ndia’s 30 th environmental and energy symposium & exhibition san diego, ca april 2004 will...
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NDIA’s 30th Environmental and Energy Symposium & Exhibition
San Diego, CA
April 2004
Will Garvey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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FEDERAL FACILITIESUS Government owns substantial amount of real estate
32,000+ facilities 400,000+ buildings owned or leased 675 million acres 30% of USA by acreage
Environmental requirements apply to over 8,000 facilities
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EPA Data Access
Much of EPA’s compliance data is now online
ECHO: Enforcement & Compliance History Online
2 years of data for 800,000 facilities, including federal facilities
Available to public, including your surrounding communities
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ECHO Web Sitehttp://www.epa.gov/echo/index.html
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ECHO
Options for searches:
Facility Info: name, SIC code, Federal facility
Geographic Info--city, State, county, EPA Region, zip code, Indian land
Inspections and Enforcement Actions: none or up to last 2 years
Current Compliance Status: violations or none
EJ factors
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Federal Agency Additional information available to EPA
and State regulators and Federal employees
FACTS = Federal Agency Compliance Tracking System
FACTS is part of Online Tracking Information System (OTIS)
Free , however, users must register to use OTIS/FACTS
Go to http://www.epa.gov/idea/otis/register
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FACTShttp://www.epa.gov/idea/fedfac
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FACTSAdvantages over ECHO
Agency-wide info
Up to 5 years of information
Verify information received from field (ground truthing)
Compare with other agencies
Know what EPA and States know about your facilities
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Detailed Information
Information available on:
Inspections: up to 5 years
EPA & State enforcement actions, including penalties: up to 5 years
Violations: up to 2 years
Use to track resolutions of violations or enforcement cases
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Detailed Facility Information
Detailed Facility Reports
List all ID numbers for facility (even if names on permits differ slightly)
Significant violations shown in Bold and Red; easy to see possible problem areas
Report Error button: use to electronically report errors to EPA and states
List of “Data Stewards” at EPA and States: a human to contact for more information
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Detailed Facility Information