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Publications on the EPA Site, Sorted by Subject Area

There are numerous Office and Program publication pages which provide direct access to full-text publications or information about the publications which are produced by the various Offices and Programs.

Office of Air and Radiation

• Air Quality Planning and Standards
• Clean Air Market Programs
• Climate Protection Partnerships Division (CPPD)
• Global Warming
• Indoor Air Quality
• Radiation Protection Publications

American Indian Environmental Office

Chief Financial Officer

• Budget Documents
• Planning Documents

Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

• EPA Sector Notebooks
• Environmental Justice Publications

History Office

Office of Inspector General

Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

• Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
• Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse

Office of Research and Development

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

• Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
• Hazardous Waste Technology Innovations
• Oil Spill Program
• Solid Waste
• Superfund

Office of Water

• Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
• Office of Science and Technology
• Office of Wastewater Management
• Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds

Alphabetized List of Publications

• Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin: Recycle and Combat a Life of Grime (Comic Book)
• Analysis of Composting as an Environmental Remediation Technology
• Availability of Uncoated Printing and Writing Papers Containing 30 Percent Postconsumer Fiber Background Document for Capacity Analysis for Land Disposal Restrictions Phase IV (Second Supplement): Toxicity Characteristic Metal Wastes and Newly Identified Mineral Processing Wastes; Proposed
• Background Document for Land Disposal Restrictions -- Wood Preserving Wastes (Final Rule): Capacity Analysis and Response to Capacity-Related Comments
• Background Document for Proposed Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines III and Draft Recovered Materials Advisory Notice III
• Background Document for the Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) Rule
• Best Demonstrated Available Technology (BDAT) Background Document for Toxicity Characteristic Metal Wastes D004-D011; Proposed - July 1995
  

C

• Characterization of Building-Related Construction and Demolition Debris in the United States Adobe Acrobat PDF File [403 K] || About...
• Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States
  1995 Update || 1996 Update || 1997 Update
• Clarification to the 1994 Revised Interim Soil Lead Guidance for CERCLA sites and RCRA Corrective Action Facilities
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File [127 K] || About...
• Collecting Used Oil for Recycling/Reuse: Tips for Consumers Who Change Their Own Motor Oil and Oil Filters Adobe Acrobat PDF File   también en Español || About ...
• Combustion Emissions: Executive Summary || About ...
• Construction and Demolition Waste Landfills || About ...
• Construction Products Containing Recovered Materials
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• The Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste
• Cost and Economic Impact Analysis of the CESQG Rulemaking
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About ...
• Criteria for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities, A Guide for Owners/Operators
  

D

• Decision Makers' Guide to Solid Waste Management
• Disposal Tips for Home Health Care (Patient Flyer) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About ...
• Disposal Tips for Home Health Care (Professional Brochure) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About ...
• Donating Leftover Food to the Needy (4 pages)  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text file || About...
  

  E

• EPA Hazardous Waste Program Information Strategy Plan Adobe Acrobat PDF File [1200 K]
• Economic Impact Analysis for Proposed Comprehensive Procurement Guideline III
• Electronics Reuse and Recycling Directory - March 1997 HTML Format || Adobe Acrobat PDF File [141K-12pp] || About ...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Agency Requests Comment on Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units at Hazardous Waste Management Facilities || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Assurance Mechanisms Finalized for Local Government Owners of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Electronic Access to OSW Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA Expands Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA Finalizes Regulations under RCRA for Military Munitions || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: EPA Issues Comprehensive Procurement Guideline About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Final Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors - Phase I Adobe Acrobat PDF File [13 K] || ASCII Text File [6 K] || About . . .
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Final Standards Promulgated for Petroleum Refining Waste ASCII Text File [6 K] || Adobe Acrobat PDF File [14 K] || About . . .
• Environmental Fact Sheet: HWIR-MEDIA Final Rule  Adobe Acrobat PDF File [14 K] || ASCII Text File [5 K] || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Hazardous Waste Identification Rule for Contaminated Media (HWIR-media) - Proposed Rule || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: No Hazardous Waste Listing Determined for 14 Solvents  Adobe Acrobat PDF File [12 K] || ASCII Text File [3 K] || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Post-Closure Permit Amendment Addresses Corrective Action Adobe Acrobat PDF File [14 K] || ASCII Text File [6 K] || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Procedures for Approving State Subtitle D Landfill Permitting Programs  Adobe Acrobat PDF File [10 K] || ASCII Text File [3 K] || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Recycling Grass Clippings Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Report to Congress on Flow Control and Municipal Solid Waste || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Revised Technical Standards Proposed for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Standards Issued for Nonmunicipal Solid Waste Units that Receive CESQG Hazardous Waste || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Treatment Standards Finalized for Wood Preserving Wastes; Less Paperwork Required under Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) Program - April 1997 || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Treatment Standards Proposed for Toxicity Characteristic (TC) Metal and Mineral Processing Wastes - April 1997 || About...
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Treatment Standards Set for Toxicity Characteristic (TC) Metal Wastes, Mineral Processing Wastes, and Contaiminated Soil - June 1998  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About . . .
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Two New Hazardous Waste Codes Added from Organobromine Production Adobe Acrobat PDF File [13 K] || ASCII Text File [6 K] || About . . .
• Environmental Fact Sheet: Waste-Derived Fertilizers December 1997 Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Extended Product Responsibility: A New Principle for Product-Oriented Pollution Prevention- June 1997
  

F

• Financing Guide for Recycling Businesses || About ...
• Full Cost Accounting for Municipal Solid Waste
• Full Cost Accounting Resource Guide
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
  

G

• Generation and Management of Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) Waste  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
  
• Grant Resources for Solid Waste Activities in Indian Country - August, 1998   Adobe Acrobat PDF File [5 MB] || ASCII Text File [247 K] || About...
• Green Advertising Claims Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
  
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Management of Selected Materials in Municipal Solid Waste - Final Report, October 1998
• Guidance on Collection of Emissions Data to Support Site-Specific Risk Assessments at Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities: Peer Review Draft   Adobe Acrobat PDF File [1.2 MB] || About...
  

H

• HWIR: A RCRA Tuneup - March 1998  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About . . .
• Handle with Care: How To Throw Out Used Insulin Syringes and Lancets at Home: A Booklet for Young People with Diabetes and Their Families Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About . . .
• Hazardous Waste Characterisictics Scoping Study
• The Hazardous Waste Facility Permitting Process
• Hazardous Waste Identification Rule: Media
• Hazardous Waste Identification Rule: Waste
• Hazardous Waste Identification Studies
• Hazardous Waste Requirements for Large Quantity Generators  ASCII Text File || Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About
• Hazardous Waste Identification Studies
• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Management: A Manual for One-Day Community Collection Programs  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
• Household Hazardous Waste, Steps to Safe Management  
  en Español || About. . .
• How to Start or Expand a Recycling Collection Program (4 pages) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
  

I

• Identifying Your Waste: The Starting Point - September 1997
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Implementation of the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII text File || About...
• Innovative Uses of Compost: Composting of Soils Contaminated By Explosives
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Innovative Uses of Compost: Disease Control For Plants and Animals
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Innovative Uses of Compost: Erosion Control, Turf Remediation, and Landscaping
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Innovative Uses of Compost: Reforestation, Wetlands Restoration, and Habitat Revitalization
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• International Waste Minimization Approaches and Policies to Metal Plating (see Waste Minimization Home Page)
• It's 1997...Do You Know About Upcoming Municipal Waste Landfill Deadlines? - Tip Sheet - May 1997

J

• Jobs Through Recycling Program Brochure  Adobe Acrobat PDF* File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Joining Forces on Solid Waste Management: Regionalization is Working in Rural and Small Communities
• JTR Grantee Series - Arizona
• JTR Grantee Series - Minnesota
• JTR Grantee Series - North Carolina
• JTR Grantee Series - Oregon

L

• Landscaping Products Containing Recovered Materials Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
  

M

• Managing Food Scraps as Animal Feed (4 pages)  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Managing Used Oil: Advice for Small Businesses - November 1996
• Measuring Recycling: A Guide for State and Local Governments
• Memorandum: Management of Remediation Waste under RCRA Adobe Acrobat PDF File [46 K] || About...
• Mercury Emissions from the Disposal of Fluorescent Lamps - Final Report, Modeling Software, and Users Guide - June 30, 1997
• Mills that Produce Newsprint Containing Postconsumer Recovered Paper  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• Mills that Manufacture Printing and Writing Paper, Computer Paper, Office Paper, Envelopes, Bristols, and Coated Printing and Writing Papers, Using Recovered Paper Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• Mills that Produce Tissue Products Containing Recovered Paper  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• Miscellaneous Products (Pallets) Containing Recovered Materials  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• Municipal Solid Waste Factbook

N

• National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report
  Based on 1995 data
  Based on 1993 data
• National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report Forms, 1995
• National Capacity Assessment Report: Capacity Planning Pursuant to CERCLA Section 104(c)(9)
  About...
• Native American Network
• 1997 Buy Recycled Series:
  
  • Construction Products

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Landscaping Products

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Non Paper Office Products

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Pallets (Miscellaneous Products)

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Park Products

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Transportation Products

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Vehicular Products

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

• 1996 Buy Recycled Series: Paper Products (1996)
  

  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
  

• Non-Paper Office Products Containing Recovered Materials Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• Notification of Regulated Waste Activity and Hazardous Waste Permit Application, October 1996; EPA Forms 8700-12 and 8700-23
  

O

• Office of Solid Waste Publications (List)  Adobe Acrobat PDF File [35 K] || ASCII Text File [19 K]
• Organic Materials Management Strategies  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...

P

• Paper Products Recovered Materials Advisory Notice
• Park and Recreation Products Containing Recovered Materials  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• Part 279 Requirements: Used Oil Management Standards (Poster) Adobe Acrobat PDF File [85 K] || About...
• Partnerships in Solid Waste Management  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Pay as You Throw, Unit Pricing- Duke University Studies
• Pay as you Throw Fact Sheets
  
  • For Civic Groups
  • For Elected Officials
  • For the General Public
  • For Municipal Solid Waste Planners
  • For State Officials
  • Pay-As-You-Throw - Lessons Learned About Unit Pricing
  • Pay-As-You-Throw Success Stories
  • Pay-As-You-Throw Workbook: A Supplement to the Pay-As-You-Throw Guide
• Pick Up Savings: Adjusting Hauling Services While Reducing Waste (8 pages)
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Preparing Successful Grant Proposals
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Proposed Revised Technical Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities, March 1996
• Publications on Mining Waste Management in Indian Country, December 1996 || Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Publications on Solid Waste Management in Indian Country, August 1998 || Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Puzzled About Recycling's Value? Look Beyond the Bin, January 1998 || Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
  

Q

• Questions and Answers About Full Cost Accounting (530-F-98-003)
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
  

R

• RCRA Expanded Public Participation Rule || Tambié en Español
• RCRA in Focus: Printing - February, 1998
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File (245K) || ASCII Text File (53K) || About...
• RCRA Hazardous Waste Reports: Notifiers Lists
• RCRA Online Adobe Acrobat PDF File [45 K] || About...
• RCRA Organic Air Emission Standards for TSDFs and Generators
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
• RCRA Orientation Manual - July 1998
• RCRA Permit Policy Compendium
• RCRA Policy statement: Clarification of the Land Disposal Restrictions' Dilution Prohibition and Combustion of Inorganic Metal-Bearing Hazardous Wastes || About...
• RCRA: Reducing Risk From Waste, September 1997
• RCRA's Environmental Indicators
• RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Monthly Hotline Reports
• RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Training Modules
• RCRA Waste Minimization National Plan || About...
• RCRIS Handlers with Corrective Action Activity
• RCRIS Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities
• A Resource Guide of Solid Waste Educational Materials || About...
• Resources on Waste for your Home and Community  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About . . .
• Recycling Guide for Native Americans || About ...
• Recycling Means Business || About ...
• Recycle: You Can Make a Ton of Difference Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
• Reusable News Newsletters and Bulletins
  

S

• Safer Disposal for Solid Waste: The Federal Regulations for Landfills
  Sensitive Environments and the Siting of Hazardous Waste Management Facilities Brochure - May 1997
• Sites for Our Solid Waste: A Guidebook for Effective Public Involvement  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
• Site-Specific Flexibility Requests for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Indian Country; Draft Guidance - August 1997
• Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria; Technical Manual—November 1993
• Solid Waste Funding: A Guide to Federal Assistance  Adobe Acrobat PDF File (184K) || ASCII Text File (13K) || About...
  
  • Strategy for Hazardous Waste Minimization and Combustion || About ...
  • Strategy: Appendix A
  • Strategy: Appendix B
  • Strategy: Appendix C

• Solvents Study Adobe Acrobat PDF || ASCII Text File || About...
• Source Reduction Program Potential Manual: A Planning Tool Adobe Acrobat PDF File [262K] || ASCII Text File || About ...
• Strategy Update Newsletter (Winter 1996) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About ...
• Study of Selected Petroluem Residuals: Industry Study Adobe Acrobat PDF: Part 1 || Adobe Acrobat PDF: Part 2  
  Adobe Acrobat PDF: Part 3 || ASCII Text File || About...
• Summary of the RCRA Hazardous Waste National Plan--Draft || About...
  

T

• Transportation Products Containing Recovered Materials  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
  

U

• Understanding the Hazardous Waste Rules: A Handbook for Small Businesses
• Universal Waste Rule- May, 1995
• Universe of Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities || About ...

V

• Vehicular Products Containing Recovered Materials  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
  

W

• Waste Information Needs Fact Sheet
• Waste Minimization for Selected Residuals in the Petroleum Refining Industry || About...
• Waste Minimization National Plan Brochure Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File
• Waste Prevention: It Makes Good Business Sense (1 page) ASCII Text File || About...
• Waste Prevention Pays Off: Companies Cut Waste in the Workplace (24 pages) ASCII Text File || About...
• Waste Prevention Publications and Information
• Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Composting Options: Lessons from 30 Communities  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || About...
• Waste Reduction Activities of Selected WasteWi$e Partners: Electric Power Industry
• WasteWi$e 1996 Program Champions (13 pages) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• WasteWi$e Annual Reporting Form Adobe Acrobat PDF File
• WasteWi$e Endorser Program Fact Sheet || About...
• WasteWi$e Endorser Registration Form Adobe Acrobat PDF File
  If you are ready to join go to the WasteWi$e Home Page
• WasteWise: Closing the Loop Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• WasteWi$e: EPA's Voluntary Program for Reducing Business Solid Waste
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• WasteWi$e First Year Progress Report
  Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
• Wastewi$e Goals Identification Form Adobe Acrobat PDF File
  Instructions for Completing the Goals Identification Form and Annual Reporting Form Adobe Acrobat PDF File
• WasteWi$e Industry Sector Fact Sheets (2 pages each)
  Provides a sampling of the commitments and accomplishments of WasteWi$e partners in the following industries:
  
  • Beverage
  • Chemical and Pharmaceutical
  • Electronics
  • Entertainment
  • Food Manufacturing/Food Processing
  • Forest and Paper Products
  • Motor Vehicles and Parts
  • Retail and Direct Sales
  • Scientific, Photographic, and Control Equipment
  • Telecommunications
  • Textiles
  • Utilities

• WasteWi$e Partner Registration Form Adobe Acrobat PDF File
• WasteWi$e Sample Goals Identification Form Adobe Acrobat PDF File
• WasteWi$e Sample Annual Reporting Form Adobe Acrobat PDF File
• WasteWi$e Second Year Progress Report (28 pages) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File|| About...
• WasteWise Third Year Progress Report (32 pages) Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...

• WasteWi$e Tip Sheets:
  
  • Buying or Manufacturing Recycled Products (4 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Facility Waste Assessments
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Recycling Collection (5 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • Waste Prevention (4 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

• WasteWi$e Updates - ASCII Text File || About...
  
  • "Building Supplier Partnerships" (12 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • WasteWi$e Update: Donation Programs: Turning Trash into Treasure
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • "Employee Education" (12 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • "A Fresh Look at Packaging" (12 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • "Going Paperless with Technology" (12 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • "Measuring Waste Reduction" (12 pages)
    

    Adobe Acrobat PDF File || ASCII Text File || About...
    

  • WasteWi$e Update: Remanufactured Products: Good as New
• Where Are the Biggest Cost Savings? Looking for Waste Prevention Clues Across Business Operations (4 pages)

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