Plain English Regulatory Guides / Fact Sheets

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1. Air
2. Animal Feeding Operations
3. Drinking Water
4. Hazardous Waste
5. Solid Waste
6. Stormwater/Wet Weather
7. Wastewater
8. Watershed
9. Wetlands

1. Air

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

GENERAL

2. Animal Feeding Operations

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

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

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

Arsenic Rule
- Final Rule Fact Sheet
- Draft Guidance
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule
- Reporting Guidance
Filter Backwash Recycling Rule
Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts Rules
- Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Stage 1 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Surface Water Treatment Rule
  - Implementation Guidance
Public Notification Rule
Radionuclides Rule
- Radionuclides Rule Fact Sheet
- Radionuclides Rule Quick Reference Guide
Consumer Confidence Report Rule
- Consumer Confidence Report Rule Fact Sheet
- Guidance for Water Suppliers
Lead and Copper Rule

GENERAL

4. Hazardous Waste

GENERAL

5. Solid Waste

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

GENERAL

6. Stormwater/Wet Weather

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

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)
Sanitary Sewer Overflows Rule (scheduled to be proposed in fall 2002)
- Fact Sheet Describing Draft Proposed Regulatory Framework (PDF file)
Stormwater Phase I Final Rule
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

GENERAL

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)
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)
Combined Sewer Overflows
Sanitary Sewer Overflows
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)
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7. Wastewater

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

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

GENERAL

Wastewater Primer (PDF file)
Biosolids
- Frequently Asked Questions
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)
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)
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8. Watershed

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

Total Maximum Daily Load Rule
- TMDL Program Overview Fact Sheet
- Status of the TMDL/Watershed Rule

GENERAL

9. Wetlands

REGULATION-SPECIFIC

GENERAL

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