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Performance Track applications are accepted twice a year: April 1 - May 31, and September 1 - October 31.

Want to Apply?

Please follow these easy steps.

  1. Log on to P-Track Online

    Through this online system, a facility can securely complete, save, revise, review, and submit an application. Links to relevant instructions and guidance are provided throughout the application form.

  2. Fax a copy of a completed and signed Application and Participation Statement (Section E of the application) to the Performance Track Information Center at (617) 354-0463.

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Need Help?

Questions—Call the Performance Track Information Center at 1-888-339-PTRK (1-888-339-7875). The Performance Track Information Center is operated by Industrial Economics Incorporated through a contract with the U.S. EPA.

Assistance—visit Performance Track Assistance for assistance in completing an application and to review Performance Track's relationships with programs in your state.

Have you checked your online compliance history lately?

Because EPA manages a series of systems that include data flowing from staff in both EPA and state/tribal/local offices, it is not uncommon to find errors in your facility's compliance history. These data streams flow into the national database in many ways. For example, some states maintain their own databases, and then "translate" or upload their data sets into EPA's systems. Other states directly enter information into EPA systems, while some states provide information to EPA that EPA then loads into the systems. Given this fairly complex set of transactions, there are occasional problems with the migration of data into the databases. Additionally, it is not uncommon for the ECHO violation "switch" not to be reset to "in compliance" once a problem has been corrected by a facility.

Applicants and members interested in monitoring their EPA compliance history should visit the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website, type in their facility name in the "Facility Name" box and hit the "search" button. After ECHO returns with the "Search Results," you can click your facility's hyperlinked name to obtain your "Detailed Facility Report." If you see an error while scrolling through this Report, you should notify the Agency about the error by clicking the "Error Report" button near the upper-right corner of your Report.

Once you have clicked an arrow, you will notice that your Report now has small green arrows on each table entry towards the right of your screen. Clicking on an arrow starts the error reporting process for data contained in that table's particular line. You will be asked for some contact information. We suggest you use e-mail as your contact method, so you can maintain a paper trail. After hitting the "Next" button, type your message into the dialog box of the "Detailed Facility Report Comment Form." We suggest that you carefully craft your comments, with special attention to specifics (Names, Dates, Permit IDs, Performance Track IDs, who did what and when, etc.), remembering your comments must travel a database food chain to the correct person to effect your changes. Be sure to keep a copy of your comments for your records. Then hit the "Submit Comment" button. You will eventually receive an email with an error report tracking number. We suggest that you also forward this email to the Performance Track help desk (ptrack@indecon.com), so we can follow the progress of your error report as well.

Mentoring—Learn about the mentoring program and sign up for a mentor by visiting Mentoring Program.

Normalizing Guidance—If you have questions about normalization, view the Normalizing Guidance (PDF, 309KB, 27 pp) or the one-page summary on choosing a normalizing basis.

Goals—A detailed, searchable list of Performance Track members' goals is available in Excel or PDF format.

For more details on specific goals, please use the search by goals feature in the online directory of Performance Track members.

Challenge Goals—Some EPA Regions offer Performance Track “challenge goals” that address a regional or national environmental priority. When a Performance Track applicant makes a challenge goal, that single challenge goal may be counted as two performance goals. The applicant then only has to make three future goals rather than the standard four, so long as one of the goals addresses the regional or national priority. For more information, please visit the challenge goals page.

Download printable versions of application materials—

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