Technical
Assistance to
State & Local
Governments
Resource
Conservation &
Recovery Panels
Program
The Program Among the eight environmental laws
administered by EPA is the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
(RCRA), Public Law 94-580, an act which
addresses the Nation's goals of protecting
the public health and the environment while
conserving our national resources.
The main thrusts of RCRA are protection
of the land, control of hazardous wastes, and
encouragement of resource conservation and
recovery initiatives. Although the Federal
Government is providing financial and
technical assistance, all provisions of the
Act indicate that the Congress clearly
intended that RCRA be implemented by the
States and local communities.
As responsibility begins to pass from the
Federal criteria, guidelines, and regulations
to the States for preparation of State plans,
EPA is completing the institutional
U.S. Enviroomental Protection Agency
Region V, Library
230 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Winds 60604
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arrangements that will provide technical
assistance, as authorized in Section 2003 of
RCRA. This section requires EPA to make
available to State and local governments
teams of personnel to provide technical
assistance on solid waste management,
resource recovery, and resource conserva-
tion. These teams may include technical,
marketing, financial, and institutional
specialists.
Among Federal, State, and local
employees and contractors are many
experienced managers and specialists who
have a great amount of relevant knowledge
and expertise in solving solid waste
management problems. EPA is utilizing the
combined talents of these specialists in
establishing its Technical Assistance Panels
(TA Panels) Program and making this
expertise available to State and local
governments for particular local problems.
The TA Panels are available on request to
provide advice on a wide variety of subject
areas to State and local governments as they
develop strategies and plans and implement
programs to achieve the goals and objectives
of RCRA. Some areas of expertise are
particularly suited for State-level programs
while others are pertinent to local programs.
Examples of State-level TA Panels functions
are to support the development and
implementation of State solid waste
management plans to
• manage hazardous wastes,
• assure proper disposal of all solid
wastes,
• conserve resources through waste
reduction and recovery.
At the local government level, some
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examples are assistance in the development
of programs to
• evaluate, procure, and implement
resource recovery systems;
• establish environmentally acceptable
disposal facilities or upgrade unaccept-
able facilities;
• implement more efficient solid waste
management practices (such as
collection, storage, and transfer
systems, and management information
systems).
Eligibility Technical assistance to other than State
and local governments (i.e., Federal
agencies, universities, and private citizens),
although not a part of the program, may be
considered through a request by a State or
local government. Routine requests for
information and advice will be answered as
in the past.
Application
The TA Panels program is managed by
EPA's 10 regional offices. For assistance
and information about the program, please
contact the appropriate regional office.
Regional areas are identified and addresses
listed on the last page of this pamphlet.
Requests for assistance should be
submitted in writing by the chief elected
official of a jurisdiction and should contain
the following information:
1. nature of the environmental prob-
lem;
2. type of assistance requested (such
as help in writing requests for
proposals or engineering assistance
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in siting a landfill) and reason it is
needed;
3. estimate of level and duration of
assistance (in workdays); and
4. indication of any time frame within
which work must be performed and
explanation of time frame circum-
stances.
The specific information required of
applicants may vary slightly among EPA
regional offices. Potential applicants should
contact the appropriate EPA regional office
before making written application to ensure
that their initial requests contain all
required information.
Local governments should submit requests
either through their State solid waste
management office or directly to the
appropriate U.S. EPA regional office (with
a copy sent to the State office) to assure
consistency with State plans and priorities.
Availability
Section 2003 of RCRA requires that TA
Panels be provided upon request at no
charge. It is possible that requests for
assistance may exceed the availability of TA
Panels resources. In this event, assistance
will be provided based upon priorities
determined by the regional offices. Current
details on such selection processes are
available from each regional office.
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGIONS
Address requests to:
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANELS PROGRAM
U.S. EPA, Region I
Solid Waste Program
John F. Kennedy Bldg.
Boston, MA 02203
617-223-5775
U.S. EPA, Region II
Solid Waste Program
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10007
212-264-0503
U.S. EPA, Region III
(3AH30)
Solid Waste Program
6th and Walnut Sts.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-597-8116
U.S. EPA, Region IV
Solid Waste Section
345 Courtland St., NE.
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-881-3016
U.S. EPA, Region V
Waste Management Br.
230 South Dearborn St.
Chicago,IL 60604
312-353-2197
U.S. EPA, Region VI
Solid Waste Branch
1201 Elm St.
Dallas, TX 75270
214-767-2645
U.S. EPA, Region VII
Waste Management Sec.
1735 Baltimore Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-374-3307
U.S. EPA, Region VIII
(8AH-WM)
Waste Management Br.
1860 Lincoln St.
Denver, CO 80203
303-837-2221
U.S. EPA, Region IX (A-3)
Hazardous Materials Br.
215 Fremont St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-556-4606
U.S. EPA, Region X
(M/S 530)
Solid Waste Program
1200 6th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
206-442-1260
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