Epa Facility Scraper

Overview

The EPA Facility Scraper extracts environmental compliance data from the EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online) database. This actor uses the EPA ECHO REST API to search for facilities regulated under federal environmental laws and retrieve their compliance status, permits, violations, inspections, enforcement actions, and pollutant data. The database covers facilities regulated under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and other environmental statutes.

Features

• Search for EPA-regulated facilities by zip code with configurable radius
• Filter by program area: air, water, waste, land, or all programs
• Extract compliance status, violation counts, and enforcement action details
• Retrieve facility permits, inspection history, and NAICS/SIC codes
• Geographic coordinates included for mapping and spatial analysis
• Direct links to EPA detailed facility reports for each result
• Uses the official EPA ECHO REST API with no authentication required
• Works with empty input using default zip code (75024) and 25-mile radius
• Export results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or other formats via Apify datasets

Input Configuration

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
zipCode	string	US zip code to search near	"75024"
radius	integer	Search radius in miles	25
maxResults	integer	Maximum facilities to return	100
programArea	string	EPA program filter	"all"

Output Format

Each result contains the following fields:

• facilityName - Name of the regulated facility
• address - Street address
• city - City name
• state - State abbreviation
• zipCode - Zip code
• complianceStatus - Current compliance status with EPA regulations
• permits - Active permit identifiers or descriptions
• violations - Number of violations or significant non-compliance status
• inspections - Number of inspections conducted
• enforcementActions - Count of formal enforcement actions
• programArea - Applicable environmental program
• registryId - EPA Registry identifier
• url - Link to the EPA detailed facility report

Use Cases

This actor serves environmental researchers, real estate developers, community organizers, and compliance consultants. Typical applications include environmental impact assessments for development projects, community right-to-know research, identifying non-compliant facilities in a region, building environmental risk maps, and monitoring enforcement trends for regulatory analysis. Real estate professionals use this data to assess environmental risks near properties.

Pricing

This actor uses a pay-per-event pricing model. You are charged $0.75 per 1,000 results delivered. There are no additional platform fees beyond compute costs.

Limitations

• The EPA ECHO API returns a maximum of 100 facilities per request
• Compliance status data may lag real-time facility conditions by several months
• Some facility records may have incomplete address or permit information
• The search radius is based on zip code centroid, which may differ from the actual center of the zip code area
• Pollutant-level data requires additional API calls beyond the scope of this actor

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