EPA is announcing the relaunch of EPA鈥檚 Guidance Portal, a streamlined website for accessing important guidance documents related to air quality, water protection, hazardous waste management, and more. The website serves as a resource for all guidance documents managed across EPA’s headquarters environmental programs. It is designed to be a one-stop shop to help users and small businesses easily and quickly locate and follow EPA鈥檚 active guidance documents on topics of interest.
鈥淭his guidance portal will ensure that we reduce bureaucratic hurdles and increase transparency for everyone seeking information about EPA鈥檚 programs by providing centralized access to guidance documents,鈥� said Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi. 鈥淭his will bring much-needed clarity to small business owners, farmers, and everyday Americans, and it reinforces our commitment to following the law and upholding fundamental fairness. The days of EPA relying on obscure and non-public guidance documents are over.鈥�
EPA guidance documents inform the public how the agency interprets an underlying statute and its regulations, and take the form of memoranda, policy statements, handbooks, manuals, and other documents formally titled as guidance. Guidance documents that have been superseded with newer guidance are not included in the updated website.鈥�
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