Compliance and Enforcement

The nation's environmental laws have special requirements for business and industry. EPA provides information, environmental management tools and incentives to assist businesses in complying with the law. The Agency monitors compliance with the help of states and tribes and takes enforcement actions when necessary.

• Comply with environmental laws and regulations relating to your business or sector
• Locate compliance and enforcement documents and publications
• Find recent inspections and violations for a specific business with Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
• Conduct an environmental audit on your business
• Download modeling software to analyze the economic aspects of enforcement actions
• Report an Environmental Violation

• Compliance and enforcement news in your area
• Environmental laws that may apply to your business or industry
• Incentives for complying with environmental laws
• Testing protocols for environmental compliance
• Enforcing environmental laws
• Legal settlements with Supplemental Environmental Projects
• How environmental justice works for everyone
• EPA's enforcement priorities
• When an Environmental Impact Statement may be needed
• US environmental laws for importing or exporting
• Designing environmental management systems
• Compliance and enforcement employment opportunities

Contact an office within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance for further assistance with an issue.

If you believe that you have witnessed a violation of environmental laws, please use the Report an Environmental Violation form to avoid a delay in the review of the possible violation.