Welcome to the Interpretive Documents Collection
Welcome to the U.S. EPA's Interpretive Documents Collection.
This Web site has been developed to provide a central point of
access to non-binding general policy, guidance, and interpretive documents
that describe how the Agency intends to exercise its discretionary
authority and explains what a statute or regulation means.
This collection presently contains only non-binding guidance materials
issued by EPA Headquarters offices and does not include materials
released by EPA regional offices. The collection presently contains guidance
documents issued since January 1, 1999. The collection may not include all
guidance documents issued during this period. If EPA identifies additional
guidance documents, EPA will add them to the collection.
The U.S. EPA is committed to ensuring that the guidance documents we
produce are available to Regions, states, the regulated community, and the
public for their information and use in decision making and to explain EPA's
view of EPA's rules and statutes. These materials are integral to the
implementation and enforcement of the Agency's regulatory programs and we
hope their availability will assist you in understanding our regulations and
statutory requirements. Subsequent to this initial release, the Agency plans
to review and release active documents covering our regulatory programs
including materials provided from EPA Regional Offices.
This collection has been developed to assist state and tribal officials,
representatives of companies and organizations that must comply with
environmental regulations, and individuals that are concerned with how
environmental regulations and statutes are being implemented or enforced. The
goal is that, through one central interface to a collection of guidance
materials, it will be easier for an individual or institution to understand
what guidance is available when complying with environmental regulations.
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Disclaimer The documents provided here do not
substitute for EPA's regulations; nor are they regulation themselves. Thus,
they cannot impose legally binding requirements on EPA, the states, tribes or
the regulated community, and may not apply to a particular situation based on
the circumstances. The documents may be used in a variety of contexts
including state program approvals and enforcement decisions among others.
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