Compliance and Enforcement

EPA is responsible for ensuring that individuals, communities, businesses, industries and government facilities follow the nation's environmental laws. The Agency offers assistance and incentives for complying with the law, monitors compliance with the help of states and tribes and takes enforcement action when necessary.

• File a tip or complaint
• Locate compliance and enforcement documents and publications
• Track recent inspections and violations with Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
• How to use the Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool
• Review current Environmental Impacts Statements for major projects/actions
• Find a career in enforcement and compliance assurance
• Contact the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

• Compliance and enforcement news in your area
• Environmental laws that may apply to your business or industry
• Incentives for complying with environmental laws
• Testing protocols for environmental compliance
• Enforcing environmental laws
• Legal settlements with Supplemental Environmental Projects
• How environmental justice works for everyone
• EPA's enforcement priorities
• When an Environmental Impact Statement may be needed
• US environmental laws for importing or exporting
• Designing environmental management systems
• Compliance and enforcement employment opportunities

Contact an office within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance for further assistance with an issue.

If you believe that you have witnessed a violation of environmental laws, please use the Report an Environmental Violation form to avoid a delay in the review of the possible violation.