Federal and State On-line Guidance and Technical Documents

Updated: November 10, 2004

Federal

Environmental Protection Agency

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. The 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 the EPA identifies additional guidance documents, the EPA will add them to the collection. The documents provided here do not substitute for the EPA's regulations; nor are they regulation themselves. Thus, they cannot impose legally binding requirements on the 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.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program

The site provides easy access to information on its national permitting program, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The site uses state-of- the-art database technology to manage documents, regulations, and contact information. Users are able to select a variety of ways to enter and view the website, from a general interests format to a detailed topics list for those more familiar with the NPDES program. The site also allows users to create and sort specialized lists of publications, guidance materials, and regulations.

National Center for Environmental Publications

The National Service Center for Environmental Publications maintains and distributes EPA publications in hardcopy, CD ROM and other multimedia formats. The current publication inventory includes over 7,000 titles. NSCEP also develops and distributes the annual EPA National Publications Catalog.

Storm Water Publications

This page contains technical and regulatory information about the NPDES storm water program. It is organized according to the three types of regulated storm water discharges: construction activities, industrial activities, and municipal separate storm sewer systems. Information specific to the Phase I or Phase II storm water regulations and wet weather discharges is also available.

Fish & Wildlife Service

Fish & Wildlife Service Conservation Library

This library contains several searchable on-line catalogs: (1) Electronic Journals and Newsletters, (2) FWS Publications Online, (3) Literature Search Service for FWS Users, (4) FWS History, and (5) Historic FWS News Releases.

Geological Survey

On-line Water Resources Reports

This library contains the following types of publications on-line: (1) Circulars, (2) Digital Data Series, (3) Fact Sheets, (4) Hydrologic Atlases, (5) Open-File Reports, (6) Professional Papers, (7) Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, (8) Water Data Reports, (9) Water-Resources Investigations Reports, (10) Water-Supply Papers, and (11) Reports of National and Regional Interests