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Performance Measure: Percentage of Recent Core Program RCRA Rules Authorized

EPA developed charts comparing authorization progress of the states in each region for all of the more stringent core program final rules promulgated after July 1, 1990. Additionally, EPA developed a regional authorization comparison chart, a chart comparing the percentage of authorization for these core rules in each states, a list of recent core program rules and the authorization status by state for each of the recent core program rules.

Learn About This Performance Measure

In September 2019, EPA established a RCRA state authorization performance measure called the Percentage of Recent Core Program RCRA Rules Authorized.

Map of the US, split into EPA regionsRegion 2: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin IslandsRegion 3: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West VirginiaRegion 4: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Region 5: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, WisconsinRegion 6: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, TexasRegion 7: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, NebraskaRegion 8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, WyomingRegion 9: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific IslandsRegion 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

  • Region 1 Measure Comparison (pdf) (614.81 KB)
  • Region 2 Measure Comparison (pdf) (611.74 KB)
  • Region 3 Measure Comparison (pdf) (116.67 KB)
  • Region 4 Measure Comparison (pdf) (617.78 KB)
  • Region 5 Measure Comparison (pdf) (615.04 KB)
  • Region 6 Measure Comparison (pdf) (614.97 KB)
  • Region 7 Measure Comparison (pdf) (612.9 KB)
  • Region 8 Measure Comparison (pdf) (616.86 KB)
  • Region 9 Measure Comparison (pdf) (617.14 KB)
  • Region 10 Measure Comparison (pdf) (615.09 KB)
  • Chart of Regional Authorization Comparison (pdf) (116.36 KB)
  • Chart of Authorization Comparison for States (pdf) (114.19 KB)
  • Core Program Rules Authorization Status Table (pdf) (227.17 KB)
  • Core Program Rule List (pdf) (121.76 KB)

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Last updated on November 16, 2024
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