Region 5 Enforcement
Popular Resources
- Compliance Assistance
- Compliance Incentives
- Environmental Justice
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Innovation
- Regional Hearing Clerk
- Federal Facilities
U.S. EPA Compliance And Enforcement news releases from Region 05
Compliance Assistance
Compliance assistance is a tool EPA uses to improve a regulated community's compliance with environmental regulations. EPA partners with compliance assistance providers to develop and deliver compliance assistance resources such as Web sites, compliance guides, fact sheets and training materials.
For general questions, please call the Region 5 Environmental Hotline:
800-621-8431
9:00 am - 4:30 pm Central time (312-886-2395 for callers outside IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI)
- EPA's compliance assistance Web site
- National Compliance Assistance Centers
- National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse
Contact: Lee Regner (regner.lee@epa.gov) 312-353-6478
Compliance Incentives
Compliance Incentives are a set of policies and programs that eliminate, reduce or waive penalties under certain conditions for business, industry, and government facilities which voluntarily discover, promptly disclose, correct noncompliance, and prevent future environmental violations. Information about these incentives, self-disclosure programs, and related tools such as environmental audit protocols are located here. EPA is committed to exploring new and creative ways of achieving environmental results. This topic includes information on innovative enforcement and compliance approaches.
- EPA's Audit (Self-Disclosure) Policy
- Region 5 Audit Policies & Self-Disclosures
- Submit a self-disclosure
- Status of state audit laws and policies
Self-Disclosure Contact: Jodi Swanson-Wilson (swanson-wilson.jodi@epa.gov) 312-886-0879
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
Region 5 Environmental Justice Action Plan FY 2009 (PDF) (4pp, 34K About PDF)
Contact: Alan Walts (walts.alan@epa.gov) 312-353-8894
National Environmental Policy Act
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions. To meet this requirement, federal agencies prepare a detailed statement known as an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). EPA is required by law (Section 309 of the Clean Air Act) to review and comment on all Draft and Final EIS issued under NEPA.
Innovation
EPA is committed to exploring new and creative ways of achieving environmental results and making them a routine part of our work. This includes programs such as Performance Track, which recognizes and drives environmental excellence by encouraging facilities with strong environmental records to go above and beyond their legal requirements.
Innovation Contact: Marilou Martin (martin.marilou@epa.gov) 312-353-9660
Performance Track Contact: Mark Messersmith (messersmith.mark@epa.gov) 312-353-2154
Regional Hearing Clerk
The Regional Hearing Clerk (RHC) maintains all official administrative records of cases in adjudication under various federal laws found at 40 CFR Part 22.
The filing window is located on the north end of the 19th floor.
Contact: La Dawn Whitehead (whitehead.ladawn@epa.gov) 312-886-3713
Federal Facilities
EPA works in partnership with other federal, state, tribal, and local agencies to see that federal facilities meet their environmental requirements.
Contact: Lee Regner (regner.lee@epa.gov) 312-353-6478