rule.
“Basic Information about Air Quality SIPs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 3 Aug. 2020, www.epa.gov/sips/basic-information-air-quality-sips.
“Clean Air Act Permitting for Greenhouse Gases.” (2019, December 10). Retrieved December 12, 2020, from https://www.epa.gov/nsr/clean-air-act-permitting-greenhouse-gases.
“Climate Change Regulatory Initiatives.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 22 May 2017, archive.epa.gov/epa/climatechange/climate-change-regulatory-initiatives.html.
“NAAQS Designations Process.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 19 Feb. 2020, www.epa.gov/criteria-air-pollutants/naaqs-designations-process.
“Nonattainment NSR Basic Information.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 8 Feb. 2019, www.epa.gov/nsr/nonattainment-nsr-basic-information.
“Prevention of Significant Deterioration Basic Information.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 8 Feb. 2019, www.epa.gov/nsr/prevention-significant-deterioration-basic-information.
Ruckelshaus, William D. “EPA Policy on Oversight of Delegated Environmental Programs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Apr. 1984, https://www.epa.gov/compliance/epa-policy-oversight-delegated-environmental-programs-1984. (updated 10/23/23)
“Summary of the Clean Air Act.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 6 Aug. 2020, www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-air-act.
“What Are Hazardous Air Pollutants?” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 9 Feb. 2017, www.epa.gov/haps/what-are-hazardous-air-pollutants.
“What Is Emissions Trading?” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 17 Dec. 2019, www.epa.gov/emissions-trading-resources/what-emissions-trading.
Chapter 4: Hazardous Waste
Downloads:
Provided Links:
epa.gov/hw/learn-basics-hazardous-waste
epa.gov/hwgenerators/hazardous-waste-generator-regulatory-summary
epa.gov/hw-sw846/basic-information-about-how-use-sw-846#UseWhich
epa.gov/hw/defining-hazardous-waste-listed-characteristic-and-mixed-radiological-wastes
epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/rwsdtg_0.pdf
Works Cited:
Case, David R. “Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.” Environmental Law Handbook, by Christopher L. Bell and Thomas F. P. Sullivan, Bernan Press, 2014, pp. 147–156.
“Criteria for the Definition of Solid Waste and Solid and Hazardous Waste Exclusions.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 26 June 2017, www.epa.gov/hw/criteria-definition-solid-waste-and-solid-and-hazardous-waste-exclusions.
“Defining Hazardous Waste: Listed, Characteristic and Mixed Radiological Wastes.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 16 July 2020, www.epa.gov/hw/defining-hazardous-waste-listed-characteristic-and-mixed-radiological-wastes.
“Delisting a Hazardous Waste.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 May 2020, www.epa.gov/hw/delisting-hazardous-waste.
“History of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 11 June 2020, www.epa.gov/rcra/history-resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-rcra.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Federal Facilities, EPA, 2017, www.epa.gov/enforcement/resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-rcra-and-federal-facilities.
Ruckelshaus, William D. “EPA Policy on Oversight of Delegated Environmental Programs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Apr. 1984, https://www.epa.gov/compliance/epa-policy-oversight-delegated-environmental-programs-1984. (updated 10/23/23)
Table Noting Which States Have Hazardous Waste Generator Categories That Are the Same as the Federal Categories and Which Have Different Categories, EPA, 2019, www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/table-noting-which-states-have-hazardous-waste-generator-categories-are-same-federal.
“Universal Waste.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 30 Oct. 2020, www.epa.gov/hw/universal-waste.
Chapter 5: Storm Water
Downloads:
Provided Links:
epa.gov/npdes/stormwater-discharges-industrial-activities
epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-11/documents/msgp_monitoring_guide.pdf
epa.gov/compliance/npdes-ereporting
Annual Report Form: epa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-01/documents/2021_msgp_-_appendix_i_-_annual_report_form.pdf
Works Cited:
“About NPDES.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 June 2020, www.epa.gov/npdes/about-npdes.
“Authorization Status for EPA’s Construction and Industrial Stormwater Programs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Sept. 2020, www.epa.gov/npdes/authorization-status-epas-construction-and-industrial-stormwater-programs.
“National Menu of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Stormwater.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 28 Aug. 2020, www.epa.gov/npdes/national-menu-best-management-practices-bmps-stormwater.
“NPDES Permit Basics.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 12 July 2019, www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-permit-basics.
Ruckelshaus, William D. “EPA Policy on Oversight of Delegated Environmental Programs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Apr. 1984, https://www.epa.gov/compliance/epa-policy-oversight-delegated-environmental-programs-1984.
Chapter 6: Hazardous Chemicals
Downloads:
Provided Links:
epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/tri-listed-chemicals
epa.gov/epcra/consolidated-list-lists
epa.gov/sites/production/files/2020-05/documents/fact_sheet_reporting_thresholds_04.28.2020.pdf
epa.gov/epcra/tier2-submit-software
epa.gov/epcra/state-tier-ii-reporting-requirements-and-procedures
https://www.osha.gov/data/sic-search
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-R/part-711
epa.gov/chemical-research/pfas-chemical-lists-and-tiered-testing-methods-descriptions
cdx.epa.gov (routes you through Login.gov so you will need to setup an account there)
epa.gov/epcra/tier-ii-forms-and-instructions
epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/reporting-tri-facilities
memphis.edu/ehs/pdfs/carlist.pdf
trimewebmod.epa.gov/cdx-tri-threshold-screening-tool/action/home/view/tri
epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/tsca-section-8a7-reporting-and-recordkeeping
ofmpub.epa.gov/apex/guideme_ext/f?p=GUIDEME:GD:::NO:RP:gd:supplier_notification (proposed rule change 1/16/25 — https://www.epa.gov/chemicals-under-tsca/epa-proposes-rule-clarify-supplier-notification-requirements-tri-listed-pfas)
Works Cited:
Basic Information about Chemical Data Reporting.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Apr. 2020, www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting/basic-information-about-chemical-data-reporting#what.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Bhopal disaster”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Nov. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/event/Bhopal-disaster.
“Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Federal Facilities.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 30 Jan. 2018, www.epa.gov/enforcement/emergency-planning-and-community-right-know-act-epcra-and-federal-facilities.
Ruckelshaus, William D. “EPA Policy on Oversight of Delegated Environmental Programs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Apr. 1984, https://www.epa.gov/compliance/epa-policy-oversight-delegated-environmental-programs-1984. (updated 10/23/23)
“Superfund: CERCLA Overview.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 June 2018, www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-cercla-overview.
“What Is EPCRA?” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 14 Nov. 2019, www.epa.gov/epcra/what-epcra.
Chapter 7: Oil Storage
Downloads:
Provided Links:
epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations
epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-04/documents/4_secondarycontainment_impracticability_2014.pdf
stispfa.org/library-resources/standards-regulatory-resources/sp001-standard
Other Links:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/spccbluebroch.pdf
Works Cited:
Bryant, Dennis L. “Exxon Valdez and OPA 90: How Congressional Reaction to a Major Oil Spill Changed the U.S. Coast Guard.” Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council, 30 Apr. 2017, trid.trb.org/view/1531902.
“Facility Response Plan (FRP) Applicability.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Apr. 2018, www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations/facility-response-plan-frp-applicability.
“Is My Facility a ‘Qualified Facility’ under the SPCC Rule?” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 6 June 2017, www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations/my-facility-qualified-facility-under-spcc-rule.
“Oil Spills Prevention and Preparedness Regulations.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Aug. 2020, www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations.
“Qualifying Criterion for Qualified Oil-Filled Operational Equipment.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 6 Dec. 2019, www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations/qualifying-criterion-qualified-oil-filled.
Ruckelshaus, William D. “EPA Policy on Oversight of Delegated Environmental Programs.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 4 Apr. 1984, https://www.epa.gov/compliance/epa-policy-oversight-delegated-environmental-programs-1984. (updated 10/23/23)
“Summary of the Oil Pollution Act.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 28 July 2020, www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-oil-pollution-act.
Chapter 8: Regulatory Agency Interactions
Downloads: None
Provided Links:
epa.gov/enforcement/enforcement-policy-guidance-publications#penalty
epa.gov/enforcement/enforcement-policy-guidance-publications
govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-08/2025-00206
epa.gov/enforcement/resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-rcra-civil-penalty-policy
epa.gov/enforcement/supplemental-environmental-projects-seps
Works Cited:
“Basic Information on Enforcement.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 1 July 2020, www.epa.gov/enforcement/basic-information-enforcement.
“Criminal Investigations.” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 15 Aug. 2018, www.epa.gov/enforcement/criminal-investigations.
“Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of Violations.” Federal Register, 11 Apr. 2000, www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/04/11/00-8954/incentives-for-self-policing-discovery-disclosure-correction-and-prevention-of-violations.
“Legal Relevance of Environmental Management Systems.” Environmental Law Handbook, by Thomas F. P. Sullivan and Christopher L. Bell, 22nd ed., Bernan, 2014, pp. 1012–1013.
“Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs).” EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 2 Nov. 2018, www.epa.gov/enforcement/supplemental-environmental-projects-seps.
Other:
Excel Shortcuts:
SIC Codes:
https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html
SCC Codes:
https://ofmpub.epa.gov/sccwebservices/sccsearch/
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