| #Q001 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Water-testing schedules and methods compliance | drinking water | EPA rules also set water-testing schedules and methods that water systems must follow. | | high |
| #Q002 | administrative | operational | mandatory | State Primacy Drinking Water Standards Stringency | drinking water | The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) gives individual states the opportunity to set and enforce their own drinking water standards if the standards are at a minimum as stringent as EPA's national standards. | Applies if individual states choose to set and enforce their own drinking water standards. | high |
| #Q003 | administrative | operational | mandatory | EPA Review of Unregulated Contaminants | drinking water | Every five years EPA reviews the list of contaminants, largely based on the Contaminant Candidate List. | Every five years | high |
| #Q004 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Risk and Resilience Assessments and Emergency Response Plans (Initial) | drinking water | AWIA section 2013 requires community (drinking) water systems (CWSs) serving more than 3,300 people to develop, or update, risk and resilience assessments (RRAs) and emergency response plans (ERPs) and to certify them to EPA by deadlines specified in the law. | Applies to community (drinking) water systems (CWSs) serving more than 3,300 people | high |
| #Q005 | administrative | operational | mandatory | RRA and ERP 5-Year Recertification | drinking water | The law also requires that CWSs review, revise as needed, and recertify their RRA and ERP to EPA every five years. | Applies to community (drinking) water systems (CWSs) serving more than 3,300 people; required every five years | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | operational | mandatory | Prompt Notification of EPCRA Releases | drinking water | The new amendments require that: 1) CWSs receive prompt notification of releases that are reportable under EPCRA, section 304 | Releases that are reportable under EPCRA, section 304 | high |
| #Q007 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Access to EPCRA Hazardous Chemical Inventory Data | drinking water | The new amendments require that: ... 2) CWSs are given access to hazardous chemical inventory data that is reported under EPCRA, section 312. | Data reported under EPCRA, section 312 | high |
| #Q008 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Effluent Guidelines Incorporation in Permits | wastewater | The Effluent Guidelines and Standards are incorporated into NPDES permits for direct dischargers, and permits or other control mechanisms for indirect dischargers (refer to Pretreatment Program). | Applies to all direct and indirect dischargers covered under the Aluminum Forming Effluent Guidelines. | high |
| #Q009 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Integrated Casting Compliance (No Cooling) | wastewater | Casting done at a plant which manufactures aluminum and also does aluminum forming is subject to the casting limitations for the aluminum manufacturing subcategories of the Nonferrous Metals Manufacturing Category (40 CFR Part 421), if there is no cooling of the aluminum prior to casting. | Facility both manufactures and forms aluminum; no cooling prior to casting. | high |
| #Q010 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Remelted Primary Aluminum Casting Compliance | wastewater | If the aluminum is a remelted primary aluminum product and is cast at a facility for subsequent forming of aluminum, then the casting of remelted aluminum is subject to the Aluminum Forming Category limitations. | Aluminum is a remelted primary product cast for subsequent forming. | high |
| #Q011 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Other Aluminum Casting Compliance | wastewater | Other aluminum casting operations are subject to the Metal Molding and Casting (Foundries) Category (40 CFR Part 464). | Casting operations not meeting integrated manufacturing or remelted primary criteria. | high |
| #Q012 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Surface Treatment Category Assignment | wastewater | All surface treatment of aluminum is considered to be an integral part of Aluminum Forming whenever it is performed at the same plant site at which aluminum is formed, and such operations are not considered for regulation under the Electroplating (40 CFR Part 413) or Metal Finishing (40 CFR Part 433) categories. | Surface treatment performed at the same site as aluminum forming. | high |
| #Q013 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Universal Regulatory Applicability Clarification | wastewater | all facilities that meet the description of the first paragraph, regardless of their size or how they form the aluminum, are covered by this regulation. | Applies regardless of facility size or aluminum forming method | high |
| #Q014 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | National Contaminant Occurrence Database Maintenance | drinking water | Some of the datasets in this clearinghouse help fulfill the EPA's requirement under the Safe Drinking Water Act to assemble and maintain a National Contaminant Occurrence Database. | | high |
| #Q015 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Community Water System RRA and ERP Certification | drinking water | Users can access community water system compliance data for requirements to certify the Risk and Resilience Assessment (RRA) and Emergency Response Plan (ERP) under section 1433 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which was amended by section 2013 of America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). | | high |
| #Q016 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Website Feedback Rating Requirement | other | How would you rate your experience on www.epa.gov today? * | When submitting the website feedback form | high |
| #Q017 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Website Feedback Explanation Requirement | other | Please explain the reason for your rating. * | When submitting the website feedback form | high |