The EPA would not be able to effectively enforce environmental regulations without the participation of state, local and tribal governments. Local authorities play an essential part in many of the Agency's most important programs, including Superfund and Brownfields. The Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR) serves as EPA's principal liaison with Congress, States and local governments. The Agency also works with Indian tribes on a government-to-government basis to identify compliance assistance, monitoring, enforcement and capacity-building issues affecting Indian communities. Strategies are developed to address these issues, including the development of compliance monitoring programs in Indian Country.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR)
  Page links to Office of Congressional Affairs and Office of State and Local Relations.
• Compliance & Enforcement through State Government
  Forging strong partnerships is an important aspect of EPA' s enforcement and compliance assurance program.
• Compliance & Enforcement through Tribal Government
  Programs to assist with enforcement, compliance, and monitoring activities affecting Indian communities.

Compliance Assistance

Compliance Incentives
Audit Policy

Compliance Monitoring
Audit, Inspection, Investigation

Criminal Enforcement

Delegation
Oversight

Environmental Liability

Multi-Media Compliance

Reporting

Settlement
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Emission Standards (MACTs), Mediation, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs), Penalty, Recertification, Reportable Quantity, Supplemental Environmental Project

Violation

Voluntary Standards
Consensus Standards, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Voluntary Standards Network