EPA Environmental Compliance Tracker

Track EPA enforcement actions, violations, and penalties for any facility or company using the ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online) REST API. This actor provides structured compliance data covering Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) programs.

What data can you get?

The EPA Environmental Compliance Tracker returns detailed compliance records for regulated facilities across the United States. Each record includes the facility's current compliance status under major environmental statutes, inspection history over the past five years, formal enforcement action counts, geographic coordinates, and NAICS industry classification codes. You can search by facility name, state, or ZIP code to narrow results to specific companies or regions.

Use cases

ESG and sustainability analysis — Investment firms, ESG analysts, and sustainability consultants use EPA compliance data to evaluate the environmental risk profile of companies in their portfolios. Identifying facilities with active violations or significant non-compliance helps flag potential liabilities, regulatory fines, and reputational risks before they materialize in financial statements.

Real estate due diligence — Commercial real estate developers, lenders, and environmental consultants rely on EPA enforcement history during Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. Knowing whether a property or neighboring facility has a history of environmental violations is critical for understanding contamination risk, potential cleanup liability, and regulatory exposure before closing a transaction.

Environmental litigation support — Law firms and legal researchers use compliance records to build cases around environmental negligence, Superfund liability, or citizen enforcement suits. Historical inspection counts, violation flags, and formal enforcement case identifiers provide a factual foundation for legal arguments and settlement negotiations.

Corporate sustainability and compliance — Companies managing multiple facilities use this data to benchmark their own compliance performance against peers, track improvement over time, and prepare for regulatory audits. Proactive monitoring of compliance status across all sites helps environmental health and safety teams prioritize corrective actions and allocate resources effectively.

Supply chain environmental risk — Procurement teams and supply chain managers screen suppliers and vendors for environmental compliance issues. Facilities with chronic violations or pending enforcement cases represent operational and reputational risk to downstream buyers, particularly in industries with strict sustainability reporting requirements.

Input parameters

• Facility Name — Full or partial company/facility name (e.g., "Shell", "ACME Manufacturing")
• State — Two-letter state code (e.g., IL, TX, CA)
• ZIP Code — Filter by geographic area
• Max Results — Limit on number of records returned (default: 100, max: 2000)

Output

Results are stored in a dataset with one row per facility, including registry ID, compliance status for CWA/CAA/RCRA, violation flags, inspection counts, enforcement case counts, coordinates, and a direct link to the EPA detailed facility report.

Example input

{
  "facilityName": "power plant",
  "state": "TX",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example output

{
  "source": "EPA-ECHO",
  "registryId": "110070341256",
  "facilityName": "BIG BEND POWER PLANT",
  "city": "Apollo Beach",
  "state": "FL",
  "zipCode": "33572",
  "latitude": 27.7925,
  "longitude": -82.4103,
  "cwaComplianceStatus": "No Violation",
  "caaComplianceStatus": "Significant Violation",
  "rcraComplianceStatus": "No Violation",
  "currentViolation": true,
  "currentSignificantViolation": true,
  "cwaInspections5yr": 2,
  "caaInspections5yr": 5,
  "rcraInspections5yr": 1,
  "formalEnforcementCases": 3,
  "naicsCode": "221112",
  "url": "https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110070341256",
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

• $0.50 per actor start
• $0.04 per result record

The EPA ECHO API is free and requires no authentication.

Notes

Data is sourced directly from the EPA ECHO database, which is updated regularly by the agency. Results reflect the most current information available from federal compliance monitoring systems. The actor handles pagination automatically and returns partial results if an error occurs mid-run.