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If your organization was subject to the thousands of federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations in effect in the U.S. at the turn of the century, the Environmental Compliance Handbook should be within easy reach. Thousands of professionals have benefited from the bestselling classic. This practical, comprehensive book simplifies the complex world of environmental law and compliance and describes, in everyday language, the major federal laws and regulations at the turn of the century, as well as the critical state requirements appended to them.

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• Chapter 1 Introduction(p. 1)
• Purpose(p. 1)
• How Environmental Laws and Regulations Develop(p. 1)
• State and Local Environmental Laws(p. 4)
• Executive Orders(p. 4)
• Enforcement(p. 5)
• How to Use This Book(p. 6)
• Chapter 2 Compliance Assessment(p. 9)
• The Environmental Compliance Assessment (ECA)(p. 9)
• Who Performs an Environmental Assessment?(p. 10)
• Coordinating an Assessment(p. 12)
• The Mechanics of an Environmental Assessment(p. 14)
• Post-Interview Environmental Compliance Assessment Actions(p. 16)
• Using This Book to Help Develop Corrective Action Plans after an ECA(p. 17)
• ECA Checklist(p. 20)
• General Checklist(p. 20)
• Glossary(p. 22)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 23)
• Chapter 3 Surface Water(p. 25)
• The Clean Water Act(p. 26)
• Water Quality Standards(p. 26)
• Stormwater(p. 29)
• Best Management Practices(p. 34)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 37)
• Water Quality(p. 37)
• Surface Water Discharge Locations(p. 38)
• Corrective Actions for Permits(p. 39)
• Dredging Permits(p. 39)
• Discharge to a Municipal System(p. 40)
• Pretreatment Permitting Process(p. 41)
• Stormwater(p. 41)
• Glossary(p. 49)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 50)
• Chapter 4 Groundwater(p. 53)
• Possible Groundwater Contaminants(p. 54)
• Septic Tanks, Cesspools, and Privies(p. 54)
• Surface Impoundments(p. 55)
• Agricultural Activities(p. 55)
• Landfills(p. 55)
• Underground Storage Tanks(p. 55)
• Abandoned Wells(p. 55)
• Accidents and Illegal Dumping(p. 55)
• Highway De-Icing(p. 56)
• Federal Legislation and Regulations(p. 56)
• State Legislation and Regulations(p. 57)
• Wellhead Protection(p. 58)
• Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)(p. 58)
• Sole-Source Aquifers(p. 62)
• Landfills(p. 62)
• Injection Wells(p. 63)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 64)
• Potential Groundwater Contamination(p. 65)
• Prevention of Potential Groundwater Contamination(p. 65)
• Existing Contamination(p. 66)
• Determination of Previously Unknown Groundwater Contamination(p. 66)
• Legal Coverage of Contaminated Groundwater(p. 67)
• Wellhead Protection Programs(p. 67)
• Contamination by Leaking USTs(p. 68)
• Sole-Source Aquifer(p. 68)
• Landfills(p. 69)
• Underground Injection of Wastes(p. 69)
• Glossary(p. 70)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 70)
• Chapter 5 Drinking Water(p. 73)
• Legislation and Regulations(p. 75)
• The 1986 and 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)(p. 76)
• Federal Facility Requirements(p. 79)
• Drinking Water Standards(p. 81)
• Types of Water Systems (U.S. EPA, December 1999)(p. 83)
• Progress toward Achieving Drinking Water Goals(p. 84)
• Source Water Assessments (U.S. EPA, December 1999)(p. 84)
• Compliance with the Surface Water Treatment Rule(p. 84)
• Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)(p. 85)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 85)
• Drinking Water Supply(p. 86)
• Water Supply Responsibility--City(p. 86)
• Water Supply from Wells(p. 87)
• Water Supply from Small Treatment Units(p. 87)
• Watershed Control Program(p. 88)
• Sanitary Surveys(p. 88)
• Chlorine Reduction(p. 88)
• Industrial Contaminants(p. 89)
• Glossary(p. 89)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 90)
• Chapter 6 Air(p. 93)
• Federal Laws and Regulations(p. 93)
• Standards(p. 93)
• Regulatory Programs(p. 99)
• State Laws and Regulations(p. 101)
• Monitoring Air Quality(p. 104)
• Emissions Trading(p. 105)
• New Clean Air Act Regulations(p. 107)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 108)
• General Stationary Source Emission Limitations(p. 108)
• New Source Review(p. 109)
• New Source Performance Standards(p. 109)
• Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) of Air Quality(p. 111)
• Nonattainment Areas(p. 112)
• National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS)(p. 113)
• Subpart II: Mobile Source Regulation(p. 115)
• Vehicle Emissions(p. 115)
• Enforcement(p. 116)
• Fuels and Additives(p. 116)
• Clean Fuel Program(p. 116)
• Subchapter IV: Acid Rain(p. 117)
• Permitting(p. 117)
• Sulphur Dioxide (SO[subscript 2]) Allowances(p. 118)
• Nitrogen Oxide Allowances(p. 119)
• New Fossil-Fuel Fired Power Plants(p. 119)
• Penalties(p. 119)
• Monitoring(p. 120)
• Designated Representative for Acid Rain(p. 120)
• Subchapter V: Permits(p. 120)
• Conducting an Air Emissions Inventory(p. 121)
• Subchapter VI: Ozone Compliance(p. 125)
• Glossary(p. 131)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 133)
• Chapter 7 Hazardous Waste Management(p. 135)
• General Overview(p. 135)
• Solid Waste(p. 136)
• Hazardous Waste(p. 136)
• Minimizing Wastes(p. 137)
• Characteristic Wastes(p. 137)
• Listed Wastes(p. 138)
• Mixed Wastes(p. 139)
• Wastes Generated by Treatment, Storage, or Disposal(p. 139)
• Empty Containers(p. 139)
• Leachate(p. 140)
• Hazardous Waste Recycling(p. 140)
• Land Disposal(p. 141)
• Treatment(p. 141)
• Hazardous Waste Generators(p. 142)
• Overview(p. 142)
• Fully Regulated (Large Quantity) Generators(p. 143)
• Small Quantity Generators(p. 143)
• Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators(p. 143)
• Hazardous Waste Storage and Transportation(p. 144)
• Overview(p. 144)
• Small Quantity Generator Storage(p. 145)
• Large Quantity Generator Storage(p. 145)
• Hazardous Waste Transporters(p. 147)
• Hazardous Waste Manifests(p. 148)
• Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities(p. 149)
• Overview(p. 149)
• Fully Permitted TSDFs(p. 150)
• Interim Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities(p. 152)
• TSDF Permits(p. 152)
• Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan(p. 155)
• State RCRA Programs(p. 156)
• Medical Wastes(p. 156)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 157)
• RCRA General Overview(p. 157)
• Solid Waste(p. 157)
• Hazardous Waste(p. 157)
• Empty Containers(p. 158)
• Leachate(p. 158)
• Hazardous Waste Recycling(p. 159)
• Land Disposal(p. 159)
• Treatment(p. 159)
• Hazardous Waste Generators(p. 160)
• Types of Generators(p. 160)
• Extensions(p. 160)
• Exception Reports(p. 160)
• Satellite Accumulation(p. 161)
• Small Quantity Generator Storage(p. 162)
• Large Quantity Generator Storage(p. 162)
• Hazardous Waste Transporters(p. 163)
• Hazardous Waste Manifests(p. 163)
• Fully Permitted TSDFs(p. 164)
• Interim Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities(p. 164)
• Additional Operating Specifications for Certain Facilities(p. 165)
• TSDF Permit Applications(p. 165)
• TSDF Permit Requirements(p. 165)
• Used Oil(p. 166)
• Creation of Used Oil(p. 166)
• State RCRA Programs(p. 166)
• State Special Wastes(p. 166)
• Medical Wastes(p. 167)
• Glossary(p. 167)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 167)
• Chapter 8 Contamination Remediation(p. 169)
• General Overview(p. 169)
• Notification Requirements(p. 170)
• Remediation Actions(p. 170)
• Response Actions(p. 171)
• Abatement Actions(p. 172)
• Voluntary Abatement Actions(p. 173)
• Clean Up Standards(p. 173)
• National Contingency Plan(p. 175)
• CERCLA Remediation(p. 175)
• National Priorities List(p. 177)
• Settlements(p. 177)
• CERCLA Liability(p. 179)
• Overview(p. 179)
• Who May Be Liable?(p. 179)
• Theories of Liability(p. 180)
• Defenses to CERCLA Liability(p. 180)
• Liability between Defendants(p. 181)
• Indemnity Contracts(p. 182)
• Insurance(p. 182)
• Federal and State Liability(p. 183)
• Federally Owned Property(p. 183)
• Brownfields(p. 184)
• State Involvement(p. 185)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 186)
• Notification Requirements(p. 186)
• Remediation Actions(p. 187)
• Response Actions(p. 187)
• Contingency Plan(p. 187)
• Inspection(p. 188)
• Training(p. 188)
• Abatement Actions(p. 188)
• Voluntary Abatement Actions(p. 188)
• Clean Up Standards(p. 188)
• National Contingency Plan(p. 189)
• CERCLA Remediation(p. 189)
• Brownfields(p. 189)
• State Involvement(p. 189)
• National Priority List(p. 189)
• Settlements(p. 190)
• CERCLA Liability(p. 190)
• Defenses to CERCLA Liability(p. 191)
• Liability between Dependents(p. 191)
• Indemnity Contracts(p. 191)
• Glossary(p. 191)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 192)
• Chapter 9 Toxic Substances Control(p. 193)
• General Overview(p. 193)
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)(p. 193)
• Manufacturing, Processing, and Distributing Chemical Substances(p. 194)
• Reports(p. 195)
• Recordkeeping, Certifications, Prohibitions, and Enforcement(p. 196)
• Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act(p. 197)
• Confidential Information(p. 201)
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act(p. 202)
• Registration(p. 203)
• Labeling(p. 204)
• Packaging(p. 204)
• Recordkeeping(p. 205)
• Worker Protection(p. 205)
• Emergency Exemptions(p. 206)
• Pesticides in Foods and Animal Feeds(p. 207)
• Miscellaneous(p. 208)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 208)
• Manufacturing, Processing, and Distributing Chemical Substances(p. 208)
• Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act(p. 209)
• Emergency Planning and Notification(p. 209)
• Hazardous Chemical Inventory Reports(p. 210)
• Toxic Chemical Release Reporting(p. 210)
• Confidential Information(p. 210)
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act(p. 211)
• Distribution of Pesticides(p. 211)
• Pesticide Production(p. 211)
• Worker Protection(p. 212)
• Pesticides in Foods and Animal Feeds(p. 212)
• Emergency Exemptions(p. 213)
• Glossary(p. 213)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 213)
• Chapter 10 Storage Tanks(p. 215)
• Underground Storage Tanks(p. 215)
• Introduction(p. 215)
• RCRA Regulatory Program Scope(p. 217)
• UST Systems: Design, Construction, Installation, and Notification(p. 217)
• General Operating Requirements(p. 219)
• Release Detection(p. 220)
• Release Reporting, Investigation, and Confirmation(p. 222)
• Corrective Action and Release Response for UST Systems(p. 223)
• Out-of-Service UST Systems and Closure(p. 224)
• State UST Programs(p. 225)
• Aboveground Storage Tanks(p. 226)
• Introduction(p. 226)
• Mechanical and Physical Requirements(p. 227)
• Operating and Closure Requirements(p. 228)
• Waste Oil Tanks(p. 228)
• Vaults(p. 228)
• State Laws and Regulations(p. 229)
• Facility Response Plans(p. 229)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 232)
• Underground Storage Tanks(p. 232)
• Aboveground Storage Tanks(p. 235)
• Facility Spill Response Plans(p. 235)
• Glossary(p. 239)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 239)
• Chapter 11 Archaeological and Cultural Resources(p. 241)
• Introduction(p. 241)
• Legal Authorities(p. 241)
• What Are Cultural Resources?(p. 242)
• What Are Historic Properties?(p. 242)
• Integrity(p. 244)
• What Is the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation?(p. 245)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 245)
• Process(p. 245)
• Requirement to Follow Section 106 of NHPA(p. 246)
• Federal Agencies--Section 106 Requirements(p. 252)
• Step 1 Identify and Evaluate Historic Properties(p. 252)
• Step 2 Assess Effects(p. 252)
• Step 3 Consultation(p. 253)
• Step 4 Council Comment(p. 253)
• Section 106 Process(p. 255)
• Conclusion(p. 256)
• Glossary(p. 256)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 256)
• Chapter 12 Biological Resources(p. 257)
• Legislation(p. 257)
• Endangered Species Act(p. 257)
• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act(p. 258)
• Coastal Zone Management Act(p. 258)
• Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (Ocean Dumping)(p. 258)
• Wetlands(p. 259)
• Biological Items to Be Identified(p. 259)
• Terrestrial Organisms(p. 259)
• Aquatic Organisms(p. 261)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 261)
• Legislation(p. 261)
• Endangered Species Act(p. 261)
• Endangered Species(p. 261)
• Endangered Species or Critical Habitats Found(p. 262)
• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act(p. 262)
• Coastal Zone Management Act(p. 262)
• Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972(p. 263)
• Wetlands(p. 263)
• Delineation of Wetlands(p. 264)
• Biological Resources Determination(p. 266)
• Terrestrial Field Survey(p. 266)
• Wildlife(p. 267)
• Aquatic Organisms(p. 268)
• Algae and Phytoplankton(p. 269)
• Zooplankton(p. 270)
• Benthic Organisms(p. 270)
• Fish(p. 271)
• Glossary(p. 272)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 273)
• Chapter 13 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)(p. 275)
• The NEPA Laws and Regulations(p. 276)
• CEQ Regulations for Implementing NEPA(p. 277)
• Executive Order 11514, Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality(p. 283)
• NEPA Regulations by Other Agencies(p. 283)
• EPA's NEPA Regulations(p. 284)
• Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers--Policy and Procedures for Implementing NEPA(p. 286)
• State and Municipal Equivalents of NEPA(p. 288)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 289)
• Is a NEPA Action Required?(p. 289)
• Industrial State or Local NEPA-Type Requirements(p. 290)
• Industrial Federal Environment Information Document(p. 291)
• Third Party EIS(p. 291)
• Categorical Exclusions(p. 292)
• Environmental Assessment (EA)(p. 293)
• FONSI(p. 293)
• EIS(p. 293)
• Environmental Justice(p. 294)
• Glossary(p. 294)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 294)
• Chapter 14 Environmental Justice(p. 295)
• Present Status(p. 295)
• Civil Rights Act of 1964(p. 295)
• Executive Order 12898(p. 296)
• Department of the Air Force Guide for Environmental Justice Analysis in the Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP)(p. 297)
• EPA Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Administrative Complaints Challenging Permits(p. 299)
• Objections to the EPA Interim Guidance(p. 300)
• Final EPA Guidance(p. 302)
• CEQ Guidelines(p. 307)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 307)
• Requirements(p. 307)
• Identification(p. 308)
• Approach to Solution(p. 309)
• Glossary(p. 309)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 309)
• Chapter 15 The Range Rule(p. 311)
• Introduction(p. 311)
• State Laws and Regulations(p. 313)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 313)
• Glossary(p. 313)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 314)
• Chapter 16 Other Federal and State Laws and Regulations(p. 315)
• Asbestos(p. 315)
• Asbestos Laws and Regulations(p. 316)
• Lead Paint(p. 322)
• Lead Paint Laws and Regulations(p. 323)
• Noise(p. 325)
• Health Effects(p. 325)
• Noise Level(p. 326)
• Radon(p. 330)
• Introduction(p. 330)
• Radon Laws and Regulations(p. 331)
• State and Community Laws and Regulations(p. 332)
• PCBs(p. 332)
• PCB Laws and Regulations(p. 333)
• Environmental Compliance(p. 333)
• Asbestos(p. 333)
• Lead Paint(p. 335)
• Noise(p. 337)
• Radon(p. 341)
• PCBs(p. 346)
• Location of PCBs(p. 347)
• Glossary(p. 348)
• References and Selected Readings(p. 350)
• Appendix A EIS Process(p. 351)
• Appendix B EPA Regional Offices(p. 357)
• Appendix C State Environmental Agencies(p. 359)
• Appendix D State Required Contingency/Response Plans(p. 365)
• Appendix E Environmental Justice: Guidance under the National Environmental Policy Act(p. 377)
• Index(p. 399)

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Former company president, chief executive officer, university professor, politician, and grandfather, Jack Bregman, B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., is the epitome of the American success story. The only son of Russian immigrants, he is the author of over 65 publications, holds several patents, and has written eight books. An internationally recognized expert in his field, Dr. Bregman is listed in several of the Who's Who publications, has been elected to membership in the honor societies of Sigma Xi and Phil Lambda Upsilon, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. After receiving two battle stars as a soldier in Europe during World War II, and being on a torpedoed troop ship in the English Channel, Dr. Bregman earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, worked for several years in prominent research laboratories, and served in the Johnson Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water Quality. Since the mid-1960s, he has founded two highly successful environmental consulting firms, the second of which bears his name. He has served in government at the federal, state, and local levels.
Happily married for 53 years, Dr. Bregman and his wife, Mona, reside in Bethesda, MD, where their company also is located. When the question of retirement is raised, Dr. Bregman's standard comment is that perhaps when he reaches the age of 80, he may consider semiretiring to 40 hours per week in order to concentrate a little more on his writing and teaching.
Upon his graduation from Norwich University, Northfield, VT, in 1970, Robert D. Edell, Jr., was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army and entered active duty as the Viet Nam combat began to wind down. This initial active duty stint was the beginning of 28 years of service in the U.S. Army Reserve. Upon completion of his military entry-level officer training, Edell relocated to the Boston, MA, area, where he began to teach high school science and math. His interest in environmental issues was piqued during a National Science Foundation grant to study nuclear engineering at Penn State. The resident program took place while the Three Mile Island incident was unraveling and the instructors would bring in videotapes that had been filmed by robots entering the nuclear power plant.
Edell continued teaching in upstate New York, where he was elected president of the local teachers' association, steering the collective bargaining efforts with the Board of Education, and served on the New York State Science Teachers Association.