1. Pesticides Dashboard and ECHO
Enforcement and Compliance History Online –
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2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Introduction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides public access to its regulatory compliance and enforcement data online.
The Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website at integrates data from major EPA information systems for public use.
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3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
What is ECHO?
ECHO is EPA’s public website that provides compliance information about regulated facilities
How they are regulated (Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Safe Drinking Water Act)
When they were inspected
Whether violations of environmental regulations were found
Whether enforcement action was taken
The site also provides aggregated activity statistics by state and some batch files
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4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ECHO Content
Compliance history for more than 800,000 EPA-regulated facilities
Three-year compliance status and five-year inspection and enforcement history
EPA and state, local, and tribal environmental agency data for:
Clean Air Act stationary sources
Clean Water Act permitted direct dischargers
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act hazardous waste handlers
Safe Drinking Water Act public water systems
EPA inspection and enforcement action data for other statutes like EPCRA, FIFRA, TSCA
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5. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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6. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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7. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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8. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Proposed New Pesticides Dashboards
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9. Key Aspects of FIFRA Dashboard
Uses a variety of data sources – Section Seven Tracking System (SSTS), ICIS, and state 5700 form submissions
Uses an excel based database system
Standardized to yearly view of data (primarily FY unless otherwise noted)
3 year time horizon for most data views
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10. FIFRA Dashboard Project Milestones
Dec 2014: Shared dashboard at EPA FIFRA National Meeting
Jan 28: Conducted webinar with Regions
Feb 16: Region comment period ends
Feb TBD: Conduct Webinar with States/Tribes
March: State/Tribe comment period ends 3/27
April: OC review feedback and prioritize/approve design changes
Spring: Plan release of final dashboard design to public
Next Steps: Add new data analytics (e.g., WPS, new performance measures)
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