🌿 EPA ECHO Enforcement Scraper — Every EPA enforcement action, facility violation, and compliance status — ECHO direct

Scrape the EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online) database — every U.S. facility's environmental compliance status, inspection history, violations, and enforcement actions across Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA hazardous waste, and TSCA chemical safety. Get facility ID, regulated programs, current compliance status, last inspection, violations, and penalties.

One actor. One token. Real-time regulator-direct data delivered in structured JSON.

Why NexGenData EPA ECHO Enforcement Beats Westlaw Environmental, LexisNexis Environmental, and RTKnet

Feature	NexGenData EPA ECHO Enforcement	Westlaw Environmental	LexisNexis Environmental Law	RTKnet	EPA ECHO direct
Cost	$0.03/record pay-per-result	$$$$ ($100-$300/hr usage + $5,000+/yr seat)	$$$$ ($150-$400/hr usage + seat)	Free (research-only, slow UI)	Free (UI + paginated JSON, but heavy throttle and no bulk export)
Coverage	Every EPA enforcement case — facility name, NPDES/RCRA/CAA/SDWA program, violation type, formal action, penalty $, compliance status, FRS ID, lat/lng	Curated environmental case law + regs	Curated environmental case law + regs + opinions	Subset of EPA enforcement (RCRA/TRI focused)	Same EPA ECHO data — but pagination is heavy (≤1000/page), schema awkward
Update frequency	Weekly ECHO refresh	Real-time editorial	Real-time editorial	Quarterly	Weekly EPA snapshot
API access	Apify Actor — JSON/CSV/Excel/Parquet	Westlaw Edge API (paid)	Lexis+ API (paid)	RTKnet CSV download	EPA ECHO REST (free, rate-limited, no pagination beyond 1000)
Auth required	Apify token (free tier available)	Westlaw subscription	Lexis+ subscription	None, but attribution required	None, but throttle + IP rate-cap

Why This Actor Beats TRI Explorer, EPA Envirofacts, RTKnet

• TRI Explorer is read-only and slow: EPA's own ECHO and Envirofacts portals are public but query-limited and clumsy for bulk extraction. We give you a structured per-facility API at $0.02 per record.
• Cross-program compliance status: ECHO is unique for spanning Air, Water, RCRA, TSCA, and SDWA in one view. Identify multi-program violators ("high priority" facilities) in one query.
• Penalty + violation history: Every enforcement action includes the statute, penalty dollar amount, and resolution. Build aggregate facility-level enforcement profiles.
• ESG / supply-chain ready: Join facility records to parent company via FRS ID — surface environmental risk in supply-chain supplier audits.

Feature	This Actor 🌿	TRI Explorer	EPA Envirofacts	RTKnet
Pricing model	Pay-per-result (cents per record)	Per-seat license $5K-30K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-25K/yr	Per-seat license $10K-30K/yr
Free tier	Yes (Apify free credits)	No	No	Limited search only
Real-time freshness	Minutes after source publish	End-of-day refresh	Hourly refresh	Hourly refresh
Data source	Direct from regulator	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped	Mixed proprietary + scraped
API access	REST + webhooks built in	Add-on; extra licence	Add-on; extra licence	Limited
Bulk historical	Yes — date-range backfill	Limited download caps	Limited download caps	Limited download caps
Setup time	5 minutes (token + run)	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding	Procurement + onboarding

What You Get

Every record returned by this actor is structured JSON with the following fields populated wherever the source filing provides them:

• Facility name, FRS ID, EPA registry ID, address (street, city, state, ZIP)
• Latitude, longitude, county, EPA region
• Parent company name and FRS parent ID
• Regulated programs — Air, Water (NPDES), RCRA, TSCA, SDWA, Asbestos, etc.
• Current compliance status per program
• Inspection history — date, type, finding
• Violation history — date, statute, description
• Enforcement actions — case name, action type, penalty amount, resolution
• Quarterly significant noncompliance flags
• TRI reporting flags and quantity tags

The full output schema is stable across runs — safe to load into Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, or your data warehouse without re-mapping each refresh.

Use Cases

• ESG investors — Score portfolio companies on environmental compliance — multi-program violators are red flags.
• Supply-chain auditors — Vet supplier facilities against EPA violations before contracting.
• Environmental law firms — Source facilities with recurring noncompliance for citizen-suit potential.
• Insurance underwriters — Price environmental-liability coverage based on facility enforcement history.
• Journalists — Investigate polluters in your community using FRS facility IDs.
• Regulatory researchers — Empirical study of EPA enforcement intensity by region and program.
• Real-estate due diligence — Check facility history before site acquisition.

Quick Start

Install the Apify Python client, set your token, and call the actor:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("nexgendata/epa-echo-enforcement-scraper").call(run_input={
    "maxItems": 100,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

You can also trigger via cURL:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgendata~epa-echo-enforcement-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxItems": 100}'

Schedule it on Apify's built-in scheduler for daily, hourly, or every-5-minute refreshes — no infra required.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing on Apify. Primary event: Facility record at $0.02 per record. An Actor Start fee of $0.00005 applies per run (charged per GB of memory, minimum 1). No subscription, no seat licence, no procurement cycle — pay only for the rows you receive.

For high-volume use cases (100K+ records/month), contact us at NexGenData for volume discounts.

Sister Actors in the NexGenData Fleet

NexGenData publishes the deepest SEC/regulatory actor catalog on Apify. Pair this actor with:

Use case	Actor
FTC enforcement actions — consumer protection cases	ftc-enforcement-actions-scraper
CFPB consumer complaints	cfpb-consumer-complaints-scraper
Federal court dockets via CourtListener	courtlistener-federal-docket-scraper
Federal Register rule filings — EPA regulatory	federal-register-rules-scraper
USAspending federal awards — EPA grants and contracts	usaspending-federal-awards-scraper
LDA lobbying disclosure — industry environmental lobbying	lda-lobbying-disclosure-scraper

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FAQ

Q: Is this data public?

A: Yes. EPA ECHO is published under the Toxic Substances Control Act and Freedom of Information Act.

Q: How fresh is the data?

A: ECHO refreshes weekly for most programs. Facility records update on different cadences (NPDES quarterly, RCRA biennial).

Q: Can I filter by program?

A: Yes — pass program to narrow to Air, Water, RCRA, TSCA, or SDWA.

Q: What's the FRS ID?

A: Facility Registry Service — EPA's master facility identifier that joins across all regulatory programs.

Q: Are penalties final or proposed?

A: We surface both — proposed penalties from initial enforcement and final amounts post-settlement.

Q: Can I get parent company rollups?

A: Yes — FRS parent ID is included. Roll up facility-level violations to corporate parents.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 200+ buyer-intent Apify actors covering SEC filings, federal regulatory data (EPA, FTC, CFPB, FEC, IRS 990, FAA), private-market intelligence (Form D, IPO, 13F, 13D/G), stock screeners across 30+ exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, LSE, TSX, ASX, HKEX, KOSPI, SGX, B3, BSE), B2B lead generation, and competitive intelligence. All actors are pay-per-result with no seat licences and no minimum commitments.

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