EPA Region 3 provides Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action program guidance documents and other information resources in following areas:

• Corrective Action Implementation 
  • RCRA Checklists for Corrective Action Remediation Project Phases including RCRA Facilities Investigation (RFI), Corrective Measures Study (CMS), Interim Measures (IM), Health and Safety Plan (H & S), and Corrective Measures Implementation (CMI).
  • RCRA Facility Lead Agreement Template.
  • RCRA Facility Lead Agreement (Version: 9/05/2000)
• Institutional Controls
  • Mapping Institutional and Engineering Controls (IC/EC) Guidance document.
  • Model Environmental Covenant (EC) template developed by EPA and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for RCRA Corrective Action Sites.
• Risk Guidance and Screening
  • Risk Screening Approach guidance documents for Corrective Action facilities.
• Redevelopment and Reuse
  • Land Anticipated Use/Reuse Assessment and Land Ready for Use/Reuse forms.

• RCRA Corrective Action Facility Investigation Scope of Work (PDF)(24 pp, 272 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Facility Investigation
• RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Study Scope of Work (PDF)(6 pp, 176 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Study
• RCRA Corrective Action Interim Measures Scope of Work (PDF)(7 pp, 182 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Interim Measures
• RCRA Corrective Action Health and Safety Plan (PDF)(7 pp, 155 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Health and Safety Plan
• RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Implementation Scope of Work (PDF)(11 pp, 83 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Corrective Measures Implementation
• EPA Region 3 Open Burn/ Open Detonation- Permitting Guidelines (PDF)(201 pp, 10 MB, February 2002)
  RCRA Permitting for Open Burn and Open Detonation
• EPA Region 3 RCRA Corrective Action Facility Lead Agreement Template (PDF)(3 pp, 155 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Facility Lead Agreement
• EPA Region 3 RCRA Corrective Action Facility Lead Agreement (PDF)(10 pp, 243 K, 9/5/2000)
  RCRA Corrective Action Facility Lead Agreement
• EPA Region 3 Mapping Institutional and Engineering Controls (PDF)(2 pp, 251 K, 7/7/2016)
  RCRA Institutional and Engineering Controls Mapping
• Pennsylvania RCRA Model Environmental Covenant Template (PDF)(6 pp, 297 K)
  PA Uniform Environmental Covenant Template
• Pennsylvania's One Cleanup Program Memo of Agreement (MOA) (PDF)(8 pp, 204 K)
  EPA’s Region 3 and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's MOA promotes the "One Cleanup Program" initiative by working together to promote sound and protective remedies, shared science and technological approaches that protect human health and the environment.
• Pennsylvania Memorandum of Agreement Facilities List for RCRA Corrective Action (PDF)(2 pp, 45 K)
  Pennslyvania MOA Facilities List
• EPA Region 3 RCRA Corrective Action General Screening Conditions (PDF)(1 pg, 21 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Screening Guidance
• EPA Region 3 RCRA General Screening Conditions Flowchart (PDF)(1 pg, 253 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Screening Conditions Flowchart
• EPA Region 3 RCRA Permit RIsk Screening Guidance (PDF)(7 pp, 42 K)
  RCRA Permit Screening Guidance
• EPA Region 3 Hazardous Waste Cleanup Site Land Use Assessment Form (PDF)(7 pp, 87 K)
  RCRA Corrective Action Land Use Assessment Form
• EPA Region 3 Corrective Action Long Term Stewardship Approach (PDF)(2 pp, 328 K, 7/19/2016)
  The Region Three approach to Long-Term Stewardship (LTS) relies on existing EPA guidance developed with the goal to assess the long term effectiveness of completed remedies: engineered controls (EC) and institutional controls (IC) at facilities.