1. Internet Resources for Environmental Enforcement Jami Ferguson California Environmental Protection Agency

2. R@IN www.regionalassociations.org Apply for user name and password Governmental environmental regulatory and enforcement personnel only Compendium of internet links is updated regularly

3. Links File

4. Tips for Web Searching Use quotation marks to search for phrases “environmental enforcement” Use + or – to increase relevance +cowboy -football -Dallas Search engines – use advanced search and limit searches to specific sites Use meta-search engine www.vivisimo.com for clustered resultswww.vivisimo.com

5. People Searches Reverse searches on phone #s (Google) Occupational Databases - www.landings.comwww.landings.com Political Donors - www.tray.comwww.tray.com Birth date search - www.birthdatabase.comwww.birthdatabase.com Dead or alive? - http://familytreelegends.com/ssdi

6. Business Searches www.dnb.com – Dun & Bradstreet U.S. company reports – basic company information is freewww.dnb.com www.business.com – Company and industry information www.hoovers.com – Profiles of public companieswww.hoovers.com www.thomasregister.com – Listings for American & Canadian manufacturerswww.thomasregister.com

7. Dun & Bradstreet

8. Determining Relationships Among Companies Need to determine relationship among: Smithfield FoodsGwaltney of Smithfiled North Side Foods Patrick Cudahy Inc. Stefano FoodsFarmland Quick to Fix Foods John Morrell Search www.google.com for Smithfield Foodswww.google.com Investor Information at Smithfield website indicates a public company (see SEC Filings)

9. SEC Filings 10K – annual report Contains information to determine relationships between companies – –Financial info – –Officers and Directors – –General business description in Table of Contents

10. Company Search – Federal Contractors Are they a federal contractor? www.ccr.gov -Central Contractor Registration www.ccr.gov Search Federal Procurement Data System Who did they sell to How much was sold Possibility of debarment provides leverage Have they been excluded from Federal Contracts? http://epls.arnet.gov

12. Company Search - ECHO Enforcement and Compliance History Online Available to the public Use ECHO to determine whether: – –Compliance inspections have been conducted – –Violations were detected – –Enforcement actions were taken and penalties were assessed

13. ECHO Search by facility name; geographic location; compliance information; inspection/ enforcement history Use for targeting, pre-inspection review Reports include 2 years of data

15. Contact Information Jami Ferguson Office of the Secretary California Environmental Protection Agency 1001 I Street, 25 th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 jferguso@calepa.ca.gov