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Region 5 Enforcement
Popular Resources
Submit a self-disclosure
Report an environmental violation
Annual Results 2007
Annual Results 2006
- Compliance Assistance
- Compliance Incentives
- Environmental Justice
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Innovation
- Regional Hearing Clerk
- Federal Facilities
Compliance Assistance
Compliance assistance is a tool EPA uses to improve a regulated community's compliance with environmental regulations. EPA partners with compliance assistance providers to develop and deliver compliance assistance resources such as Web sites, compliance guides, fact sheets and training materials.
- EPA's compliance assistance Web site
- National Compliance Assistance Centers
- National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse
Contact: Eileen Deamer (deamer.eileen@epa.gov) 312-886-1728
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Incentives are a set of policies and programs that eliminate, reduce or waive penalties under certain conditions for business, industry, and government facilities which voluntarily discover, promptly disclose, correct noncompliance, and prevent future environmental violations. Information about these incentives, self-disclosure programs, and related tools such as environmental audit protocols are located here. EPA is committed to exploring new and creative ways of achieving environmental results. This topic includes information on innovative enforcement and compliance approaches.
- EPA's Audit (Self-Disclosure) Policy
- Region 5 Audit Policies & Self-Disclosures
- Submit a self-disclosure
- Status of state audit laws and policies
Self-Disclosure Contact: Jodi Swanson-Wilson (swanson-wilson.jodi@epa.gov) 312-886-0879
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Contact: Alan Walts (walts.alan@epa.gov) 312-353-8894
National Environmental Policy Act
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions. To meet this requirement, federal agencies prepare a detailed statement known as an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). EPA is required by law (Section 309 of the Clean Air Act) to review and comment on all Draft and Final EIS issued under NEPA.
Region 5 NEPA Staff (link to NEPA staff listing)
National NEPA links
Further information on the implementation of NEPA is available through EPA Headquarters' Office of Federal Activities and also at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
(EIS) Comment letters by calendar year
Innovation
EPA is committed to exploring new and creative ways of achieving environmental results and making them a routine part of our work. This includes programs such as Performance Track, which recognizes and drives environmental excellence by encouraging facilities with strong environmental records to go above and beyond their legal requirements.
Innovation Contact: Marilou Martin (martin.marilou@epa.gov) 312-353-9660
Performance Track Contact: Mark Messersmith ( messersmith.mark@epa.gov) 312-353-2154
Regional Hearing Clerk
The Regional Hearing Clerk (RHC) maintains all official administrative records of cases in adjudication under various federal laws found at 40 CFR Part 22.
Contact: Sonja Brooks-Woodard (brooks-woodard.sonja@epa.gov) 312-886-3617
Federal Facilities
EPA works in partnership with other federal, state, tribal, and local agencies to see that federal facilities meet their environmental requirements.
Contact: Lee Regner (regner.lee@epa.gov) 312-353-6478