# EPA ECHO Violation Monitor: Facility Changes (`getascraper/epa-echo-violation-monitor`) Actor

Monitor official EPA ECHO facility compliance, violation, enforcement, and penalty records by facility ID, state, or EPA region. Return source-linked NEW, CHANGED, and REMOVED events for EHS, due-diligence, and compliance teams.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/getascraper/epa-echo-violation-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [GetAScraper](https://apify.com/getascraper) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Other, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.31 / 1,000 facility records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🏭 EPA ECHO Violation Monitor: Facility Changes

<table width="100%" style="display:table;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:24px 28px;background:#EEF4FA;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-top:4px solid #164E7A;border-radius:12px"><span style="font-size:23px;font-weight:800;color:#102A43;line-height:1.3">Keep official facility compliance changes ready for review.</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;color:#334E68;line-height:1.6">Monitor EPA ECHO records by facility, state, or EPA region, then retain source-linked compliance, enforcement, and penalty details.</span></td></tr></table>

<table width="100%" style="display:table;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed"><tr><td style="padding:14px 12px;width:25%;background:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-radius:10px 0 0 10px;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#164E7A">🏛️ Official source</span><br><span style="font-size:12px;color:#334E68">Keep the ECHO source service beside every result.</span></td><td style="padding:14px 12px;width:25%;background:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-left:none;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#164E7A">🔔 Change events</span><br><span style="font-size:12px;color:#334E68">Separate new, changed, and removed records after a complete run.</span></td><td style="padding:14px 12px;width:25%;background:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-left:none;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#164E7A">⚖️ Enforcement context</span><br><span style="font-size:12px;color:#334E68">Review published status, actions, and penalty totals.</span></td><td style="padding:14px 12px;width:25%;background:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-left:none;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:#164E7A">🧭 Focused scopes</span><br><span style="font-size:12px;color:#334E68">Search facility IDs, states, or EPA regions.</span></td></tr></table>

Monitor official EPA ECHO facility compliance, violation, enforcement, and penalty records by facility, state, or EPA region. Keep source-linked changes in a reviewable EHS or due-diligence workflow.

### 🎯 What it does

The Actor reads public ECHO facility records within your selected scope. It can return current records or safe `NEW`, `CHANGED`, and `REMOVED` events after a complete earlier run.

### 👥 Who it is for

- EHS and environmental-compliance teams managing facility watchlists.
- Due-diligence teams reviewing public enforcement information.
- Analysts building a recurring environmental-risk dataset.

### ⚙️ How it works

<table width="100%" style="display:table;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed"><tr><td style="padding:16px 14px;width:33%;background:#EEF4FA;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-radius:10px 0 0 10px;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:800;color:#164E7A;letter-spacing:1px">STEP 1</span><br><span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#102A43">Choose a scope</span><br><span style="font-size:12px;color:#334E68">Use facility IDs, states, or EPA regions.</span></td><td style="padding:16px 14px;width:33%;background:#EEF4FA;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-left:none;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:800;color:#164E7A;letter-spacing:1px">STEP 2</span><br><span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#102A43">Set the run mode</span><br><span style="font-size:12px;color:#334E68">Choose a full snapshot or changes-only monitoring.</span></td><td style="padding:16px 14px;width:33%;background:#EEF4FA;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-left:none;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:800;color:#164E7A;letter-spacing:1px">STEP 3</span><br><span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:700;color:#102A43">Review source changes</span><br><span style="font-size:12px;color:#334E68">Schedule the same scope to maintain a change feed.</span></td></tr></table>

### 🧾 Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EPA Registry IDs | Array | Conditional | Public facility IDs. Do not combine with state or region filters. |
| States | Array | Conditional | Two-letter state filters. |
| EPA regions | Array | Conditional | EPA regions 1 through 10. |
| Active facilities only | Boolean | No | Requests the source active-facility filter when available. |
| Output mode | Choice | No | Full snapshot or changes-only output. |
| Maximum facilities | Number | No | Caps source rows. A capped scope does not update saved state. |

### 📊 Output

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| changeType | String | Relation to the saved baseline. |
| facilityName | String | Published facility name. |
| registryId | String | EPA registry identifier. |
| sourceComplianceStatus | String | Official source compliance status. |
| formalEnforcementActionCount | Number | Published count of formal enforcement actions. |
| totalPenalties | Number | Published total penalty amount. |
| sourceServiceUrl | URL | Official ECHO source service link. |

### 💡 Good to know

- Enter at least one facility ID, state, or EPA region.
- Results are public source records, not a legal finding about a facility.
- Capped runs do not update the saved comparison state.

### 💰 Pricing

This Actor uses pay per result. Empty runs do not create result charges, and there are no subscriptions.

### ⭐ Enjoying EPA ECHO Violation Monitor?

<table width="100%" style="display:table;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:20px 24px 14px;background:#EEF4FA;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-left:5px solid #164E7A;border-radius:10px 10px 0 0"><span style="font-size:20px;letter-spacing:4px;color:#164E7A">⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐</span><br><span style="font-size:17px;font-weight:800;color:#102A43">Keep public facility compliance changes ready for your review queue.</span><br><span style="font-size:14px;color:#334E68">A 5-star rating takes 10 seconds and helps EHS and due-diligence teams find it. Your feedback helps us improve monitoring workflows.</span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0;background:#164E7A;border:1px solid #B9CDE1;border-top:none;border-radius:0 0 10px 10px;text-align:center"><a href="https://apify.com/getascraper/epa-echo-violation-monitor/reviews" style="display:block;padding:13px 16px;color:#FFFFFF;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.3px">★&nbsp;&nbsp;Rate this Actor on Apify</a></td></tr></table>

### ❓ FAQ

**Does it cover every environmental database?** No. It reads the public EPA ECHO service.

**Can I combine facility IDs and states?** No. Use either explicit facility IDs or location filters.

**Does a change prove a new violation?** No. Review the official source record and its update history.

**Can I schedule it?** Yes. Reuse the same scope to maintain a change feed.

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- [England Planning Application Monitor: API Data](https://apify.com/getascraper/england-planning-application-monitor) ↗ - Track official planning-application records and changes.
- [Multi-state contractor license verifier](https://apify.com/getascraper/multistate-contractor-license-verifier) ↗ - Verify contractor claims against published state records.
- [China Recall Scraper: 中国缺陷产品召回](https://apify.com/getascraper/china-samr-product-recall-scraper) ↗ - Collect official product-recall notices for compliance review.

# Actor input Schema

## `facilityIds` (type: `array`):

Optional public Facility Registry Service identifiers. Remove the prefill to search by state or EPA region instead.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Optional two-letter state filters. Remove the EPA Registry ID prefill before using location filters.

## `epaRegions` (type: `array`):

Optional EPA region numbers, 1 through 10. Remove the EPA Registry ID prefill before using location filters.

## `activeOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Request the official service’s active-facility filter when available.

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Changes only emits safe NEW, CHANGED, and REMOVED events. Full emits current official source snapshots.

## `maxFacilities` (type: `integer`):

A query above this limit is reported as capped and does not advance state.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "facilityIds": [
    "110000340916"
  ],
  "states": [],
  "epaRegions": [],
  "activeOnly": true,
  "mode": "changesOnly",
  "maxFacilities": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `facilityEvents` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "facilityIds": [
        "110000340916"
    ],
    "states": [],
    "epaRegions": [],
    "activeOnly": true,
    "mode": "changesOnly",
    "maxFacilities": 5
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("getascraper/epa-echo-violation-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "facilityIds": ["110000340916"],
    "states": [],
    "epaRegions": [],
    "activeOnly": True,
    "mode": "changesOnly",
    "maxFacilities": 5,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("getascraper/epa-echo-violation-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "facilityIds": [
    "110000340916"
  ],
  "states": [],
  "epaRegions": [],
  "activeOnly": true,
  "mode": "changesOnly",
  "maxFacilities": 5
}' |
apify call getascraper/epa-echo-violation-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=getascraper/epa-echo-violation-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VWv6sgHDShmUN8xvL/builds/5IaVJjCZhmgCCsGpa/openapi.json