Compliance Assistance

About Compliance Assistance in Indian Country

Tribal governments, regardless of size, location, or demographics, provide a variety of services to tribal and non-tribal members. Many of these services or operations impact human health and the environment and are regulated by a variety of environmental laws. EPA's compliance assistance to tribes improves understanding of applicable requirements and ensures compliance with environmental regulations. In addition, EPA's compliance assistance is designed to increase the capacity of tribal compliance and enforcement programs.

Additional compliance assistance information is provided based on statute (e.g. Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act) or through compliance incentives and auditing. Note that multiple statutes may apply to your entity. Information on EPA's compliance monitoring program also is organized by statutory programs. All regulated entities may be subject to EPA's statutory and civil enforcement program.

The Department of Commerce classifies this area under the 1997 North American Industry Classification System as 921150. A number of activities in this sector were formerly classified under the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification codes 9121, 9111, and 9221.

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Compliance Tools and information on how to comply

The following list of resources focuses on federal regulations and is not exhaustive. Additional resources may be available from other parts of EPA or from other federal, state or local agencies.

The Profile of Tribal Government Operations is a plain language guide that provides an overview of many tribal government operations and activities, presents the potential environmental impacts of the operations and activities, and identifies the environmental requirements they must meet. Information includes, but is not limited to, pollution prevention techniques, compliance and technical assistance, and financial resources.

National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearinghouselinks to public and private compliance assistance materials. Users may post documents and interact with assistance providers, both within and outside of EPA. The Clearinghouse allows users to search for relevant material on regulations, pollution prevention opportunities, and voluntary programs created by EPA, other federal agencies, tribes, states and local agencies, industry and other organizations.

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