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Environmental Response and Remediation Laws and Rules

EPA Laws and Rules

• 40 CFR Part 280—EPA
  Federal regulations governing underground storage tanks.
• Brownfields—EPA
  Brownfields and Land Revitalization.
• CERCLIS
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System.
• EPA Region VIII
  Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 27 Tribal Nations.
• Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)—EPA
  Provides policy, guidance, and direction for the Agency’s emergency response and waste programs.
• Office of Underground Storage Tanks—EPA
  The EPA, states, and tribes work together to protect the environment and human health from potential UST releases.
• Superfund—EPA
  Cleaning up the nations’ hazardous waste sites.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  Pages related to DERR.

Other Related Laws and Rules

• CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act)
  (Superfund)—Federal law governing cleanup of hazardous waste.
• RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
  Federal law governing the treatment, storage, disposal, and transportation of hazardous waste.
• Utah Administrative Code Rules—R311
  Administrative rules for the DERR.
• Utah Code—Title 19—Environmental Quality Code, Chapter 6—Hazardous Substances
  State laws regulating Utah’s land, air, and water.
• Utah Code—Title 57—Chapter 25—Uniform Environmental Covenants Act
• Utah Code—Title 63 Chapter 2—Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA)
  State law regulating public access to documents and information generated by state agencies.