# EPA Environmental Compliance Scraper (`vxc1104/epa-echo-facilities-scraper`) Actor

Screen US facilities for environmental compliance: permits, violations, inspections and penalties from EPA ECHO.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vxc1104/epa-echo-facilities-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vincent Krüger](https://apify.com/vxc1104) (community)
- **Categories:**
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## Pricing

$0.005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EPA Environmental Compliance Scraper

Screens US facilities in EPA's ECHO database: who holds which environmental permit, who is in violation, when they were last inspected and what penalties were assessed. Useful for environmental due diligence, site selection and supplier screening.

**Input:** `states` (list of two-letter codes), `program` (Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act), `majorOnly`, `inViolationOnly`, `county`, `maxItems`.
**Output:** `facilityName`, `sourceId`, `program`, `street`, `city`, `state`, `zip`, `county`, `permitNumber`, `statute`, `complianceStatus`, `quartersInViolation`, `lastInspection`, `penalties`, `latitude`, `longitude`, `scrapedAt`.

ECHO is a two-step API: a search call returns a query ID, a second call returns the rows. This Actor does both for you.

# Actor input Schema

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

Two-letter US state codes to screen, e.g. CA, TX.

## `program` (type: `string`):

Which EPA programme to screen facilities under.

## `majorOnly` (type: `boolean`):

On returns only major permitted facilities. Off widens the search to minor ones and can be very large.

## `inViolationOnly` (type: `boolean`):

On returns only facilities currently flagged as in violation.

## `county` (type: `string`):

Optional county name to narrow the search.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on the number of facilities returned (cost protection).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "states": [
    "DE"
  ],
  "program": "cwa",
  "majorOnly": true,
  "inViolationOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 5000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

# 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 = {
    "states": [
        "DE"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vxc1104/epa-echo-facilities-scraper").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 = { "states": ["DE"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vxc1104/epa-echo-facilities-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "states": [
    "DE"
  ]
}' |
apify call vxc1104/epa-echo-facilities-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vxc1104/epa-echo-facilities-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/L5VAcvBi28rGmeF4w/builds/2gfR01eR3kfEn5YqA/openapi.json