Facility Search Criteria Help

Search criteria are organized by search page category or by term through the hyperlinks below to allow you to quickly find the search term of interest. Many search criteria are available for very media program search whereas other criteria are only available for specific media program searches. Search-specific (e.g., Air only) criteria are identified below. In addition, advanced search criteria are identified below by the Advanced/Government Search Icon icon.

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Alphabetically -- Choose a search term:

Search CriteriaAll Media ProgramsAirWastewaterHazardous WasteDrinking Water
Action Level Exceedance (Past 5 Years)    
Active    
Active/Operating    
Activity Status    
Address 
And/Or 
Benchmark Threshold Exceedances (3 years)    
Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Reporters    
Based On 
CAA Program    
CAS Number    
Case Category   
Causes of Impairment(s) by Group(s) (ATTAINS)    
City
Chesapeake Bay Flag    
Classification    
Combined Sewer System    
Compare To
Compliance Evaluation Type    
Compliance Issues Found During Compliance Monitoring Activity    
Compliance Monitoring Activity By Statute    
Compliance Monitoring Activity Type   
Compliance Status  
Compliance Tracking    
Contaminant(s) in Violation    
Count of Indexes 
County
Counties Served    
Current Violation Type    
Discharging into Impaired Waters   
Discharging Pollutants Potentially Contributing to Impairment    
Effluent Limit  Exceedances     
EJ Indexes At or Above 80th Percentile
EPA Region
Enforcement Type     
Facilities With Continuing Violations    
Facility ID Number 
Facility Latitude/Longitude 
Facility Name 
Facility Type    
Facility Status    
Federal Agency 
Federal Facility in FRS    
Formal Enforcement Actions
FRS Tribal Land Code 
GHG Emission Amount    
GHG Emission Category    
GHG Reporting Year    
Has CAMDBS ID    
Has GHGRP ID    
Has EIS ID    
Has TRI ID    
ICIS Tribal Land Flag   
Indian Country/Tribal Land, Find Facilities That Match 
In Indian Country    
Index Type
Informal Enforcement Actions
Latest GHG Reporting Status   
Latest Violation Status    
Latitude/Longitude Search Radius 
Local Agency    
MACT Subpart   
Major Designation    
Major Facility    
Monitoring or Limit Data    
Months in HPV    
NAICS Code 
Near US-Mexico Border 
Near US-Canada Border 
NEI Emission Amount    
NEI Emission Category    
NEI Year    
NEI Pollutant    
Nonattainment Area for Any Pollutant   
NSPS Subpart / NSPS Subpart (Non-Major)    
Number of Current Violations    
On or Near Spatial Tribal Boundary 
Owner/Operator   
Owner Type  
Parameter    
Penalties  
Percent Low Income (3-mile radius) 
Percent People of Color (3-mile radius) 
Permit Components    
Permit Expiration Date    
Permit Issuing Agency    
Permit Limits Present    
Permit Status    
Permit Type    
Point Source Category    
Pollutant Category    
Pollutant    
Pollutant(s) Have Violations (3 years)    
Pollutant with Recent Violation    
Population Served    
Primary Service Area     
Primary Source Water Type    
PWSID    
Quarters with Enforcement Priority (3 years)    
Quarters with Significant Noncompliance (3 years)    
Quarters with Violation (3 years) 
Quarters with Violations Reported (3 years)    
RCRAInfo Indian Land Type Code    
Recent Violations    
Restrict by Media 
SIC Code 
Significant Deficiencies Found During Sanitary Survey    
Media Program Search Type 
Site Visit Type    
Stack Test Results    
Stack Test Type    
State
State District    
State Region Code    
System Name    
System Type    
Time Since Last Compliance Evaluation    
Time Since Last Compliance Monitoring Activity  
Time Since Last Site Visit    
Time Since Last Stack Test    
TRI Direct Water Discharge Amount    
TRI Land Release Amount    
TRI Land Release Pollutant    
TRI Land Release Year    
TRI Off-Site Chemical Transfer Amount   
TRI On-Site Chemical Release Amount    
TRI On-Site Land Disposal    
TRI Pollutant    
TRI POTW Transfer Amount    
TRI Release Amount    
TRI Release Category    
TRI Reporting Period   
TRI Reporting Year    
Tribes
Universe    ✓ 
Violation Type    
Violations in Selected Period    
Violations (Past 5 Years)    
Watershed (HUC-2)/(HUC-6)/(HUC-8)/Name  
ZIP Code 

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Media Program Search Type 

Specify the subject of the search you want to run. Search options correlate with how facilities are regulated under the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), or you can choose to search across all media programs. Further detail about each media program is available on the Facility Search - Media Programs page.

  • The All Media Programs option is selected by default. Select one of the other options from the dropdown menu to focus your search on one subject area.
  • The Wastewater option offers additional specialized searches for specific program areas. See NPDES Program Search Criteria Help for more information.

Geographic Location 

EPA Region 

Use to search for information in a particular EPA Region. Choose a region from the dropdown menu. You may not combine an EPA Region search with a city/state, state, or ZIP Code search.

Advanced/Government Search IconAddress (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Enter a street address. Be sure to try all possible variations and alternate spellings (e.g., "Route" and "Rte").

City 

Use to search for information in a particular city. Be sure to try all possible variations and alternate spellings (e.g., try both Saint Louis and St. Louis). To search for facilities or permits in a particular city, you must also specify a state using the State dropdown menu.

State 

Choose a state from the dropdown menu. Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple states. You may not combine a state search with a region search. It is recommended that you not combine a state search with a ZIP code search.

Advanced/Government Search IconState District (Hazardous Waste Only) 

The RCRA state district the facility is located within. After you choose a state, the State District dropdown menu is populated with state-specific district options. This list of districts is not populated when multiple states are selected.

ZIP Code (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Enter up to a five-digit ZIP code. Entering a partial ZIP code results with any ZIP beginning with the entry. You may not combine a ZIP Code search with a region search. It is recommended that you not combine a ZIP code search with a city or state search. Click the Add More button to add a value to the Selected Search Criteria panel and clear the input field for a new value.

County 

After you choose a state, the County dropdown menu is populated with state-specific county options. The list of counties is not available when multiple states are selected. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list. You may not combine a county search with an EPA Region search. It is recommended that you not combine a county search with a city or ZIP code search.

Facility Latitude/Longitude (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for facilities based on latitude and longitude. ECHO allows you to search on latitude/longitude in multiple ways:

  • Enter a valid latitude and longitude into the text box.
  • Select "Use My Location" to auto populate the latitude and longitude fields based on your current location. To use this functionality, please allow ECHO permission to track your location through your internet browser.
  • Latitude/Longitude Lookup - Search for latitude/longitude by address, city, country or location name.

Please note that facilities must have locational data (latitude/longitude) in EPA's Facility Registry Service to be included in this search. Data Quality Caveat

Latitude/Longitude Search Radius (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Specify the search radius for a given latitude/longitude. Selection must be made in conjunction with the "Facility Latitude/Longitude" criteria. "1 mile" is selected by default.

Local Agency (Air Only) 

An agency-defined two character code identifying the local district or other agency (including regions of state agencies and tribal agencies) primarily responsible for CAA compliance and enforcement.

Advanced/Government Search IconNear US-Mexico Border (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

When ”Yes” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities within 100 km of the US-Mexico border. “Any” will not restrict search results. FRS is the source of this information.

Advanced/Government Search IconNear US-Canada Border (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

When ”Yes” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities within 100 km of the US-Canada border. “Any” will not restrict search results. FRS is the source of this information.

Chesapeake Bay Flag (Wastewater) 

When ”Yes” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities location within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. For more information on the Chesapeake Bay restoration program and activities, see the Chesapeake Bay Program Office

RCRAInfo Indian Land Type Code (Hazardous Waste) 

When “YES” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities or permits flagged as being located in Indian country, based on information that has been entered in EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo). The accuracy and completeness of this information varies by system, and may differ from the FRS Tribal Land Code. “Indian country” is defined by statute at 18 U.S.C. 1151 to include all lands within Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, and allotted lands. When “NO” is selected, your search results will exclude any facilities or permits that are located in Indian country. “ANY” will not restrict search results.

Watershed (HUC-2)/(HUC-6)/(HUC-8)/Name (Wastewater) 

Search for facilities by hydrologic units or watersheds. Select a region (HUC-2), basin (HUC-6), or subbasin (HUC-8) from the dropdown menus or use the Watershed Name to search for a HUC-2 to HUC-12 by name. Enter at least one character. Select a watershed from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list. By default, this option searches for watersheds based on data from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD). For Water, you may select the watershed data source to search on. Data source options include:

  • Facility Registry Service (FRS) Derived — Search for facilities by the hydrologic unit spatially derived from the facility's geographic coordinates in FRS.
  • Reach Access Database (RAD) — Search for facilities by the hydrologic unit from the Reach ACcess Database and derived from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).

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Community 

Environmental Justice

EJ Indexes At or Above 80th Percentile (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Identify facilities at or above the 80th percentile for one or more of the environmental justice (EJ) indexes of EJScreen, EPA's screening tool for EJ concerns. Select the number of indexes at or above the 80th percentile using the slider. 

EPA uses EJScreen as a screening tool to identify geographic areas that may warrant further consideration or analysis. Note that use of this filter does not designate an area as an “EJ community” or “EJ facility.” EJScreen provides screening level indicators, not a determination of the existence or absence of EJ concerns. For more information, see the EJScreen home page.

Compare to  

Choose "US" or "State" to search for percentile values for EJ indexes nationwide or relative to Census block groups within the same state. The default is US. 

Based On 

Choose "Census Block Group" to search for percentile values based on the census block group the facility is located in. Select "1-mile Maximum" to search based on the maximum percentile value for any census block group within a 1-mile radius of the facility. The default is census block group.

Index Type 

Choose one of two methodologies for calculating EJScreen indexes. The indexes are a combination of environmental and socioeconomic information. The Environmental Justice Index uses a two-factor demographic index that averages Percent Low Income and Percent People of Color Populations. The Supplemental Index uses a five-factor demographic index that averages Percent Low Income, Percent Unemployed, Percent Limited English Speaking, Percent Less than High School Education, and Low Life Expectancy. The default is Supplemental Index.

Count of Indexes 

Select the number of indexes at or above the 80th percentile of the environmental justice (EJ) indexes of EJScreen.

Demographics

Percent People of Color (3-mile radius) (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Choose a percentage threshold to search for facilities based on the racial composition of the surrounding three-mile radius. The field is calculated by subtracting the number of persons who are white (and not of Hispanic origin) from the total persons. This number is then divided by the total persons and multiplied by one hundred to determine the percentage.

Percent Low Income (3-mile radius) (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Choose a percentage threshold to search for facilities based on the percent of the population of the surrounding three-mile radius that have an income less than two times the poverty level, based on the 2015-2019 ACS 5-Year Summary.

Indian Country/Tribal Land

ICIS Tribal Land Flag (Air, Wastewater) 

When “Yes” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities or permits flagged as being located in Indian country, based on information entered in EPA's Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). The accuracy and completeness of this information varies by system, and may differ from the FRS Tribal Land Code. “Indian country” is defined by statute at 18 U.S.C. 1151 to include all lands within Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, and allotted lands. When “No” is selected, your search results will exclude any facilities or permits that are located in Indian country. “ANY” will not restrict search results.

FRS Tribal Land Code (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

When “YES” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities or permits flagged as being located in Indian country, based on information that has been entered in EPA’s Facility Registry Service. The accuracy and completeness of this information varies by data system. “Indian country” is defined by statute at 18 U.S.C. 1151 to include all lands within Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, and allotted lands. When “NO” is selected, your search results will exclude any facilities or permits that are located in Indian country. “ANY” will not restrict search results.

On or Near Spatial Tribal Boundary (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for facilities that are located on or near tribal land. Search is based on EPA comparison of the facility locations in its Facility Registry Service to the U.S. Census Bureau 2010 tribal boundary layer data for tribes in the lower 48 states and Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office data for tribes in Alaska. When “Within X miles” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities or permits on tribal land and within the selected radius. “No Restrictions” is selected by default and does not restrict search results. You can focus your search on a specific tribal land using the “Tribes” criteria. Please note that facilities must have locational data (latitude/longitude) in EPA's Facility Registry Service to be included in this search. Data Quality Caveat

Tribes (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for facilities located on or near a tribe, based on spatial/locational association. The information is based on EPA comparison of facility coordinates (in Facility Registry Service) to the U.S. Census Bureau 2016 tribal boundary layer data for tribes in the lower 48 states, and Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office data for tribes in Alaska. Please note that facilities must have locational data (latitude/longitude) in EPA's Facility Registry Service to be included in this search. Data Quality Caveat.

Selection must be made in conjunction with the “On or Near Spatial Tribal Boundary” criteria. "No Restrictions" is selected by default and does not restrict search results. Enter at least one character. Select a tribe from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value.

Tribes (Drinking Water)

Search for drinking water systems located on a particular tribal land. Tribe names are maintained in SDWIS. Enter at least one character in the Tribes text box. Select a Tribe from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

In Indian Country (Drinking Water) 

When “YES” is selected, your search results will be limited to facilities or permits where the tribe has primary enforcement responsibility over the operations of the facility from the EPA’s Facility Registry Service based on information that has been entered in EPA national program data systems of record. The accuracy and completeness of this information varies by system. “Indian country” is defined by statute at 18 U.S.C. 1151 to include all lands within Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, and allotted lands. When “NO” is selected, your search results will exclude any facilities or permits that are located in Indian country. “ANY” will not restrict results.

For more information on primacy, see the Primary Enforcement Responsibility for Public Water Systems page.

Indian Country/Tribal Land, Find Facilities That Match (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

When "All Tribal Options" is selected, your search results will return facilities that matches on all selected Indian Country/Tribal Land search criteria. When "Any Tribal Option" is selected, your search results will return facilities that matches on any of the Indian Country Land search criteria selected. These options are not enabled until two or more Indian Country/Tribal Land search criteria are selected.

Data Quality Caveat : EPA makes no claims regarding the accuracy or precision of data concerning Indian country locations or tribal boundaries on the ECHO website. EPA has simply attempted to collect certain readily available information relating to Indian country locations. Questions concerning data should be referred to the originating program or Agency which can be identified in the Envirofacts tribal query metadata files Lower 48 Tribal AreasAlaska Native Villages, or Alaska Native Allotments. The Indian country and tribal boundary locations are suitable only for general spatial reference and do not necessarily reflect EPA's position on any Indian country locations or tribal boundaries or the land status of any specific location. The inclusion of Indian country information on the ECHO website does not represent any final EPA action addressing Indian country locations or boundaries. This information cannot be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party in litigation with the United States or third parties. EPA reserves the right to change information on ECHO at any time without public notice.

 

EPA uses the U.S. Census Bureau 2016 tribal boundary layer data when developing environmental data query responses for tribes in the lower 48 United States and the Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office when developing environmental data query responses for tribes in Alaska. EPA seeks to use the best available national federal data and may refine the tribal boundary layer in the future as more accurate national federal data becomes available.

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Facility/System Characteristics 

Facility Name (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for facilities or permits by name or partial name. Be sure to try all possible variations of a facility's name. For example, if an abbreviation does not work, try using whole words (i.e., International Metals Company instead of INMETCO). The search is not case sensitive.

Words separated by a space are treated as one search term. Separate multiple search terms with a semi-colon (“;”). Alternatively, click the Add More button to add a value to the Selected Search Criteria panel and clear the input field for a new value. This search allows data entry of up to 2,500 characters.

The search returns facilities that match any of the search terms. Note that a match may be found within any of the current facility names associated with the Facility Registry Service (FRS) ID; however, only the primary facility name is displayed in the search results table. The primary facility name may differ depending on the selected media program search type (e.g., the All Media Programs search results table displays the facility name in FRS). For more information, see Facility Search Results Help.

Use the dropdown list adjust the facility name search logic. You do not need to use wildcard characters (* or %) in the Facility Name field to specify search logic. Note: You can only associate one type of search logic with selected search terms.

Find Facility Name(s) That:

  • Contains Each Term (DEFAULT) – Returns facilities where all words in the facility name search terms are present in the facility name. The order of the words in a search term does not affect the search results.                                      
    For example, searching for “town bridge” returns results that contain both “town” and “bridge” within the facility name, e.g., “Bridgeport Township” or “Middletown Bridge”
  • Matches Exactly – Returns facilities where the facility name search terms exactly match the facility name.                                      
    For example, searching for “The First Company” only returns results with a facility name exactly matching all terms and in this order.
  • Matches Exact Phrase – Returns facilities where all search terms are found anywhere within the facility name. The order of the words in a search term affects the search results.                                      
    For example, searching for “town bridge” returns different results than searching for “bridge town”
  • Begins With - Returns facilities where the facility name search terms are found at the beginning of the facility name.                                      
    For example, searching for “bridge” returns results that begin with “bridge”, such as “Bridgeport” and “Bridgestone,” but excludes results like “Middlebridge”.

Note: "Stop Words" are common terms which are excluded from the name search logic in order to retrieve more relevant results. These include: AND, OR, BT, INC, INCORPORATED, LLC, CORP, CORPORATION, LTD, COMPANY, and CO. 

System Name (Drinking Water Only) 

Search for systems by name or partial name. Be sure to try all possible variations of a system's name. For example, if an abbreviation does not work, try using whole words (i.e., International Metals Company instead of INMETCO). The order of the words in a system name does not affect the search results. Click the Add More button to add a value to the Selected Search Criteria panel and clear the input field for a new value.

Facility ID Number (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste, Drinking Water) 

Search for facilities or permits by EPA Registry ID (i.e., FRS ID) or by the Program System ID (CWA, CAA, SDWA, or RCRA).  Allows data entry of up to 2,000 IDs pasted from spreadsheet column, or comma- or return-separated. 

Use the "Registry ID" option to search for the IDs entered, as well as all related IDs linked through FRS. All regulatory program systems IDs can be searched from the All Media Programs Facility Search.

Use the "Program System ID" option to search only for the ID(s) entered into the text box.  If "Program System ID" is selected, it will search for IDs within the selected Facility Search Type (e.g., searches for matching ICIS-Air IDs when conducting an Air Facility Search). "Program System ID" is selected by default for the Air, Wastewater, and Hazardous Waste searches. Program System IDs by media program search type include:

  • ICIS-Air, CAMDBS, TRI, RMP, eGGRT, CEDRI, EIS IDs (Air Facility Search)
  • NPDES ID (Wastewater/Stormwater/Biosolids Facility Search)
  • Handler ID (Hazardous Waste Facility Search)
  • PWS ID (Drinking Water Facility Search)

The Air, Wastewater, and Hazardous Waste searches allow entry of partial ID numbers with at least two characters. Entry of partial IDs will return facilities with ID numbers in any program that begin with the search term.

Note that active/operating facility or permit status is selected by default on the search form. If facility IDs are entered with active facility status also selected, you will not include inactive facilities in your search. Because some of the facility IDs may represent inactive facilities, records for all of the facility IDs may not be returned on the Search Results page. To prevent this, remove the active/operating default selection by using the "X" in the Search Criteria Selected box.

PWSID (Drinking Water Only) 

A unique identifying code for a public water system in SDWIS. It consists of a two-letter state or region code, followed by seven digits.

SIC Code (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

The Standard Industrial Classification Code describes the primary activity of the facility. The first two digits in the code define a major business sector; the last two digits denote a facility's specialty within the major sector. ECHO allows you to search SIC Codes in multiple ways:

  • Choose a 2-digit SIC Code from the drop-down menu.
  • Type the 3- or 4-digit SIC Code into the text box. Click the Add More button to add a value to the Selected Search Criteria panel and clear the input field for a new value.
  • SIC Code Lookup - Search for SIC codes by keyword.

Point Source Category (Wastewater Only) 

Search for NPDES IDs by likely Effluent Guidelines Point Source Category. Users may select a category from the drop-down menu.

Point Source Categories are industry categories that facilities are grouped in based on the release of pollutants from discrete point sources. Point source category classification is based on a facility's primary Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code in EPA's national program data system ICIS-NPDES. Searching on point source category will only return records for facilities that 1) have a primary SIC code in ICIS-NPDES, and 2) have an SIC code that maps to a point source category.

NAICS Code (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS industries are identified by a 6-digit code. The first two digits represent the Industry sector, in which there exist 20 broad sectors. The third digit represents industry subsector, the fourth digit represents industry group, the fifth digit represents industry, and the sixth digit is U.S., Canadian, or Mexican National specific. ECHO allows you to search NAICS codes by general industry sector (the two-digit NAICS code) or by industry specialty (the three, four, five, or six-digit NAICS Code).

  • Type the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-digit NAICS code into the text box. Click the Add More button to add a value to the Selected Search Criteria panel and clear the input field for a new value.
  • Find NAICS Code by Keyword - Search for 2- to 6-digit NAICS codes by keyword. Enter at least one character. Select a NAICS code from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

Advanced/Government Search IconCAA Program (Air Only) 

Search for facilities by Clean Air Act program. “No Restrictions” is selected by default and does not restrict search results.

Advanced/Government Search Icon MACT Subpart (All Media Programs, Air) 

Search for facilities with Clean Air Act IDs by choosing a specific Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Subpart from the dropdown menu. “No Restrictions” is selected by default and does not restrict search results.

NSPS Subpart / NSPS Subpart (Non-Major) (Air Only) 

Search for facilities with Clean Air Act IDs choosing a specific New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) Subpart. There are two dropdowns that can be used to select a subpart, one for Major facilities and one for Non-Major Facilities. 

Facility Status (Air Only) 

The active facility status is composed of Operating (O), Seasonal (I) and Temporarily Closed (T) facilities. The Inactive facility status is composed of Permanently Closed (X), Planned (P), and Under Construction facilities (C).

The codes for the following are not related to Stationary CAA facilities; therefore, are not included in ECHO for query purposes: Landfill (L); NESHAP Renovation (R); NESHAP Spraying (S).

Population Served (Drinking Water Only) 

The estimated average daily population served by a system. "All" does not restrict search results.

Advanced/Government Search IconFederal Facility in FRS (All Media Programs Only) 

Search for facilities with federal designation in EPA's Facility Registry Service (FRS), according to combined data from a variety of program systems of record.

Permit Issuing Agency 

Search for facilities or permits by issuing agency. Issuing agencies include:

  • EPA – Selects facilities with permits issued by EPA.
  • State – Selects facilities with permits issued by a state environmental agency.

Advanced/Government Search IconFederal Agency (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Choose an agency from the dropdown menu. Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple agencies. Search for facilities that have a federal agency name in EPA's Facility Registry Service (FRS) (representing installations that are owned and operated by the U.S. government).

Advanced/Government Search IconAnd/Or (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

All Media Programs

Select "And" to search for facilities that are designated as federal facilities in FRS and in a selected federal agency. Select "Or" to search for facilities either in a selected federal agency or are designated as federal facilities in FRS.

Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste

Select "And" to search for facilities both in the selected federal agency and the selected owner type. Select "Or" to search for facilities either in the selected federal agency or the selected owner type.

Advanced/Government Search IconOwner/Operator (Wastewater Only) 

Search for facilities by owner/operator type. Search options include: Corporation, County Government, District, Federal Facility (U.S. Government), Mixed Ownership (e.g. Public/Private), Municipal or Water District, Municipality, Non-Government, Privately Owned Facility, School District, State Government, and Tribal Government. Government Owned/Contractor Operated, Individual, and Unknown are included in the search options, but are inactive types in the source system.

Note: The Facility Type and Owner/Operator selections on the search page are mutually exclusive (i.e., users are able to search by Facility Type or by Owner/Operator, but not both). Selecting a value from one of these criteria will reset the other to "No Restrictions."

Advanced/Government Search IconOwner Type (Air, Hazardous Waste, Drinking Water) 

  • Air - Type of facility owner                                      
     
  • Hazardous Waste - Type of facility owner in EPA's RCRAInfo database. Owner types include County, District, Federal, Tribal, Municipal,  Other, Private, State.                                       
     
  • Drinking Water - Water system owner type.

Advanced/Government Search IconFacility Type (Wastewater Only) 

Indicates the facility type based on the permit component and type of facility owner/operator. Search options include:

  • Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) - Treatment works that are owned by a State, Tribe, or municipality. POTWs can treat municipal sewage, industrial wastes, or a combination of the two.
  • Non-Publicly Owned Treatment Works (Non-POTW) - All other facilities are non-POTWs and are often referred to as “non-municipals” or “industrials.”

Note: The Facility Type and Owner/Operator selections on the search page are mutually exclusive (i.e., users are able to search by Facility Type or by Owner/Operator, but not both). Selecting a value from one of these criteria will reset the other to "No Restrictions."

Major Designation (Wastewater Only) 

  • Yes - Returns any NPDES facility or activity classified as such by the regional administrator, or in the case of approved state programs, the regional administrator in conjunction with the state Director. EPA defined "major" in guidance and policy developed in the mid- 1980s. For industrial facilities, EPA developed a permit rating worksheet used by permit writers to assist with classification of a facility as a major or non-major. Worksheets were developed to guide this process. See EPA NPDES Permit Rating worksheet (PDF) (44pp, 1870 K). Industrial facilities that scored 80 points or higher using the worksheet were classified as major facilities. Publicly owned treatment works (POTWS) with 1 million gallons of flow per day or greater and POTWs serving a population of 10,000 or greater were also classified as major facilities.
  • No - Returns municipal and industrial facilities that have not been designated as majors. 
  • Any - Selecting "Any" will return both major and non-major facilities. "Any" is selected by default. 

Advanced/Government Search IconPermit Status (Wastewater Only) 

Search for a facility or permit by permit status. The Permit Status values reflect the stages in the permit life cycle.

  • Effective - A permit that is in its lifetime (Effective Date <= current date < expiration date).
  • Expired - A permit that 90 days after the expiration date has been reached on a permit that has no new Application Received Date or Complete Application Received date entered.
  • Administratively Continued - A permit that is at the permit's expiration date. All monitoring data are still collected and used against the permit’s terms.
  • Pending - A permit with incomplete data or a permit with an Effective Date that has not yet been reached.
  • Retired - A permit that all monitoring data is stopped against a retired permit; used in conjunction with Reissue. If a Permit is reissued before its expiration date, the Permit Status Code or the previous version of the Permit will be set to Retired. Also, the Compliance Tracking status will be set to "Off".
  • Terminated - A permit that if the user enters the Termination Date, upon that date being reached, the system will automatically change the Permit Status Code to Terminated. Also, the Compliance Tracking status will be set to "Off".
  • Not Needed - A facility is tracked in the EPA program database, but is not required to have a NPDES permit.

​Effective, Expired, Administratively Continued, and Pending are selected by default.

Advanced/Government Search IconPermit Type (Wastewater Only) 

Search for a facility or permit by permit classification. Permit classifications include:

  • NPDES Individual Permit - An individual NPDES permit is unique to each facility. The limitations and other conditions in an individual permit are based on the facility's operations, type and amount of discharge, and receiving stream, among other factors.
  • General Permit Covered Facility - A NPDES facility that is covered under a Master General Permit.
  • Associated Permit Record - A system record associated to a NPDES permit.
  • Individual IU Permit (non-direct discharge) - Industrial user in a pretreatment program (NPDES indirect discharger). Although an industrial user is not issued an NPDES Permit, a permit record is maintained for tracking purposes. 
  • Individual State Issued Permit (Non-NPDES) - An individual permit unique to each facility, but not in the NPDES program.
  • State Issued Master General Permit (Non-NPDES) - A state issued permit that covers multiple facilities that have similar discharges. The master general permit contains no facility-specific data.
  • Unpermitted Facility - A facility that does not have an active NPDES permit.

NPDES Individual Permit, and General Permit Covered Facility are selected by default. "Any" does not restrict search results.

Permit Components (Wastewater Only) 

Search for an NPDES Permit with one of the following permit components:

  • Biosolids - Biosolids (formerly referred to as "sewage sludge") are the nutrient-rich organic materials resulting from the treatment of sewage sludge (the name for the solid, semisolid or liquid untreated residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment facility). When treated and processed, sewage sludge becomes biosolids which can be safely recycled and applied as fertilizer to sustainably improve and maintain productive soils and stimulate plant growth. Biosolids are regulated under 40 CFR Part 503. 40 CFR Part 503 establishes standards, which consist of general requirements, pollutant limits, management practices, and operational standards, for the final use or disposal of biosolids.
  • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) - An NPDES permit regulating discharge from Concentrated Animal Feed Operations (CAFOs). CAFOs are animal feeding operations with more than 1,000 animals. CAFOs with a point source discharge are to receive permits.
  • Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) - A combined sewer overflow (CSO) refers to a discharge of untreated wastewater from a combined sewer system at a point prior to the headworks of the publicly-owned treatment works. (59 FR 18688) CSOs generally occur in response to wet weather events. Most combined sewer systems are designed to discharge excess flow directly to surface water bodies, such as streams, rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters. Note that only "active" outfalls with a characteristic code of CSO or TCS and not closed outfalls (CLS) are included in the Water Facility Search. To view all of the outfalls, navigate to The Office of Water's CSO Inventory download.
  • Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) - The term Publicly Owned Treatment Works or POTW means a treatment works as defined by section 212 of the Act, which is owned by a State or municipality (as defined by section 502(4) of the Clean Water Act). This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW Treatment Plant. The term also means the municipality as defined in section 502(4) of the Clean Water Act, which has jurisdiction over the Indirect Discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works.
  • Pretreatment - An NPDES permit that prescribes for the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works [40 CFR 403.3(q)].
  • Construction Stormwater - Permit requirements associated with construction activities, as defined at 40 CFR 122.26.
  • Industrial Stormwater - Permit requirements associated with non-construction activities at industrial facilities, as defined at 40 CFR 122.26(b)(14)(i) through (xi).
  • Urban Stormwater - Medium/Large Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (Medium/Large MS4) - Additional requirements for medium/large municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), as defined at 40 CFR 122.26.
  • Urban Stormwater - Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (Small MS4) - Additional requirements for small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), as defined as 40 CFR 122.30-122.37.

Advanced/Government Search IconCombined Sewer System (Wastewater Only) 

A combined sewer system (CSS) is a wastewater collection system owned by a municipality which conveys sanitary wastewater (domestic, commercial, and industrial) and stormwater through a single pipe system to a publicly-owned treatment works. A combined sewer overflow (CSO) is the discharge from a CSS at a point prior to the treatment plant. CSOs are point sources subject to NPDES permit requirements including both technology-based and water quality-based requirements of the Clean Water Act. 

Permit Expiration Date (Wastewater Only) 

Search for facilities based on permit expiration date. You may search for facilities with expired permits, permits that will expire within the year, or permits that will expire in more than a year.

Advanced/Government Search IconPermit Limits Present (Wastewater Only) 

Search for a facility that has permit limits present. Permit limits limit the amount of pollutants a wastewater treatment plant may discharge.

System Type (Drinking Water Only) 

The type of drinking water system.                                      
Public water system (PWS)- A public water system is a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, which has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals at least 60 days out of the year.

  • Community water system (CWS) - A public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents (e.g., homes, apartments and condominiums that are occupied year-round as primary residences).
  • Non-community water system (NCWS) - A public water system that is not a community water system.
    • Non-transient non-community water system (NTNCWS) - A non-community water system that regularly serves at least 25 of the same nonresident persons per day for more than six months per year. A typical example is a school or an office building that has its own water source, such as a drinking water well.
    • Transient non-community water system (TNCWS) - A non-community water system that does not serve 25 of the same nonresident persons per day for more than six months per year. A typical example is a campground or a highway rest stop that has its own water source, such as a drinking water well.
  • Unknown - The primacy agency did not report the type of system to EPA.
  • Non-Public (NP) - A drinking water system reported to the EPA by a primacy agency that does not meet the definition of Public Water System above.

Primary Source Water Type (Drinking Water Only) 

Primary Source Water Type categorizes the primary water source for the public water system. the source of water determines treatment requirements, or other standards. For example, the presences of any surface water sources in a public water system's inventory forces a surface water (SW) classification, even though more groundwater may be supplied than surface water. Any groundwater under the influence of surface water sources in a water system inventory necessitates a Ground Water Under the Influence of Surface Water (GUISW) classification. These higher classifications dictate higher monitoring requirements for the water system and greater public health protection.

  • Surface Water - System has a surface source (e.g., river, reservoir, intake).
  • Ground Water - System has a groundwater source that is not under the direct influence of surface water (e.g., protected wells) and no surface water or groundwater under the influence of surface water sources.
  • Ground Water Under Direct Influence of (UDI) Surface Water - System has a source that provides water under the direct influence of surface water (e.g., unprotected well or springs) and no surface water sources. 
  • Purchased Surface Water - System purchases water that originates from a surface source (e.g., river, reservoir, intake.
  • Purchased Groundwater - System purchases water that originates from groundwater source that is not under the direct influence of surface water (e.g., protected wells) and no surface water or groundwater under the influence of surface water sources.
  • Purchased Groundwater UDI Surface Water - System purchases water that originates from a source that provides water under the direct influence of surface water(e.g., unprotected well or springs)and no surface water sources.
 

Primary Service Area (Drinking Water Only) 

The type of service area supplied by the system. Including but not limited to: Daycare Center, Dispenser, Homeowners Association, Hotel/Motel.

Counties Served (Drinking Water Only) 

Counties to which the system provides drinking water. Data on counties served may be incomplete and have not been quality assured.

Activity Status (Drinking Water Only) 

Search for systems with an active or inactive designation. Default is “YES”.

  • Active -  A system is active if it produces drinking water on a regular basis. A seasonal water system may also be considered active, if it is expected to resume operation within the year.
  • Inactive - Not active. This includes systems that have gone out of business or been merged into other drinking water systems.

Active/Operating (All Media Programs Only) 

Search for facilities with an active or inactive designation. Note that facilities with any formal or informal enforcement action, or compliance monitoring activity in the past five years will have any active designation. The default selection “ANY” does not restrict search results. 

CAA (Air)                                      
Active facilities are those whose status is any of the following:

  • Operating
  • Seasonal
  • Temporarily Closed

Inactive facilities include facilities whose status is any of the following:

  • Permanently Closed
  • Planned
  • Under Construction

CWA (Wastewater)                                      
"Active Facilities" are facilities with a permit status of Effective, Administratively Continued, or Expired.

RCRA (Hazardous Waste)                                      
Active/Inactive Site designation is based on the information currently in the Agency's RCRAInfo database. "Active" indicates a facility has activities occurring that are regulated under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Subtitle C, or an authorized state's hazardous waste management regulations/statutes; or a site which has not been determined to be inactive for such regulated activities. This designation has no legal or regulatory significance.

SDWA (Drinking Water)                                      
A system is active if it produces drinking water on a regular basis. A seasonal water system may also be considered active, if it is expected to resume operation within the year.

Other Programs and Criteria                                      
These facilities also are considered "active": Toxics Release Inventory reporter in the past five years, facility with EPA formal enforcement action in the past five years, facility with EPA inspection in the past five years.

Active (Hazardous Waste Only)

Search for facilities with an active or inactive designation. The default selection “ANY” does not restrict search results.                                       

Active/Inactive Site designation is based on the information currently in the Agency's RCRAInfo database. "Active" indicates a facility has activities occurring that are regulated under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Subtitle C, or an authorized state's hazardous waste management regulations/statutes; or a site which has not been determined to be inactive for such regulated activities. This designation has no legal or regulatory significance.

Major Facility (All Media Programs Only) 

Use this button to limit your search to larger facilities. For purposes of this search, “major” refers to CAA federally-reportable sources, CWA major permittees, and RCRA treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and large quantity generators. Default is “ANY”.

Classification (Air Only) 

  • Major Emissions - Facilities which meet the definition of a Major source under the 1990 Clear Air Act Amendments. A Major source is one for which actual or potential emissions are above the applicable major source threshold. Major source thresholds for regulated pollutants run from 100 tons down depending on the pollutant toxicity and ambient air quality.
  • 80% Synthetic Minor Emissions - All facilities with the potential to emit (PTE) at or above the 80 percent major source threshold, regardless of whether the actual emissions are lower. If a state, local, or tribal agency does not differentiate facilities based on PTE, all synthetic minors are designated as 80% Synthetic Minors (SM-80s). Full CAA compliance evaluations at SM-80s facilities are conducted, at minimum, once every five federal fiscal years. 
  • Synthetic Minor Emissions - A facility that avoids Major source requirements by accepting permit conditions which limit emissions below major source thresholds.
  • Federally Reportable Minor - A Minor source subject to Part 61 National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). These sources are kept under close scrutiny because the standards are health based, and violation could imperil human health. OR Any Minor source which is subject to a formal enforcement action, including an Administrative Order, or Civil Suit in the past three years; or has an HPV that is unresolved; or is included on a Compliance Monitoring Strategy plan.
  • Emissions Classification Unknown - A facility with an unknown classification.
  • Other - A facility that is neither a Major nor a Synthetic Minor source.
  • Not Applicable - A classification does not apply to a facility.

Universe (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Select one or more options to search on the designated hazardous waste handler type, including Legacy and Operating Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDFs), as well as Large Quantity Generator (LQG), Small Quantity Generators (SQG), Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG), and Transporters. Please refer to EPA's Hazardous Waste website for more information about hazardous waste management universes.

Restrict by Media (All Media Programs, Air, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for facilities by choosing a type of environmental permit or ID from the dropdown menu.

State Region Code (Wastewater) 

Search for facilities by code to identify a particular region within a state. State or Permitting State must be selected first.


Enforcement and Compliance 

Time Since Last Compliance Monitoring Activity (All Media Programs, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for a facility or permit based on the time elapsed since the most recent compliance monitoring activity. To specify your date range, select either “Within” or “None Within” and use the slider to select up to the past 5 years to select up to 5 years prior to the current date. When a value other than “No Restrictions” is selected, you can focus your search by choosing to search for facilities in which the last compliance monitoring activity was conducted by EPA or a state agency. Select "Never" to search for facilities that have not had any compliance monitoring activities recorded in the source databases.

Compliance Monitoring Activity By Statute (All Media Programs) 

Search by the environmental statute under which the compliance monitoring activity was conducted. Hold down the CTRL key to select more than one statute.

  • CAA: Searches for on-site (FOO) and off-site (FFO) Stationary Source Full Compliance Evaluations and EPA Clean Air Act non-Stationary Source inspections included in EPA’s Annual Results. 
  • CWA: Searches for compliance monitoring activities included in the 2014 NPDES Compliance Monitoring Strategy and EPA Clean Water Act non-NPDES inspections included in EPA’s Annual Results.
  • ECPRA: Searches for EPA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act inspections included in EPA’s Annual Results.
  • FIFRA: Searches for EPA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act inspections included in EPA’s Annual Results.
  • RCRA: Searches for Hazardous Waste Compliance Evaluation Inspections (CEI), Groundwater Monitoring Evaluations (GME), and Operation and Maintenance Inspections (OAM) and the EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act non-Hazardous Waste inspections included in EPA’s Annual Results. 
  • SDWA: Search for site visits (inspections only) reported for the system in SDWIS, EPA SDWA Inspection/Evaluations in ICIS, and the number of EPA Safe Drinking Water Act inspections included in EPA’s Annual Results. 

Compliance Monitoring Activity Type (Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for a permit or facility based on one or more compliance monitoring activity types.

Hazardous Waste

The RCRA Compliance Monitoring Strategy (CMS) provides minimum frequency goals for compliance monitoring activities, that from a national perspective, the EPA believes constitute a strong and balanced compliance monitoring program. A state may be under an Alternative CMS plan than includes one or more compliance monitoring commitments that deviate from the national goals state in the RCRA CMS. For more information on the RCRA CMS, please contact Leslie Cronkhite (cronkhite.leslie@epa.gov). 

  • Any Compliance Monitoring Activity, includes searching on one or more of the following activity types: 
    • CAC - Corrective Action Compliance Evaluation
    • CAV - Compliance Assistance Visit
    • CDI - Case Development Inspection
    • CEI - Compliance Evaluation Inspection
    • CSE - Compliance Schedule Evaluation
    • FCI - Focused Compliance
    • FRR - Financial Record Review
    • FSD - Facility Self Disclosure
    • FUI - Follow-Up Inspection
    • GME - Groundwater Monitoring Evaluation
    • NIR - No 3007 Information Request Received
    • NRR - Non-Financial Record Review
    • OAM - Operation and Maintenance Inspection
  • Any Compliance Monitoring Strategy Activity, includes searching on an EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act non-Hazardous Waste inspections included in EPA’s Annual Results or more of the following activity types:  
    • CEI - Compliance Evaluation Inspection
    • GME - Groundwater Monitoring Evaluation
    • OAM - Operation and Maintenance Inspection activities. 
  • Any On-Site Compliance Monitoring Activity*
    • CAC - Corrective Action Compliance Evaluation
    • CDI - Case Development Inspection
    • CEI - Compliance Evaluation Inspection
    • CSE - Compliance Schedule Evaluation
    • FCI - Focused Compliance
    • FUI - Follow-Up Inspection
    • GME - Groundwater Monitoring Evaluation
    • OAM - Operation and Maintenance Inspection
  • CAC - Corrective Action Compliance Evaluation
  • CAV - Compliance Assistance Visit
  • CDI - Case Development Inspection
  • CEI - Compliance Evaluation Inspection
  • CSE - Compliance Schedule Evaluation
  • FCI - Focused Compliance
  • FRR - Financial Record Review
  • FSD - Facility Self Disclosure
  • FUI - Follow-Up Inspection
  • GME - Groundwater Monitoring Evaluation
  • NIR - No 3007 Information Request Received
  • NRR - Non-Financial Record Review
  • OAM - Operation and Maintenance Inspection

* Notes regarding Hazardous Waste Compliance Monitoring Activities - These activities tend to take place on-site: CAC - Corrective Action Compliance Evaluation, CDI - Case Development Inspection, CEI - Compliance Evaluation Inspection, CSE - Compliance Schedule Evaluation, FCI - Focused Compliance, FUI - Follow-Up Inspection, GME - Groundwater Monitoring Evaluation, and OAM - Operation and Maintenance Inspection. These columns exclude: CAV - Compliance Assistance Visit, FRR - Financial Record Review, FSD - Facility Self Disclosure,  NIR - No 3007 Information Request Received, and NRR - Non-Financial Record Review types. Financial Record Reviews and Non-Financial Record Reviews are evaluations of compliance, but they typically take place in the regulatory agency office. These types of evaluations are included on the Detailed Facility Report. 

Wastewater

The CWA NPDES Compliance Monitoring Strategy (CMS) provides recommended minimum frequencies for compliance monitoring activities that, from a national perspective, the EPA believes constitute a strong and balanced compliance monitoring program. A state may be under an Alternative CMS plan that includes one or more compliance monitoring commitments that deviate from the national goals and flexibilities. For more information on the CWA NPDES CMS, please contact water.compliance@epa.gov.

Compliance Monitoring Activity Types: 

  • AER - Aerial Photography
  • AFD - Animal Feeding Operation (AFO) Defined
  • AFN - AFO Designation
  • AU1 – Audit
  • AU2 – Audit
  • CBI – Biomonitoring
  • CCP - Citizen Complaint
  • CDF - Case Development Off-Site
  • CDI - Case Development
  • CEF - Full Evaluation
  • CEI – Evaluation
  • CE2 – Evaluation
  • CDO - Case Development On-Site
  • DIA – Diagnostic
  • DSA - Desk Audit
  • FLP - Follow-Up
  • FOC - Focused
  • OPM - Operation and Maintenance
  • OSV - On Site Visit
  • OVS - Oversight
  • PIU - Non-Sampling
  • PRV - Plan Review
  • PSI – Sampling
  • RMT - Remote Sensing
  • ROS - Reconnaissance without Sampling
  • RWS - Reconnaissance with Sampling
  • SA1 – Sampling
  • SCE - Schedule Evaluation
  • SCV - Self-Certification Verification
  • TX1 – Toxics

Time Since Last Compliance Evaluation (Air Only) 

Search for facilities based on the time elapsed since the last Full Compliance Evaluations or EPA Clean Air Act non-Stationary Source inspection included in EPA’s Annual Results. To specify your date range, select either “Within” or “None Within” and use the slider to select up to the past 5 years or use the date from/to options. When a value other than “No Restrictions” is selected, you can focus your search by choosing to search for facilities in which the evaluation was conducted by EPA or by the state and search for specific compliance evaluation types. Select "Never Evaluated" to search for sources that have not had any full compliance evaluations recorded in the source database.

Compliance Evaluation Type (Air Only) 

Search a facility based on the type of compliance evaluation conducted. "Any Full Compliance Evaluation" is selected by default. The CAA Compliance Monitoring Strategy includes minimum frequencies for comprehensive evaluations that are recommended for making compliance determinations at facilities covered by the policy. Such minimum frequencies establish a consistent level of evaluation coverage and environmental and public health protection. However, alternative frequencies may be negotiated with the EPA Regions to enable partner agencies to address important local air pollution and compliance concerns or priorities.

Full Compliance Evaluation (FCE) Types:

  • FFO - FCE Off-Site
  • FOO - FCE On-Site

Partial Compliance Evaluation (PCE) Types:

  • PFF - PCE Off-Site
  • PCE - PCE On-Site
  • POI - PCE On-Site Interview
  • POM - PCE On-Site Monitoring/Sampling
  • POR - PCE On-Site Record/Report Review
  • POV - PCE On-Site Visible Emission Observation
  • CST - Stack Test
  • TVA - Title V Annual Compliance Certification (TV ACC) Receipt/Review

Other Compliance Evaluation Types:

  • INV- Investigations

Time Since Last Stack Test (Air Only) 

Search for facilities based on the time elapsed since the most recent stack test. When a value other than “No Restrictions” is selected, you can focus your search by choosing to search for facilities in which the last stack test was by EPA or by the state. To specify your date range, select either “Within” or “None Within” and use the slider to select up to the past 5 years.

A stack test measures the amount of specific regulated pollutant(s) or surrogates being emitted, demonstrates the capture efficiency of a capture system, or determines the destruction or removal efficiency of a control device used to reduce emissions at facilities subject to the requirements of the Clean Air Act.

Stack Test Results (Air Only) 

Search for facilities based on the result of the stack test within the last year. Time Since Last Stack Test must first be selected to search on stack test results.

Advanced/Government Search IconStack Test Type (Air Only) 

Search for facilities based on the type of stack test conducted. Time Since Last Stack Test must first be selected to search on stack test type.

Advanced/Government Search IconBenzene Fenceline Monitoring Reporters (Air Only) 

  • No Restrictions
  • Reports Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Data
  • Exceeds Most Recent Annual Average Benzene (Concentration Change)
  • Exceeds Most Recent Sampling Period Benzene (Concentration Change)

Advanced/Government Search IconCompliance Tracking (Wastewater Only) 

Search for NPDES permits based on compliance tracking statuses in ICIS-NPDES. The Compliance Tracking selections can assist you in interpreting the compliance status, particularly for non-major permittees. There are two components of compliance tracking, including Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) non-receipt tracking and facility-level compliance status tracking. Note that compliance tracking may not be entered for some permits, as it does not apply to “Not Needed” or “Pending" permit statuses or "Unpermitted" permit type. The compliance tracking statuses can only be turned off for non-major permittees.

  • "On" generally indicates that data are being entered and all system compliance tracking is on. In ICIS-NPDES, Permit Compliance Tracking Status and DMR Non-Receipt Status are both set to “Yes”.
  • "Partial" generally indicates that some data are being entered, effluent exceedances and most facility-level status types are being identified, but DMR non-receipt is not being tracked, which suggests not all DMR data are being entered. In ICIS-NPDES, Permit Compliance Tracking Status is set to “Yes” and DMR Non-Receipt Status is set to “No”.
  • "Off" indicates that data both compliance tracking flags are off (i.e., ICIS-NPDES will not determine a facility-level compliance status). In ICIS-NPDES, Permit Compliance Tracking Status is set to “No.” Facilities with compliance tracking “off” may have violations on their hard copy DMRs that are not recorded in the ICIS-NPDES database.

Advanced/Government Search IconCompliance Issues Found During Compliance Monitoring Activity (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Restrict results based on whether compliance issues were found during a compliance monitoring strategy activity of a RCRA site. Selecting "Yes" will return facilities that were found to have compliance issues during a compliance monitoring strategy activity. Selecting "No" will return facilities that were monitored and found to be in compliance.

Site Visit Type (Drinking Water Only) 

You can use the Site Visit Type dropdown to search for systems with any site visits, sanitary surveys and inspections, or other site visit types. The default selection is "No Restrictions". The table below lists the site visit type and the corresponding dropdown menu category they fall into.

Site Visit TypeSanitary Surveys InspectionsOther Site Visits
Investigation (Complaint/Violation/etc.)  
Site Inspection  
Capacity Development Assessment  
Compliance Assistance  
Construction Inspection  
Comprehensive Performance Evaluation (CPE)  
Emergency Assistance  
Engineering Determination/Advice/Plan Review  
Formal Enforcement  
Follow-up to Formal Enforcement  
Informal Enforcement  
Informal System Inspection  
Laboratory Certification  
Laboratory Inspection  
Locational Data Collection  
Needs Survey  
Operation and Maintenance  
Other  
Permit (Qualification/Review/Compliance)  
Public Hearing  
Record Review  
Regularly Scheduled  
Sanitary Hazards Investigation  
Sample Collection  
Sanitary Survey, Partial  
Sanitary Survey, Complete  
Source Water Inspection  
State Revolving Fund  
Sanitary Survey Follow-up  
Technical Assistance (Non-specific)  
Training  
Water Treatment Plant Site Visit  
Variance/Exemption related  
Wellhead Protection Program  
Watershed Evaluation  
Cross Connection Inspection/Investigation  

 Time Since Last Site Visit (Drinking Water Only) 

Search for a system based on the time elapsed since the most recent site visit. To specify your date range, select either “Within” or “None Within” and use the slider to select up to the past 5 years or use the date from/to options to select up to 5 years prior to the current date. You can also select "Never Visited" to search for facilities that have no documented site visits. You can focus your search by choosing to search for systems in which the last site visit was conducted by EPA or a state agency. The default selection is No Restrictions. 

Compliance Status (All Media Programs, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste) 

All Media Programs

Search by overall compliance status across the program systems. Use the slider to select the compliance status of interest:

  • Any Violation - search for facilities with any type of violation, including significant violations, in the most recent quarter.
  • Significant Violation - search for facilities that have been determined to be in more severe noncompliance for the most recent quarter (air high priority violator, water/hazardous waste significant noncompliance, drinking water enforcement priority).
  • Multiple Significant Violations - search for facilities that have been determined to be in more severe noncompliance for two or more programs (air, wastewater, hazardous waste, drinking water) in the most recent quarter.

    The Compliance Status search offers flexibility in finding facilities with particular types of violations. Program system-generated codes are categorized in the "basic" view and listed individually in the "advanced" view. To switch between the two views, click the "View More/Less Options" toggle just above the search form. Users may search on more than one compliance status. To search on multiple compliance statuses, select one value at a time from the dropdown list. Users may combine criteria from both the advanced and basic view. In Google Chrome, the Compliance Status criteria can be selected from a list. In Internet Explorer, the criteria can be selected from a dropdown menu. 
    • No Restrictions - does not restrict search results.
    • Significant/Category I Noncompliance - Violations by point source dischargers of sufficient magnitude or duration to be a regulatory priority. The national program database calculates the severity of violations according to the Clean Water Act regulations, which have specific criteria specifying the duration, severity, and type of violations that rise to the level of SNC. The calculation of Category I Violations is equivalent to the SNC calculations, but because the violations occur at smaller dischargers (non-major), EPA does not classify the violations as "SNC". Repeat SNC occurrences normally are addressed through formal enforcement actions, while Category I Violations are often addressed via informal processes. (SNC/Category I types in order of severity: Compliance Schedule Violations, Effluent Exceedance Monthly, Effluent Exceedance Non-monthly,  Compliance Schedule Non-receipt, Discharge Monitoring Report Non-receipt)
    • Violation/Category II Noncompliance - Violations that are not significant upon first discovery but become significant if repeated. The noncompliance reports do not have to be submitted immediately, but are to be included the next time the facility submits monitoring reports to the regulatory agency.
    • New Violations - Violations identified or continuing after the end date of the most recent Quarterly Noncompliance Report (QNCR) (e.g., new or ongoing violations in "Quarter 13" of the Detailed Facility Report compliance history table). These data are considered draft and have not been fully quality assured. The QNCR description is provided in the Detailed Facility Report Data Dictionary 
    • No Violation Identified - No known violation recorded in the current quarter.
    • Not Applicable - Compliance status does not apply to permits with a status of "Pending", "Not Needed", or "Terminated", or with a permit type of "Unpermitted".
  • Significant/Category I Noncompliance
    • Compliance/Permit Schedule - Reporting - Compliance schedule non-receipt.
    • Compliance/Permit Schedule - Violations - An enforcement action has been issued, and the facility is not meeting its compliance schedule.
    • Effluent - Monthly Average Limit - The facility has exceeded the monthly effluent restrictions established by a state or EPA on quantities, rates, and concentrations in wastewater discharges.
    • Effluent - Non-monthly Average Limit - The facility has exceeded the non-monthly effluent restrictions established by a state or EPA on quantities, rates, and concentrations in wastewater discharges.
    • Failure to Report DMR - Not Received - Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) not received.
  • Violation/Category II Noncompliance
    • Reportable Noncompliance - Reportable Noncompliance. 
    • Other Violation - The facility has effluent, compliance schedule, permit schedule, or single-event violations in the current quarter; however, is not considered to be in RNC or SNC.
  • New Violation - Effluent exceedances reported after the last Quarterly noncompliance Report (QNCR) was issued. These data are considered draft and have not been fully quality assured. A QNCR description is provided in the Detailed Facility Report Data Dictionary 
  • No Violation Identified - Indicates no violation recorded in the current quarter.
    • Blank - No Violations - No violation recorded in the current quarter.
    • ​Resolved - The facility has returned to compliance with its permit conditions, either with or without issuance of an enforcement action.
    • Resolved - Pending - An enforcement action has been issued, and facility compliance with the action is pending final completion.
    • Unknown/Undetermined - No Data - EPA's data system is not able to determine the facility-level compliance status because the system has not been set to track it or the data haven't been entered. This information may be available from a state database.
    • Violations Manually Overridden - Not considered in RNC/SNC based on manual review of data by state or EPA region.
  • Not Applicable - Compliance status does not apply to permits with a status of "Pending", "Not Needed", or "Terminated", or with a permit type of "Unpermitted".

Hazardous Waste                                      
Select one or more of the following options to search by RCRA compliance status.

  • No Restrictions - does not restrict search results.
  • Significant Noncomplier - A RCRA site is considered to be a Significant Noncomplier when there is actual exposure or a substantial likelihood of exposure to hazardous waste/constituents, is a chronic or recalcitrant violator; or a substantial deviation from the terms of a permit, order, agreement, or RCRA statutory or regulatory requirements.
  • Noncomplier - When a RCRA site is in any violation that is not considered to be a Significant Noncomplier. See Violation Type for more information on violations.
  • No Violation Identified - Returns RCRA sites that have no current violations. Selecting this option disables the selection of Violation Type and Number of Current Violations.

Advanced/Government Search IconRecent Violations (Air Only) 

Search for a facility based on the type of recent violation. "No Restrictions" does not further restrict search results. Recent violations include:

  • all unresolved enforcement actions involving high priority violations (HPVs); and
  • any federally-reportable violations (FRVs) with a determination date in the last four quarters.

"Unresolved" means that the enforcement action is not concluded; it does not necessarily mean that the violation is still ongoing. Enforcement agencies can elect to report the dates the violation actually ends, but are not required to do so. EPA no longer tracks compliance status for FRVs, so the "recent violations" search instead uses the FRV determination date.

Advanced/Government Search IconCurrent Violation Type (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Search for RCRA sites that are in violation for the selected violation types. Violation type selections apply to the facility's current compliance status.

Enter at least one character. Select a Violation Type from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

Violation types include:

  • 265.J - TSD IS-Tank System Standards
  • 265.K - TSD IS-Surface Impoundment Standards
  • 265.L - TSD IS-Waste Pile Standards
  • 265.M - TSD IS-Land Treatment Standards
  • 265.N - TSD IS-Landfill Standards
  • 265.O - TSD IS-Incinerator Standards
  • 265.P - TSD IS-Thermal Treatment
  • 265.Q - TSD IS-Chemical Physical AND Treatment
  • 265.R - TSD IS-Underground Injection
  • 265.W - TSD IS-Drip Pad Standards
  • 265.AA - TSD IS-Air Emission Standards - Process Vents
  • 265.BB - TSD IS-Air Emission Standards - Equipment Leaks
  • 265.CC - TSD IS-Air Emission Standards - Tank/SI/Container
  • 265.DD - TSD IS-Containment Building Standards
  • 265.EE - TSD IS-Munitions/Explosives Storage
  • 266.C - Specific - Use Constituting Disposal
  • 266.F - Specific - Precious Metal Recovery
  • 266.G - Specific - Batteries Reclaimed
  • 266.H - Specific - Boilers and Industrial Furnaces
  • 266.M - Specific - Military Munitions
  • 266.N - Specific - Mixed Waste Exemption
  • 266.O - Specific - US Filter Recovery Services XL Waste
  • 268.A - LDR - General
  • 268.B - LDR - Schedule
  • 268.C - LDR - Prohibitions
  • 268.D - LDR - Treatment Standards
  • 268.E - LDR - Storage Prohibitions
  • 270.A - Permits - General Information
  • 270.B - Permits - Application
  • 270.C - Permits - Conditions
  • 270.D - Permits - Changes
  • 270.E - Permits - Expiration and Continuation
  • 270.F - Permits - Special Forms
  • 270.G - Permits - Interim Status
  • 270.H - Permits - Remedial Action Plans
  • 270.I - Permits - MACT Standards
  • 271.A - State Authorization Requirements
  • 273.A - Universal Waste - General
  • 273.B - Universal Waste - Small Quantity Handlers
  • 273.C - Universal Waste - Large Quantity Handlers
  • 273.D - Universal Waste - Transporters
  • 273.E - Universal Waste - Destination Facilities
  • 273.F - Universal Waste - Import Requirements
  • 273.G - Universal Waste - Petitions to Include Other Waste
  • 279.A - Used Oil - Definitions
  • 279.B - Used Oil - Applicability
  • 279.C - Used Oil - Generators
  • 279.D - Used Oil - Collection Centers AND Point
  • 279.E - Used Oil - Transporter and Transfer Facility
  • 279.F - Used Oil - Processors and Re-refiners
  • 279.G - Used Oil - Burners of Off-Spec for Energy Recovery
  • 279.H - Used Oil - Fuel Marketers
  • 279.I - Used Oil - Dust Suppressant and Disposal
  • FEA - Formal Enforcement Agreement or Order
  • FSS - Federal or State Statute
  • PCR - Permit Condition or Requirement
  • XXS - State Statute or Regulation
  • 262.K - Generators - Academic Labs
  • 260.B - HW Management System - Definitions
  • 260.C - HW Management System - Rulemaking Petitions
  • 261.A - Listing - General
  • 261.B - Listing - Criteria
  • 261.C - Listing - Characteristics
  • 261.D - Listing - Lists of HW
  • 262.A - Generators - General
  • 262.B - Generators - Manifest
  • 262.C - Generators - Pre-transport
  • 262.D - Generators - Records/Reporting
  • 262.E - Generators - Exports
  • 262.F - Generators - Imports
  • 262.G - Generators - Farmers
  • 262.H - Generators - Transfrontier Shipments for Recovery
  • 263.A - Transporters - General
  • 263.B - Transporters - Manifest and Recordkeeping
  • 263.C - Transporters - HW Discharges
  • 264.A - TSD - General
  • 264.B - TSD - General Facility Standards
  • 264.C - TSD - Preparedness and Prevention
  • 264.D - TSD - Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures
  • 264.E - TSD - Manifest/Records/Reporting
  • 264.F - TSD - Releases from SWMU
  • 264.G - TSD - Closure/Post-Closure
  • 264.H - TSD - Financial Requirements
  • 264.I - TSD - Container Use and Management
  • 264.J - TSD - Tank System Standards
  • 264.K - TSD - Surface Impoundment Standards
  • 264.L - TSD - Waste Pile Standards
  • 264.M - TSD - Land Treatment Standards
  • 264.N - TSD - Landfill Standards
  • 264.O - TSD - Incinerator Standards
  • 264.S - TSD - Corrective Action for SWMU
  • 264.W - TSD - Drip Pad Standards
  • 264.X - TSD - Miscellaneous Unit Standards
  • 264.AA - TSD - Air Emission Standards - Process Vents
  • 264.BB - TSD - Air Emission Standards - Equipment Leaks
  • 264.CC - TSD - Air Emission Standards - Tanks/SI/Containers
  • 264.DD - TSD - Containment Building Standards
  • 264.EE - TSD - Munitions/Explosives Storage
  • 265.A - TSD IS-General
  • 265.B - TSD IS-General Facility Standards
  • 265.C - TSD IS-Preparedness and Prevention
  • 265.D - TSD IS-Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures
  • 265.E - TSD IS-Manifest/Records/Reporting
  • 265.F - TSD IS-Ground-Water Monitoring
  • 265.G - TSD IS-Closure/Post-Closure
  • 265.H - TSD IS-Financial Requirements
  • 265.I - TSD IS-Container Use and Management
  • 262.34(A) - Generators - General
  • 261.E - Listing - Characteristics

 

Latest Violation Status (Drinking Water Only) 

Select systems with violations that are unresolved (neither corrected nor addressed) or that may have occurred, based on the latest date that EPA knows the compliance status. EPA does not generally know the exact date of a violation, but only the compliance period during which each violation took place, so this actually searches for the types of violations from the latest quarter of compliance or the last date on which the state reported any activities (whichever is later). "No Restrictions" does not restrict search results.

  • Enforcement Priority - A public water system with unresolved serious, multiple, and/or continuing violations, as identified by the quarterly application of EPA's Drinking Water Enforcement Response Policy (PDF) (16 pp, 952 K, About PDF ), that must either return to compliance or be addressed by a formal enforcement action within six months.                                      
    EPA designates enforcement priority so that the drinking water system and the primacy agency will act quickly to resolve the most significant drinking water violations. Many public water systems with violations, however, are not designated as enforcement priority. Operators and the primacy agencies are expected to correct the violations at non-enforcement priority violators as well, but without imposition of the deadlines applicable to enforcement priority systems. If the violations at a non-enforcement priority violator are left uncorrected, that system may become an enforcement priority. When a system designated as enforcement priority has returned to compliance or has been addressed by a formal enforcement action, it is no longer designated an enforcement priority. EPA updates its enforcement priority list on a quarterly basis.
  • Health-Based Violations - Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.
  • Monitoring and Reporting Violations - Failure to conduct regular monitoring of drinking water quality, as required by SDWA, or to submit monitoring results in a timely fashion to the primacy agency.
  • Public Notice Violations - Violations of the public notification requirements of SDWA, which require systems to immediately alert consumers if there is a serious problem with their drinking water that may pose a risk to public health.
  • Other Violations - Violations of other requirements of SDWA, such as issuing annual consumer confidence reports or maintaining required records.
  • New Violations Only (Unofficial) - Violations that have been reported to SDWA since end of the last official quarter. These violations are considered draft and do not reflect the official compliance status for the facility.
  • No Violations - EPA does not know of any unresolved violations for this system.

Advanced/Government Search IconMonths in HPV (Air Only) 

Search for CAA facilities based on the number of months in high priority violation (HPV) status.

Advanced/Government Search IconEffluent Limit Exceedances (Wastewater Only) 

Search for NPDES permits where effluent limits have been exceeded in the previous one, two, or three years from present day. Years are based on Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) dates and the number entered into the search form is the minimum number criteria. Note that the Effluent Limit Exceedance only includes exceedances of enforceable (permit, stay, or enforcement action) limits and does not include counts benchmark or alert limit exceedances.

Advanced/Government Search IconBenchmark Threshold Exceedances (3 years) (Wastewater Only) 

Search for NPDES permits where benchmark thresholds have been exceeded in the previous one, two, or three years from present day. Years are based on Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) dates. The number entered into the search form is the minimum number of exceedance. For a benchmark threshold to be included in the results, the parameter needs to be flagged within the database for a percent exceedances calculation.

Number of Current Violations (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Use the dropdown menu to search for RCRA facilities based on the number of current violations.

Advanced/Government Search IconFacilities with Continuing Violations (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Search for RCRA facilities based on the length of continuing violations. Select a time frame from the dropdown menu.

Quarters as an Enforcement Priority (3 years) (Drinking Water) 

Search for public water systems which have been determined to be a enforcement priority in the past 3 years (12 quarters).

Advanced/Government Search IconQuarters with Significant noncompliance (3 years) (Hazardous Waste) 

Search for permits which have been determined to be in significant noncompliance in the past 3 years (12 quarters).

Quarters with Violation (3 years) (All Media Programs, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste, Drinking Water) 

Use the dropdown menu to search based on the number of quarters a facility, permit, or system was in violation over the past 3 years.

Advanced/Government Search IconViolations in Selected Period (Wastewater Only) 

Search for permits with DMR, single event, permit schedule, or compliance schedule violations during a specific quarter of the federal fiscal year. A quarter is any of the following three-month periods: October-December (Quarter 1), January-March (Quarter 2), April-June (Quarter 3), and July-September (Quarter 4).

Quarters with Violations Reported (3 years) (Air Only) 

Use the dropdown menu to search based on the number of quarters a facility had reported violations of its CAA programs.

Pollutant with Recent Violation (Air Only) 

Search for facilities based on the type of pollutant that holds the facility in violation status in the past year. Enter at least one character. Select a pollutant from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

Enforcement Actions 

There are many enforcement action types (also called "tools") available to EPA enforcement and compliance assurance programs. Some tools are used to notify regulated entities regarding potential violations (e.g., Warning Letter, Notice of Non-Compliance). Others are used to advise regulated entities of an impending enforcement action and invite settlement (e.g., Notice of Violation, Show Cause Letter, Pre-Filing Notice Letter, and Notice of Intent to File an Administrative Complaint). Others are the actual enforcement action (e.g., Administrative Penalty Order, Administrative Compliance Order).

Informal Enforcement Actions 

Search for a facility or permit based on an informal enforcement action issued to the facility. To specify your date range, select either “Within” or “None Within” and use the slider to select up to the past 5 years. When a value other than “No Restrictions” is selected, you can focus your search further by selecting an agency. 

The full informal enforcement action definition is provided in the Detailed Facility Report Data Dictionary.

Formal Enforcement Actions 

Search for a facility or permit based on the time elapsed since the most recent formal enforcement action taken against the facility. To specify your date range, select either “Within” or “None Within” and use the slider to select up to the past 5 years.

When a value other than "No Restrictions" is selected, you can focus your search by choosing one of the following criteria:

  • By Agency – The environmental agency that issued the enforcement action. ”Any” does not further restrict search results.
  • By System – The EPA source database containing information about the enforcement action. “ICIS Only” will return facilities with enforcement action information found in the ICIS Federal Enforcement and Compliance database (ICIS-FE&C). “All Systems” does not further restrict search results.

The full formal enforcement action definition is provided in the Detailed Facility Report Data Dictionary

Advanced/Government Search IconCase Category (Air, Wastewater) 

Search for a facility or permit based on the type of action the enforcement authority used.

Case categories include:

  • Administrative - Formal (AFR) - Non-judicial enforcement actions taken by EPA or a state under its own authority, without involving a judicial court process.
  • Judicial (JDC) -  Formal lawsuits, filed in court, against persons or entities that have failed to comply with statutory or regulatory requirements or with an administrative order.

Hazardous Waste  enforcement types include: Any Action, 210 - Initial 3008(a) Compliance Order, 220 - Initial Imminent and Substantial Endangerment Order, 230 - Initial Monitoring, Analysis, Test Order, 240 - Initial 3008(h) I.S. CA Order, 250 - Field Citation, 310 - Final 3008(a) Compliance Order, 320 - Final Imminent Hazard Order, 330 - Final Monitoring, Analysis, Test Order, 340 - Final 3008(h) I.S. CA Order, 380 - Super CA/FO, 410 - Referral to Attorney General, 420 - Referral to Department of Justice, 425 - Referral to DOJ to Collect Penalties, 430 - Referral to District Attorney/City Attorney/County Attorney/State Attorney, 510 - Initial Civil Judicial Action for Compliance and/or Monetary Penalty, 520 - Initial Civil Action for Imminent and Substantial Endangerment, 530 - Initial Judicial Action for Corrective Action, 610 - Final Civil Judicial Action for Compliance and/or Monetary Penalty, 620 - Final Civil Action for Imminent and Substantial Endangerment, and 630 - Final Civil Judicial Action for Interim Corrective Action.

Penalties (All Media Programs, Air, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for a facility or permit based on when a penalty was last assessed. Select a time frame from the dropdown menu.

Significant Deficiencies Found During Sanitary Survey (Drinking Water Only) 

For a public water system that has conducted a sanitary survey within five years, search for public water systems with or without significant deficiencies within the past five years or within the last survey completed or within the most recent survey activity.

All public water systems are required to be evaluated by a sanitary survey every three to five years. A sanitary survey is an on-site review of a system's water source, treatment, distribution system, storage, pumps, monitoring and reporting, management and operation, and operator compliance, and intended to point out sanitary deficiencies and assess the system’s capability to supply safe drinking water.

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Environmental Conditions 

Nonattainment Area for Any Pollutant (All Media Programs, Air) 

Search for facilities that are located in a nonattainment area for which EPA has developed GIS shapefiles. A nonattainment area is an area that does not meet one or more of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for six commonly found air pollutants ("criteria pollutants") designated in the Clean Air Act: particle pollution (often referred to as particulate matter), ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and lead. Nonattainment areas for the following standards are currently included in ECHO:

  • Ozone 8 hr (1997 Standard)
  • Ozone 8 hr (2008 Standard)
  • Ozone 8 hr (2015 Standard)
  • Carbon Monoxide (1971 Standard)
  • Lead (1978) Standard)
  • Lead (2008 Standard)
  • PM 2.5 (1997 Standard)
  • PM 2.5 (2006 Standard)
  • PM 2.5 (2012 Standard)
  • PM 10 (1987 Standard)
  • Nitrogen Dioxide (1971 Standard)
  • Sulfur Dioxide (1971 Standard)
  • Sulfur Dioxide (2010 Standard)

“No Restrictions” is selected by default and places no restrictions on the search. Select “Nonattainment Status” to identify facilities located within an area where air pollution levels persistently exceed the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Select "Nonattainment or Maintenance Status" to identify facilities located in a nonattainment or maintenance nonattainment area, or "None" to exclude facilities located in a nonattainment or maintenance nonattainment area.

Discharging into Impaired Waters (All Media Programs, Wastewater) 

Limit your search to permits discharging directly into category 4 or 5 impaired waters. The impaired waters search flag includes facilities that discharge into an impaired water body for which a plan has not yet been developed - these are listed waters under the CWA section 303(d) program (category 5 water body) – as well as facilities that discharge to an impaired water body for which the state has developed a plan to return the water to its designated uses - under the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) program (category 4 water body). “No Restrictions” is selected by default and places no restrictions on the search. Select “Yes” to identify facilities that are discharging into impaired waters or “No” to exclude facilities that are discharging into impaired waters.

Under section 303(d) of the CWA, states, territories, and authorized tribes are required to develop lists of impaired waters. These are waters for which technology-based regulations and other required controls are not stringent enough to meet the water quality standards set by states. The law requires that states establish priority rankings for waters on the lists and develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), for these waters. A TMDL is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive and still safely meet water quality standards. For more information about impaired waters or TMDLs, please visit EPA's overview of impaired waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads Program webpage. For detailed information on the categorization of impaired waters, see Section V of the 2006 Integrated Report Guidance.

  • 5. Impaired - TMDL needed. Available information indicates that at least one designated use is not being supported and a TMDL is needed (also known as the 303(d) listed waters).
  • 4. Impaired - TMDL not needed. Available information indicates that at least one designated use is not being supported, but a TMDL is not needed (see subcategories).
  • 4a. TMDL completed. A TMDL has been completed, but impairment still exists.
  • 4b. TMDL alternative. Impairment is being addressed by a method other than a TMDL (e.g., stream bank improvements).
  • 4c. Non-pollutant causes. Cause of impairment is not a pollutant (e.g., habitat destruction).

Note that locational data (latitude and longitude) are needed to index NPDES permits to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Reach Address Database (RAD). For some facilities, locational data are not available, so whether the facilities directly discharge into impaired waters cannot be determined.

Causes of Impairment(s) by Group(s) (ATTAINS) (Wastewater Only) 

Search for NPDES permits by pollutant impairment groups as maintained in the ATTAINS database. See the Impairment Group Parameter Crosswalk (CSV) (148 K) to derive the list of cause groups.

Discharging Pollutants Potentially Contributing to Impairment (Wastewater Only) 

Search for NPDES permits having limits or monitoring requirements for pollutants  with the potential to contributing to the impairment of local water bodies. EPA compiled a list of pollutants in ICIS-NPDES that may be associated with each ATTAINS impairment cause group. See the Impairment Group Parameter Crosswalk (CSV) (148 K) for the complete list of pollutants.

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Pollutant 

TRI Reporting Period (All Media Programs) 

Search for facilities based on whether they reported to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for the "current" or most recent reporting year or a prior reporting year.

TRI Reporting Period (Hazardous Waste)

Search for facilities based on whether they reported TRI Off-Site Chemical Transfers in the "current" or most recent reporting year or a prior reporting year.

TRI On-Site Chemical Release Amount (All Media Programs Only) 

Search for facilities by the amount of on-site chemical releases (pounds/year) they reported to the Toxics Release Inventory in the selected reporting year.

TRI On-Site Land Disposal (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Search for facilities by the year, pollutant, and amount (pounds/year) of on-site land disposal they reported to the Toxics Release Inventory. Land disposal includes all the chemicals disposed on land within the boundaries of the reporting facility.

TRI Land Disposal Year (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Search for facilities by the year they reported to the Toxics Release Inventory for on-site land releases (pounds/year).

TRI Land Disposal Pollutant (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Search for facilities by a specific pollutant they reported to the Toxics Release Inventory for on-site land releases (pounds/year). Users can type in the name of the specific pollutant and then select from the drop-down menu.

TRI Land Disposal Amount (Hazardous Waste Only) 

Search for facilities by the amount of on-site land releases (pounds/year) they reported to the Toxics Release Inventory in the selected reporting year.

TRI Off-Site Chemical Transfer Amount (All Media Programs, Hazardous Waste) 

Search for facilities by the amount of off-site chemical transfers (pounds/year) they reported to the Toxics Release Inventory in the selected reporting year.

TRI Direct Water Discharge Amount (Wastewater Only) 

Pounds/year of chemicals released directly to surface water as reported to the Toxics Release Inventory in the most recent reporting year.

TRI POTW Transfer Amount (Wastewater Only) 

Pounds/year of chemicals transferred to a Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW) as reported to the Toxics Release Inventory in the most recent reporting year.

Monitoring or Limit Data (Wastewater Only) 

The date range during which discharges are measured or monitored. To specify your date range, select “Within” and use the slider to select up to the past 5 years. Selecting a number of years requires the selection of either Pollutant Name, Pollutant Category, CAS Number, or Parameter Code. If one of these selections is made without selecting a number of years, "No Restrictions" will search on the past five years of monitoring or limit data.

Pollutant (Wastewater Only) 

The names used in ICIS-NPDES to identify the substance discharged. A pollutant name is provided for each DMR measurement in ICIS-NPDES. This selection cannot be combined with Pollutant Category, CAS Number, or Parameter Code.

Enter at least one character. Select a pollutant from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

Pollutant(s) Have Violations (Past 3 years) (Wastewater Only) 

Select the checkbox to limit your search to facilities discharging the selected pollutant(s) that have effluent exceedances (i.e., violation code E90) in the past three years.

Pollutant Category (Wastewater Only) 

Categories of different types of pollutants, as identified in the NPDES parameter to pollutant category crosswalk. This selection can not be combined with Pollutant Name, CAS Number, or Parameter Code.

Pollutant categories include:

  • Metals - All metals parameters. Hexavalent or trivalent metals and metals in ionic form (e.g., hexavalent chromium and aluminum, ion) are included, but metal compounds (e.g., calcium chloride) are not included.
  • Nitrogen - All parameters for total nitrogen, organic nitrogen, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia.
  • Organic Enrichment - Parameters for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD).
  • Pathogen Indicators - Parameters for total coliform, streptococci, and enteric.
  • Phosphorus - Phosphorus and phosphate parameters. 
  • Clean Water Act Priority Pollutants - The 126 pollutants that EPA currently defines as priority pollutants
  • CERCLA Hazardous Substances - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) hazardous substances are substances that are considered severely harmful to human health and the environment. Many are commonly used substances which are harmless in their normal uses, but are quite dangerous when released. They are defined in terms of those substances either specifically designated as hazardous under the Superfund law, or those substances identified under other laws. Superfund's definition of a hazardous substance includes the following:
    • Any element, compound, mixture, solution, or substance designated as hazardous under section 102 of CERCLA.
    • Any hazardous substance designated under section 311(b)(2)(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), or any toxic pollutant listed under section 307(a) of the CWA. There are over 400 substances designated as either hazardous or toxic under the CWA.
    • Any hazardous waste having the characteristics identified or listed under section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Any hazardous air pollutant listed under section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended. There are over 200 substances listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
    • Any imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture which the EPA Administrator has "taken action under" section 7 of the Toxic Substances Control Act.
  • TRI Chemicals - All pollutants that are associated with chemicals that are reported to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program.
  • Solids - Parameters for suspended and settable solids. This category does not include chemical-specific solids, such as suspended copper.
  • Wastewater Flow - All wastewater flow parameters for measuring wastewater flows in millions of gallons per day, gallons per day, and gallons per minute.
  • Temperature - Parameters for measuring wastewater temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
  • Radionuclides - All parameters measuring specific radionuclides such as Uranium and Radium isotopes, as well as radioactivity not specific to a particular isotope, including gross alpha and gross beta radiation. 
  • Color - All parameters measuring color in wastewater. Color measurements may be reported using a variety of units, such as Platinum Cobalt (Pt-Co) units or pound/ton produced.
  • Whole Effluent Toxicity - Parameters measuring Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) in wastewater. WET refers to the aggregate toxic effect to aquatic organisms from all pollutants contained in a facility’s wastewater. 
  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) - PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals that includes Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), GenX, and many other chemicals. PFAS have been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around the globe, including in the United States since the 1940s. The chemicals are very persistent in the environment and in the human body – meaning they don’t break down and they can accumulate over time. There is evidence that exposure to PFAS can lead to adverse human health effects.

CAS Number (Wastewater Only) 

A Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number is a number assigned by the American Chemical Society that uniquely identifies a chemical.  Click the Add More button to add a value to the Selected Search Criteria panel and clear the input field for a new value, or separate multiple CAS Numbers by commas. This selection can not be combined with Pollutant Name, Pollutant Category, or Parameter Code.

Advanced/Government Search IconParameter (Wastewater Only) 

A five-character code and description in ICIS-NPDES that identifies the regulated pollutant parameter in a NPDES permit and specifies both the pollutant name and pollutant form (e.g., dissolved or suspended).

Multiple parameters can apply to a single pollutant or CAS number. Enter at least one character to view parameter codes or names containing the character(s) in a dropdown list. Select a parameter code from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

This selection can not be combined with Pollutant, Pollutant Category, or CAS Number. See the Technical Reference Documents  page for a full list of pollutants. 

Has TRI ID (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that have Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) IDs.

TRI Reporting Year (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that reported TRI air emissions in a specific reporting year (last 10 reporting years). Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple years. If a year is not selected (i.e., "No restrictions"), the last 10 reporting years are searched on.

TRI Release Category (Air Only) 

Search for facilities based on the category of air emissions reported to TRI:

  • TRI Rel to Air (Total) - Total chemical releases to air
  • TRI Carcinogen Rel to Air - Air releases of chemicals considered to be carcinogens. Chemicals are classified as carcinogens under the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). For more information, see TRI Chemicals Classified as OSHA Carcinogens.
  • TRI Hazardous Rel to Air - Air releases of TRI-listed chemicals considered to be hazardous air pollutant (HAPs)

TRI Release Amount must also be selected to search on TRI Release Category. By default, a release amount of greater than 0 pounds (lb) will be added to the search criteria after selecting a TRI Release Category.

TRI Pollutant (Air Only) 

Search for facilities reporting air emissions for a particular pollutant(s). Enter at least one character. Select a pollutant from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

For more information about pollutants reported under the TRI program, see TRI-Listed Chemicals.

A TRI Release Amount must also be selected to search on TRI Pollutant. By default, a release amount of greater than 0 pounds (lb) will be added to the search criteria after selecting a TRI Pollutant.

TRI Release Amount (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that have reported air releases greater than or equal to a specific amount (in pounds). A TRI Release Category or TRI Pollutant must also be selected to search on release amount. To enter a custom amount, select "Enter a custom amount" from the dropdown. A Custom Amount box will appear. Enter a whole number into the Custom Amount box.

Has EIS ID (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that have National Emission Inventory (NEI) IDs in the Emissions Inventory System (EIS). 

NEI Year (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that reported to NEI in a specific reporting year. NEIs are released on a triennial basis (e.g., 2011, 2014, 2017). 

NEI Emission Category (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that reported specific categories of air pollutants:

NEI Emission Amount must also be selected to search on TRI Pollutant. By default, an emission amount of greater than 0 tons will be added to the search criteria after selecting a NEI Emission Category.

NEI Pollutant (Air Only) 

Search for facilities reporting air emissions to NEI for a particular pollutant(s). Enter at least one character. Select a pollutant from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list.

NEI Emission Amount must also be selected to search on TRI Pollutant. By default, an emission amount of greater than 0 tons will be added to the search criteria after selecting a NEI Pollutant.

NEI Emission Amount (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that have reported air releases greater than or equal to a specific amount (in tons). An NEI Emission Category or NEI Pollutant must also be selected to search on emission amount. To enter a custom amount, select "Enter a custom amount" from the dropdown. A Custom Amount box will appear. Enter a whole number into the Custom Amount box.

Has GHGRP ID (Air Only) 

Search for facilities with one or more of the following reporting statuses (for the most recent year they reported to the GHGRP).

Latest GHG Reporting Status (All Media Programs, Air) 

Search for facilities with one or more of the following reporting statuses (for the most recent year they reported to the GHGRP): 

  • Verification in Progress - Reports are being evaluated by EPA via electronic validation and verification checks.
  • Discontinued Reporting without a Valid Reason - Reporting was discontinued without a valid reason provided.
  • Discontinued Reporting with a Valid Reason - Reporting was discontinued and a valid reason (under 40 CFR Part 98.2(i) of the General Provisions) was presented.
  • Reporting and Meeting Verification Requirements - Reporting was completed and met the validation and verification checks. 

Note that this search option is independent from the GHG Reporting Year search option. 

GHG Reporting Year (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that reported to GHG in a specific reporting year. GHG reporting began in 2010.

GHG Emission Category (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that reported specific categories of greenhouse gases:

  • Carbon dioxide (CO2)
  • Methane (CH4)
  • Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
  • Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
  • Nitrogen Trichloride (NF3)
  • Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
  • Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
  • Hydrofluoroethers (HFEs)

A GHG Emission Amount must also be selected to search on TRI Pollutant. By default, an emission amount of greater than 0 metric tons CO2e will be added to the search criteria after selecting a GHG Emission Category.

GHG Emission Amount (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that have reported air releases greater than or equal to a specific amount (in metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)). A GHG Emission Category must first be selected to search on emission amount. To enter a custom amount, select "Enter a custom amount" from the dropdown. A Custom Amount box will appear. Enter a whole number into the Custom Amount box.

Has CAMDBS ID (Air Only) 

Search for facilities that have Clean Air Markets Division Business System (CAMDBS) IDs.

Contaminant(s) in Violation (3 years) (Drinking Water Only) 

Search by contaminant name(s) in violation of a SDWA regulation in the past three years. Enter at least one character. Select a contaminant from the dropdown list to add it to the search criteria selected panel and clear the input field for a new value. Multiple selections are allowed; however, users may only select one value at a time from the dropdown list. Checking "Contaminant(s) with Violation in Latest Quarter" will search by contaminant name(s) in violation of a SDWA regulation during the most recent quarter. This includes violations in the most recent official quarter, and new violations that have been reported since the end of the last official quarter.

Selecting the "Health-Based Violations" checkbox will restrict the search to systems with maximum contaminant level (MCL) violations, maximum residual disinfectant level (MRDL) violations, or Treatment Technique (TT) rule violations for the selected contaminant(s).

Action Level Exceedance (Past 5 Years) (Drinking Water Only) 

Search for systems that have exceeded lead and/or copper action levels in the past five years. Action level exceedances are not violations, but trigger other requirements to limit exposure to lead and copper in drinking water. See more information on the Lead and Copper Rule.

Violations (Past 5 Years) (Drinking Water Only) 

Search for systems in violation of the Lead and Copper Rule in the past five years. See more information on the Lead and Copper Rule.