NDIA’s 30 th Environmental and Energy Symposium & Exhibition San Diego, CA April 2004 Will Garvey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FEDERAL FACILITIES US Government owns substantial amount of real estate  32,000+ facilities  400,000+ buildings owned or leased  675 million acres  30% of USA by acreage Environmental requirements apply to over 8,000 facilities

EPA Data Access Much of EPA’s compliance data is now online ECHO: Enforcement & Compliance History Online  2 years of data for 800,000 facilities, including federal facilities  Available to public, including your surrounding communities

ECHO Web Site

ECHO Options for searches:  Facility Info: name, SIC code, Federal facility  Geographic Info--city, State, county, EPA Region, zip code, Indian land  Inspections and Enforcement Actions: none or up to last 2 years  Current Compliance Status: violations or none  EJ factors

Federal Agency Additional information available to EPA and State regulators and Federal employees FACTS = Federal Agency Compliance Tracking System FACTS is part of Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) Free, however, users must register to use OTIS/FACTS Go to

FACTS

FACTS Advantages over ECHO  Agency-wide info  Up to 5 years of information  Verify information received from field (ground truthing)  Compare with other agencies  Know what EPA and States know about your facilities

Detailed Information Information available on:  Inspections: up to 5 years  EPA & State enforcement actions, including penalties: up to 5 years  Violations: up to 2 years  Use to track resolutions of violations or enforcement cases

Detailed Facility Information Detailed Facility Reports  List all ID numbers for facility (even if names on permits differ slightly)  Significant violations shown in Bold and Red; easy to see possible problem areas Report Error button: use to electronically report errors to EPA and states List of “Data Stewards” at EPA and States: a human to contact for more information

Detailed Facility Information

Contacts FFEO POC for FACTS:  Rich Satterfield:  Will Garvey: