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ITEP Resources::
USEPA Databases:
AQS: Air Quality System:
- AQS contains ambient air pollution data collected by EPA, state, local, and tribal air pollution control agencies from thousands of monitoring stations. AQS also contains meteorological data, descriptive information about each monitoring station (including its geographic location and its operator), and data quality assurance/quality control information.
- Before using the AQS application, users must register with the EPA.
- www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/index.htm
AFS: Air Facility System:
- AFS contains compliance and permit data for stationary sources regulated by the EPA and state and local air pollution agencies. AFS is used by some state and local government agencies to track permit data.
- www.epa.gov/compliance/data/systems/air/afssystem.html
PCS: Permit Compliance System:
- PCS provides information on companies which have been issued permits to discharge
waste water into rivers. You can review information on when a permit was issued and
expires, how much the company is permitted to discharge, and the actual monitoring
data showing what the company has discharged.
- www.epa.gov/enviro/html/pcs/adhoc.html
RCRAInfo: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information:
- This database contains a wealth of information about waste handlers, including those dealing with hazardous wastes.
- Also contains information on laws and regulations governing waste.
- http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/rcris/
TRIS: Toxic Release Inventory:
- The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities.
- Has a ZIP code based search engine to find toxic sources in your area.
- www.epa.gov/tri/index.htm
CERCLIS: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System:
- CERCLIS contains information on hazardous waste sites, potential hazardous waste sites, and remedial activities across the nation.
- www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/cursites/index.htm
IDEA: Integrated Data for Enforcement Analysis:
- With IDEA you can obtain a comprehensive historical profile of inspections, enforcement actions, penalties assessed, toxic chemicals released, and emergency hazardous spills for any EPA regulated facility. This single point of access provides information from the Agency's Air, Water, Hazardous Waste, Toxic Chemical Release Inventory, and Emergency Response Notification Systems.
- www.epa.gov/compliance/data/systems/multimedia/idea/index.html
ENVIROFACTS:
- A huge warehouse of environmental information. It is not confined to compliance and/or enforcement issues.
- www.epa.gov/enviro/
OTIS: OnlineTracking Information System:
- OTIS is a collection of search engines which enables EPA staff, state/local/tribal governments, and federal agencies to access a wide range of data relating to enforcement and compliance. OTIS is a web application that sends queries to the Integrated Data for Enforcement Analysis (IDEA) system.
- www.epa.gov/compliance/data/systems/multimedia/aboutotis.html
Sector Facility Indexing:
- SFIP brings together environmental and other information from a number of data systems to produce facility-level profiles for five industry sectors (petroleum refining, iron and steel production, primary nonferrous metal refining and smelting, pulp manufacturing, and automobile assembly) and a subset of major federal facilities.
- www.epa.gov/sfipmtn1/
ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online):
- This very user-friendly database allows you to look for facilities in your community and discover when inspections were conducted; if violations were detected; and if enforcement actions were taken and/or penalties assessed.
- www.epa.gov/echo/index.html
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