STATE LAWS
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States have promoted pollution prevention as a means to improve environmental management approaches since the early 1980s. In general, State pollution prevention programs maintain technical assistance functions that disseminate pollution prevention information to support industrial facilities in their efforts to reduce wastes and eliminate environmental impacts. These technical assistance programs may also support your Federal facility. In addition, many States have modified their regulatory programs, including permitting, compliance inspections, and enforcement actions, to incorporate and promote pollution prevention approaches as a means to meet environmental quality goals. Moreover, several States have enacted legislation or regulations promoting or mandating pollution prevention facility planning. As such, it is critical that each Federal facility meet not only the pollution prevention requirements as directed under Section 5-505 of Executive Order 12856 but also the pollution prevention requirements of the State environmental program. In cases where the State and Federal requirements overlap, the facility should meet the more stringent of the two requirements. Click on the following hot word (red text) to see a table listing the States that have facility planning or other prevention requirements. Since new projects are emerging with increasing frequency, it is critical to periodically check with your State regulators on developing requirements and programs. A list of contacts for State pollution prevention programs is provided in Section III. SUMMARY TABLE OF STATE POLLUTION PREVENTION LEGISLATION |
