Environmental Policy & Guidance

Compliance Reporting Requirements

Pollution Prevention and TRI Reporting

EH-41 supports the Department’s efforts in pollution prevention and toxic chemical release inventory (TRI) reporting. As directed by Executive Order 12856, Federal Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements, all federal agencies must comply with the reporting requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). Thus, each DOE site is subject to reporting to the TRI if: (1) the facility has 10 or more full-time employees; and (2) the facility manufactures, processes, or otherwise uses any listed toxic chemical in quantities greater than the established threshold in the course of a calendar year.

Reporting of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

EH-41 prepared and distributed on September 30, 1993, a report entitled Disposal of Low-Level and Mixed Low-Level Radioactive Waste During 1990. The report presents isotopic inventories and other data for LLW and mixed LLW disposed of during calendar year 1990 at commercial disposal facilities and DOE sites. DOE disposal information in the report includes data from the SRS, the Nevada Test Site, LANL, INEEL, the Hanford Site, the Y-12 Site, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The report also provides information on LLW stored at DOE sites and makes suggestions regarding improving LLW disposal data.

Federal Facility Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket

CERCLA Section 120(c) requires EPA to establish and maintain the Federal Agencies Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket which consists of a list of Federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or have potential hazardous waste contamination. The Docket identifies the Federal facilities that should be evaluated to determine if they pose a risk to public health or the environment. This information is available to the public through EPA's Federal Facility Compliance Oversight Web site.

EH-41 provides DOE's CERCLA Docket coordinator who responds to EPA's proposed listing of DOE facilities on the Docket. Information is verified and/or corrected in conjunction with the field offices. This information is then transmitted to EPA. EH-41 has developed and maintains a database of information regarding the listing of DOE facilities and their status on the CERCLA Docket. A portable document format (PDF) file of this database is currently under construction and will be posted here in the near future.

National Priorities List (NPL) Listing

CERCLA Section 105 (a)(8)(B) requires that the National Contingency Plan include a list of national priorities among the known releases and hazardous sites in the United States. This list, the National Priorities List is updated at least annually and contains federal as well as private facilities. The latest information on the NPL may be found at EPA's Site Information Web site.