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EPA Documents Are Available Online

BY ALM Staff
November 01, 2003

If you are involved in litigation concerning a substance regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agency has a Web site where you can review dockets and documents: http://cascade.epa.gov/RightSite/dk_public_home.htm. EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) is an online public docket and comment system designed to expand access to documents in the EPA's major dockets. Dockets contain Federal Register notices, support documents, and public comments for regulations the Agency publishes and various nonregulatory activities. EDOCKET allows you to search, download and print the documents in a docket, as well as submit comments online. For a current list of the materials in each docket and common questions, click on “About EDOCKET.” The support documents include Federal Registers, reports, hearing transcripts, and other items used in the rule-making process. Comments include written opinions, data, and other information submitted to the EPA that agrees, disagrees, and/or suggests alternatives to the proposed action.

EDOCKET is currently being phased in across the EPA. As of July 2003, docket facilities are using EDOCKET to establish the public docket, index the docket contents, and to the extent feasible, provide the electronic version of publicly available docket materials. Dockets opened prior to May 2002 may be added in the future. The availability of an electronic document is indicated on the index by the PDF symbol. All documents listed on the index are available in the official public docket at the appropriate docket facility.

The following dockets are currently in EDOCKET:

  • Air and Radiation (OAR) Docket: Materials primarily pertaining to the Clean Air Act.
  • Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) Docket: Information generally relating to the Agency's enforcement and compliance activities.
  • Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket: Documents relating to the Agency's management of environmental information.
  • Pesticides Programs (OPP) Docket: Materials primarily relating to the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket: Materials primarily related to RCRA.
  • Superfund (SFUND) Docket: Materials pertaining to the Comp-rehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
  • Underground Storage Tanks (UST) Docket: Information related to underground storage tanks.
  • Water (OW) Docket: Materials primarily pertaining to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and the Clean Water Act.
  • Toxics (OPPTS) Docket: Information relating to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Although included in the official paper docket, the EPA has determined that the following material will not be included in EPA Dockets:

  • Material subject to copyright protection
  • Audio and video materials
  • Oversized printed materials (eg, greater than 11 inches x 14 inches)
  • Other physical, three dimensional items
  • Material containing Confidential Business Information (CBI)

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