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Compliance and Enforcement Data Systems
Data Systems
The information that EPA uses to manage and assess performance of the Agency's enforcement and compliance assurance program is stored in several national data systems. These systems were built to support specific environmental statutes. In general, EPA regions or states input data into the systems.
Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) or Envirofacts provide the easiest access for the public. Public access to some of the systems listed below may be restricted. If ECHO, Envirofacts or the other systems described below do not meet your needs, please visit EPA's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) page to learn how to request additional information.
Air Data System
The air compliance and enforcement program uses the Air Facility System (AFS) for program support. AFS contains compliance data on air pollution point sources regulated by EPA and or state and local air regulatory agencies.
Applicability Determination Index contains written responses to source owners or operators who need to know whether certain intended actions constitute the commencement of construction, reconstruction, or modification to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) in 40 CFR Parts 60 and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) in 40 CFR Parts 61 and 63, under the Clean Air Act.
Hazardous Waste Data can be accessed through these data systems:
RCRAInfo provides access to data supporting the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) database contains general information on sites across the nation and US territories including location, status, contaminants and actions taken. Find information on sites being assessed under the Superfund Program, hazardous waste sites and potential hazardous waste sites, from CERCLIS.
Envirofacts provides public access to data from several EPA data systems. Users can develop on-line queries, create reports and map results.
Modernization
Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) is a Web-based system that integrates data on all federal enforcement and compliance data. The public may access this data through the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) data system. EPA initial launch ICIS was in June 2002 and it supported approximately 1,200 federal (EPA headquarters and regions) users.
In June 2006, EPA released ICIS 2.0 that modernized the Permit Compliance System (PCS) creating two components:
- The Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) component that supports the implementation and management of the NPDES permitting and enforcement program in EPA and states
- The Federal Enforcement and Compliance (FE & C) component that supports all of EPA's civil enforcement and compliance program activities
The Multimedia Data Systems and Databases contain data for more than one environmental media.
Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) is a Web-based tool that provides the public with compliance, permit and demographic data for approximately 800,000 facilities.
The Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) is a collection of search engines that enables EPA staff, state/local/tribal governments and federal agencies to access a wide range of data relating to enforcement and compliance. (Please note that this site is for state and federal use.)
The Toxics/Pesticides Data Systems utilize two databases:
The National Compliance Data Base System (NCDB) tracks compliance and enforcement activity under the Pesticides and Toxic Substances program at a national level.
Section 7 Tracking System (SSTS) tracks pesticide producing establishments and the amount of pesticides they produce.
The Water Data Systems consist of two primary data bases:
The Permit Compliance System (PCS) tracks National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program permit issuance, permit limits, self monitoring data and enforcement and inspection activity for facilities regulated under the CWA.
The Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal (SDWIS/FED) includes inventory, compliance and enforcement information on the nation's 170,000 public water systems.