Plain English Regulatory Guides / Fact Sheets

1. Air

• Fact Sheet on Federal Plan for Large Existing Municipal Waste Combustors
• Fact Sheet on Final Rule for Reducing Transport of Ground-Level Ozone and Two Related Proposals (PDF file)
• Clean Air Act General Duty Clause Fact Sheet (PDF file)
• Small Municipal Solid Waste Combustor Fact Sheet
• Taking Toxics Out of the Air
• Risk Management Plan (RMP) Audit Guidance
• EPA Guidance Document - Improving Air Quality Through Land Use Activities (PDF file)
• Guidance for Improving Air Quality Using Economic Incentive Programs (PDF file)
• Hazardous Air Pollutants Health Effects Fact Sheets
• Stationary Source Voluntary Measures Policy (PDF file)

2. Animal Feeding Operations

• Proposed Revisions to CAFO Regulations - Frequently Asked Questions (PDF file)
• State Compendium of Programs and Regulatory Activities Related to AFOs
• NPDES Regulations Governing Management of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Dairy and Cattle, Poultry, Swine, and Horse Feeding Operations; Slaughter and Feeder Cattle Operations

3. Drinking Water

• Water Conservation Plan Guidelines
• Actions You Can Take to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water
• Guidance on Analytical Methods for Drinking Water
• Lead and Copper Rule
  
  • Fact Sheet for Public Water Systems that serve less than 3,300 Persons
  • Fact Sheet for Public Water Systems that serve between 3,301 and 50,000 Persons
  • Fact Sheet for Public Water Systems that serve more than 50,000 Persons
  • Lead and Copper Rule: Compliance Dates
  • Monitoring Waivers Under the Lead and Copper Rule: Minor Revisions for Systems Serving 3,300 or Fewer People
  • Notification and Reporting Requirements for Partial Lead and Service Line Replacement under the Lead and Copper Rule
  • Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions Fact sheet
• Consumer Confidence Report Rule
  
  • Consumer Confidence Report Rule Fact Sheet
  • Guidance for Water Suppliers
• Radionuclides Rule
  
  • Radionuclides Rule Fact Sheet
  • Radionuclides Rule Quick Reference Guide
• Public Notification Rule
  
  • Public Notification Handbook
  • Public Notification Fact Sheet
  • Public Notification Rule Revisions Fact Sheet
  • Quick Reference Guide
• Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts Rules
  
  • Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
    
    • Quick Reference Guide
    • Final Implementation Guidance
    • Plain English Guidance
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Fact Sheet
  • Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule
    
    • Quick Reference Guide
    • Final Implementation Guidance
    • Plain English Guidance
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Fact Sheet
  • Surface Water Treatment Rule
    
    • Implementation Guidance
• Guidance for People with Severely Weakened Immune Systems
• Source Water Protection Practices Bulletins
• Filter Backwash Recycling Rule
  
  • Fact Sheet
  • Quick Reference Guide
  • Draft Implementation Guidance for the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule
• Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule
  
  • Reporting Guidance
• Protecting Sources of Drinking Water: Selected Case Studies in Watershed Management (PDF file)
• Arsenic Rule
  
  • Final Rule Fact Sheet
  • Draft Guidance

4. Hazardous Waste

• RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act): Reducing Risk From Waste (PDF file)
• Little Known But Allowable Ways to Deal with Hazardous Waste (PDF file)
• National Priority List (NPL) Fact Sheets By Region and State

5. Solid Waste

• Fact Sheet on Proposed Federal Plan for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (PDF file)
• Fact Sheet on Landfill Reclamation
• Implementation Guide for Small Business Recycling Cooperatives
• RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act): Reducing Risk From Waste (PDF file)
• Effluent Guidelines and Pretreatment Standards for the Landfills Point Source Category
• Pollution Prevention Directory

6. Stormwater/Wet Weather

• Stormwater Phase II Final Rule
  
  • Stormwater Phase II Final Rule: An Overview Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Small MS4 Storm Water Program Overview Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Who's Covered? Designations and Waivers of Regulated Small MS4s Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Urbanized Areas: Definition and Description Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Public Education and Outreach Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Public Participation/Involvement Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Construction Site Runoff Control Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Post Construction Runoff Control Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Permitting and Reporting: The Process and Requirements Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Small Construction Program Overview Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Construction Rainfall Erosivity Waiver Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Conditional No Exposure Exclusion for Industrial Activity Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • Storm Water Phase II Compliance Assistance Guide (PDF file)
  • Guidance Manual for Conditional Exclusion from Storm Water Permitting Based on "No Exposure" of Industrial Activities to Storm Water (PDF file)
  • Measurable Goals Guidance for Phase II Small MS4s (PDF file)
  • Model Small MS4 General Permit (PDF file)
  • National Menu of Best Management Practices for NPDES Storm Water Phase II
• Stormwater Phase I Final Rule
  
  • Overview of the NPDES Stormwater Program (PDF file)
  • Who Is Subject to Phase I of the NPDES Stormwater Program and Needs a Permit? Fact Sheet (PDF file)
  • NPDES Stormwater Program Question and Answer Document, Volume 1 (PDF file)
  • NPDES Stormwater Program for Construction Activity Disturbing 5 Acres or Greater
• Sanitary Sewer Overflows Rule (scheduled to be proposed in fall 2002)
  
  • Fact Sheet Describing Draft Proposed Regulatory Framework (PDF file)
• Sanitary Sewer Overflows
  
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Benefits of Protecting Your Community From Sanitary Sewer Overflows Brochure
  • Sanitary Sewer Overflows: What Are They and How Can We Reduce Them? Brochure
  • Why Control SSOs? Fact Sheet
  • Financing Capital Improvements For SSO Abatement
  • Protocols for Identifying SSOs
• Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy
  
  • Guidance: Coordinating Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Planning with Water Quality Standards Reviews (PDF file)
  • Guidance for Long-Term Control Plan (PDF file)
  • Guidance for Nine Minimum Controls (PDF file)
  • Guidance for Monitoring and Modeling (PDF file)
  • Guidance on Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development (PDF file)
  • Guidance for Funding Options (PDF file)
• Combined Sewer Overflows
  
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Proper Operation and Maintenance
  • Sewer Separation
• Stormwater
  
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • NPDES Stormwater Program Overview
  • Minimizing Effects of Highway Deicing (PDF file)
  • Non-Stormwater Discharges to Storm Sewers (PDF file)
  • Stormwater Contamination Assessments (PDF file)
  • Economic Benefits of Runoff Control
  • Managing Urban Runoff
  • Catch Basin Cleaning (PDF file)
  • Coverings (PDF file)
  • Dust Control (PDF file)
  • Employee Training (PDF file)
  • Handling and Disposal of Residuals (PDF file)
  • Internal Reporting (PDF file)
  • Materials Inventory (PDF file)
  • Preventive Maintenance (PDF file)
  • Record Keeping (PDF file)
  • Spill Prevention Planning (PDF file)
  • Stormwater Contamination Assessment (PDF file)
  • Visual Inspection (PDF file)
• Combined Sewew Overflow Technology Fact Sheets
  
  • Alternative Disinfection Methods (PDF file)
  • Chlorine Disinfection (PDF file)
  • Floatables Control (PDF file)
  • Inflow Reduction (PDF file)
  • Maximization of In-line Storage (PDF file)
  • Netting Systems for Floatables Control (PDF file)
  • Pollution Prevention (PDF file)
  • Retention Basins (PDF file)
  • Screens (PDF file)
• Stormwater Technology Fact Sheets
  
  • Airplane Deicing Fluid Recovery Systems (PDF file)
  • Bioretention (PDF file)
  • Flow Diversion (PDF file)
  • Hydrodynamic Separators (PDF file)
  • Infiltration Drainfields (PDF file)
  • Infiltration Trench (PDF file)
  • Modular Treatment Systems (PDF file)
  • Onsite Underground Retention/Detention (PDF file)
  • Porous Pavement (PDF file)
  • Sand Filters (PDF file)
  • Stormwater Wetlands (PDF file)
  • Turf Reinforcement Mats (PDF file)
  • Vegetative Covers (PDF file)
  • Vegetated Swales (PDF file)
  • Water Quality Inlets (PDF file)
  • Wet Detention Ponds (PDF file)

7. Wastewater

• Part 503 Biosolids Rule
  
  • Plain English Guide
  • Fact Sheet on EPA's Decision Not to Regulate Dioxin and Dioxin-like Compounds in Sewage Sludge which Is Placed in a Surface Disposal Unit or Fired in a Sewage Sludge Incinerator
• Wastewater Technology Fact Sheets
  
  • Ammonia Stripping (PDF file)
  • Chlorine Disinfection (PDF file)
  • Granular Activated Carbon Adsorption and Regeneration (PDF file)
  • Chemical Precipitation (PDF file)
  • Dechlorination (PDF file)
  • Fine Bubble Aeration (PDF file)
  • Force Main Sewers (PDF file)
  • Free Water Surface Wetlands (PDF file)
  • High-Efficiency Toilets (PDF file)
  • In-Plant Pump Stations (PDF file)
  • Oxidation Ditches (PDF file)
  • Ozone Disinfection (PDF file)
  • Package Plants (PDF file)
  • Pipe Construction and Materials (PDF file)
  • Sequencing Batch Reactors (PDF file)
  • Trickling Filter Nitrification (PDF file)
  • Trickling Filters (PDF file)
  • Ultraviolet Disinfection (PDF file)
  • Wetlands: Subsurface Flow (PDF file)
• Biosolids Technology Fact Sheets
  
  • Alkaline Stabilization of Biosolids (PDF file)
  • Belt Filter Press (PDF file)
  • Centrifuge Thickening and Dewatering (PDF file)
  • In-Vessel Composting of Biosolids (PDF file)
  • Land Application of Biosolids (PDF file)
  • Odor Control in Biosolids Management (PDF file)
  • Recessed-Plate Filter Press (PDF file)
• Biosolids
  
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Wastewater Primer (PDF file)

8. Watershed

• Top 10 Watershed Lessons Learned (PDF file)
• Total Maximum Daily Load Rule
  
  • TMDL Program Overview Fact Sheet
  • Status of the TMDL/Watershed Rule
• Guidance on Improving Water Quality through Water Conservation
• Controlling Nonpoint Source Runoff Pollution from Roads, Highways, and Bridges
• Planning Considerations for Roads, Highways and Bridges
• Pollution Control Programs for Roads, Highways and Bridges
• Erosion, Sediment, and Runoff Control for Roads and Highways
• Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Fact sheets
• 15 Things You Can Do to Make a Difference in Your Watershed
• Coastal Watershed Fact Sheets
• 2003 Proposed Trading Policy

9. Wetlands

• Wetland Bioassessment Fact Sheet
• Clarification of "Tulloch Rule" Revisions to the Clean Water Act Regulatory Definition of "Discharge of Dredged Material" (PDF file)
• Announcement of Revisions to the Clean Water Act Regulatory Definitions of "Fill Material" and "Discharge of Fill Material"
• Overview of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
• Wetlands Fact Sheets
• Guidance on Developing Local Wetlands Projects