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Compliance Assistance Planning
This topic includes information on EPA's plans for compliance assistance as part of the national enforcement and compliance assurance program. EPA provides this information to enable all stakeholders to understand the purpose and timing of planned activities, and to allow EPA offices and regions, along with other compliance assistance providers and the regulated community, to identify opportunities for improved coordination, collaboration or partnerships in developing and delivering compliance assistance.
EPA's Planned Compliance Assistance Activities for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 (PDF) (48K, 2 pages, About PDF). EPA has planned 231 compliance assistance activities and projects for FY 2006. This assistance helps users implement new regulations; address compliance issues related to existing regulations; or address geographical, national, regional, local, or facility-specific environmental issues.
Highlights include the following.
- Four types of compliance assistance activities account for about 80% of EPA's planned compliance assistance activities and projects in FY 2006:
- Outreach Distributed (29%), including both outreach targeted to specific audiences and outreach to the general public about compliance assistance opportunities
- Tools Developed (18%)
- Workshops and Trainings (18%)
- Presentations and Meetings (16%).
Some of EPA's compliance assistance is designed to meet the needs of specific economic sectors. During FY 2006, the most frequently addressed sector will continue to be the combined public sector (federal, state and local governments, including federal facilities), followed by education (including kindergarten through 12th grade, and colleges and universities), and Tribes. Other sectors addressed include agriculture, animal feeding operations, construction, healthcare, realtors, and small businesses.
The National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse is a database that includes detailed information, such as title, brief description and contact information for the specific compliance assistance activities planned.