ECHO - Enforcement a nd Compliance History Online

httpsechoepagov

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AUDIO INSTRUCTIONS You are in listen-only mode (muted)

You may submit a question by typing into the Enter a question for staff box and clicking the Send button

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Questions During the Webinar

bull Please use the Questions box to type in your questions throughout the webinar

bull Please make the context of your question clear as we will be answering questions covering a range of topics (feel free to reference live examples or slide numbers)

bull In order to make this webinar useful for all attendees we will not address site specific or individual problems during this session - please use ECHOrsquos Contact Us page for help with those questions

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Introduction

bull The US Environmental Protection Agency provides public access to its regulatory compliance and enforcement data via the Internet

bull The Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website at httpsechoepagov integrates data from major EPA information systems for public use

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AUDIO INSTRUCTIONS You are in listen-only mode (muted)

You may submit a question by typing into the Enter a question for staff box and clicking the Send button

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Questions During the Webinar

bull Please use the Questions box to type in your questions throughout the webinar

bull Please make the context of your question clear as we will be answering questions covering a range of topics (feel free to reference live examples or slide numbers)

bull In order to make this webinar useful for all attendees we will not address site specific or individual problems during this session - please use ECHOrsquos Contact Us page for help with those questions

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Introduction

bull The US Environmental Protection Agency provides public access to its regulatory compliance and enforcement data via the Internet

bull The Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website at httpsechoepagov integrates data from major EPA information systems for public use

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Questions During the Webinar

bull Please use the Questions box to type in your questions throughout the webinar

bull Please make the context of your question clear as we will be answering questions covering a range of topics (feel free to reference live examples or slide numbers)

bull In order to make this webinar useful for all attendees we will not address site specific or individual problems during this session - please use ECHOrsquos Contact Us page for help with those questions

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Introduction

bull The US Environmental Protection Agency provides public access to its regulatory compliance and enforcement data via the Internet

bull The Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website at httpsechoepagov integrates data from major EPA information systems for public use

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Introduction

bull The US Environmental Protection Agency provides public access to its regulatory compliance and enforcement data via the Internet

bull The Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website at httpsechoepagov integrates data from major EPA information systems for public use

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What is ECHO

bull ECHO is EPArsquos public website that provides compliance information about regulated facilities ndashHow they are regulated

ndashWhen they were inspected

ndashWhether violations of environmental regulations were found

ndashWhether enforcement action was taken

bull The site also provides dashboards with views of overall enforcement and compliance status trends and some bulk datasets for download

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ECHO Content

Compliance history for more than 1000000 EPA-regulated facilities bull Three-year compliance status and five-year inspection and enforcement history

bull EPA and state local and tribal environmental agency data for ndash Clean Air Act stationary sources

ndash Clean Water Act permitted dischargers

ndash Resource Conservation and Recovery Act hazardous waste handlers

ndash Safe Drinking Water Act public water systems

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ECHO Content (continued)

bull EPA data for other statutes like Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ndashInspections

ndashEnforcement Action Details

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Sources of ECHO Data

ECHO extracts data from other EPA data systems typically on a weekly basis ndashIntegrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)

ndashResource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)

ndashSafe Drinking Water Information System (extracted quarterly)

ndashFacility Registry System (links EPA-regulated facilities and permits under one ID number)

ndashEnvirofacts Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) pollutant release data for context

Full list with refresh dates on ldquoAbout the Datardquo page (httpsechoepagovresourcesecho-dataabout-the-data)

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ECHO Content

Compliance history for more than 1000000 EPA-regulated facilities bull Three-year compliance status and five-year inspection and enforcement history

bull EPA and state local and tribal environmental agency data for ndash Clean Air Act stationary sources

ndash Clean Water Act permitted dischargers

ndash Resource Conservation and Recovery Act hazardous waste handlers

ndash Safe Drinking Water Act public water systems

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ECHO Content (continued)

bull EPA data for other statutes like Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ndashInspections

ndashEnforcement Action Details

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Sources of ECHO Data

ECHO extracts data from other EPA data systems typically on a weekly basis ndashIntegrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)

ndashResource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)

ndashSafe Drinking Water Information System (extracted quarterly)

ndashFacility Registry System (links EPA-regulated facilities and permits under one ID number)

ndashEnvirofacts Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) pollutant release data for context

Full list with refresh dates on ldquoAbout the Datardquo page (httpsechoepagovresourcesecho-dataabout-the-data)

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ECHO Content (continued)

bull EPA data for other statutes like Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ndashInspections

ndashEnforcement Action Details

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Sources of ECHO Data

ECHO extracts data from other EPA data systems typically on a weekly basis ndashIntegrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)

ndashResource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)

ndashSafe Drinking Water Information System (extracted quarterly)

ndashFacility Registry System (links EPA-regulated facilities and permits under one ID number)

ndashEnvirofacts Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) pollutant release data for context

Full list with refresh dates on ldquoAbout the Datardquo page (httpsechoepagovresourcesecho-dataabout-the-data)

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Sources of ECHO Data

ECHO extracts data from other EPA data systems typically on a weekly basis ndashIntegrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)

ndashResource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)

ndashSafe Drinking Water Information System (extracted quarterly)

ndashFacility Registry System (links EPA-regulated facilities and permits under one ID number)

ndashEnvirofacts Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) pollutant release data for context

Full list with refresh dates on ldquoAbout the Datardquo page (httpsechoepagovresourcesecho-dataabout-the-data)

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ECHO Features

bull Facility searches rarr under home page ldquoSearch Optionsrdquo ndashAll Data (cross-program)

ndashAir (stationary source)

ndashWater (dischargers)

ndashHazardous Waste (RCRA Subtitle C)

ndashDrinking Water (public water systems)

ndashData downloads and web services

bull EPA Enforcement Case Search rarr under home page ldquoFind EPA Casesrdquo

bull State Dashboards rarr under home page ldquoAnalyze Trendsrdquo

bull Water Pollutant Loading Tool rarr under home page ldquoSearch Optionsrdquo

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Todayrsquos Topics

bull Water Facility Search

bull Water Pollutant Loading Tool Searches

bull Facility Reports bull Detailed Facility Report

bull Effluent Charts Report

bull Pollutant Loading Report

bull Permit Limits and Monitoring Requirements Report

bull Data Downloads

bull Web Services

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Please enter questions you have as thepresentation goes on and we will answer them

soon

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Live Demo of ECHO

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ECHO Web Services

bull Web services are functions that provide business logic data and processes and can be accessed over the internet

bull Web services support ECHO and are available to the public httpsechoepagovtoolsweb-services

bull The services allow web developers to design customapplications utilizing a live feed of data from ECHO

bull GET or query-only RESTlike (REpresentational State Transfer) services available through a simple URL HTTP link

bull Output in XML JSON or JSONP formats

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Todayrsquos Topics

bull Water Facility Search

bull Water Pollutant Loading Tool Searches

bull Facility Reports bull Detailed Facility Report

bull Effluent Charts Report

bull Pollutant Loading Report

bull Permit Limits and Monitoring Requirements Report

bull Data Downloads

bull Web Services

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Please enter questions you have as thepresentation goes on and we will answer them

soon

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Live Demo of ECHO

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ECHO Web Services

bull Web services are functions that provide business logic data and processes and can be accessed over the internet

bull Web services support ECHO and are available to the public httpsechoepagovtoolsweb-services

bull The services allow web developers to design customapplications utilizing a live feed of data from ECHO

bull GET or query-only RESTlike (REpresentational State Transfer) services available through a simple URL HTTP link

bull Output in XML JSON or JSONP formats

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Please enter questions you have as thepresentation goes on and we will answer them

soon

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Live Demo of ECHO

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ECHO Web Services

bull Web services are functions that provide business logic data and processes and can be accessed over the internet

bull Web services support ECHO and are available to the public httpsechoepagovtoolsweb-services

bull The services allow web developers to design customapplications utilizing a live feed of data from ECHO

bull GET or query-only RESTlike (REpresentational State Transfer) services available through a simple URL HTTP link

bull Output in XML JSON or JSONP formats

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Live Demo of ECHO

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ECHO Web Services

bull Web services are functions that provide business logic data and processes and can be accessed over the internet

bull Web services support ECHO and are available to the public httpsechoepagovtoolsweb-services

bull The services allow web developers to design customapplications utilizing a live feed of data from ECHO

bull GET or query-only RESTlike (REpresentational State Transfer) services available through a simple URL HTTP link

bull Output in XML JSON or JSONP formats

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ECHO Web Services

bull Web services are functions that provide business logic data and processes and can be accessed over the internet

bull Web services support ECHO and are available to the public httpsechoepagovtoolsweb-services

bull The services allow web developers to design customapplications utilizing a live feed of data from ECHO

bull GET or query-only RESTlike (REpresentational State Transfer) services available through a simple URL HTTP link

bull Output in XML JSON or JSONP formats

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Water Resources

bull NPDES Program Area Search Criteria Help httpsechoepagovhelpfacility-searchnpdes-program-search-criteria-help

bull Facility Search Results Help httpsechoepagovhelpfacility-searchfacility-search-results-help

bull Effluent Charts Help httpsechoepagovhelpreportseffluent-charts-help

bull National Data Downloads httpsechoepagovtoolsdata-downloadsdownloads

bull Loading Tool

ndashHelp and Resources httpsechoepagovtrendsloading-toolresources

ndashTechnical Users Background Document httpsechoepagovtrendsloading-toolresourcestechnical-support-document

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General Resources

bull ECHO Tool Guide httpsechoepagovresourcesgeneral-infotool-

guide

bull Video tutorials httpsechoepagovhelptutorials

bull Webinars httpsechoepagovhelptraining

bull FAQ httpsechoepagovresourcesgeneral-infoecho-faq

bull Contact Us httpsechoepagovcontact

bull ECHO Mailing list httpsechoepagovresourcesgeneral-infolistserv

bull How to Report an Error httpsechoepagovhelphow-to-report-error

bull State Agency Websites httpsechoepagovresourcesecho-

datastate-websites

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Question and Answer

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