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PLAIN ENGLISH GUIDE TO EHS LAWS

REGULATORY CALENDAR
EHS COMPLIANCE AUDITING ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES

PLAIN ENGLISH GUIDE TO EHS LAWS

Laws Regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Laws Regulated by OSHA

Laws Regulated by DOT

State-Specific & International Laws


REGULATORY CALENDAR
EHS COMPLIANCE DEADLINES

January April July October
February May August November
March June September December

 

Federal  
Alabama* Hawaii* Massachusetts* New Mexico* South Dakota*
Alaska* Idaho* Michigan* New York* Tennessee*
Arizona Illinois Minnesota North Carolina* Texas
Arkansas Indiana Mississippi North Dakota* Utah*
California Iowa Missouri Ohio Vermont*
Colorado* Kansas Montana* Oklahoma Virginia
Connecticut* Kentucky Nebraska Oregon* Washington*
Delaware* Louisiana Nevada* Pennsylvania West Virginia
Florida* Maine* New Hampshire* Rhode Island* Wisconsin*
Georgia Maryland* New Jersey* South Carolina* Wyoming*

* denotes under construction


EHS COMPLIANCE AUDITING

ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES
Websites to Manage Enforcement Penalties

Click here to access ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES by state!
WEBSITE DESCRIPTION
http://www.epa.gov/oeca/sfi Sector Facility Indexing
Project Home Page
http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/std/stddate Standards Cited by SIC/Industry Profile - Definitions
http://www.rtk.net

The Right-to-Know Network provides free access to numerous databases, text files, and conferences on the environment, housing, and sustainable development.

http://www.scorecard.org Environmental information service provided by Environmental Defense
http://www.edf.org List the newest environmental news.  Sign up for newsletters & publications!
http://www.enn.com Environmental News Network provides top environmental news stories as well as chats, forums and marketplace.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ore/aed/abus/prrts/pen.html View Environmental Enforcement Activities and Penalties in the Air Enforcement Division - Includes enforcement on issues beyond air-
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/newtest.htm Testimonies from The United States General Accounting Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/newtitle.htm Recent reports (Arranged by Title) from The United States General Accounting Office.  Each report is in a downloadable PDF format.
http://pirg.org/index.html State Public Interest Research Groups
http://www.earthjustice.org/home.html Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund - Non-profit law firm for the environment.
http://www2.cetos.org/ The Center for Ethics and Toxics (CETOS) is a non-profit environmental group dedicated to protecting vulnerable and susceptible populations.
http://www.cleanwater.org/ A resource and action center on children and the environment.
http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/est/est1 Sort for OSHA enforcement inspections by the name of the establishment.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/index.html The following offices are responsible for conducting the regulatory enforcement program: The Office of Regulatory Enforcement; the Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training; and the Federal Facilities Enforcement Office.  The Office of Site Remediation Enforcement is responsible for enforcing cleanups at environmental sites. On this site choose the enforcement program of interest.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/air.html The Air Enforcement Division is responsible for judicial and administrative enforcement activities under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Noise Control Act (NCA).
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/criminal.html OCEFT's Criminal Investigation Division/View employment opportunities and regional offices
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/forensics.html The National Enforcement and Investigation Center (NEIC) supports the environmental laboratory activities, information management, computer forensic, technical analysis and training, and in the courtroom.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/ffacd.html The Federal Facilities Enforcemnt Office (FFEO) - This division responsible for every aspect of Federal facility enforcement, from planning to implementation.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/multi.html The Multimedia Enforcement Division coordinates existing multimedia enforcement programs nationwide and promotes these programs at the Sate and Regional level.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/solid_waste.html Office of Regulatory Enforcement and RCRA Enforcement/ Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (ORSE)
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/toxic.html The Toxics and Pesticides Enforcement Division handles issues for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/enforce/water.html This section provides policy and guidance that sets the basic structure for regulation discharges of pollutants to waters of the United States.
http://www.epa.gov/ocfo/budget/budget.htm

View summaries of the EPA's Budget, Annual Performance Plans and Congressional Justifications.

http://www.epa.gov/ocfopage/cj/g05all.htm

View EPA's 1999 Annual Plan Request to Congress (Enforcement Plans)

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