US Regulatory & Compliance Data Search

Apify Actor that queries the SIP Public Data Gateway over HTTPS — no browser, no scraping. Provide search terms and toggle the regulatory domains you need; the Actor fires all queries in parallel and returns normalized compliance records enriched with source metadata.

Covers 33 active US regulatory products across EPA environmental enforcement, NHTSA vehicle safety, OFAC sanctions, FDIC bank data, CFPB consumer complaints, FEMA disaster records, EIA energy statistics, NREL renewable resource data, and CAISO electricity market prices.

What it does

For each search term you provide, the Actor:

1. Determines which product categories are enabled (environmental, vehicle safety, financial, consumer protection, disaster, energy).
2. Fires all enabled product searches simultaneously using asyncio.gather — up to 33 parallel requests per term.
3. Enriches every result row with _product_id, _source, _search_term, and _collected_at.
4. Pushes all rows to the Apify dataset in a single batch per term.

This makes it fast: a full run across all 33 products with a single search term typically completes in under 10 seconds.

Data sources

Environmental (EPA) — 3 products

Source	product_id	What it contains
EPA Toxic Release Inventory	us_epa_tri_facilities	Industrial facilities reporting toxic chemical releases under EPCRA Section 313
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting	us_epa_ghg_facilities	Large emitter facilities reporting GHG emissions under the GHGRP
EPA Drinking Water Systems	us_epa_drinking_water_systems	Public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act

Vehicle Safety (NHTSA) — 3 products

Source	product_id	What it contains
NHTSA Vehicle Recalls	us_nhtsa_recalls	Safety-related defect and compliance recalls by make/model/year
NHTSA Consumer Complaints	us_nhtsa_complaints	Vehicle safety complaints filed by consumers with NHTSA
NHTSA VIN Decoder	us_nhtsa_vin_decoder	Vehicle specifications decoded from VIN

Financial & Regulatory (OFAC, FDIC, Treasury) — 5 products

Source	product_id	What it contains
OFAC Sanctions List	us_ofac_sanctions	SDN and consolidated sanctions list (individuals, entities, vessels)
FDIC Bank Failures	us_fdic_failures	Historical bank and thrift failures since 2000
FDIC Financial Data	us_fdic_financials	Call report financials for FDIC-insured institutions
Treasury Debt Data	us_treasury_debt	US public debt outstanding and debt limit data
Treasury Exchange Rates	us_treasury_exchange_rates	Official Treasury foreign currency exchange rates

Consumer Protection (CFPB) — 1 product

Source	product_id	What it contains
CFPB Complaints	us_cfpb_complaints	Consumer financial product complaints (mortgages, credit cards, student loans, etc.)

Disaster & Insurance (FEMA) — 2 products

Source	product_id	What it contains
FEMA Disaster Declarations	us_fema_disaster_declarations	Presidentially declared disasters by state, county, and incident type
FEMA NFIP Claims	us_fema_nfip_claims	National Flood Insurance Program claim records

Energy (EIA, BLS, NRC, NREL, CAISO) — 19 products

Source	product_id	What it contains
EIA CO2 Emissions	us_eia_co2_emissions	Energy-related CO2 emissions by sector and fuel
EIA Coal Production	us_eia_coal_production	US coal production by region and mine type
EIA Electricity Generation	us_eia_electricity_generation	Net electricity generation by source and state
EIA Electricity Retail Sales	us_eia_electricity_retail_sales	Retail electricity sales, revenue, and customers by sector
EIA International	us_eia_international	International energy statistics (production, consumption, trade)
EIA Natural Gas Prices	us_eia_natural_gas_prices	Henry Hub and city-gate natural gas price series
EIA Nuclear Outages	us_eia_nuclear_outages	Nuclear plant outage and capacity data
EIA Petroleum Prices	us_eia_petroleum_prices	Crude oil and petroleum product spot and retail prices
EIA State Energy Data (SEDS)	us_eia_seds_consumption	State-level energy consumption by sector and fuel type
EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook	us_eia_steo_forecasts	STEO price and supply/demand forecasts
BLS Energy CPI	us_bls_energy_cpi	Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for energy
NRC Reactor Status	us_nrc_reactor_status	Daily nuclear reactor power output and operational status
NREL Alt Fuel Stations	us_nrel_alt_fuel_stations	Alternative fuel station locations (EV, CNG, LPG, hydrogen, etc.)
NREL PVWatts	us_nrel_pvwatts	Solar PV system performance estimates by location
NREL Solar Resource	us_nrel_solar_resource	Direct normal irradiance and global horizontal irradiance data
NREL Utility Rates	us_nrel_utility_rates	Utility electricity rate structures and pricing
CAISO Day-Ahead LMP	us_caiso_day_ahead_lmp	California ISO day-ahead locational marginal prices
CAISO Real-Time LMP	us_caiso_realtime_lmp	California ISO real-time locational marginal prices
CAISO Renewable Forecast	us_caiso_renewable_forecast	California ISO renewable energy generation forecasts

Use cases

Compliance screening — Run a company name against OFAC sanctions and CFPB complaints in one call. Essential for KYC/KYB workflows, financial onboarding, and third-party risk management.

ESG reporting — Pull EPA TRI and GHG facility data to assess the environmental footprint of a supplier, portfolio company, or property address. Combine with EIA energy consumption data for scope 3 analysis.

Risk assessment — Identify flood-prone properties with FEMA NFIP claims history, check vehicle fleets against NHTSA recalls, and monitor FDIC-insured counterparties for financial health signals.

Due diligence — Screen acquisition targets and supply chain partners against the full regulatory record: sanctions exposure, environmental violations, consumer complaints, and energy risk.

Regulatory monitoring — Track new FEMA disaster declarations, NRC reactor outages, and NHTSA recalls affecting your industry. Run on a schedule using Apify's built-in cron to get fresh data daily or weekly.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchTerms	string[]	—	Required. Keywords to search (e.g. ["Texas", "Exxon", "Toyota"]). Each term is queried across all enabled sources in parallel.
includeEnvironmental	boolean	true	EPA TRI, GHG, and Drinking Water Systems (3 products).
includeVehicleSafety	boolean	true	NHTSA Recalls, Complaints, VIN Decoder (3 products).
includeFinancialRegulatory	boolean	true	OFAC, FDIC Failures, FDIC Financials, Treasury Debt, Treasury FX Rates (5 products).
includeConsumerProtection	boolean	true	CFPB Complaints (1 product).
includeDisaster	boolean	false	FEMA Disaster Declarations and NFIP Claims (2 products).
includeEnergy	boolean	false	EIA, BLS, NRC, NREL, CAISO — 19 energy products.
maxResultsPerSource	integer	50	Cap per SIP product call (1–200; values above 200 are clamped to 200).

Example input (JSON)

{
  "searchTerms": ["Texas", "Exxon"],
  "includeEnvironmental": true,
  "includeVehicleSafety": true,
  "includeFinancialRegulatory": true,
  "includeConsumerProtection": true,
  "includeDisaster": false,
  "includeEnergy": false,
  "maxResultsPerSource": 50
}

Output

Each dataset item is a single regulatory record enriched with Actor metadata:

Field	Description
_product_id	SIP product identifier (e.g. us_epa_tri_facilities)
_source	Short source label (e.g. epa_tri, ofac_sanctions, nhtsa_recalls)
_search_term	The search term that produced this row
_collected_at	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of collection
...	All native fields from the SIP product schema

Example record — EPA TRI facility

{
  "facility_name": "EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PLANT",
  "state": "TX",
  "city": "Baytown",
  "zip": "77520",
  "chemical": "BENZENE",
  "total_releases": 12500,
  "reporting_year": 2022,
  "_product_id": "us_epa_tri_facilities",
  "_source": "epa_tri",
  "_search_term": "Exxon",
  "_collected_at": "2026-04-08T09:00:00Z"
}

Example record — OFAC sanctions

{
  "name": "TEXAS OIL TRADING LLC",
  "program": "IRAN",
  "type": "Entity",
  "sdnType": "SDN",
  "title": null,
  "_product_id": "us_ofac_sanctions",
  "_source": "ofac_sanctions",
  "_search_term": "Texas",
  "_collected_at": "2026-04-08T09:00:00Z"
}

Configuration

Set the SIP gateway API key in the Apify Actor environment variables (recommended — mark as secret so it is not stored in run input):

Variable	Description
SIP_API_KEY	SIP X-API-Key header value. Mark as secret in Apify.

Optional overrides:

Variable	Description
SIP_API_BASE	Override the gateway root URL. Default: https://sip.myskillstore.dev/api/v1/data.

For local testing only, you may pass sipApiKey directly in the input JSON. Never use this on Apify — keys stored in run input are visible in run logs.

Pricing (reference)

Approximate positioning: a small per-run platform fee plus ~$3 per 1,000 results. With maxResultsPerSource=50 and 12 enabled products, a single search term may return up to 600 rows. Configure exact USD amounts in the Apify Actor Pricing tab.

Local development

cd "/Users/kane/Projects/Apify Actors/sip-us-compliance-search"
python3.13 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
export SIP_API_KEY="your-key"
mkdir -p storage/key_value_stores/default
echo '{
  "searchTerms": ["Texas"],
  "includeEnvironmental": true,
  "includeVehicleSafety": true,
  "includeFinancialRegulatory": true,
  "includeConsumerProtection": true,
  "includeDisaster": false,
  "includeEnergy": false,
  "maxResultsPerSource": 5
}' > storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json
apify run

Or run directly with:

$SIP_API_KEY=your-key python -m src

(with INPUT.json placed under storage/key_value_stores/default/ per Apify CLI conventions).

Deploy to Apify

apify login
apify push

Use APIFY_TOKEN or the CLI login — never commit tokens to version control.

Legal disclaimer

This Actor is an API client to your own SIP Public Data Gateway deployment. You are responsible for:

• Complying with SIP terms of use and any applicable data provider agreements.
• Complying with Apify terms of service.
• Lawful use of downstream regulatory data in accordance with applicable data protection, privacy, and export control laws (including OFAC regulations).
• Ensuring your use of government data complies with each agency's data use policies (EPA, NHTSA, FDIC, CFPB, FEMA, EIA, NREL, CAISO, etc.).

This Actor does not provide legal, financial, or compliance advice. Results are for informational purposes only.

Use as MCP Tool (AI Agent Integration)

This Actor works as an MCP tool — AI agents (Claude, GPT, Cursor) can discover and run it automatically.

Quick setup (Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code)

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then ask your AI: "Search for chemical spill in US compliance databases"

Direct API call

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lentic_clockss/us-compliance-search").call(
    run_input={"searchTerms": ["chemical spill"], "maxResultsPerSource": 50}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

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