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Since 1968, Congress has responded to the health and environmental threats posed by inadvertent releases of oil and hazardous substances by passing five major pieces of legislation. These laws, and the regulations developed to implement them, are the foundation of EPA's Emergency Response Program. From time to time, EPA launches new initiatives to amend or otherwise modify existing laws and regulations. If you are interested in keeping abreast of such developments, please send us an e-mail telling us of your interest in new legislative and regulatory initiatives and you will be added to our mailing list. 
The tables below list the current laws and regulations and provide links to general overviews, the legislative and regulatory text, and summaries of key provisions. Links to legislative and regulatory text will take you to other Web sites where the text resides. Use the "Back" button in your browser to return to this EPA site. |
Links to the text of each regulation are referenced by its
location in the
Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR). For example, "40 CFR 300" means
that the
regulation is in Volume 40, Part 300 of the CFR.
EPA | OERR | ER | Programs | Bulletins | Contents | ResourcesThis page is current as of September 30, 1996.
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