TE_9_Regulations_and_References.doc

IRS Building Delegations

Performance Work Statement

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT TE-9

APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND REFERENCES

1.

INDUSTRY STANDARDS

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National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors Code

2.

INTERNAL REVENUE MANUALS (IRM)

3. TREASURY DIRECTIVES

3.

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

4.

TREASURY SECURITY MANUALS

5.

FEDERAL LAWS

National Environmental Policy Act The law was established in 1970 to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist and to ensure all potentially significant impacts to the environment and human health and well-being are evaluated and mitigated prior to the start of a project using federal monies.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The law was enacted in 1976 and covers regulations 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 146, 148, and 260 – 299. These parts regulate facilities like IHDIV, NSWC that manage and/or dispose of hazardous waste.

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The law was enacted in 1976 and covers regulations 40 CFR Parts 700 – 799. These parts are designed to regulate chemical substances which present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment; regulate the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, marking and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); and establish a program for asbestos removal from schools and require studies into the dangers of asbestos in public and commercial buildings.

Clean Water Act (CWA). The law was enacted in 1972 and covers regulations 40 CFR Parts 104 – 140 and 401 – 471. These parts establish quantity limits for reporting spills of oil and hazardous substances and require facilities like IHDIV, NSWC to reduce and eventually eliminate the amount of wastewater discharged into waterways through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The law was enacted in 1974 and covers regulations 40 CFR Parts 141 – 147 and 149. These parts set public drinking water standards and protect underground water sources, through various means, including controls on the use of injection wells for the disposal of wastes.

Hazardous Material Transportation Act (HMTA). The law was enacted in 1975 and covers regulations 49 CFR Parts 171 – 195. These parts establish the Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations for transporting hazardous material and hazardous waste.

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The law was enacted in 1980 and focuses on closed waste site problems, spill responses and issues of liability and cleanup funding. This law was reauthorized in 1986 by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) and covers regulations 40 CFR Parts 350 – 372.

Clean Air Act (CAA). The law was enacted in 1970 and covers regulations 40 CFR Parts 50 – 99. These parts govern the emission of hazardous air pollutants into the environment.

Defense Authorization Act FY1993 – Section 326 (PL 102-484)

Freedom of Information Act of 1975 5 U.S.C., Section 552

Public Law 93-502 5 U.S.C., Section 552

Title 18, Sections 793 and 798 of the United States Code Disclosure of Information

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. An Act to Establish a Program for the Preservation of Additional Historic Properties throughout the Nation, and for Other Purposes.

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FEDERAL REGULATIONS