Common Questions About Environmental Topics

New Jersey SPCC Plans
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How Many Oil Drums Before a New Jersey Shop Needs a Spill Plan?

Visit the New Jersey SPCC Plan Help Center Drum Counting Rules for New Jersey Shops and Manufacturers: When 55-Gallon Drums of Oil Trigger an SPCC Plan, How Totes Count, and What Containment You'll...

What are RECs in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?
Jun 2, 2014
Everything You Need to Know About Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)
May 22, 2025
How long is a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment good for?
Apr 27, 2016
What’s the Difference Between a Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA)?
Nov 27, 2025

NJPDES Permits
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Do Small Businesses in New Jersey Need Stormwater Permits?

Visit the New Jersey NJPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center Why Business Size Doesn't Decide It, and How Your Industry Code and Outdoor Exposure Do If you run a small shop, yard, or plant, rainwater...

NJPDES Permits
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Why Does New Jersey Have More Than One Industrial Stormwater Permit?

Visit the New Jersey NJPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center The 5G2, CPM, R4, R13, RSG, SM2, RVR, WRC, Individual Permits, and No Exposure: How New Jersey Sorts Industrial Facilities and Why Landing...

NJPDES Permits
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What's the Difference Between NPDES and NJPDES?

Visit the New Jersey NJPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center NPDES vs. NJPDES: Why New Jersey Uses Its Own Name for Stormwater and Wastewater Permits, and Why That Means NJDEP Is the Agency You Deal...

Pennsylvania SPCC Plans
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How Many Oil Drums Before a Pennsylvania Shop Needs a Spill Plan?

Visit the Pennsylvania SPCC Plan Help Center Why 25 Drums of Lube or Hydraulic Oil Can Put a Pennsylvania Shop Under Federal Oil Spill Rules, How Drums and Totes Are Counted, and What Containment...

Pennsylvania SPCC Plans
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Who Enforces Oil Spill Plans in Pennsylvania?

Visit the Pennsylvania SPCC Plan Help Center EPA Region 3 Enforces SPCC Oil Spill Plans in Pennsylvania, Not PA DEP. But DEP and Your Local Fire Officials Regulate the Same Tanks. Here's Who Does...

Pennsylvania SPCC Plans
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What Is a PA DEP Storage Tank Registration Certificate?

Visit the Pennsylvania SPCC Plan Help Center Found a DEP Tank Registration Letter or Invoice in Your Files? Here's What Pennsylvania's Storage Tank Program Requires and How It Connects to Your Oil...

Stormwater Permits
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The Best Ways to Get and Stay in NPDES Stormwater Permit Compliance

NPDES Permitting by RMA | NPDES Pricing & Calculator | NPDES Library & Resources The Habits That Actually Keep You Ahead on NPDES Stormwater Compliance Most facilities with an NPDES stormwater permit...

Pennsylvania NPDES
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PPC Plan vs. SPCC Plan: Pennsylvania's Plan vs. EPA's Plan

Visit the Pennsylvania NPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center Pennsylvania's DEP Plan vs. EPA's Oil Spill Plan: What Each One Covers, Who Needs Both, and When One Document Can Do Double Duty If your...

Pennsylvania NPDES
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What Is a PPC Plan? Pennsylvania's Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency Plan

Visit the Pennsylvania NPDES & Stormwater Permit Help Center Pennsylvania's Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency Plan Explained: What It Is, Why PAG-03 Requires One, and How to Keep It Current If...