United States              Solid Waste and
                Environmental Protection       Emergency Response     EPA530-F-97-O17
                Agency                 (5305W)             November 1997

                Office of Solid Waste
SEPA    Environmental
                Fact   Sheet
                Electronic Access to  OSW

     The Environmental Protection Agency s (EPA's) Office of Solid Waste (OSW)
  provides a wide variety of information about hazardous and nonhazardous waste
  on the Internet and on certain bulletin board systems(BBSs). Products available
  to the public include consumer information, policy and guidance documents,
  hazardous waste databases, and supporting materials for rules.

  Accessing OSW and Other EPA Information
               OSW                   Federal Register (FR) Notices
  World Wide Web (WWW)-                 The OSW directol7 usually contains
                                  only the background information related
  http://www.epa.gov/osw              to FR notices. The actual notices are
     OSW documents are under:          arranged by date, from October 1994, and
     epa.gov/osw/publicat.htm          are found at:
                                     http://www.epa.gov/EPA-WASTE
  Selected OSW publications are under:            Agency-wide Information
  ftp.epa.gov/pub/epaoswer               All EPA material is available at:
   .  Login: Anonymous                http://www.epa.gov/epahome. Selected
     Password: Use your e-mail address     OSW documents are under "Publications."

  Accessing OSW's RCRA Information Center (RIC)
     All OSW publications are available from the RIC. Use Internet e-mail to
  order paper copies of documents, which are listed in The Catalog of Hazardous
  and Solid Waste Publications (EPA530-B-97-003). The Catalog is available on
  line under the OSW directory. Document orders should include the requestor's
  name and mailing address. Address orders to: rcra-docket@epamail.epa.gov.

  Accessing Electronic Mailing Lists (Listservers)
     To receive a list of all EPA listservers, send an e-mail request to:
  listserver@miixinail.rtpnc.epa.gov. The message should read: LISTS.
     To subscribe to a mailing list, send an e-mail request to:
  listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov. The message should read:
  SUBSCRIBE
  (for example, SUBSCRIBE EPAWASTE JOHN SMITH)

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EPA Listservers that Distribute OSW-Related Information
(Note:
HOTLINEJDSWER
underscore, not hyphen)
REUSABLE-NEWS
EPA-PRESS
EPA-WASTE
EPA-MEETINGS
EPA-GENERAL
RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Monthly
Hotline Reports and Updates
Reusable News Newsletter
EPA Press Releases and Related
Announcements
Federal Register Notices
All Meeting Notices
General Environmental and Agency Interests
Accessing Agency Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
BBS Name
FedWorld
(National Technical
Information Service)
Exivirosense
CLU-IN BBS
(Cleanup
Information)
RTK-NET BBS
Right-to-Know
Computer Network
Access
(703) 321-3339
fedworld.gov
http://www.fedworld.gov
ftp.fedworld.gov
(703) 908-2092
http://es.inel.gov
(301) 589-8366 clu-in.epa.gov
pr
http://clu-in.com
ftp.clu-in.com
(202) 234-8570
rtknet.org (userid: public)
http://rtk.net
System Operator
(703) 487-4608
(703) 908-2007 (pc)
(208) 526-6956 (internet)
(301) 589-8368
(202) 234-8494
(requires an account for
access)
More Information
   For additional information, call the RCRA Hotline. Callers within the
Washington Metropolitan Area must dial 703-412-9810 or TDD 703-412-3323
(hearing impaired). Long-distance callers may call 1-800-424-9346 or TDD 1-
800-553-7672. The RCRA Hotline isopen Monday-Friday, 9;00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time.

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