This data dictionary describes the data elements that are presented in the Detailed Facility Report.

• Important Notes
• Customize Report

The Detailed Facility Report is organized into six primary sections:

• Facility Summary
  • Enforcement and Compliance Summary
  • Related Reports
• Facility/System Characteristics
• Enforcement and Compliance
  • Compliance Monitoring History (5 years)
  • SDWA Sanitary Survey Results (5 years)
  • Compliance Summary Data
    • Current SNC/HPV
  • Three-Year Compliance History by Month/Quarter
    • Air Compliance Status (CAA)
    • Water Compliance Status (CWA/NPDES)
    • Hazardous Waste Compliance Status (RCRA)
    • Drinking Water Compliance Status (SDWA)
  • Informal Enforcement Actions (5 years)
  • Formal Enforcement Actions (5 years)
  • SDWA Violations and Enforcement Actions (5 years)
• Environmental Conditions
• Pollutants
• Demographic Profile
  • EJSCREEN (EJ) Indexes
  • Demographic Profile of Surrounding Area

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Important Notes

Consider the following as you evaluate the data:

• The Detailed Facility Report is an aggregate report; therefore, some data are displayed differently due to differences in tracking methods and indicators used in the source databases.
   
• Each facility may not have data for every report section. If no relevant data exist for a given report section, a note is displayed explaining that no information exists for a facility.
   
• Compliance and enforcement data are separate from other environmental information which is included to provide context for analyses (e.g., chemical release and demographic data).
   
• The age of the data presented varies and is dependent on when data were last updated from the source database. The dates of the last updates made in ECHO are shown in  About the Data.
   
• EPA and/or the state agencies that report data to EPA have identified some broad-scale data issues that may impact the completeness, timeliness, or accuracy of data shown in ECHO. These issues are described on the Known Data Problems page.
   
• Date ranges referenced in the Detailed Facility Report are defined as follows:
  • Month – Any calendar month from January-December.
  • Quarter – Any of the following three-month periods: January-March, April-June, July-September, or October-December.
  • Last Three Years – The twelve most recently completed quarters, plus data from the current quarter up until the refresh date.
  • Last Five Years – The twenty most recently completed quarters, plus data from the current quarter up until the refresh date.
     
• Violation identified, noncompliance, significant noncompliance, significant noncomplier, serious violator, and high priority violation are all terms used by the ECHO website to describe the facility’s history in regard to compliance with the law. In many cases, these terms reflect determinations made by EPA or states when conducting inspections or reviewing facility self-reports. These determinations assist the government in tracking resolution of violations through the enforcement process and do not necessarily represent a final adjudication by a judicial or administrative body. In such cases, these characterizations should be considered alleged violations. Additional information on how to interpret a facility’s compliance status is available on ECHO’s Frequently Asked Questions page.
   
• The duration of violations shown on this report is an estimate of the actual duration of the violations that might be alleged or later determined in a legal proceeding. For example, the start date of the violation as shown in the ECHO database is normally when the government first became aware of the violation, not the first date that the violation occurred, and the facility may have corrected the violation before the end date shown. In some situations, violations may have been corrected by the facility, but EPA or the State has not verified the correction of these violations. In other situations, EPA does not remove the violation flag until an enforcement action has been resolved.
   
• ECHO includes data from the following national program databases:
  • Facility Registry Service (FRS)
  • ICIS-Air 
  • Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) Federal Enforcement and Compliance (FE&C) for the following environmental laws:
    • Clean Air Act (CAA)
    • Clean Water Act (CWA)
    • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
    • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
    • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
    • Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
    • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
    • Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
    • Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  • ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo) System
  • Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)
  • Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Data
  • Emission Inventory System (EIS) Database
  • Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHG)
  • Clean Air Markets Division Business System (CAMDBS)
  • Assessment, TMDL Tracking, and ImplementatioN System (ATTAINS)
  • Reach Address Database (RAD)
  • BEach Advisory and Closing Online Notification (BEACON)
  • US Census Data

Customize Report

The report is customizable using toggles available in the Customize Report section:

• Environmental Media - Select an environmental media (Air, Water, Hazardous Waste, or Drinking Water) to filter the information on the report to one statute. The default view displays data for all statutes. 
• Compliance History Timeframe - Select a timeframe through which to view environmental data. The report defaults to a Quarterly view, but can be switched to a Monthly view. Note that the Quarterly view must be selected to view drinking water compliance data. 

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Facility Summary

This section presents a general, high-level summary of the selected facility, including a map of the facility location, basic facility identification information, regulatory interests (e.g., facility permits and other program identifiers), and a snap-shot of the facility's most recent enforcement and compliance record.

Map

Location of the facility based on latitude/longitude coordinates displayed on a map. Other nearby facilities also will display. Only those facilities with available geographical data are mapped. The symbols used are described in detail below:

Stripe color corresponds to the statute under which the facility is regulated.
Multimedia (multiple statutes)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
None of the above (Facility Registry Service (FRS)-only facility)

Body color corresponds to compliance status of the facility.
Significant Violation
No Violations Identified in Database
Violation Identified
 Compliance Information Unavailable or Unknown
 Inactive Facility or System 

Icon numbering corresponds to the number of years since the facility was last inspected.

Longer than 5 years
Never inspected

Icon size differentiates between major and minor facilities.
Minor facility
Major facility

Facility Information

Facility Information included in this section is associated with a particular FRS ID. FRS links together all regulatory program database records (such as permit IDs and facility IDs that facilities use in reporting to EPA).
 

Facility Name

Company or permit holder name, as maintained in FRS. The facility name may differ across EPA databases due to differences in reported information, change in ownership, use of parent or subsidiary name, etc.

Facility Address

Street address, city, state, and zip code where facility is located, as maintained in FRS. Certain data systems also maintain mailing address information, which is not used in this report. The street address may differ across EPA databases due to differences in reported information (e.g., use of mailing address), change in ownership, use of parent or subsidiary address, etc.

FRS ID

The identification number that is assigned to a facility by FRS to uniquely identify a facility site.

EPA Region

The EPA region where the facility is located. EPA has 10 regional offices that execute programs within several states and territories.

Latitude/Longitude

The facility or permit holder's latitude and longitude coordinates.

Locational Data Source

The source database of the facility's latitude and longitude location data.

Industry

The description of the first 3 digits of the 6-digit NAICS code associated with the facility. NAICS codes may differ between program data systems, so the NAICS description is chosen from one data system in the following preferential order: TRI, GHG, ICIS-Air, RCRAInfo, ICIS-NPDES. If no NAICS code exists, the SIC code description is displayed. This field may be blank if there are no NAICS or SIC codes associated with the facility. See the Facility/System Characteristics section to view additional Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes associated with the facility.

Indian Country

A value of "N/A" (Not Available) indicates this information is not maintained in the program data system. "N" indicates the facility is not in Indian country, and a value of "Y" indicates the facility is in Indian country according to EPA's Facility Registry Service. Indian country is defined by statute at 18 U.S.C. 1151 and includes all lands within Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, and allotted lands.

Enforcement and Compliance Summary Table

Statute

Identifies the environmental statute associated with each of the permits and identifiers linked to the facility:

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• EPCRA — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313 (i.e., the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program)
• FIFRA — Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act

Inspections (Insp) (5 years)

The number of inspections/compliance evaluations, under the corresponding statute, occurring at the facility within the last five years. This count only includes inspection types that are counted as inspections in official counts. See Compliance Monitoring History for a list of inspection types counted.

Date of Last Inspection

The date on which the most recent inspection of the facility took place. For the Clean Air Act, the date on which a Full Compliance Evaluation (FCE) was completed. This date may or may not correspond to an actual site visit. A series of partial on- or off-site inspections may have been conducted during the fiscal year as part of an FCE.

Compliance Status

Displays an indication of the most recent compliance status for each statute under which the facility is regulated. The date of the information reflecting the most recent status is listed in the Compliance Summary Data table.

Status codes include:

• No Violation Identified – Blue
• Noncompliance/Violation Identified - Yellow-orange
• High Priority Violation (CAA), Significant/Category I Noncompliance (CWA), Significant Noncomplier (RCRA), Serious Violator (SDWA) – Red
• No Information/Unknown/Not Available - Gray
• Inactive (SDWA)/Not Applicable (CWA)/Terminated Permit (CWA) - no cell shading

Quarters with Noncompliance (Qtrs with NC) (of 12)

Count of the number of quarters, out of the last twelve official quarters and the 13th unofficial quarter*, in which the permit or site is considered either with violations identified, in Noncompliance (NC) status, in Significant Noncompliance (SNC), or High Priority Violation (HPV) status. Additional information on how to interpret compliance status information can be found on ECHO's Frequently Asked Questions page.

* In the event that all thirteen quarters have violations, Qtrs with NC will display "12" and not count the 13th unofficial quarter.

Quarters (Qtrs) with Significant Violation

The number of quarters (of 12) with significant violations by statute. Additional information on how to interpret compliance status information can be found on ECHO's Frequently Asked Questions page.

Informal Enforcement Actions (5 years)

The number of informal enforcement actions taken against the facility, under the corresponding statute, within the last five years.

Formal Enforcement Actions (5 years)

The number of formal enforcement actions taken against the facility, under the corresponding statute, within the last five years. This count only includes enforcement actions that have been entered in the national program databases: ICIS-Air, ICIS-NPDES, and RCRAInfo. Federal CAA and RCRA enforcement actions that have been entered into ICIS are not included in this section to avoid duplicative counting. (Please note that all actions at NPDES facilities in states using ICIS-NPDES are counted.) Please refer to the Formal Enforcement Actions section to determine which actions qualify.

Penalties from Formal Enforcement Actions (5 years)

The total dollar amount of either assessed or final penalties resulting from formal enforcement actions. This count only includes penalties that have been entered in the national program databases: ICIS-Air, ICIS-NPDES, and RCRAInfo. Refer to the Formal Enforcement Actions table for more information.

EPA Cases

The number of EPA enforcement cases in ICIS FE&C. Refer to the Formal Enforcement Actions table for more information.

Penalties from EPA Cases (5 years)

The total dollar amount of either assessed (or final) penalties. This count only includes penalties that have been entered in the national program databases: ICIS-Air, ICIS-NPDES, and RCRAInfo. Federal CAA and RCRA penalties that have been entered into ICIS Federal Enforcement and Compliance are not included in this section to avoid duplicative counting. This count does not include proposed penalties in RCRAInfo or the cost of Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs).

Related Reports

If the facility has any related reports available in ECHO, the Related Reports section will appear below the Enforcement and Compliance Summary table with hyperlinks to all available reports, as described below. If multiple reports are available for a particular report type, clicking on the report hyperlink will open an overlay window with hyperlinks to available reports.

Air Pollutant Report

Opens the Facility's Air Pollutant Report page. The Air Pollutant Report page presents information about air emissions from large stationary sources from four EPA air programs and presents facility-level emissions data for the previous ten years.

CWA Pollutant Loading Report

Opens the facility's DMR Pollutant Loading Report in EPA's Water Pollutant Loading Tool. The Pollutant Loading Report displays information about the facility, NPDES program information, permit limits, calculated annual pollutant discharges, receiving water information, and wastewater treatment technology information.

CWA Effluent Charts

Opens the facility's Effluent Charts page. The Effluent Charts page presents dynamic charts and tables of permitted effluent limits, releases, and violations over time for Clean Water Act (CWA) wastewater discharge permits issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

CWA Effluent Limit Exceedances Report

Opens the facility's Water Pollutant Loading Tool Effluent Limit Exceedances Report page. The Effluent Limit Exceedances Report displays detailed information about effluent exceedance (E90) violations under the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program for a single permit from January 1, 2007 to present.

CWA Program Area Reports

Provides link(s) to EPA reports containing additional information pertaining to some Clean Water Act program areas. Currently, where applicable, ECHO provides access to the following reports:

• Sanitary Sewer Overflow Event Report
• Biosolids Facility Report

Enforcement Case Report

The Enforcement Case Report presents information from EPA's Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). A Case Report summarizes federal administrative or judicial civil enforcement actions taken by the U.S. EPA, as well as state formal enforcement actions taken pursuant to delegated authority to implement the Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program.

State Facility Documents

Provides link(s) to documents such as permits, reports, notifications, or other information about facility compliance under CAA, CWA, and RCRA. The types of documents and date ranges available may differ between facilities.

Note: Document links are currently available only for programs administered by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Exit, water programs administered by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Exit, and individual NPDES permits administered by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality Exit.  EPA plans to expand the facility document linkages to other states in the future.

EPA Facility Documents

EPA Inspection and Permit Documents — Provides access to EPA documents (PDFs) related to inspection, enforcement, and environmental assessments (EAs) and environmental impact statements (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Currently, documents are limited to EPA Region 6.

Facility-Reported Clean Air Act Compliance Documents (CEDRI) — Provides access to documents (PDFs) submitted to EPA using the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI), such as air emission reports (AERs), performance evaluations (such as Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATAs)), and notification of compliance status (NOCs). For more information, see WebFIRE.

View Envirofacts Reports

Provides links to EPA's Envirofacts website for additional information related to FRS, NPDES permits, and TRI facility and pollution prevention information. Note that by navigating to Envirofacts, the user will leave the ECHO website.

Regulatory Information

For each of the following four environmental laws, displays key identification information for the facility where applicable:

• Clean Air Act: Facility activity and operating status (e.g., Operating Major)
• Clean Water Act: Major/non-major status, permit status and NPDES Permit ID(s) (e.g., Major, Permit Effective (DC0000019, DC0000018))
• Safe Drinking Water Act: Owner, water source type, system type, facility activity status, and SDWA ID  (e.g., OWNER: Private SOURCE: Ground water TYPE: Community water system, Permit Active (CA1000267))
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: Facility activity status and type (e.g., Active Small Quantity Generator)

Other Regulatory Reports

Where applicable, displays information about related environmental emission reporting programs, including hyperlinks to other data system reports, including:

• Air Emissions Inventory (EIS): The Emissions Inventory System contains information on stationary and mobile sources that emit criteria air pollutants and their precursors, as well as hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). The database includes estimates of emissions, by source, of air pollutants in each area of the country, on an annual basis.
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions (eGGRT): Links to the facility report for the most recent available reporting year in EPA's Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases Tool (FLIGHT).
• Toxic Releases (TRI): Lists all TRI IDs associated with the facility.

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Facility/System Characteristics

This section provides additional detailed facility identification information that is tracked in EPA's Facility Registry Service (FRS), including: geographic location information, program-specific facility ID numbers, permit IDs and related status information, standard industrial classification code(s), etc.

Facility/System Characteristics Table

System

The data source associated with the additional facility information.

Acronym	Data System
ICIS-Air	ICIS-Air
EIS	Emissions Inventory System
FRS	Facility Registry Services
GHG	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ICIS-NPDES	ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
RCRAInfo	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)
RMP	Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan Program
SDWIS	Safe Drinking Water Information System
SEMS	Superfund Enterprise Management System
TRI	Toxics Release Inventory
TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act

Statute

Identifies the environmental statute associated with each of the permits and identifiers linked to the facility. Only CAA, CWA, RCRA, and EP313 are displayed in this section. The first row of this table is typically FRS data, which are not associated with a particular statute.

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act
• EP313 — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313 (i.e., the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program)
• TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act
• RMP - Risk Management Plan Rule
• CAMD - Clean Air Markets Division

Identifier

An alphanumeric field that displays the source database abbreviation and the unique value assigned for each record/permit/site within the source system. These identifiers generally are for database tracking purposes. The identifier used in the federal database may be different from any permit number issued to the facility. 

In this section, some IDs are hyperlinked to EPA reports outside the ECHO website. FRS IDs link to the EPA Envirofacts FRS Facility Detail Report. Where applicable, SEMS IDs link to the EPA Superfund Site profile report. GHGRP IDs link to the EPA GHG Summary Report for the facility.

Universe

This field provides further description on type of permit or record for each data system as follows. Read ECHO's Guide to Regulated Facilities for more information about the types of facilities tracked in EPA's data systems.

CAA - The plant-level classification of a source's emission status. ECHO displays the highest emission level classification across active Air programs and pollutants regulated. Emission status may include: Major Emissions, Synthetic Minor Emissions, Minor Emissions, Classification Unknown, Other, or Not Applicable. Who has to obtain a Title V permit?

The program office defines each CAA Source ID and the associated permits as being Federally Reportable or Non-Federally Reportable. Under the CAA, federally reportable sources include majors, synthetic minors, NESHAP Part 61 minors, minors with an unresolved High Priority Violation (HPV), with recent enforcement actions, or included on a Compliance Monitoring Strategy plan. The Clean Air Act requires that delegated agencies and EPA track all federally reportable sources in the ICIS-Air database.

GHG "Direct Emitters" are facilities that combust fuels or otherwise put GHGs into the atmosphere directly from their facility. GHG "Suppliers" are those entities that supply certain fossil fuels or fluorinated gases into the economy which, when combusted, released or oxidized emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Learn about the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP).

CWA - Each CWA Source ID or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit is defined by the program office as a Major or non-major discharger. This field also indicates the permit type.

RCRA - Indicates the type of hazardous waste activity at the facility, including Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDFs), Large Quantity Generator (LQG), Small Quantity Generators (SQG), Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG), and Transporters. Operating TSDFs are noted as such (other TSDFs are inactive but haven’t completed all regulatory requirements for closure).

SDWA - Indicates the type of owner, water source, and system for each unique ID for systems and facilities regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, which are tracked in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) database.

Owner

Water system owner type (e.g., Public or Private)

Water Source Type

• Surface water (SW) - All water naturally open to the atmosphere (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, streams, impoundments, seas, estuaries, etc.) and all springs, wells, or other collectors that are directly influenced by surface water.
• Ground water (GW) - The supply of fresh water found beneath the Earth's surface, usually in aquifers, often used for supplying wells and springs.
• Ground water under direct influence of surface water (GU) - Any water beneath the surface of the ground with:
  • significant occurrence of insects or other macroorganisms, algae, or large-diameter pathogens such as Giardia lamblia; or
  • significant and relatively rapid shifts in water characteristics such as turbidity, temperature, conductivity, or pH that closely correlate to climatological or surface water conditions. Direct influence must be determined for individual sources in accordance with criteria established by the State. The State determination of direct influence may be based on site-specific measurements of water quality and/or documentation of well construction characteristics and geology with field evaluation.

Each of the source water types shown above may be preceded by the word “Purchased”, indicating that some or all of the water has been purchased from another public water system (PWS).

System Type

• Public water system (PWS) - A system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, which has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals at least 60 days out of the year.
• Community water system (CWS) - A public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
• Non-community water system (NCWS) - A public water system that is not a community water system.
  • Transient non-community water system (TNCWS) - A public water system that provides water in a place such as a gas station or campground where people do not remain for a long period of time. Specifically, a non-community water system that does not serve 25 of the same nonresident persons per day for more than six months per year.
  • Non-transient non-community water system (NTNCWS) - A public water system that regularly supplies water to at least 25 of the same people at least six months per year, but not year-round. Specifically, a non-community water system that regularly serves at least 25 of the same nonresident persons per day for more than six months per year. Some examples are schools, factories, office buildings, and hospitals which have their own water systems.

Status

The status assigned to the facility by each national program database, as applicable.

CAA program status codes represent the operational condition of the facility:

• Operating
• Planned Facility
• Under Construction
• Temporarily closed
• Permanently closed
• Seasonal
• NESHAP Spraying
• NESHAP Renovation
• NESHAP Demolition
• Landfill

CERCLA indicates whether a site is on The National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a list of sites of national priority among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation.

CWA designates a permitted facility as Active or Inactive. Under the CWA, all facilities discharging pollutants from a point source (e.g., a pipe) to surface waters must have a NPDES permit. For CWA, ICIS-NPDES designates a permit as Effective, Administratively Continued, Expired, Not Needed, Pending, Retired, or Terminated.

GHG displays whether a facility with a Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program ID number is subject or no longer subject to reporting its greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP).

RCRA facilities ("sites") are designated as Active or Inactive. Active means a site has activities occurring that are regulated under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Subtitle C, or an authorized state's hazardous waste management regulations/statutes; or a site which has not been determined to be inactive for such regulated activities.

Activity status definitions are intended only for the purposes of data management and providing the public with information about hazardous waste or other RCRA Subtitle C activities. Activity status is determined from the information most recently submitted by a site's representative or determined by EPA or state authority. The designation of a site as "active" or "inactive" and the subcategories below have no legal or regulatory significance.

When a site is shown as Active on the Detailed Facility Report, one to five characters in parentheses will indicate the activities that led to the Active designation. The following list provides a definition for each character that may be displayed:

H - Handler activities (activities found on the federal SI form or a state-equivalent form) (Corresponds to subcategory 1 below.)
P - Permitting activities (site has at least one unit that is "active" according to RCRAInfo Legal/Operating Status) (Corresponds to subcategory 2 below.)
A - Corrective Action activities (site is in the RCRAInfo Corrective Action Workload Universe) (Corresponds to subcategory 4 below.)
C - Converter (the site has at least one unit that is a converter according to RCRAInfo Legal/Operating Status) (Corresponds to subcategory 3 below.)
S - State-specific activities (site has state-defined activities in the RCRAInfo Permitting or Handler module which the state wants included in the activity status calculation) (Corresponds to subcategory 5 below.)

RCRA site activity status definitions and site activity status designations are described below. The overall activity status of a site is Active if the site has activities from any of the five subcategories below, otherwise the site is deemed Inactive.

RCRA Activity (Based on Most Recent RCRAInfo data)	Description	Caveats
Site Identification (SI) Activities	Regulated activities reported in Section 10 on the federal RCRA Subtitle C Site Identification (SI) Form (or 8700-12) or state-equivalent form. Only current activities (as determined by the RCRAInfo universe calculations) are considered. If any of these activities are checked as present at a site, then the site is considered to have SI activities.	Excludes TSD and "Other" Universal Waste ("Other" Universal Waste is considered a State-Specific Activity
Treatment, Storage, Disposal (TSD) activities	Activities for which EPA may enforce federal RCRA TSDF regulations, permits, and orders or a state may enforce regulations, permits, and orders under its authorized hazardous waste management plan. A site is considered to have TSD activities if one or more of its TSD units have a current Legal/Operating status code combination indicating it is in the Regulated ("R") Universe	This definition may be revised.
Converters	Converters are former TSD units that "converted" to hazardous waste activities not requiring a permit, but have not been closed by the site as required by EPA or a state. A site is considered to have Converter status if one or more of its units have a current Legal/Operating status code combination indicating it is in the Converter ("V") Universe	This definition may be revised.
Corrective Action (CA) activities	Corrective Action activities for which a site is subject to enforceable RCRA obligations. The presence of the site in the RCRAInfo Corrective Action Workload Universe is the method by which a site is determined to be active.	This definition may be revised.
State-specific Activities	Activities, other than those listed under the previous four subcategories, which a state regulates and tracks in RCRAInfo and whose presence at a site the state considers sufficient reason to determine the site to be "active." These additional activities may be "same as," "more stringent than," or "broader in scope" than federal regulations. They are generally state variants of SI or TSD activities.

Federal regulations do not require a subsequent notification if a non-treatment, storage, or disposal facility (TSDF) changes its status (requirements vary from state to state); however, TSDFs are required to notify when owner/operator information changes. Therefore, non-TSDF data may show a site activity status that is no longer current at the site.

SDWA systems are designated as Active or Inactive. SDWA systems activity status definitions are described below.

• Active - A system is active if it produces drinking water on a regular basis. A seasonal water system may also be considered active if it is expected to resume operation within the year.
• Inactive - Not active. This includes systems that have gone out of business or been merged into other drinking water systems.

Areas

Displays Clean Air Act stationary source program code, Clean Water Act-NPDES permit component(s), and/or other Resource Conservation and Recovery Act designations, if any. For SDWA, displays the estimated average daily population served by a water system. For GHG, displays a list of the industries under which the facility is subject to report as part of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Review a list of covered types of industrial operations and informational resources.

Permit Expiration Date (CWA only)

Date on which a given Clean Water Act-NPDES permit is scheduled to expire. An expired date does not mean the facility is operating without a permit. In most cases, the facility has applied for a permit renewal, but the responsible authority (local, state, or federal) has not completed the re-issuance. Typically facilities operate under the conditions of the expired permit until the renewal has been processed. Some states are experiencing a backlog in issuing permit renewals, particularly under the Clean Water Act. EPA suggests contacting the relevant state agency for more information about permit renewal status. In these situations, the expired permit is normally administratively extended and kept in effect until the new permit is issued.

Indian Country

A value of "N/A" (Not Applicable) indicates this information is not maintained in the program data system. "N" indicates the facility is not in Indian Country, and a value of "Y" indicates the facility is in Indian Country according to the source database.

Latitude/Longitude

The latitude and longitude of the facility or permit holder as maintained in each data system.

Facility Address Table

System

The data source associated with the additional facility information.

Acronym	Data System
ICIS-Air	ICIS-Air
EIS	Emissions Inventory System
FRS	Facility Registry Services
GHG	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ICIS-NPDES	ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
RCRAInfo	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)
RMP	Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan Program
SDWIS	Safe Drinking Water Information System
SEMS	Superfund Enterprise Management System
TRI	Toxics Release Inventory
TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act

Statute

Identifies the environmental statute associated with each of the permits and identifiers linked to the facility. The first row of this table is typically FRS data, which are not associated with a particular statute.

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act
• EP313 — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313 (i.e., the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program)
• TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act
• RMP - Risk Management Plan Rule
• CAMD - Clean Air Markets Division
• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

Identifier

An alphanumeric field that displays the source database abbreviation and the unique value assigned for each record/permit/site within each data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes in the individual data systems. The identifier used in the federal ICIS-Air database is typically different from the permit number issued to the facility.

Facility Name

Company or permit holder name, as maintained by each data system. The facility name may differ across EPA databases due to differences in reported information, change in ownership, use of parent or subsidiary name, etc.

Facility Address

Street address where the facility is located, as maintained by each data system. The street address may differ across EPA databases due to differences in reported information (e.g., use of mailing address), change in ownership, use of parent or subsidiary address, etc.

 

Facility SIC Codes Table

System

The data source associated with the additional facility information.

Acronym	Data System
ICIS-Air	ICIS-Air
EIS	Emissions Inventory System
FRS	Facility Registry Services
GHG	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ICIS-NPDES	ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
RMP	Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan Program
SDWIS	Safe Drinking Water Information System
TRI	Toxics Release Inventory
TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act

Identifier

An alphanumeric field that displays the source database abbreviation and the unique value assigned for each record/permit/site within each data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes in the individual data systems. The identifier used in the federal ICIS-Air database is typically different from the permit number issued to the facility.

SIC Code

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, as maintained by each data system. Some SIC codes may reflect historical activities at a facility. SIC codes were established by the Census Bureau to identify processes, products and services. Each data system has different criteria for incorporating this information.

SIC Description

Description of the associated SIC Code.

Facility Industry Effluent Guidelines Table

This table will display only for facilities with NPDES IDs.

 

Identifier

An alphanumeric field that displays the unique value assigned for each record/permit/site within ICIS-NPDES. 

Effluent Guideline (40 CFR Part)

Effluent Guidelines are the national standards for industrial wastewater discharges to surface waters and publicly owned treatment works (municipal sewage treatment plants). This field specifies the part of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that contains the applicable Effluent Guidelines (e.g., 40 CFR Part 436). To see a list of the applicable 40 CFRs Parts, please visit the Industrial Effluent Guidelines page.

Effluent Guideline Description

Text description of the associated Effluent Guideline. 

Facility NAICS Codes Table

System

The data source associated with the additional facility information.

Acronym	Data System
ICIS-Air	ICIS-Air
EIS	Emissions Inventory System
FRS	Facility Registry Services
GHG	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ICIS-NPDES	ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
RCRAInfo	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)
RMP	Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan Program
SDWIS	Safe Drinking Water Information System
TRI	Toxics Release Inventory
TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act

Identifier

An alphanumeric field that displays the source database abbreviation and the unique value assigned for each record/permit/site within each data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes in the individual data systems. The identifier used in the federal ICIS-Air database is typically different from the permit number issued to the facility.

NAICS Code

All NAICS codes associated with the facility, as maintained in each data system. Some NAICS codes may reflect historical activities at a facility. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. For detailed information about NAICS and for a crosswalk between NAICS and SIC codes, please check the U.S. Census Bureau NAICS page.

NAICS Description

Description of the associated 6-digit NAICS Code

Facility Tribe Information Table

The Facility Tribe Information table displays the tribes or tribal territories located within 25 miles of the facility's location. EPA compares the facility location in its Facility Registry Service to the U.S. Census Bureau 2016 tribal boundary layer data for tribes in the lower 48 states and Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office data for tribes in Alaska. The tribal boundary locations identified are suitable only for general spatial reference and do not necessarily reflect EPA's position on any Indian country locations or boundaries, or the land status of any specific location.

Data Quality Caveat: EPA makes no claims regarding the accuracy or precision of data concerning Indian country locations or tribal boundaries on the ECHO website. EPA has simply attempted to collect certain readily available information relating to Indian country locations. Questions concerning data should be referred to the originating program or Agency which can be identified in the Envirofacts tribal query metadata files Lower 48 Tribal Areas, Alaska Reservation, Alaska Native Villages, or Alaska Native Allotments. The Indian country and tribal boundary locations are suitable only for general spatial reference and do not necessarily reflect EPA's position on any Indian country locations or tribal boundaries or the land status of any specific location. The inclusion of Indian country information on the ECHO website does not represent any final EPA action addressing Indian country locations or boundaries. This information cannot be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party in litigation with the United States or third parties. EPA reserves the right to change information on ECHO at any time without public notice.

EPA uses the U.S. Census Bureau 2016 tribal boundary layer data when developing environmental data query responses for tribes in the lower 48 United States and the Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office when developing environmental data query responses for tribes in Alaska. EPA seeks to use the best available national federal data and may refine the tribal boundary layer in the future as more accurate national federal data becomes available.

Reservation Name

Name of the Indian country reservation that the facility is located on or near.

Tribal Name

Name of the tribe located within the boundary locations that the facility is located on or near.

EPA Tribal ID

ID given by EPA to identify the tribe.

Distance to Tribe (miles)

The facility's distance in miles to the tribe or tribal territory.

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Enforcement and Compliance

This section summarizes the history of enforcement and compliance activities. 

Filter Enforcement and Compliance Information

Radio buttons allow you to restrict the data displayed in each of the Enforcement and Compliance tables to a particular statute (CAA, CWA, RCRA, or SDWA). The number in parentheses after each statute indicates the number of compliance monitoring activities listed in the Compliance Monitoring History table for that statute.

The table below indicates the availability of enforcement and compliance data for the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act. Select an "X" to jump to the statute-specific help documentation for each table in this section of the DFR.

Compliance Monitoring History (5 years)

The Compliance Monitoring History table lists inspections/compliance evaluations that have occurred under the following environmental statutes over the past five years.

Inspections include all federal and state inspections that are reported into federal data systems using federally-designed codes. Unofficial inspections include various compliance monitoring activities that do not qualify as inspections under EPA's official Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance performance measures.

Statute

Identifies the environmental statute associated with each of the permits and identifiers linked to the facility:

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• EP313 — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313 (i.e., the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program)
• FIFRA — Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act

Source ID

An alphanumeric field which is a unique value for each record/permit/site within each data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes in the individual data systems. For records from ICIS, this is the programmatic ID.

System

The data source associated with the additional facility information.

Acronym	Data System
ICIS-Air	ICIS-Air
EIS	Emissions Inventory System
FRS	Facility Registry Services
GHG	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ICIS-NPDES	ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
RCRAInfo	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)
SDWIS	Safe Drinking Water Information System
TRI	Toxics Release Inventory

Activity Type

Identifies the type of activity from ICIS. Possible values include: Compliance Investigation, Information Request, Inspection/Evaluation, and Offsite Record Review. Note that Activity Type is not applicable to the RCRAInfo or SDWIS reporting systems. 

Compliance Monitoring Type

A description of the type of compliance monitoring undertaken. For CWA, this field also lists the NPDES program applicable to the compliance monitoring type. The Detailed Facility Report includes official and unofficial inspections which were conducted within the last five years. The last five years will include data from the twenty most recently completed quarters, plus data from the current quarter up until the refresh date.

Clean Air Act (CAA) Stationary Source Program (ICIS-Air)

Checked inspection types indicate inspections that are included in official counts under the CAA stationary source program. A Full Compliance Evaluation (FCE) includes comprehensive paperwork review and often, but not necessarily, an on-site inspection. Compliance evaluations that do not qualify as FCEs are characterized as "partial." Partial means that some compliance monitoring was done, but all requirements were not met to receive credit for a Full Compliance Evaluation. 

Information on additional CAA inspections: In addition to the compliance evaluations from ICIS-Air, the national database for the stationary source program, EPA inspections under the following CAA sections are displayed when recorded in the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS): 112(r), 118(d), 202, 203, 207, 208, 211, 213, and 219.

Inspection Type	CAA Official Evaluations
CST - Stack Test
FCE On-Site (EPA or State conducted)	✓
FCE Off-Site (EPA or State conducted)	✓
PFF - PCE Off-Site
PCE - PCE On-Site
PCE - PCE On-Site
POI - PCE On-Site Interview
POM - PCE On-Site Monitoring/Sampling
POR - PCE On-Site Record/Report Review
POV - PCE On-Site Visible Emission Observation
TVA - Title V Annual Compliance Certification (TV ACC) Receipt/Review

Stack Tests: Following a Clean Air Act source or performance stack test listed in the Compliance Monitoring History table, the "Finding" column includes the result of the stack test (Pass, Fail, Pending, or Blank) along with the pollutant tested, if it is reported. Please note that the pollutant tested is not required to be reported, although it is recommended.

A stack test, also referred to in EPA regulations as a performance or source test, measures the amount of specific regulated pollutant(s) or surrogates being emitted; demonstrates the capture efficiency of a capture system; or determines the destruction or removal efficiency of a control device used to reduce emissions at facilities subject to the requirements of the Clean Air Act. Stack tests are discussed in the Clean Air Act Stationary Source Compliance Monitoring Strategy (CMS), which provides recommendations to state and local environmental agencies to encourage national consistency in developing stationary source air compliance monitoring programs.

Title V Annual Compliance Certification (TV ACC Receipt/Review): Following a Title V Annual Compliance Certification Review or Title V Annual Compliance Certification Due/Received action, the Finding column includes the result of the review (In Compliance, In Violation, or Unknown), as well as whether any deviations were reported (Yes or No). Note: These actions may be performed and reported by a state permit authority or an EPA regional office, which also receives these documents from the permitted facilities as required in the permit and EPA Title V regulations. The CAA Stationary Source CMS provides details.

The results of performance stack tests conducted and of Title V Certification Reviews are required to be reported to the national program database, ICIS-Air (AIR), based on the Information Collection Request. Regarding stack test results, as noted above, EPA does not require that the pollutant tested be reported. However, a violation of a major facility's allowable emission limit detected during a stack test may trigger a high priority violation status, according to the policy on the Timely and Appropriate Enforcement Response to High Priority Violations (HPV Policy).

Detailed information is available from the following links/documents:

• EPA Air Enforcement Policy, Guidance, and Publications
• CAA Stationary Source Compliance Monitoring Strategy
• HPV Policy
• Federally-Reportable Violations Guidance
• CAA National Stack Testing Guidance

Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES) (ICIS-NPDES)

Checked inspection types indicate inspections that are included in official counts under the CWA pollutant discharge program. The CWA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Compliance Monitoring Strategy lists the acceptable ICIS-NPDES compliance monitoring types for different types of facilities in a traditional Compliance Monitoring Strategy plan.

Information on additional CWA inspections: In addition to the NPDES inspections from ICIS-NPDES, the national database for the CWA pollutant discharge program, EPA inspections under the following CWA sections are displayed when recorded in the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS): 311 and 404.

Inspection Types

Inspection Type	NPDES Official Inspections	Biosolids Program Official Inspections
ADR - Asbestos Demolition and Renovation
AER - Aerial Photography
AFD - AFO Defined	✓
AFN - AFO Designation	✓
AU1 - Audit	✓
AU2 - Audit	✓
CAI - Compliance Assistance Inspection
CBI - Biomonitoring	✓
CCP - Citizen Complaint
CDI - Case Development
CEF - Full Evaluation
CEI - Evaluation	✓	✓
CEP - Partial Evaluation
CE2 - Evaluation
DIA - Diagnostic	✓
DSA - Desk Audit	✓	✓
FLP - Follow-Up	✓
FOC - Focused	✓
OPM - Operation and Maintenance	✓
OSN - Noncompliance Rate
OSV - On Site Visit
OVS - Oversight	✓
PIU - Non-Sampling	✓
PRV - Plan Review
PSI - Sampling	✓
RMT - Remote Sensing
ROS - Reconnaissance without Sampling	✓
RWS - Reconnaissance with Sampling	✓
SA1 - Sampling	✓	✓
SCE - Schedule Evaluation
TX1 - Toxics	✓
TX2 - Toxics	✓
WIT - Witness Response Drill

CWA Program Codes and Descriptions

Code	Description
CWAPEST	Pesticide Application
CWASTMC	Construction Stormwater
CWAFRP	FRP (Facility Response Plan)
CWASTMM	Urban Stormwater (MS4)
CWASTMN	Industrial Stormwater
CWAOPA	OPA (Oil Pollution Act)
CWAPRTRT	Pretreatment
CWASSO	SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflows)
CWACSO	CSO (Combined Sewer Overflows)
CWAIR	308 Information Request
CWAS	Biosolids
CWACAFO	CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation)
CWAOTHR	Base Program
EMRGNCYA	Emergency Actions
CWASPILL	Spills
CWAOUPD	Other Unpermitted Discharges
CWAWTL	Wetlands
CWAVOACO	Administrative Compliance Order
CWAPAPC	Post Administrative Penalty Case
CWASPCC	Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Hazardous Waste Program (RCRAInfo)

Checked inspection types indicate inspections that are included in official counts under the RCRA hazardous waste program. RCRA inspection types are further described in the Nationally Defined Values for Evaluation Type file (3 pp, 12 K, About PDF) from the source data system, RCRAInfo. RCRA "official" inspections are those that tend to take place on site. Financial Record Reviews and Non-Financial Record Reviews are evaluations of compliance, but they typically take place in the regulatory agency office. 

 Information on additional RCRA inspections: In addition to the RCRA hazardous waste (Subtitle C) inspections from RCRAInfo, the national database for hazardous waste data, EPA inspections under the following RCRA sections are displayed when recorded in the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS): 9002, 9003, 9005, and 9006.

Inspection Type	RCRA Official Inspections
CAC - Corrective Action Compliance Evaluation	✓
CAV - Compliance Assistance Visit
CDI - Case Development Inspection	✓
CEI - Compliance Evaluation Inspection	✓
CSE - Compliance Schedule Evaluation	✓
FCI - Focused Compliance	✓
FRR - Financial Record Review
FSD - Facility Self Disclosure
FUI - Follow-Up Inspection	✓
GME - Groundwater Monitoring Evaluation	✓
LBN - Land Ban Restrictions Inspection
NIR - No 3007 Information Request Received
NRR - Non-Financial Record Review
OAM - Operation and Maintenance Inspection	✓

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Program (SDWIS)

Checked site visit types indicate those that are included in official inspection counts under the SDWA public water systems program.

Site Visit Type	SDWA Official Inspections
Investigation (Complaint/Violation/etc.)	✓
Site Inspection	✓
Capacity Development Assessment
Compliance Assistance
Construction Inspection
Comprehensive Performance Evaluation (CPE)
Emergency Assistance
Engineering Determination/Advice/Plan Review
Formal Enforcement
Follow-up to Formal Enforcement
Informal Enforcement
Informal System Inspection
Laboratory Certification
Laboratory Inspection
Locational Data Collection
Needs Survey
Operation and Maintenance
Other
Permit (Qualification/Review/Compliance)
Public Hearing
Record Review
Regularly Scheduled
Sanitary Hazards Investigation
Sample Collection
Sanitary Survey, Partial
Sanitary Survey, Complete
Source Water Inspection
State Revolving Fund
Sanitary Survey Follow-up
Technical Assistance (Non-specific)
Training
Water Treatment Plant Site Visit
Variance/Exemption related
Wellhead Protection Program
Watershed Evaluation
Cross Connection Inspection/Investigation

Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) Federal Enforcement and Compliance (FE&C)

For a complete list of inspection types in ICIS FE&C for several environmental statutes, see the ICIS FE&C Inspection Types page. 

Lead Agency

Identifies the lead agency (e.g., EPA, State) conducting the inspection.

Date

The calendar date of the listed inspection.

Finding

CAA: includes results of source or performance stack tests or Title V certification review results, when applicable.
CWA: not applicable.
RCRA: includes whether violations or compliance issues were found during an inspection, if entered into an EPA system.
SDWA: not applicable.
Note that due to differences in program reporting systems, the Finding column is not applicable to all media compliance monitoring activities. Cells that correspond to non-applicable reporting systems  (ICIS-NPDES, ICIS, and SDWIS) are darkened gray. Entries in italics are not considered inspections in official counts. 

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SDWA Sanitary Survey Results (5 years)

Includes occurrences of sanitary surveys and other kinds of site visits, including technical assistance, sample collections, and site inspections.

Date

The calendar date (MM/DD/YYYY) of the listed site visit.

Type

A description of the type of site visit conducted.

Agency

The lead agency that conducted the site visit.

Sanitary Survey Results

Every public water system is required to be evaluated by a sanitary survey every three to five years. A sanitary survey is an on-site review of a system's water source, facilities, equipment, operation, and maintenance, intended to point out sanitary deficiencies and assess the system's capability to supply safe drinking water. Systems are evaluated on 11 different aspects of public water system (PWS) operation, and the results are recorded using the following codes:

Code	Result Description
M	Minor Deficiencies
N	No Deficiencies or Recommendations
R	Recommendations Made
S	Significant Deficiencies
X	Not Evaluated
Z	Not Applicable
--	Not Reported to EPA

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Compliance Summary Data

Provides a high-level summary of compliance for each source ID (e.g., permit or program ID), including how recent the data are.

Statute

Identifies the environmental statute associated with each of the permits and identifiers linked to the facility:

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act
• EP313 — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313 (i.e., the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program)
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act

Source ID

An alphanumeric field, which is a unique value for each record/permit/site within each data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes in the individual data systems.

Current SNC/HPV

The current Significant Noncompliance (SNC) or High Priority Violator (HPV) status for the facility during the most recent quarter reflects the time the records were extracted from the program data systems. SNC is used for RCRA and CWA, and HPV is used for CAA. Each program has its own specific criteria for making this determination. The value of "Yes" indicates the facility is in SNC or HPV for the permit or site in question and may pose a more severe level of environmental threat. The value of "No" indicates the permit or site is not considered in SNC or HPV.

If the facility is Non-Federally Reportable within ICIS-Air, the field reads "N/A". The value of N/A in this field indicates Not Applicable because compliance data for these facilities are not required to be reported to the national program database. When data are available, this field will indicate the compliance status for some minor facilities in ICIS-NPDES. For minor facilities in ICIS-NPDES, N/A indicates that EPA's data system is not able to determine the facility-level compliance status based upon the information available. For the RCRA program, some hazardous waste facilities have activities in multiple states. When the SNC activity location is not the same as the state where the facility is located, the state of the SNC activity location is displayed in parentheses. A "Yes" by itself indicates that the facility has a SNC activity location in the state where the facility is located. A brief summary of each program's definition is shown below. However, these summaries are not meant to substitute for the complete definition, which can be found in the relevant guidance documents for a given program.

Significant Noncompliance Definitions by Statute

• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• Safe Drinking Water Act

Air High Priority Violation (HPV) Definition
The Air program uses the term HPV. HPV designations are made according to the Issuance of Policy on Timely and Appropriate Enforcement Response to High Priority Violations.

The following criteria can trigger HPV status for a violation that occurs at a Title-V major source or a non-Title-V major source subject to a Compliance Monitoring Strategy (CMS) plan:

• Failure to obtain a New Source Review (NSR) permit and/or install Best Available Control Technology or Lowest Available Emission Reductions for any new major stationary source or major modifications at a major stationary source.
• Exceedance of a major stationary source annual emission threshold, as defined in the NSR regulations, by a synthetic minor stationary source.
• Violation of the any emission limitation, emission standard, or operating parameter that has continued for at least seven days, but not necessarily continuous, according to:
  • Title I, Part C or D, of the Clean Air Act and implementing regulations,
  • Standards of Performance for New Sources (NSPS) Part 60, or
  • National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Parts 61 and 63.
• Violations of federally enforceable work practices, testing requirements, monitoring requirements, recordkeeping or reporting that substantially interferes with enforcement or determination of a facility’s compliance requirements.
• Violations specifically identified and communicated to enforcement agencies by the U.S. EPA Air Enforcement Division Director, or as mutually agreed upon between the enforcement agency and corresponding EPA Region.

The HPV designation is removed for a given source when all federal and state administrative and judicial action against the source is complete, the source has completed all requirements under the consent decree or final order including payment of all penalties and completion of supplemental environmental projects, and the source has been confirmed to be complying with the CAA.

The High Priority Violation (HPV) flag is reported in ICIS-Air, as of the last update. A 'Yes' appears in the column to indicate that the facility has HPV status. Below is a list of violation codes within ICIS-Air that translate to HPV status.

• Addressed-EPA - Addressed, EPA Lead
• Addressed-State - Addressed, State Lead
• Addressed-Local - Addressed, Local Lead
• Unaddressed-EPA - Unaddressed, EPA Lead
• Unaddressed-State - Unaddressed, State Lead
• Unaddressed-Local - Unaddressed, Local Lead

The status of "Addressed" indicates that a formal enforcement action has been taken against the facility but its violations have not yet been resolved, or that a decision not to take a formal action has been made. For the CAA, violations are not considered resolved until the source is in full physical compliance and all penalties are paid. "Unaddressed" indicates that the facility's violations have not yet been addressed with a formal enforcement action or the decision to do so has not yet been made.

CWA Significant/Category I Noncompliance (SNC) Definition
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program uses the term SNC. SNC designations are made in accordance with the December 12, 1996 guidance document General Design for SNC Redefinition Enhancement in PCS (PDF) (27 pp, 2.8 MB, About PDF). Most SNC designations are based on an automated analysis of Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) that facilities with NPDES permits are required to submit on a monthly basis. The compliance designation of a facility in the ICIS-NPDES database is done using a mathematical formula that takes into account the amount, duration, and frequency of discharges in comparison with permit levels. In some instances facilities may be manually designated as SNC, even if the ICIS-NPDES data system does not automatically designate them as such. Examples of events that could result in the manual generation of a SNC code for a facility include: unauthorized discharges; failure of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) to enforce its approved pretreatment program; failure to meet a construction deadline; failure to file a DMR; filing a DMR more than 30 days late; or violating any judicial or administrative order. Manually entered compliance data, if present, override machine-generated compliance data.

A facility may have multiple discharge points and different designations for each point. If any of these points show a SNC type code, then the overall facility status is listed as SNC, even if other discharge points are in compliance.

Removal of the SNC designation occurs once the facility's DMR reports show a consistent pattern of compliance with permit limits, or if EPA or a state agency issues a formal enforcement order to address the violations that resulted in the SNC designation and the facility has returned to compliance.

The most recent quarter for ICIS-NPDES is the most recent official quarter for which the quarterly status is available. This is usually 2 1/2 months after the quarter has ended. Thus, the most recent quarter in ICIS-NPDES is often not the same quarter as that for ICIS-Air and RCRAInfo.

The following are NPDES Quarterly Noncompliance Report (QNCR) status codes that translate to SNC status (from most to least important):

QNCR Code	SNC Status Description
S	Enforcement action or permit compliance schedule event violation - more than 90 days late.
E	Effluent violations of monthly average limits (Technical Review Criteria and chronic) or SNC-level single event violation.
X	Effluent violations of non-monthly average limits (Technical Review Criteria and chronic).
T	Enforcement action or permit compliance schedule reporting violation - more than 30 days late.
D	Reporting violation - non-receipt of DMR.

RCRA Significant Noncomplier (SNC) Definition
The RCRA program uses the term SNC. Any determination to classify a site as a SNC is made using the guidelines set forth in the December 2003 Hazardous Waste Civil Enforcement Response Policy (PDF) (14 pp, 145 K, About PDF). A site can be designated as a SNC if any of the following are found to exist: the site has been determined to cause actual exposure or has a substantial likelihood of causing exposure to a hazardous waste or constituent; is a chronic or recalcitrant violator; or deviates substantially from the terms of a permit, order or agreement, or from RCRA statutory or regulatory requirements. Under the RCRA program, the SNC designation is removed for a given site when the site is in full physical compliance with statutory and/or regulatory requirements.

SDWA Serious Violator Definition
In the Safe Drinking Water program, a Serious Violator is a public water system with unresolved serious, multiple, and/or continuing violations, as identified by the quarterly application of EPA's Drinking Water Enforcement Response Policy (PDF) (16 pp, 952K, About PDF), that must either return to compliance or be addressed by a formal enforcement action within six months.

EPA designates serious violators so that the drinking water system and the primacy agency will act quickly to resolve the most significant drinking water violations. Many public water systems with violations, however, are not serious violators. Operators and the primacy agencies are expected to correct the violations at non-serious violators as well, but without the more strict requirements and deadlines applicable to serious violators. If the violations at a non-serious violator are left uncorrected, that system may become a serious violator. When a serious violator has returned to compliance, it is no longer designated a serious violator. EPA updates its serious violator list on a quarterly basis.

Current As Of

The most recent date or official calendar year quarter of record maintained in the data system for which the Current SNC/HPV status applies. For CAA and RCRA, the current as of date reflects the most recent data refresh. 

Qtrs with NC (of 12)

Count of the number of quarters, out of the last twelve quarters, in which the permit or site is considered either with violations identified, in noncompliance (NC) status, or in Significant Noncompliance (SNC) or High Priority Violation (HPV) status, as shown in the following section. Further violation and detailed compliance information can be found on ECHO's Frequently Asked Question page.

Date Last Refreshed

The most recent date that the data were extracted from the source data system. The complete list of data sources and dates of last updates made in ECHO are shown in  About the Data.

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Three-Year Compliance History by Month/Quarter

The Three-Year Compliance History displays compliance status data over the last three years of available data in separate tables for each program/source ID. Information is broken down into quarterly periods listed as QTR1 through QTR12 (most recent) or into monthly periods listed as Month 1 through Month 36. The quarter is used as the default measurement period because it is the shortest measurement period across all three statutes for which EPA receives noncompliance data from states. 

Violation information is displayed in a different manner for each statute. This is due to differences in how violations are tracked within each data system.

The compliance history may not reflect all actual noncompliance events in some cases. For example, EPA does not require national reporting for facilities with "minor" permits; thus, noncompliance at these facilities may not be completely shown in ECHO. For minor facilities, the authorized state may have information on violations not found in ECHO. Also, delays sometimes occur in entering noncompliance determinations into the database. Alternatively, in some cases, a facility may be shown to be in noncompliance while the facility has already remedied the underlying violation; this may occur because EPA or the state has not yet verified this. In other cases, the state or EPA may change its initial determination of noncompliance based on additional facts or discussions with the facility. Site users may report possible errors concerning noncompliance status from the facility report screen.

Notice About Duration of Violations: The duration of violations shown on this report is an estimate of the actual duration of the violations that might be alleged or later determined in a legal proceeding. For example, the start date of the violation as shown in the ECHO database is normally when the government first became aware of the violation, not the first date that the violation occurred, and the facility may have corrected the violation before the end date shown. In some situations, violations may have been corrected by the facility, but EPA or the State has not verified the correction of these violations. In other situations, EPA does not remove the violation flag until an enforcement action has been resolved.

Statute

Identifies the environmental statute associated with each of the permits and identifiers linked to the facility. Select a statute below to read about the detailed information on program, pollutant, violation type and compliance status designations:

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act

Quarters (QTR)

A quarter is any of the following 3-month calendar periods: January-March, April-June, July-September, or October-December. Because quality assurance protocols differ among the data systems, the dates of the last twelve complete quarters of record may differ across EPA data systems.

Facility-Level Compliance Status 

Displays an indication of the compliance status for each statute under which the facility is regulated. Status codes include:

• No Violation Identified – Blue
• Noncompliance, Violation Identified, or Violation Unresolved - Yellow-orange
• Significant/Category I Noncompliance (CWA), Significant Noncomplier (RCRA), High Priority Violation (HPV) (CAA), or Serious Violator (SDWA) – Red
• Undetermined/No Information/Not Available - Gray
• Inactive (SDWA)/Not Applicable (CWA)/Terminated Permit (CWA) - no cell shading

Air Compliance Status (CAA)

HPV History - The High Priority Violation (HPV) flag as reported in ICIS-Air. A blank in this column means that the facility's most recent status is not High Priority Violator (HPV). If a facility is a HPV, the Facility-Level Status will display "Violation Identified" and the available details of the violation will be displayed in the HPV History table. 

"Addressed" indicates that a formal action has been taken against the facility but its violations have not yet been resolved, or that a decision not to take a formal action has been made. For the CAA, violations are not considered resolved until the source is in full physical compliance and all penalties are paid. "Unaddressed" indicates that the facility's violations have not yet been addressed with a formal enforcement action or the decision to do so has not yet been made.

Violation Type - Indicates whether a violation is a High Priority Violation (HPV) or a Federally Reportable Violation (FRV). HPVs are violations of the CAA that meet the criteria in EPA's Enforcement Response to High Priority Violations Policy. The Guidance on Federally-Reportable Violations for Stationary Air Sources outlines the types of violations that state, local, and tribal agencies are to report to EPA.

Programs/Agency/Pollutants - For Clean Air Act (CAA) permits, the table provides status information for each air permit, and within each permit, the programs to which the facility or operation is subject. Within each CAA program, individual pollutants for which the facility has a recent violation are listed on a separate line. The table also identifies the environmental agency addressing the violation. For a list of state environmental agency websites, see Access State Websites. In general, data relating to federally-reportable facilities is considered more complete.

CAA programs include:

• CAAAR - Acid Rain Deposition Control (CAA Title IV)
• CAABAC - Best Available Controls
• CAACCP - Consumer or Commercial Products
• CAACFC - CFC Tracking (CAA Title VI)
• CAAEP - Emergency Powers
• CAAFENF - Federally-Enforceable Requirement, Non Specified
• CAAFESOP -Federally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V
• CAAFF - Federal Facilities
• CAAFIP - Federal Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
• CAAGACTM - 40 CFR Part 63 Area Sources
• CAAGHG -The Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
• CAAHAPS - Hazardous Air Pollutants
• CAAIRM - Information Requests, Monitoring, & Recordkeeping
• CAAL - Labeling
• CAAMACT - MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
• CAAMRR - Monitoring, Reporting
• CAAMS -Mobile Sources
• CAANAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
• CAANAM - Tribal Rule Not Otherwise Covered
• CAANEP - Non Essential Products
• CAANEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• CAANESH - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR Part 61)
• CAANFRP - Not defined as federally-reportable

• CAANSP - Nonattainment/SIP Provisions
• CAANSPS - New Source Performance Standards
• CAANSPSM - New Source Performance Standards (Non-Major)
• CAANSR - New Source Review Permit Requirements
• CAANVCO - Notices of Violations & Compliance Orders
• CAAOP - Operating Permits
• CAAOTH - State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable
• CAAPARGDC - Prevention of Accidental Release/General Duty Clause
• CAAPR - Permit Requirements
• CAAPSD - Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
• CAAPSDPR - PSD Preconstruction Requirements
• CAARERP - Recycling & Emission Reduction Programs
• CAARMP - Risk Management Program
• CAASIP - State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
• CAASMVA - Servicing Motor Vehicle ACs
• CAASO - Stratospheric Ozone Protection
• CAASPP - State Permit Programs
• CAASWFC - Solid Waste Fuel Combustion
• CAATIP - Tribal Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
• CAATVP - Title V Permits
• CAATVS - Tank Vessel Standards

Quarterly Status (CAA)

Dates - High Priority Violations (HPV) are listed with the beginning and return-to-compliance dates. A report showing a right arrow with no closing date (e.g., →) means that the violation has not been resolved and continues to be active in the data system. If the violation started before the last three years of data and continues into the last three years, the beginning date is listed in QTR1/Month 1. Federally Reportable Violations (FRV) are listed with the determination date or date reported in the appropriate quarter/month.

Violation periods (non-HPV) are labeled  “Violation Identified” to indicate that a violation was identified during the displayed time period. Subsequent periods in which violations remain unresolved, based on the lack of a Resolved Date in ICIS-Air, are labeled “Violation-Unresolved” to indicate that one or more violations are unresolved but not newly identified. 

Important Information about High Priority and Federally Reportable Violation Data: 

• “High Priority Violation” (HPV) represents an HPV that has been reported by a state/local delegated authority. The HPV policy is intended for delegated agency use and such classification of state/local reported violations does not apply to EPA alleged violations. EPA has different ways of tracking its compliance and enforcement work.
• “Violation Identified” represents a Federally Reportable Violation (FRV) that has been reported by a state/local delegated authority. The FRV policy is intended for delegated agency use and such classification of state/local reported violations does not apply to EPA alleged violations. EPA has different ways of tracking its compliance and enforcement work.
• “No Violation Identified” is an indication that no new HPV or FRV has been discovered in that month or quarter by a state/local delegated authority. It does not mean that the facility is currently in compliance with all applicable requirements. The HPV/FRV policies are intended for delegated agency use and such classification of state/local reported violations does not apply to EPA alleged violations. Also, EPA has different ways of tracking its compliance and enforcement work.

FRV Dates

EPA requests state and local environmental agencies provide data associated with Federally Reportable Violations (FRVs) that is thereafter displayed in ECHO. These agencies submit data in accordance with minimum EPA requirements. In so doing, these agencies have varied processes for how they provide such information. To accommodate for this variation in FRV reporting, EPA has updated the ECHO display of data to allow the states/locals to choose to report FRVs consistent with one of the following approaches:

• Agencies use the FRV Determination Date and the Resolved Date to display an FRV date range in ECHO. These include Alabama, Florida, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.
• Agencies use the FRV Determination Date to display in ECHO the date when the FRV was identified. These include all other state and local agencies.

Notice About Duration of Violations: The duration of violations shown on this report is an estimate of the actual duration of the violations that might be alleged or later determined in a legal proceeding. For example, the start date of the violation as shown in the ECHO database is normally when the government first became aware of the violation, not the first date that the violation occurred, and the facility may have corrected the violation before the end date shown. In some situations, violations may have been corrected by the facility, but EPA or the State has not verified the correction of these violations. In other situations, EPA does not remove the violation flag until an enforcement action has been resolved.

CAA Violation Code	CAA Violation Description
V = Violation. The following codes indicate that an alleged violation of a CAA permit or regulatory program has been found by a delegated agency or the EPA.
V-NO SCH	In violation, no enforcement action has been issued specifying a compliance schedule
V-N SCH	In violation, an enforcement action has been issued, and the facility is not meeting its compliance schedule
V-UNKNOWN	In violation, unknown w/regard to schedule
V-EM&PRO	In violation, with regard to emissions and procedure (reporting requirements)
V-PROCED	In violation, with regard to procedural compliance (reporting requirements)
S = Compliance Schedule. The following code indicates that a CAA source is operating under the requirements of an enforcement schedule.
S-MSched	Meeting compliance schedule
The following codes are used in ICIS-Air as placeholders:
SEE Other	Present, used to avoid situations where the EPA provides a value but the state or delegated agency has not supplied a value.
No St Reg	No applicable state regulation. The air program is not delegated.

CWA/NPDES Compliance Status

The compliance status for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) dischargers is normally determined by the electronic comparison of discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) submitted by major facilities to permitted discharge limits. Both permit limits and discharge data must be present for the system to generate an accurate compliance status. EPA's data system uses a sophisticated algorithm looking at severity and duration of violations when determining whether a facility is considered to be in Significant/Category I Noncompliance (SNC). A permit-level compliance status is generated after every quarter and then reviewed before becoming "official" as part of the "Quarterly Noncompliance Report", or QNCR.

A discharge measurement received after the last QNCR is noted as being in violation if the measurement is not within permitted limits. Discharge data shown on the Detailed Facility Report in the 13th (most recent) quarter were reported anytime after the last official quarter, and a permit-level compliance status has not yet been generated. Until the next QNCR becomes official, these data are considered draft, have not been fully quality assured, and are subject to change. The more recent data can assist ECHO users by providing more real-time information and allowing permitted facilities to see if a data error needs to be corrected. Suspected data errors can be reported by clicking on the "Report Data Error" link at the top of the Detailed Facility Report and then on the Report Error symbol next to the row of data in question.

"Violation Identified" indicates whether one or more violations occurred during a quarter. This can result from any noncompliance event or violation identified from the types described below the SNC/RNC History table.

SNC/RNC History (Significant/Category 1 Noncompliance/Reportable Noncompliance Status) - EPA's official quarterly determination of whether violations at the facility warrant EPA/state review. The codes in the table below are used on the Quarterly Noncompliance Report (QNCR) to indicate the facility's noncompliance (SNC/Category I or RNC/Category II) status. SNC/Category I categories are shown in RED, RNC/Category II categories are shown in ORANGE, and quarters where no violations have been identified are shown in BLUE.

Note on terminology of significant violations: The national program database calculates the severity of violations according to the Clean Water Act regulations, which have specific criteria specifying the duration, severity, and type of violations that rise to the level of Significant/Category 1 Noncompliance (SNC). SNC can occur at major facilities. The calculation of "Category I" violations is equivalent to the SNC calculations, but because the violations occur at smaller dischargers (non-major) EPA does not classify the violations as "SNC". Whether a violation is SNC or Category I has some bearing on the government response used to address the violation(s). Repeat SNC occurrences normally are addressed through formal enforcement actions, while Category I violations are often addressed via informal processes.

Facility-level (SNC/RNC) status is automatically generated based on violation data. However, state or EPA manually-entered compliance data, if present, override system-generated compliance status. If more than one code applies to a facility, a prioritization is used to determine which code appears for the overall facility status. The order of precedence from most to least important is as follows:

Priority	Violation	CWA Category	CWA Description
1	Compliance/Permit Schedule - Violations	SNC/Category I Noncompliance	Enforcement action or permit compliance schedule event violation - more than 90 days late.
2	Effluent - Monthly Average Limit	SNC/Category I Noncompliance	Effluent violations of monthly average limits (Technical Review Criteria and chronic) or SNC-level single event violation.
3	Effluent - Non-monthly Average Limit	SNC/Category I Noncompliance	Effluent violations of non-monthly average limits (Technical Review Criteria and chronic).
4	Compliance/Permit Schedule - Reporting	SNC/Category I Noncompliance	Enforcement action or permit compliance report violation - more than 30 days late.
5	Failure to Report DMR - Not Received	SNC/Category I Noncompliance	Reporting violation - non-receipt of DMR. Note: For non-major facilities, the system replaced "D" (non-receipt of DMR) with "W", except for facilities in Arkansas and Louisiana, for monitoring period end dates before July 1, 2017.
6	Reportable Noncompliance	RNC/Category II Noncompliance	Reportable noncompliance.
7	Other Violations	non-RNC violations	The facility has effluent, compliance schedule, permit schedule, or single-event violations in the current quarter; however, is not considered to be in RNC or SNC.
N/A	Resolved - Pending	N/A	An enforcement action has been issued, and facility compliance with the action is pending final completion.
N/A	Resolved	N/A	The facility has returned to compliance with its permit conditions, either with or without issuance of an enforcement action.
N/A	Undetermined	N/A	EPA's data system is not able to determine the facility-level compliance status because the system has not been set to track it or because the data haven't been entered. This information may be available from a state database.

1. Effluent Violations

For effluent violations on Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs), the NPDES program system (ICIS-NPDES) determines effluent exceedance violations and calculates the percent the DMR reported value exceeded the permit limit. Effluent Violations by Pollutant (NPDES Parameter) are listed for which the facility has exceeded its permitted limit once or more during the three year period. Effluent exceedances are listed for the NPDES Parameter by Discharge Point (Disch Point) (a.k.a. outfall or pipe). Only violating parameters are shown. This field also includes a Limit Set Designator, an alphanumeric code in ICIS-NPDES that is used to designate a particular grouping of parameters within a limit set. Note: Discharge data shown in the 13th (most recent) quarter were reported anytime after the last official quarter and are considered draft.

Effluent violations are indicated by displaying the highest percentage by which the permit limit was exceeded for the month or quarter. At times, the percent exceedance calculated is "2,147,483,650" or "99,999" percent, but the Detailed Facility Report will display "LIMIT VIOLATION" because these values are not representative of the actual measured percent exceedance and should not be interpreted this way. Although these data no longer appear on ECHO reports, users of the downloadable datasets should be aware of this issue. (Updated December 2018.)

Bold, large red print indicates Significant/Category 1 Noncompliance (SNC) effluent violations. Bold, large black print indicates RNC violations. For unresolved SNC or RNC violations (e.g., violations with no government action against the facility), the table cell is shaded gray. Note: the highest percent exceedance for a quarter will display as grey if an effluent violation within the quarter is unresolved and is not the highest percent exceedance. It is possible for a facility to have effluent violations that do not rise to the SNC/RNC level. This occurs if the exceedances are not significantly over permit limits.

Monitoring Location: The location at which the monitoring requirement applies. For a list of possible monitoring locations, please see the ICIS-NPDES DMR Summary page. 

Frequency (Freq): To the right of each parameter/chemical shown with a limit exceedance, there is an indicator of what type of measurement was used to determine the violation.

• "Mnthly" stands for monthly. This means that the exceedance shown in that row was based upon a monthly average of readings submitted by the permittee. EPA generally believes that monthly averages are the most important, because the exceedance represents an average of many readings.
• "NMth" stands for non-monthly. This is generally a "maximum" amount read during the reporting period (and could indicate a spike that is not continuous). "Neither" denotes other measurements such as a minimum (e.g., pH could be in violation if below the permitted level). Please note that the exceedances shown in the table are the "worst" value within the selected timeframe. Generally the permittee will report three times within the quarter (each month).

Technical Review Criteria (TRC) violations are those which exceed or equal the product of Technical Review Criteria (TRC) times the effluent limit and occur two months in a six-month period. This applies for Group 1 and Group 2 pollutants. Group 1 pollutants have TRC = 1.4 and Group 2 pollutant have TRC =1.2.  

1b. Benchmark Limit Exceedances (No violation): Pollutant

Benchmark Limit Exceedances by Pollutant (NPDES Parameter) are listed for which the facility has exceeded its benchmark limit once or more during the twelve listed quarters. Benchmark monitoring is required under the 2015 EPA Multi-Sector General Permit as an indicator of performance of stormwater control measures. Benchmark limit exceedances indicate instances when stormwater pollutant concentrations exceed levels that could adversely affect receiving water quality, and require permittees to review their stormwater control measures and take corrective action. These exceedances are not violations, but rather indicators of potential problems at the site. For more information on benchmark monitoring, see the Industrial Stormwater Monitoring and Sample Guide under the EPA MSGP Fact Sheets and Guidance tab. Please note that any facility action to address exceedances is not displayed on ECHO. A summary of the past year's corrective actions are included in a facility's MSGP Annual Report. Annual Report data will be added to ECHO as part of NPDES eReporting Rule implementation.

Benchmark limit exceedances are listed for the NPDES Parameter by Discharge Point (Disch Point). Only parameters which have exceeded the benchmark limit are shown. Exceedances are indicated by displaying the highest percentage by which the benchmark limit was exceeded for the quarter. This field also includes a Limit Set Designator, an alphanumeric code in ICIS-NPDES that is used to designate a particular grouping of parameters within a limit set. Note: Discharge data shown in the 13th (most recent) quarter were reported anytime after the last official quarter and are considered draft.

Frequency (Freq): To the right of each parameter/chemical shown with a limit exceedance, there is an indicator of what type of measurement was used to determine the exceedance.

• "Mnthly" stands for monthly. This means that the exceedance shown in that row was based upon a monthly average of readings submitted by the permittee. EPA generally believes that monthly averages are the most important, because the exceedance represents an average of many readings.
• "NMth" stands for non-monthly. This is generally a "maximum" amount read during the reporting period (and could indicate a spike that is not continuous). "Neither" denotes other measurements such as a minimum (e.g., pH could be in violation if below the permitted level). Please note that the exceedances shown in the table are the "worst" value within the quarter. Generally the permittee will report three times within the quarter (each month) 

2. Compliance or Permit Schedule Violations

If a facility has been issued an enforcement action and is on a compliance schedule, all noncompliance events related to violations of that schedule in the past three years are listed under the Compliance Schedule Violations section with an associated Violation ID. Text descriptions of the violation(s) are presented below the section heading (e.g., ACHIEVED LATE; NOTICE OF VIOLATION). If the facility is not on such a schedule or is on a compliance schedule but has no schedule violations, this section is not presented.

Schedule violations are listed with the violation start date (event due date) and return-to-compliance dates across the thirteen quarters. A right arrow displays in the time periods between the two dates. A report showing a right arrow with no closing date means that the violation has not been resolved and continues to be active in the data system. If the violation started before the last three years of data and continues into the last three years, the beginning date is listed in QTR1. The most recent official quarter for ICIS-NPDES is usually available 2 1/2 months after the quarter has ended.

Bold, large red print indicates Significant/Category 1 Noncompliance (SNC) violations. Bold, large black print indicates RNC violations. For unresolved SNC or RNC violations (e.g., violations with no government action against the facility), the table cell is shaded gray.

ICIS-NPDES automatically generates schedule violations against permit and compliance schedules based on the achievement dates in each scheduled event. A schedule event requires the completion of an activity such as initiations of construction or completion of construction. There are four types of schedule event violations:

• C10: Reported Late (least severe): The schedule report received date is more than 14 days after the schedule date. This violation does not appear on QNCR.
• C20: Achieved Late but Reported: The schedule actual date is greater than the schedule date. This violation does not appear on QNCR.
• C30: Unachieved but Reported: The schedule report received date has been entered, but the schedule action date has not been entered and the current date is more than 30 days after the schedule date.
• C40: Unachieved and Not Reported (most severe): The schedule actual date and schedule report received date are blank and the current date is more than 30 days past the schedule date.

While facility-level compliance status and effluent violations are displayed based on that schedule, compliance schedule violations are displayed as they are reported. Therefore, occasionally the compliance schedule event date will fall outside the date range of the final quarter displayed. For ICIS-NPDES data, please note that violations on the same day may be related to each other. For example, a violation for failure to file a report may be followed by a violation for late filing, which could be followed by a violation for failure to achieve schedule. 

3. Single Event Violations

If the facility is identified as being in violation of CWA requirements, but this violation is not captured in the effluent violation, compliance or permit schedule violation, or late or missing discharge monitoring report (DMR) sections, this violation is presented in the section titled Single Event Violations. Single event violations are often the result of inspection findings. Text descriptions of the violation(s) are presented below the section heading (e.g., DISCHARGE WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT). If the facility has no single event violations in the past three years, this section is not presented. If the single event violation has been entered after the permit level-compliance status has been generated as part of the Quarterly Noncompliance Report, which is run about two and a half months after the end of the quarter, this change will not be reflected in the facility-level status. However, the date and description of each single event violation is listed in the table.

Single event violations are listed with the violation start date and return-to-compliance dates across the thirteen quarters. A right arrow displays in the time periods between the two dates. A report showing a right arrow with no closing date means that the violation has not been resolved and continues to be active in the data system. If the violation started before the last three years of data and continues into the last three years, the beginning date is listed in QTR1. 

Bold, large red print indicates Significant/Category 1 Noncompliance (SNC) violations. Bold, large black print indicates RNC violations. For unresolved SNC or RNC violations (e.g., violations with no government action against the facility), the table cell is shaded gray. 

4. Late or Missing Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Measurements

If a CWA facility submitted DMRs to the NPDES permitting authority late or did not submit DMR measurements (e.g., non-receipt) during a particular month or quarter, the number of these violations are listed in separate rows in the Three-Year Compliance History table based on the DMR monitoring period end date. The counts are hyperlinked to a separate report page that presents detailed information on each non-receipt violation in a table (one violation per row). 

In ICIS-NPDES, a no data indicator (NODI) code indicates the reason that data for an expected DMR value were not submitted by the permittee for a Monitoring Period End Date. If a noncompliant NODI code is entered, it will be considered “Missing”, regardless of when it was submitted.

Entire missing DMRs that are unresolved at the end of a quarter can generate a "Failure to Report DMR - Not Received" permit status. These violations remain unresolved for two years unless the DMRs are submitted or action was taken by the regulatory authority. In instances where a permit has a status of "Failure to Report DMR - Not Received" but has no missing or late DMRs that occurred during the quarter, it is the result of entire missing DMRs from the previous two years that were unresolved at the end of the quarter.   

RCRA Compliance Status

All reported noncompliance events that would cause the RCRA site to be in noncompliance at some time in the past three years are listed under the Violation section. A RCRA site is considered out of compliance for any month/quarter in which there is a violation date and no corresponding return-to-compliance date and is considered out of compliance until there is a return-to-compliance date. Violations are listed with both the determined and return-to-compliance dates. A report showing a right arrow with no closing date (e.g., →) means that the facility has not been returned to compliance and continues to be active in the national program data system. If the violation started before the last three years of data and continues into the last three years, the beginning date is listed in QTR1/Month 1.

At the Facility Level Status, a site can be designated as "Significant Noncomplier", "Violation Identified", or "Violation". Some hazardous waste facilities have activities in multiple states. When the SNC activity location is not the same as the state where the facility is located, the state of the SNC activity location is displayed in parentheses. It is possible for the facility to have a SNC activity location in more than one state.

Evaluation: If an environmental agency conducted a compliance evaluation and identified violations, the compliance status is listed as a row in the Evaluation section. The start date of the period of noncompliance corresponds to the date of the compliance evaluation, which will be listed the Compliance Monitoring History table.

A RCRA site is considered to be a Significant Noncomplier in the most recent compliance quarter of record when there is actual exposure or a substantial likelihood of exposure to hazardous waste/constituents, is a chronic or recalcitrant violator; or a substantial deviation from the terms of a permit, order, agreement, or RCRA statutory or regulatory requirements.

Violation: The RCRAInfo system uses codes that designate many different types of violation, depending on both the type of facility and the part of the site that had the violation. The violation types are nationally defined and the short description provided indicates the type of violation that allegedly occurred. RCRA violation types are listed in the Nationally Defined Values for Violation Type (PDF) (7 pp, 16 K, About PDF); from the source data system, RCRAInfo.

Agency: The state environmental agency or EPA. For a list of state environmental agency websites, see Access State Websites.

Data Quality Alert - If a violation was entered into the national program data system many years ago but a return-to-compliance date has not been entered by the EPA or state, the violation will continue to appear on this report. If you suspect a resolved violation needs a return-to-compliance date, please report the suspected error.

SDWA Compliance Status

States report information about SDWA violations quarterly to EPA. After a violation has been reported, there is typically a three-to-six month review period before the official quarterly status of the PWS is updated. The most recent "official" compliance status is displayed in the 12th quarter on the Detailed Facility Report. If states have provided new violation information for the next quarter, these violations are displayed in the 13th quarter. Until the next quarter becomes official, these data are considered draft, have not been fully quality assured, and are subject to change. The more recent data can assist ECHO users by providing more real-time information and allowing permitted systems to see if a data error needs to be corrected. Suspected data errors can be reported by clicking on the "Report Data Error" link at the top of the Detailed Facility Report and then on the Report Error symbol next to the data in question.

Violations are listed with both the beginning and return-to-compliance dates across the twelve quarters. A report showing a right arrow with no closing date (e.g., →) means that the violation has not been resolved and continues to be active in the program data system. If the violation started before the last three years of data and continues into the last three years, the beginning date is listed in QTR1.

One or more of the following descriptions may apply to a given system.

• Serious violator - A public water system with unresolved serious, multiple, and/or continuing violations, as identified by the quarterly application of EPA's Drinking Water Enforcement Response Policy (PDF)(16 pp, 952 K, About PDF), that must either return to compliance or be addressed by a formal enforcement action within six months.
  EPA designates serious violators so that the drinking water system and the primacy agency will act quickly to resolve the most significant drinking water violations. Many public water systems with violations, however, are not serious violators. Operators and the primacy agencies are expected to correct the violations at non-serious violators as well, but without imposition of the deadlines applicable to serious violators. If the violations at a non-serious violator are left uncorrected, that system may become a serious violator. When a serious violator has returned to compliance or has been addressed by a formal enforcement action, it is no longer designated a serious violator. EPA updates its serious violator list on a quarterly basis.
• Violation
  • Health-based violations - Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.
  • Monitoring and reporting violations - Failure to conduct regular monitoring of drinking water quality, as required by SDWA, or to submit monitoring results in a timely fashion to the primacy agency.
  • Public notice violations - Violations of the public notification requirements of SDWA, which require systems to immediately alert consumers if there is a serious problem with their drinking water that may pose a risk to public health.
  • Other violations - Violations of other requirements of SDWA, such as issuing annual consumer confidence reports or maintaining required records.
• Violation-Addressed - Violations that have been addressed by one or more formal enforcement actions.
• No violations - EPA does not know of any unresolved violations for this system.
• Undetermined - A compliance status has not yet been generated for the 13th (most recent) quarter. Data were reported after the last official quarter and are considered draft, have not been fully quality assured, and are subject to change.

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Informal Enforcement Actions (5 years)

Statute

Identifies the environmental statute associated with each of the permits and identifiers linked to the facility:

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act
• EP313 — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313 (i.e., the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program)
• FIFRA — Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act

System

Identifies the source database of the informal enforcement action:

Acronym	Data System
ICIS-Air	ICIS-Air
ICIS	ICIS Federal Enforcement and Compliance (ICIS FE&C)
ICIS-NPDES	ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
RCRAInfo	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)
SDWIS	Safe Drinking Water Information System
OTHER	Other database

Source ID

An alphanumeric field, which is a unique value for each record/permit/site within each data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes in the individual data systems.

Type of Action

The table below lists the main types of informal enforcement action that may be displayed in this section. The type of action and description are designated differently in each EPA data system, but may be equivalent. For the CWA, this column displays both the program type and informal enforcement action type descriptions. CWA program types are listed after the table below.

Additional informal action types from ICIS-Air, ICIS-NPDES, or RCRAInfo not listed in the table below will be italicized on the DFR. These informal action types are not included in ECHO facility searches or results.

Informal Enforcement Action Types

Statute	Acronym	Informal Action
CAA Stationary Source	DAWL	Warning Letter
CAA Stationary Source	LREO	Letter to Regulated Entity
CAA Stationary Source	SCL	Show Cause Letter
CAA, CWA, and others	LOVWL	Letter of Violation/Warning Letter
CAA, CWA, and others	NOV	Notice of Violation
CAA, CWA, and others	NONC	Notice of Noncompliance Issued
RCRA Hazardous Waste	120	Written Informal
RCRA Hazardous Waste	130	Notice of Determination
RCRA Hazardous Waste	140	Letter Of Intent To Initiate Enforcement Action

RCRA Hazardous Waste Program Note: The types of action noted above are nationally defined by EPA. Other types of action that may be shown in the Detailed Facility Report are defined and maintained by EPA regions or state agencies. RCRA enforcement action types are further described in the Nationally Defined Values for Enforcement Type (PDF) (3 pp, 12 K, About PDF) from the source data system, RCRAInfo. 

CWA Program Type Descriptions (Clean Water Act):
CWA program types include:

• Pesticide Application
• Construction Stormwater
• Core Program
• FRP
• Urban Stormwater (MS4)
• Industrial Stormwater
• OPA
• Pretreatment
• SSO
• CSO
• 308 Information Request
• Biosolids
• CAFO
• Base Program
• Emergency Actions
• Spills
• Other Unpermitted Discharges
• Wetlands
• Administrative Compliance Order
• Post Administrative Penalty Case
• SPCC

SDWA Informal Enforcement Actions (Safe Drinking Water Information System):
An enforcement action that is intended to bring a system back into compliance, but doesn’t meet the definition of a formal action. Informal enforcement actions include notices of violation, site visits, compliance meetings, injunctions, and public notifications. SDWA informal enforcement action types include:

• St/Fed Boil Water Order
• St Case appealed
• St Case dropped
• St/Fed CCR Follow-up Notice
• St Civil Case under development
• St/Fed Compliance Meeting conducted
• St/Fed Default Judgment
• St/Fed Formal NOV issued
• St Hook-up/Extension Ban
• St/Fed Injunction
• St Intentional no-action
• St/Fed No additional Formal Action needed
• St/Fed Other

• St/Fed Public Notif issued
• St/Fed Public Notif received
• St/Fed Public Notif requested
• St/Fed Show-cause Hearing
• St/Fed Site Visit (enforcement)
• St/Fed Tech Assistance Visit
• St/Fed Temp Restrain Order/Prelim Injunc
• St/Fed Turbidity Waiver issued
• St/Fed Unresolved
• St/Fed Variance/Exemption issued
• St/Fed Violation/Reminder Notice
• Referred for Higher St/Fed Level Review

Lead Agency

The lead agency responsible for issuing the notice of violation.

Date

The date of the notice of violation or informal enforcement within the last five years.

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Formal Enforcement Actions

The Formal Enforcement Actions section of the Detailed Facility Report provides the federal and state formal enforcement actions that have been entered into national data systems for each facility over the past five years (including data from the twenty most recently completed quarters, plus data from the current quarter up until the refresh date). Note that this table also lists linked settlements that may have occurred earlier than the five-year window (see settlement/action date).

For EPA, formal enforcement action is (1) a referral to the U.S. Department of Justice for the commencement of a civil action in the appropriate U.S. District Court, or (2) the filing of an administrative complaint, or the issuance of an order, requiring compliance and a sanction.

For states, formal enforcement action is (1) a referral to the State’s Attorney General for the commencement of a civil or administrative action in the appropriate forum, or (2) the filing of an administrative complaint, or the issuance of an order, requiring compliance and a sanction.

The Formal Enforcement Actions section generally does not include data regarding enforcement referrals or criminal enforcement actions. In some cases, referrals may be displayed after they are linked to a final action.

Statute

Designation of the primary statute associated with the case and cited in the action:

• CAA — Clean Air Act
• CWA — Clean Water Act
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
• EP313 — Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section 313 (i.e., the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program)
• TSCA — Toxic Substances Control Act
• FIFRA — Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
• SDWA — Safe Drinking Water Act
• MPRSA — Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act

System

Identifies the source database of the formal enforcement action:

Acronym	Data System
ICIS-Air	ICIS-Air
ICIS	ICIS Federal Enforcement and Compliance (ICIS FE&C)
ICIS-NPDES	ICIS National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES)
RCRAInfo	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo)
SDWIS	Safe Drinking Water Information System
OTHER	Other database

Law/Section

Identifies the primary statute/law and section violated and cited in the enforcement action. Many of EPA's judicial actions are based on incidents that are violations of more than one statute. One law entered into the ICIS record is designated the primary law, which is considered the law that is most seriously violated and/or for which the most significant relief is sought. For civil enforcement cases, a list of possible Statue Codes (Law), Law Section Codes, and Law Section description combinations is available here (11 pp, 365 K, About PDF).

Source ID

An alphanumeric field, which is a unique value for each record/permit/site within each data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes in the individual data systems.

Action Type

Text description of type of enforcement action. The type of action and description are designated differently in each system, but may be equivalent. Under the CWA, the numerals appearing after the enforcement action type are not a part of the enforcement action. These numbers describe the type of action (i.e., judicial, administrative, etc.) and are included with the text description of the action.

Statute	Acronym	Formal Action
CAA	SCAAAO	Administrative Order
CAA, CWA	CIV	Civil Judicial Action
CWA	EOGOV	Emergency Order - Governor
CWA	OSUSREV	Order of Suspension or Revocation
CWA	SCWAAO	State CWA Non Penalty AO
CWA	SCWAAPO	State CWA Penalty AO
CWA	STAOCO	State Administrative Order of Consent
RCRA	210	Initial 3008(a) Compliance Order
RCRA	220	Initial Imminent and Substantial Endangerment Order
RCRA	230	Initial Monitoring, Analysis, Test Order
RCRA	240	Initial 3008(h) I.S. CA Order
RCRA	250	Field Citation
RCRA	310	Final 3008(a) Compliance Order
RCRA	320	Final Imminent Hazard Order
RCRA	330	Final Monitoring, Analysis, Test Order
RCRA	340	Final 3008(h) I.S. CA Order
RCRA	380	Multi Site Super CA/FO
RCRA	385	Single Site Super CA/FO
RCRA	410	Referral to Attorney General
RCRA	420	Referral to Department of Justice
RCRA	425	Referral to DOJ to Collect Penalties
RCRA	430	Referral to District Attorney/City Attorney/County Attorney/State Attorney
RCRA	510	Initial Civil Judicial Action for Compliance and/or Monetary Penalty
RCRA	520	Initial Civil Action for Imminent and Substantial Endangerment
RCRA	530	Initial Judicial Action for Corrective Action
RCRA	610	Final Civil Judicial Action for Compliance and/or Monetary Penalty
RCRA	620	Final Civil Action for Imminent and Substantial Endangerment
RCRA	630	Final Civil Judicial Action for Interim Corrective Action
RCRA	710	Referral to Criminal
RCRA	720	Criminal Indictment
RCRA	730	Criminal Conviction
RCRA	740	Criminal Acquittal
RCRA	810	State to EPA Administrative Referral
RCRA	820	EPA to State Administrative Referral
RCRA	830	RCRA to CERCLA Administrative Referral
RCRA	840	EPA Regions to EPA HQ Administrative Referral
RCRA	850	Administrative Referrals to Other RCRA Programs
RCRA	860	Administrative Referrals to Other Programs
RCRA	865	Referral to U.S. Treasury

RCRA Note: The types of action noted above are nationally defined by EPA. Other types of action that may be shown in the Detailed Facility Report are defined and maintained by EPA regions or state agencies. RCRA enforcement action types are further described in the document Nationally Defined Values for Enforcement Type (PDF) (3 pp, 12 K, About PDF) from the source data system, RCRAInfo. ECHO generally focuses on concluded civil actions.

In some cases, formal enforcement actions may be entered both at the initiation and final stages of the action. These may appear more than once in the table.

SDWA Formal Enforcement Actions
An enforcement action taken to bring a noncompliant system back into compliance by a certain time, with an enforceable consequence if the schedule is not met. A formal enforcement action is based on a specific violation, requires specific actions necessary for the violator to return to compliance, and is independently enforceable without having to prove the original violation. Formal enforcement actions include issuing administrative orders, which specify actions the system must take to return to compliance; assessing fines; and referring civil or criminal cases to state attorneys general or the U.S. Department of Justice.

• EF- - Federal Complaint for Penalty Consent Order or Consent Decree
• EF/ - Federal SDWA Section 1431 (Emergency) Order
• EF< - Federal Complaint for Penalty issued
• EFK - Federal Bilateral Compliance Agreement signed
• EFL - Federal Final Administrative Order issued
• EFQ - Federal Civil Case filed
• EFR - Federal Consent Decree/Judgement
• SF% - State Civil Case concluded
• SFK - State Bilateral Compliance Agreement signed
• SFL - State Administrative/Compliance Order without penalty issued
• SFM - State Administrative Penalty assessed
• SFO - State Administrative/Compliance Order with penalty issued
• SFQ - State Civil Case filed in State court
• SFR - State Consent Decree/Judgement
• SFV - State Criminal Case filed

EPCRA 313, FIFRA, TSCA
Any administrative or judicial action.

Case No.

A unique number identifying the enforcement action. For EPA civil cases, these numbers begin with either the two digit EPA Region Code, "HQ" (headquarters initiated cases), and "EF" or "WF" (Eastern or Western Field Office CAA Mobile Source Program cases); followed by the fiscal year in which the action was initiated. After the fiscal year there is a sequence number. State NPDES civil cases start with the two character post abbreviation, followed by a sequence number.

A "D" icon will be displayed next to the case number if related EPA case documents (PDFs) are available. Select the "D" icon to display all related case documents. Currently, documents are limited to EPA Region 6.

Lead Agency

The lead agency responsible for the enforcement action.

Case Name

The name assigned to the case by the lead attorney. Generally, the primary defendant's name or the facility name is used as the case name.

Note that a civil enforcement case may involve more than one facility. In such a situation, the penalties, SEP cost, and complying action cost apply to the case as a whole and not just to the facility. Click on the case number for more information.

Issued/Filed Date

For administrative cases, this field indicates the date that the complaint or Administrative Order (AO) was signed by the appropriate authority and issued to the respondent. For judicial cases, this field indicates the date that the complaint was filed with the Clerk of the Court.

Settlement/Actions

The number of final orders issued under the enforcement action. Most enforcement actions tend to follow a one-case, one-final order scenario. However, and in particular with judicial actions involving multiple defendants, more than one final order may result. Each one is presented in this section as a separate conclusion/settlement.

Note that linked settlements are listed even if they are greater than five years old. Therefore, the number of Settlements/Actions may be greater than the count of Formal Enforcement Actions (5 years) listed in the Facility Summary. 

Settlement/Action Date

For federal judicial actions, this is the date the settlement document is signed by the presiding judge and entered by the Clerk of the Court. At that point, the settlement becomes a binding court order. For administrative actions, this is the date that the final order is signed and issued by the enforcement authority. Note that linked settlements that occurred earlier than the five-year window may be displayed in this table.

Federal Penalty Assessed

The total federal penalty assessed is the dollar penalty amount to be paid from all settlements in a concluded enforcement action. EPA settles the vast majority of its administrative and civil judicial enforcement actions, and these settlements (often called a consent order or consent decree) include an agreed upon penalty amount. In most of these settlements, there is not a direct admission by the defendant of liability for violations. In a few cases that involve bankruptcy, the penalty amount may be determined as an "allowed claim" in bankruptcy, and the amount actually recovered may be less than the amount of the allowed claim. The total federal penalty amount includes assessments due to both EPA and to other federal agencies that are party to the settlement, e.g., the Coast Guard.

State/Local Penalty Assessed

The total dollar penalty amount from all settlements to be paid to a state or local enforcement authority that is party to a concluded enforcement action. (For actions from System "RCR" - RCRAInfo - this is the "Final Monetary Penalty" plus "SEP Credit", if any. It doesn't include the field "Final SEP Cost".) 

SEP Cost

Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) are compliance agreements that reduce a facility's penalty in return for completion of an environmental project whose value exceeds the amount of the penalty reduction. Often, these projects fund pollution prevention activities that can significantly reduce the facility's future environmental impact.

Comp Action Cost

The whole dollar amount of the estimated or actual value of the complying action activities. The combination of the injunctive relief and the physical or nonphysical costs of returning to compliance. Injunctive relief represents the actions a regulated entity is ordered to undertake to achieve and maintain compliance, such as installing a new pollution control device to reduce air pollution, or preventing emissions of a pollutant in the first place. Note: CERCLA 120(e) actions refer to a Record of Decision (ROD) that provides detail for cleanup actions under the federal Superfund law; the Compliance Action Cost (Comp Action Cost) is not a penalty but rather the dollar value of the cleanup documented in the ROD.

Note: Some regulated facilities have expressed an interest in explaining data shown in the Detailed Facility Reports in ECHO. Please check company websites for such explanations.

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SDWA Violations and Enforcement Actions (5 Years)

Violations

Documents a breach of a requirement. Violations are detected by assessment of sample results or reviews (including site visits). Violations may lead to legal actions or compliance orders. Violations are publicized, when required, by public notification. Violations may be remedied by compliance/enforcement remedies, such as improved filtration techniques or changes in procedures. Examples include: Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations, failure to replace lead service lines, monitoring and reporting violations, treatment technique violations, and procedural violations.

SDWA violations fall into one of the following general categories:

• Health-based violations - Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.
• Monitoring and reporting (MR) violations - Failure to conduct regular monitoring of drinking water quality, as required by SDWA, or to submit monitoring results in a timely fashion to the state environmental agency or EPA.
• Public notice (PN) violations - Violations of the public notification requirements of SDWA, which require systems to immediately alert consumers if there is a serious problem with their drinking water that may pose a risk to public health.
• Other violations - Violations of other requirements of SDWA, such as issuing annual consumer confidence reports, or conducting periodic sanitary surveys.

Compliance Period

The time period during which a violation took place. For some violations this period corresponds to a regular water quality monitoring period, such as a month or quarter; in other cases it may initially be open-ended, and remain that way until the violation is resolved, i.e., until EPA or the state files a resolving enforcement action to indicate that either the system has returned to compliance or no further action is necessary.

Violation ID

A designated attribute which uniquely identifies the violation.

Federal Rule

The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) rule that was violated. Note that states can issue their own rules under SDWA, to impose stricter standards or regulate contaminants not regulated by EPA. When a system violates a state rule for a contaminant that isn't regulated by EPA, the federal rule will be listed as "Not Regulated", indicating that no federal rule was violated.

The following list names the regulations enacted under SDWA. Information about all these rules is available at EPA's Drinking Water Regulations webpage and Drinking Water Rule Quick Reference Guides.

• Arsenic Rule
• Consumer Confidence Report Rule
• Filter Backwash Recycle Rule
• Ground Water Rule
• Lead and Copper Rule
• Long Term 1 Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
• Long Term 2 Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
• Miscellaneous
• Nitrates
• Not Regulated

• Other Inorganic Compounds
• Public Notice Rule
• Radionuclides Rule
• Stage 1 Disinfection By Product Rule
• Stage 2 Disinfection By Product Rule
• Synthetic Organic Compounds
• Surface Water Treatment Rule
• Total Coliform Rule
• Total Trihalomethane pre-Stage 1 DBP Rule
• Volatile Organic Compounds

Contaminant

The name of the contaminant associated with the violation, for which sample data was reported.

Category

There are several categories of violations that may be reported, which include Maximum Contaminant Level Violations (MCL), Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL), Treatment Technique Violations (TT), and Monitoring and Reporting Violations (M/R).

Description

A description of the violation category.

Measured Value

A numeric value that represents the analytical result of a contaminant that exceeded the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for that contaminant. For contaminants that can be monitored with a reliable degree of accuracy, an MCL is set. For those which cannot be monitored reliably, a treatment technique is set instead. Both standards are set at a level sufficient to protect public health.

Missing Units Caveat – The i symbol indicates that EPA does not know the units of this value, because the state did not report it. States are not required to report the units of measured values or state MCLs. Although EPA does not know the units of this value, the following information may help you to interpret the value:

• Measured values and state MCLs must be reported in the same units when they are reported to EPA. Their units may be different from the units of the federal MCL.
• State MCLs, where they exist, must always be at least as stringent as the federal MCL.

State MCL

Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water. The state MCL is at least as stringent, if not more than, the federal MCL.

Federal MCL

Maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.

Status

Describes the status of the drinking water violation. SDWA violation statuses include:

• Resolved - The violation has at least one resolving enforcement action. In SDWIS, this indicates that either the system has returned to compliance from the violation, the rule that was violated was no longer applicable, or no further action was needed.
• Archived - The violation is not Resolved, but is more than five years past its compliance period end date. In keeping with the Enforcement Response Policy, the violation no longer contributes to the public water system's overall compliance status. Unresolved violations are also marked as Archived when a system ceases operations (becomes inactive).
• Addressed - The violation is not Resolved or Archived, and is addressed by one or more formal enforcement actions.
• Unaddressed - The violation is not Resolved or Archived, and has not been addressed by formal enforcement.

Enforcement Actions

Enforcement actions taken by EPA or the states in response to violations of SDWA.

Date

The calendar date (MM/DD/YYYY) the enforcement action was taken.

Category

Enforcement actions taken by EPA or the states in response to violations of SDWA may be classified into the following categories:

• Formal enforcement action
  An enforcement action taken to bring a noncompliant system back into compliance by a certain time, with an enforceable consequence if the schedule is not met. A formal enforcement action is based on a specific violation, requires specific actions necessary for the violator to return to compliance, and is independently enforceable without having to prove the original violation. Formal enforcement actions include issuing administrative orders, which specify actions the system must take to return to compliance; assessing fines; and referring civil or criminal cases to state attorneys general or the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Informal enforcement action
  An enforcement action that is intended to bring a system back into compliance, but falls short of a formal action. Informal enforcement actions include notices of violation, site visits, compliance meetings, injunctions, and public notifications.
• Resolving enforcement action
  A determination that a violation has been resolved, because either the system has returned to compliance, the rule is no longer applicable, or no further action is needed.

Description

A description of the enforcement action.

Agency

The lead agency that conducted the enforcement action.

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Environmental Conditions

The Environmental Conditions section of the Detailed Facility Report Describes the health of the environment in which the facility resides (i.e., water quality and air quality conditions).

Water Quality Table

Permit ID

The NPDES permit ID number of the facility. 

Combined Sewer System?

Indicates whether or not the facility has a combined sewer system. A combined sewer system is a wastewater collection system owned by a municipality which conveys sanitary wastewater (domestic, commercial, and industrial) and stormwater through a single pipe system to a publicly-owned treatment works. A combined sewer overflow (CSO) refers to a discharge of untreated wastewater from a combined sewer system at a point prior to the headworks of the publicly-owned treatment works. During wet weather events, combined sewer systems are susceptible to overflows of untreated wastewater directly to surface water bodies, such as streams, rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters. The source of the information provided on CSOs is the 2004 Report to Congress published by the EPA's Office of Water.

Number of CSO Outfalls

The number of overflow outfalls in the combined sewer system at points prior to the publicly-owned treatment works.

12-Digit WBD HUC (RAD)

The 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) of the watershed in which the facility resides, based on the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD). A HUC number is assigned to every watershed in the nation and uniquely identifies the watershed.

WBD Subwatershed Name (RAD)

The name of the watershed in which the facility resides. This is the watershed name that is associated with the WBD HUC 12.

State Water Body Name (ICIS)

The name of the river, lake, stream, or estuary in which the facility discharges wastewater. This is the state water body name or names as entered into EPA's ICIS-NPDES data system. The authorized NPDES program manually creates these names for each permitted feature at the facility and enters or shares these data with ICIS-NPDES.

Impaired Waters

Impaired waters are waters for which technology-based regulations and other required controls are not stringent enough to meet the water quality standards set by states. Under section 305(b) of the CWA, states, territories, and tribes biennially report on the quality of surface and ground waters. Under section 303(d) of the CWA, states, territories, and authorized tribes are required to develop lists of impaired waters. When data are available, the impaired waters field denotes facilities that discharge into an impaired water body for which a plan has not yet been developed (category 5 water body) and facilities that discharge to an impaired water body for which the state has developed a plan to return the water to its designated uses under the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) program (category 4 water body). The law requires that states establish priority rankings for waters on the lists and develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), for these waters. A TMDL is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive and still safely meet water quality standards. For information about impaired waters and TMDLs, please visit EPA's Clean Water Act Section 303(d) area.

Note that the locational data (latitude and longitude) are needed to index NPDES permits to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Reach Addressing Database (RAD). For some facilities, locational data are not available, so whether the facilities directly discharge into impaired waters cannot be determined.

For information on the completeness of 305(b) and 303(d) impairment data by state, see the Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds' Status of Available Data page (select "Current Cycle by State" and click Submit).

Impaired Class

The impairment class or category of the water body in which the facility is permitted to discharge directly. The data are from the ATTAINS database.

• 5. Impaired - TMDL needed. Available information indicates that at least one designated use is not being supported and a TMDL is needed (also known as the 303(d) listed waters).
• 4. Impaired - TMDL not needed. Available information indicates that at least one designated use is not being supported, but a TMDL is not needed (see subcategories).
• 4a. TMDL completed. A TMDL has been completed, but impairment still exists.
• 4b. TMDL alternative. Impairment is being addressed by a method other than a TMDL (e.g., stream bank improvements).
• 4c. Non-pollutant causes. Cause of impairment is not a pollutant (e.g., habitat destruction).

Detailed information on the categorization of waters can be found in Section V of the 2006 Integrated Report Guidance.

Causes of Impairments(s) by Group(s)

Lists all groups of pollutants or stressors that are causing impairment in the assessed water body, as indicated in ATTAINS. 

Watershed with ESA-listed Aquatic Species?

Displays "Y" if the watershed contains Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed aquatic species. ESA-listed aquatic species are a group of organisms that live in the water for most or all of its life and are designated as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The purpose of the ESA is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. It is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Water Body Designated Uses Table

Reach Code

A nationally unique and permanent 14-digit identifier for the water body, assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey. The reach code is comprised of two parts: The first eight digits are the HUC for the subbasin in which the reach exists, and the last six digits are a sequential number that is assigned when reach codes are allocated in the subbasin. Data are from RAD.

Water Body Name

The name of the water body in which the facility is located near or is permitted to discharge directly. A water body is a geographically defined portion of navigable waters, waters of the contiguous zone, and ocean waters under the jurisdiction of the United States, including segments of rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, coastal waters and ocean waters. Data are from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database.

Exceptional Use

Displays "Y" if the water body in which the facility resides is designated for exceptional use. The data are from the ATTAINS database.

Recreational Use

Displays "Y" if the water body in which the facility resides is designated for recreational use. The data are from the ATTAINS database. Please visit EPA's Recreational Water Quality Criteria webpage for more information.

Aquatic Life Use

Displays "Y" if the water body in which the facility resides is designated for aquatic life use. The data are from the ATTAINS database.

Shellfish Use

Displays "Y" if the water body in which the facility resides is designated for shellfish use. The data are from the ATTAINS database.

Beach Closure Within Last Year

Displays "Y" if the facility is located on or near a water body with a beach closure within the last year. Visit EPA's Beaches webpage for more information.

Beach Closure Within Last Two Years

Displays "Y" if the facility is located on or near a water body with a beach closure within the last two years. Visit EPA's Beaches webpage for more information.

Air Quality Nonattainment Areas

Pollutant

The name of the criteria air pollutant for which EPA set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

Note that Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) is excluded from the table. The Nitrogen Dioxide (1971) shapefile was developed prior to the nonattainment area designation process. For more information, see Nitrogen Dioxide (1971) Area Information. 

Within Nonattainment Status Area?

Indicates whether the facility is within the boundaries of at least one defined Nonattainment Pollutant Standard geographic area where the current status for that area is “Nonattaining”. A “Nonattaining” status indicates that air pollution levels persistently exceed the U.S. NAAQS. This does not indicate whether the facility has violated national ambient area quality standards. The facility location is derived spatially based on the facility's geographic coordinates in FRS. For more information, see Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants and NAAQS Designation Process.

Nonattainment Status Applicable Standard(s)

Displays the relevant NAAQS nonattainment standards, if the facility is located in a nonattainment area. See About the Data for the nonattainment areas included in ECHO.

Within Maintenance Status Area?

Indicates whether the facility is within the boundaries of at least one defined Nonattainment Pollutant Standard geographic area where the current status for the area is “Maintenance”. A “Maintenance” status indicates that air pollution levels do not persistently exceed the NAAQS.

Maintenance Status Applicable Standard(s)

Displays the relevant NAAQS nonattainment standards, to the nonattainment area(s) in "maintenance" status. See About the Data for the nonattainment areas included in ECHO.

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Pollutants

Chemical release information from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is provided for each reporting facility. Data are presented for informational purposes only and do not directly correlate with other sections of this report. Chemical releases are not a measure of compliance as the reported releases are typically permissible under current laws. 

Toxics Release Inventory History of Reported Chemicals Released in Pounds per Year at Site

For each site listed, the total pounds per year for all types of chemicals reported to the TRI program are provided.

TRI Facility ID

A unique 15-character ID assigned for each facility within the TRI program. The format is ZZZZZNNNNNSSSSS, where ZZZZZ = ZIP code, NNNNN = the first 5 consonants of the name, and SSSSS = the first 5 non-blank non-special characters in the street address. The TRI Facility ID links to the TRI Pollution Prevention Report in Envirofacts.

Year

The calendar year during which the releases and transfers occurred. This is not the year that the report was submitted.

Total Air Emissions

The total fugitive (non-point air emissions) and stack (point air emissions), in pounds per year. "NR" or a blank record indicates the facility did not report an emission to TRI.

Surface Water Discharges

The total direct discharges to receiving streams or water bodies, in pounds per year. "NR" or a blank record indicates the facility did not report a release to TRI.

Off-Site Transfers to POTWs

The total amount, in pounds per year, transferred off site to Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs). "NR" or a blank record indicates the facility did not report a transfer to TRI.

Underground Injections

The total underground injections to wells on-site, in pounds per year. "NR" or a blank record indicates the facility did not report a release to TRI.

Releases to Land (Total)

Releases to land on-site (includes landfills), in pounds per year. "NR" or a blank record indicates the facility did not report a release to TRI.

Total On-Site Releases

Total pounds per year released for Air Emissions, Surface Water Discharges, Underground Injections, and Releases to Land. "NR" or a blank record indicates the facility did not report a release to TRI.

Total Off-Site Transfers

Total amount, in pounds per year, transferred off site for further waste management (e.g., to Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) and other off-site locations). "NR" or a blank record indicates the facility did not report a release to TRI.

Toxics Release Inventory Total Releases and Transfers by Chemical and Year

If a facility has more than one TRI ID, the individual records will be combined and reflected in the total pounds of releases and transfers of each chemical.

Chemical Name

For each listed TRI chemical, the total pounds either released to air, discharged to surface water, injected underground, landfilled on-site, or transferred off-site for disposal or to a POTW.

Dioxins: Facilities started reporting releases of dioxins in 2000. Dioxins are measured in metric grammes instead of the customary imperial pounds (lb) used for other TRI chemicals.

Year (up to 9 entries)

The calendar year during which the releases and transfers occurred. This is not the year that the report was submitted.

SDWA Lead and Copper (Last 5 Years)

This table presents a five-year history of Lead and Copper sample data for Public Drinking Water Systems.

Source ID

A unique identifying code for a public water system in SDWIS. It consists of a two-letter state or region code, followed by seven digits. The two-letter code indicates the state or region that regulates the public water system.

Contaminant

The contaminant name - either Lead or Copper.

Sample Dates

The dates during which tap water samples were collected.

90th Percentile Sample Concentrations

The concentration representing the 90th percentile level of all tap water samples collected for the water system. Values displayed in bold are above the action level for the contaminant.

Action Level

The Lead and Copper Rule establishes action levels of 0.015 mg/L for Lead and 1.3 mg/L for Copper. To account for rounding to the regulatory action levels, only lead 90th percentile values >=0.0155 mg/L and copper 90th percentile values >=1.35 mg/L are counted as action level exceedances. Exceedances of these action levels are not violations, but trigger other requirements to limit exposure to lead and copper in drinking water. Learn more information about the Lead and Copper Rule.

Number of Open Health-Based Violations

The count of open health-based violations of the Lead and Copper Rule in the past five years. These include violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs), maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), or treatment technique (TT) rules; and include new violations that have been reported since the end of the last official quarter. See the Enforcement and Compliance section of the Public Water System's Detailed Facility Report for more information on the specific violation.

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Demographic Profile

EJSCREEN (EJ) Indexes

The EJSCREEN Indexes section provides information on eleven primary environmental justice (EJ) indexes of EJSCREEN, EPA's screening tool for EJ concerns, for the Census block group in which the facility is located. EPA uses these indexes to identify geographic areas that may warrant further consideration or analysis for potential EJ concerns. Note that use of these indexes does not designate an area as an "EJ community" or "EJ facility." EJSCREEN provides screening level indicators, not a determination of the existence or absence of EJ concerns. For more information, see the EJSCREEN homepage. This section also links to an EJSCREEN Report for the area surrounding the facility's location (based on latitude and longitude).

EJSCREEN puts each index value in perspective by reporting the value as a percentile. For example, an area may show 60% of housing was built prior to 1960. It may not be obvious whether this is a relatively high or low value, compared to the rest of the nation or in the state. Therefore, EJSCREEN also reports that 60% pre-1960 puts this area at the 80th percentile nationwide. For a place at the 80th percentile nationwide, that means 20% of the U.S. population has a higher value. A percentile in EJSCREEN tells us roughly what percent of the U.S. population lives in a Census block group that has a lower value (or in some cases, a tied value). This means that 100 minus the percentile tells us roughly what percent of the US population has a higher value.

Particulate Matter (PM 2.5)

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. This index is an indication of the relative fine PM levels in the air. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Ozone NATA Diesel PM

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Diesel particulate matter (PM) Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

NATA Air Toxics Cancer Risk

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Cancer Risk Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

NATA Respiratory Hazard Index (HI)

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Respiratory Hazard Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Traffic Proximity

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN Traffic Proximity Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Lead Paint Indicator

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN Lead Paint Indicator/Lead Paint Indicator Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. This index is based on a calculation of housing units built before 1960, based on Census and American Community Service (ACS) data. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Superfund Proximity

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN National Priorities List (NPL)/Superfund Proximity Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Risk Management Plan (RMP) Proximity

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN Risk Management Plan (RMP) Proximity Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Hazardous Waste Proximity

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) Proximity Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Wastewater Discharge Proximity

The national percentile of the EJSCREEN Major CWA Direct Discharger Proximity Environmental Index for the Census block group that the facility is located within. For more information, see EJSCREEN Environmental Indicators and How the EJ Index Works.

Number of EJ Indexes Above the 80th Percentile

The count of primary EJSCREEN environmental justice (EJ) indexes exceeding the 80th or higher national percentile for the Census block group that the facility is located in.

Demographic Profile of Surrounding Area

The Demographic Profile section provides some of the demographic elements of the area surrounding the facility and are accurate to the extent that the facility latitude and longitude listed in the section are correct. The demographic summary uses U.S. Census data and draws from the 2010 Census Block Groups Data (CBG) database. The CBG database is derived from the "2010 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape Files 1A and 3A." Income and education data are derived from the 2006 - 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Summary Exit.

Statistics are shown for the area within a 3-mile radius of each facility by default.  EPA’s spatial processing methodology considers the overlap between the selected radii and the census blocks (for U.S. Census demographics) and census block groups (for ACS demographics) in determining the demographics surrounding the facility. EPA constructs circles with radii of 1, 3, and 5 miles using the FRS Best Pick Coordinate of the facility as the center of the circles.

Methodology for Census Blocks (U.S. Census demographics): The census block is the smallest scale for U.S. Census data. EPA identifies what census blocks spatially intersect a circle. For census blocks that are completely within the boundary of a circle, EPA assigns a weighting factor of 1. For those that are partially within a circle, EPA divides the intersect area by the area of the census block to determine a census block area weighting factor. EPA multiplies each demographic value associated with an intersecting census block by the census block’s weighting factor and then sums those values to determine the demographics for the circle.

Methodology for Census Block Groups (CBGs) (ACS demographics): CBGs are approximately 5 to 100 times larger than census blocks and population may be unevenly distributed. EPA uses the demographics from the census blocks within a CBG and sums the total population from each census block within the census block group. EPA divides the calculated total population by the 2010 Census total population for the CBG to determine a population-based weighting factor. The ACS demographics for each CBG are then multiplied by their respective population-based weighting factor. These calculated demographics values for intersecting CBGs are then summed to obtain the ACS demographics for the circle.

Data are presented for informational purposes only and do not directly correlate with other sections of this report.

Total Persons

The total number of persons that reside in the profiled area, based on the 2010 U.S. Census. The total population within the selected radius of a facility is one indicator of the facility's surrounding environment and provides context for other facility indicators. This indicator does not imply that there is any exposure to the identified population.

Population Density

The number of persons per square mile in the profiled area, based on the 2010 U.S. Census. This field is the ratio of total persons (displayed in the Total Persons field) to total land area (displayed in the Land Area field).

Percent Minority

The percentage of the population of the given area that is minority, based on the 2010 U.S. Census. The field is calculated by subtracting the number of persons who are white (and not of Hispanic origin) from the total persons. This number is then divided by the total persons and multiplied by 100 to determine the percentage.

Households in area

The number of households in the profiled area, based on the 2010 U.S. Census.

Housing units in area

The number of housing units in the profiled area, based on the 2010 U.S. Census.

Households On Public Assistance

The number of households that are on any type of public assistance (including subsidized housing, welfare, aid to dependent children, etc.), based on the 2006-2010 ACS 5-Year Summary.

Persons Below Poverty Level

The number of people in the selected area that are below the poverty level, based on the 2006-2010 ACS 5-Year Summary.

Radius of Selected Area

The number of miles, in any direction, from the center point of the facility that is included in the demographic profile. The radius is measured from the best available latitude/longitude coordinate of the facility or permit holder. Select a 1, 3, or 5 mile radius from the dropdown menu.

Note: The Census data records distance in kilometers whereas the Integrated Data for Enforcement Analysis (IDEA) database has chosen to display distances in miles. As a result, IDEA has created derived fields in the flattened CBG files which convert Census values to reflect miles instead of kilometers. To make this conversion, distances in kilometers have been divided by the number 1.6 (the number of kilometers in a mile). In the case of an area (given in square kilometers), the number is divided by 2.59, the square of 1.6.

Center Latitude

The latitude (FRS best pick coordinate) of the facility in degrees, to four decimal places.

Center Longitude

The longitude (FRS best pick coordinate) of the facility in degrees, to four decimal places.

Land Area

The percentage of the total area that is land (not water). This is calculated using the sum of the land areas of the census block groups within the selected radius.

Water Area

The percentage of the total area that is water (not land). This is calculated using the sum of the water areas of the census block groups within the selected radius.

Income Breakdown

Listing of the total number of households at each income level, based on the 2006-2010 ACS 5-Year Summary. The percentage that each income group represents of the total number of households in the area is also listed. Household income levels include:

• Less than $15,000 per year
• Greater than or equal to $15,000 but less than $25,000 per year
• Greater than or equal to $25,000 but less than $50,000 per year
• Greater than or equal to $50,000 per year but less than $75,000 per year
• Greater than or equal to $75,000 per year

Age Breakdown

Listing of the number of persons in each age group, based on the 2010 U.S. Census. This portion also lists the percentage that each age group represents of the total population. Age group categories include:

• Children (persons five years old or younger)
• Minors (persons seventeen years old or younger)
• Adults (persons eighteen years old or older, but less than sixty-five years old)
• Seniors (persons sixty-five years old or older)

Race Breakdown

Listing of the number of persons in each of the following major categories, based on the 2010 U.S. Census:

• White
• African American
• Hispanic origin
• Asian or Pacific islander
• American Indian
• Other

This section also lists the percentage that each major group represents of the total population for the profiled area. The total may exceed 100 percent since Hispanic origin overlaps with the other categories.

Education Level (Persons 25 & older)

Listing of the total number of persons at each educational level, based on the 2006-2010 ACS 5-Year Summary. Only persons twenty-five or over are included in this category. Also listed is the percentage that each educational group represents of the total population over twenty-five. Education level categories include:

• Less than ninth grade
• Ninth through twelfth grade
• High school diploma
• Some college or a two year college degree
• Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree or more