environmental Strategist, between the line: The EPA ECHO web site is a great source to generate new business leads. I can assure you companies and municipalities that are listed on the EPA ECHO web site will want to talk to you about pollution liability insurance.
If you go to http://www.epa-echo.gov/echo/ you will be able to find lists of companies facing EPA or state environmental enforcement. Besides water violations this site list violators for air, hazardous waste, and much more.
To gather more knowledge regarding enforcement and who is impacted you can go to: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/data/results/performance/cwa/index.html
Water Enforcement Data Now Available
Posted: July 6, 2009
The EPA announced in a press release dated Monday, July 06, 2009, that it has made available comprehensive reports and data on water enforcement in all 50 states.
In a memorandum issued last Thursday, Administrator Jackson directed the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) to develop an action plan to enhance public transparency regarding clean water enforcement. In the memo, she called for stronger enforcement performance at federal and state levels and a transformation of the agency’s water quality and compliance information systems.
The administrator’s memo directed the agency to take several actions, including:
- Improve and enhance the information available on the EPA website on compliance and enforcement activities in each state, showing connections to local water quality where possible;
- Provide information in a user-friendly format form that is easily understood and useable by the public;
- Raise the bar for clean water enforcement performance and ensure enforcement is taken against serious violations that threaten water quality; and
- Improve EPA’s enforcement performance in states where EPA directly implements the clean water program.
In keeping with this directive, the EPA has posted detailed information on the current state of clean water compliance and enforcement in each state, and copies of the latest clean water enforcement and compliance performance reports for each state to the agency’s Web site. The EPA also launched new Web-based tools to help the public search, assess and analyze the data the agency used to help prepare those reports.
Administrator Jackson directed OECA to work with EPA’s Office of Water and to consult closely with EPA’s 10 regional offices and the states on the action plan. After obtaining input from other stakeholders, the assistant administrator of OECA, Cynthia Giles, will report back to Administrator Jackson in 90 days with recommendations.