This page contains copies of PCB interpretive guidance issued by EPA pertaining to PCB use.
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Acquisition of a decommissioned naval vessel from MARAD of Guam (PDF)(4 pp, 197 K,
May 3, 1999,
EPA 705-G-2020-3395)
Guidance on the applicability of the PCB regulations to the export for reuse of decommissioned naval vessels which contains non-liquid PCBs.
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Answer to request for confirmation of understanding of the PCB regulations (PDF)(1 pg, 514 K,
July 20, 1990,
EPA 705-G-2020-3453)
Answer to request for confirmation of understanding of the PCB regulations. Permissible to reuse containers for disposal activities without decontamination between uses.
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Applicability of the "food and feed" requirements of the EPA's PCB regulations to the manufacture of teabags and other food-contact filter paper (PDF)(4 pp, 442 K,
September 20, 1985,
EPA 705-G-2020-3411)
Guidance on Applicability of the "food and feed" requirements of the EPA's PCB regulations to the manufacture of teabags and other food-contact filter paper. As with FDA food contact materials, these are not subject to ban unless food itself present.
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Assistance in returning Hazardous Waste Shipment From Canada to U.S. (PDF)(1 pg, 62 K,
July 31, 2000,
EPA 705-G-2020-3497)
EPA guidance to Environment Canada on determination that unauthorized shipments of PCB waste to Canada may be returned to the United States for disposal.
- Request for Guidance on the Disposal of Cable Containing PCBs by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PDF)(3 pp, 103 K)
- Requesting EPA assistance in returning hazardous waste shipments that was stranded in Canada (PDF)(3 pp, 111 K)
- Confirmation regarding regulatory status of shunt and series reactors (PDF)(2 pp, 125 K)
- Response letter to the request to have stay four provisions of the PCB Disposal Amendments published (PDF)(6 pp, 277 K)
- Interpretive guidance from EPA concerning marking of vehicles that transport PCBs (PDF)(2 pp, 957 K)
- Response to inquiry regarding EPA's PCB Disposal Amendments (PDF)(2 pp, 60 K)
- Discharges of recycled PCBs to water (PDF)(2 pp, 189 K)
- Questions about PCBs in x-ray tube heads and transformers and governing equipment (PDF)(2 pp, 201 K)
- Interpretation of EPA's regulations concerning the use of large PCB capacitors in restricted access areas (PDF)(1 pg, 106 K)
- Request for clarification of the terms commercial building and industrial building as they appear in the PCB transformer fires final rule (PDF)(5 pp, 255 K)
- PCB transformer ownership (PDF)(2 pp, 190 K)
- Definitions of network and radial transformers referenced in the 1985 PCB transformer fires rule (PDF)(8 pp, 362 K)
- Request for information regarding the proper procedures for disposal of a transformer (PDF)(2 pp, 236 K)
- Response to the EPA's interpretation of the scope of the PCB large capacitor phase-out requirements (PDF)(2 pp, 192 K, November 2, 1988)
- EPA's interpretation of the scope of the PCB large capacitor phase-out requirements (PDF)(3 pp, 216 K, December 30, 1988)
- Clarifications on the recent amendments to the "Uncontrolled Rule" (PDF)(2 pp, 158 K)
- PCB large capacitors phase-out requirements (PDF)(2 pp, 195 K, January 10, 1989)
- Brewery for tourists considered commercial building under 40 CFR Part 761 (PDF)(2 pp, 217 K)
- Exemption to buy or sell PCB or PCB-contaminated transformers (PDF)(1 pg, 529 K)
- Storage of combustibles within 5 meters of a PCB transformer (PDF)(2 pp, 144 K)
- Response to request for interpretation of PCB regulations referring to the use of asphalt pavement (PDF)(2 pp, 172 K)
- Export of small PCB Capacitors, General Motors (PDF)(4 pp, 2 MB)
- Response to a May 31, 19991 request for guidance on export for reuse of transformers <50ppm (PDF)(3 pp, 2 MB, August 23, 1991)
- Response to a June 3, 1991 request for guidance on the export for reuse of transformers <50ppm (PDF)(3 pp, 275 K, August 23, 1991)
- Laws regarding export of transformers (PDF)(2 pp, 136 K)
- Use of PCBs Removed from Capacitors as a laboratory analytical standards (PDF)(2 pp, 163 K)
- Guidance of disposal of cable containing PCBs by Puget Sound Shipyard (PDF)(3 pp, 224 K)
- Exporting Transformers to India/Pakistan (PDF)(3 pp, 234 K)
- Proper labeling of bushings; In use and at the time of disposal (PDF)(2 pp, 153 K)
- Import of Transformers for reuse (PDF)(2 pp, 182 K)
- Request to return PCBs in Antarctica to the United States for disposal (PDF)(10 pp, 587 K)
- Classification of a "Cincinnati" machine tool and insulated electric cable and wiring as excluded PCB products (PDF)(2 pp, 165 K)
- Response to Letter Regarding Export of Untested Distribution of Transformers (PDF)(2 pp, 107 K)
- Sale of National Defense Reserves Fleet ships for foreign disposal and recycling of vessels' materials (PDF)(2 pp, 89 K)
- Request clarification of the status of bushings associated with oil filled circuit (PDF)(1 pg, 116 K)
- Excluded PCB Products - painted machines (PDF)(1 pg, 92 K)
- Response to request for permission to export used ballasts with PCB capacitors for resale and reuse purposes (PDF)(3 pp, 268 K)
- Assumptions about a PCB-Contaminated Transformer (PDF)(2 pp, 199 K)
- Status of DuPont as an End User of Natural Gas (PDF)(2 pp, 158 K)
- Inquiry Regarding Electromechanical Impedance Relays (PDF)(2 pp, 98 K)
- Response to inquiry regarding air transfer system employed by Minteq International Inc. (PDF)(2 pp, 124 K)
- Regulatory status of electrical insulating compound, epoxy, used in small electrical equipment (PDF)(1 pg, 41 K)
- Status of coal tar wrap greater that 50 ppm PCBs on external surfaces of some natural gas piping systems (PDF)(1 pg, 45 K)
- Interpretation of the PCB regulations regarding management of wastes and products derived from an excluded manufacturing process (PDF)(4 pp, 425 K)
- Request for EPA clarification of the definition of "excluded manufacturing process" for imported dielectric fluid (PDF)(2 pp, 198 K)
- Comments on American Gas Association's summarization of EPA question and answer session (PDF)(9 pp, 927 K)
- Response regarding 1999 PCB Questions and Answer manual (PDF)(3 pp, 143 K)
- Import of metals contaminated with PCBs (PDF)(2 pp, 65 K)
- Regulatory status of the electrical insulator, butyl rubber, used in smaller electrical equipment (PDF)(1 pg, 86 K)
- Distribution in commerce of drained electrical equipment and parts (PDF)(2 pp, 133 K)
- Response to correspondence that National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation sent to the EPA requesting an alternative sampling location (PDF)(1 pg, 430 K)
- Regulatory status of certain cables containing PCBs that are present on two tug boats to be donated to Seattle Maritime (PDF)(2 pp, 627 K)
- Intent to ship a PCB sample off-site (PDF)(1 pg, 478 K)
- Agreement Between The Department of the Navy and The United States Environmental Protection Agency (PDF)(20 pp, 952 K)