EPA ECHO Enforcement & Facility Watch Scraper

Regulatory operations, procurement diligence, and public-data monitoring teams use this actor to watch public ECHO facility and enforcement signals.

Input states, programs, facility names, and enforcement keywords from EPA ECHO web services.

Get source-linked facility, enforcement, and penalty alert rows for public-data review workflows.

Store Quickstart

1. Use the first input example with dryRun=false.
2. Keep notifyOnNoNew=false so unchanged scheduled checks emit zero rows and zero charges.
3. Review billingEventName in the output before increasing feed count.

Input Examples

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "california-active-facilities",
      "name": "California active facility watch",
      "states": "CA",
      "programs": "CWA",
      "facilityNames": "",
      "keywords": "enforcement,violation,penalty"
    }
  ],
  "watchTerms": "penalty,effluent,inspection,case",
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "datasetMode": "action_needed",
  "notifyOnNoNew": false,
  "emitReport": true,
  "dryRun": false
}

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "california-active-facilities",
      "name": "California active facility watch",
      "states": "CA",
      "programs": "CWA",
      "facilityNames": "",
      "keywords": "enforcement,violation,penalty"
    }
  ],
  "watchTerms": "penalty,effluent,inspection,case",
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "datasetMode": "new_only",
  "notifyOnNoNew": false,
  "emitReport": false,
  "dryRun": false
}

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "id": "california-active-facilities",
      "name": "California active facility watch",
      "states": "CA",
      "programs": "CWA",
      "facilityNames": "",
      "keywords": "enforcement,violation,penalty"
    }
  ],
  "watchTerms": "penalty,effluent,inspection,case",
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "datasetMode": "action_needed",
  "notifyOnNoNew": false,
  "emitReport": true,
  "dryRun": true
}

Sample Output

{
  "actorName": "epa-echo-enforcement-facility-watch-scraper",
  "rowType": "epa_echo_digest",
  "feedId": "california-active-facilities",
  "feedName": "California active facility watch",
  "checkedAt": "2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "sourceUrl": "https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/cwa_rest_services.get_facilities?output=JSON&p_st=CA&p_act=Y&responseset=1",
  "warnings": [],
  "status": "action_needed",
  "newDocCount": 1,
  "totalDocCount": 1,
  "changedSinceLastRun": true,
  "actionNeeded": true,
  "reviewNote": "Review the source-linked public record and update the watchlist if needed.",
  "signalTags": [
    "watch_term_hit"
  ],
  "watchTermHits": [
    {
      "term": "enforcement",
      "docNumber": "epa-echo-ca-active",
      "title": "California active facility public ECHO summary"
    }
  ],
  "documents": [
    {
      "docNumber": "epa-echo-ca-active",
      "title": "California active facility public ECHO summary",
      "docType": "EPA_ECHO_SUMMARY",
      "publicationDate": "2026-05-11",
      "primaryAgency": "EPA",
      "state": "CA",
      "sourceUrl": "https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/cwa_rest_services.get_facilities?output=JSON&p_st=CA&p_act=Y&responseset=1"
    }
  ],
  "billingEventName": "epa-echo-watch-alert"
}

Output fields

• rowType: epa_echo_digest
• billingEventName: one of epa-echo-watch-alert, epa-echo-digest, or epa-echo-report
• documents[]: nested official public records with source URLs
• watchTermHits[]: matched public-record terms for review
• reviewNote: source-linked review note, not agency guidance or certification

Pricing

This actor charges only when it emits a billable alert, digest, or report row:

• epa-echo-watch-alert: $0.10 per watchlist alert row
• epa-echo-digest: $0.30 per non-empty digest row
• epa-echo-report: $7.00 per generated report row

No-change runs emit zero default dataset rows and zero charges when notifyOnNoNew=false.

Compliance

• Uses official public data from epa-echo-web-services.
• Do not provide compliance certification, facility ratings, environmental ratings, or EPA endorsement.
• No login, API key, cookie, credential, CAPTCHA bypass, private data, or agency mark is used.
• Rows are source-linked observations for review workflows, not professional guidance or agency determinations.

See Also

• cpsc-product-recall-marketplace-watch-scraper
• nhtsa-recall-complaint-watch-scraper
• sec-edgar-material-disclosure-watch-scraper