The purpose of the National Compliance
Assistance Clearinghouse is to aid the day-to-day
function of those who help the industry comply
with US EPA or State environmental regulations. Therefore,
the information contained in this site are compliance
assistance in nature. To help determine what falls
under the term "compliance assistance activities,"
an US EPA Definition of Compliance Assistance is
provided below:
Definition of Compliance Assistance
Compliance assistance includes activities, tools or
technical assistance which provides clear and
consistent information which 1) helps the
regulated community to understand and meet its
obligations under environmental regulations; or
2) can be used as a resource for compliance assistance providers
in providing assistance to the regulated community. Compliance assistance
information may also help the regulated community find
cost-effective ways to comply with regulations
and/or go "beyond compliance" through
the use of pollution prevention, environmental
management practices and innovative
technologies, thus improving their environmental
performance. To be categorized as a compliance
assistance information resource, at least one
objective of the information must be related to achieving
or advancing regulatory compliance.