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This document provides
users with a list of the variables and definitions
that have been incorporated into the Detailed Facility
Report. The Detailed Facility Report provides a concise
enforcement and compliance history for the facilities
selected in your search using EPA's Integrated Data
for Enforcement Analysis (IDEA)
system. Each facility is tracked for compliance under
three environmental statutes: the Clean Air Act (CAA),
the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). Inspection, enforcement,
and compliance data are compiled from the three program
office data systems associated with these laws:
- AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS);
- Permit Compliance System (PCS); and
- RCRA Information System (RCRAInfo).
Federal enforcement actions are also tracked in the
Federal Enforcement Docket. Docket contains information
for federal administrative and federal judicial cases
under the following environmental statutes: the Clean
Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section
313, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund),
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and the Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA).
Docket may contain duplicates of actions and penalties
shown in the program databases.
Please note that the Detailed Facility Report is
an aggregate report, that is, it summarizes data from
the source databases and presents them in a meaningful
and succinct manner. Different tracking methods and
indicators across the source databases necessitate
that some data within the Detailed Facility Report
be displayed differently.
Note that the date the report is generated appears at
the top of the report. The date that the individual
databases were last uploaded to IDEA appears at the
bottom of the report. Data entered into the systems
after the 'refresh' dates shown at the bottom of the
report are not available. Data in IDEA is refreshed
once per month, usually in the middle of each month.
While EPA has extensive data quality processes in place,
users may find it necessary to contact the state or
local agency if data are missing. In some cases, state/local
governments will have additional information.
The
Detailed Facility Report is organized into eleven
sections for each facility matching your search:
- Facility Permits and Identifiers
- Facility Characteristics
- Inspection and Enforcement Summary
Data
- Inspection History
- Compliance Summary Data
- Two Year Compliance Status by
Quarter
- Formal Enforcement Actions
- EPA Civil Docket Cases
- Environmental Conditions
- TRI Reported Chemical Releases
and Transfers by Year
- TRI Reported Releases and Transfers
by Chemical and Year
- Demographic Profile of Surrounding
Area
Compliance and enforcement data are separate from
information not related to compliance (i.e., chemical
release, demographic data). TRI chemical release information
is provided for each reporting facility. It is not
a measure of compliance as the reported releases are
typically permissible under current laws. The Detailed
Facility Report also contains a demographic section
which uses U.S. Census data and draws from the Census
Block Group Data (CBG) database. The CBG database
is derived from the 1990 Census of Population and
Housing Summary Tape Files 1A and 3A (2000 data will
be available soon). The total population within a
three-mile radius of a facility is one indicator of
the facility’s surrounding environment and provides
context for other facility indicators. This indicator
does not imply that there is any exposure to the identified
population.
All twelve sections will not necessarily be present
for each facility. If a report section is absent for
a given facility, it simply means there was no relevant
data matching the content of that section.
For the purpose of this report, the "last two
years" is defined as the eight most recently
completed quarters, plus data from the current quarter
up until the refresh date. |
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The Linked Permit and
Identifiers section of the Detailed Facility Report
provides the associated statute, system, source ID,
facility name, and address for program records that
are associated with a particular EPA Master Source
ID (maintained by the Facility Registry System). The
Facility Registry System (FRS) links permits to a
Master Source ID. The Detailed Facility Report will
denote "FRS" for each facility on the first line.
In some cases, the Detailed Facility Report will display
the acronym "SFI" instead of FRS. SFI denotes a facility
that is part of the Sector Facility Indexing Project.
These facilities have received a very high level of
data quality review. If the report does not contain
FRS or SFI in the first line, the individual program
records are not integrated. These facilities are normally
small and unique to one program. Data available from
the one program will be displayed.
Facilities may be regulated under more than one environmental
statute depending on the size and nature of the operations
of the facility. Definitions for the column headings
are given below: |
| Statute |
The name
of the statute associated with each of the permits
and identifiers linked to the facility:
- CAA = the Clean Air Act;
- CWA = the Clean Water Act;
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act; and
- EP313 = the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act, Section 313 (also known as the Toxics Release
Inventory Program).
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| System |
The EPA data
system in which permit and facility records are kept.The
FRS (Facility Registry System) links records from
many EPA data systems. Within FRS a Master Source
ID record is maintained. Because name and address
information for a given facility can vary considerably
from one program system to another. The first line
of the report attempts to give the 'best' value according
to FRS or SFI. The following list describes the individual
data systems that are linked to form the facility
report:
- AFS - AIRS Facility Subsystem of the Aerometric
Information Retrieval System (AIRS) for Clean Air
Act programs;
- BRS - Biennial Reporting System of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program;
- PCS - Permit Compliance System for Clean
Water Act programs monitoring National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits;
- RCR - Resource Conservation and Recovery
Information System for Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) programs; and
- TRI - Toxics Release Inventory for Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Section
313 submissions.
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| Source ID |
An alphanumeric field, which
is a unique value for each record/permit within each
data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes
in the individual data systems and have no other meaning. |
| Facility
Name |
Company or permit holder
name, as maintained by each data system. The facility
name may differ across EPA databases due to differences
in reported information, change in ownership, use of
parent or subsidiary name, etc. |
| Street Address |
Street address where facility
is located, as maintained by each data system. Certain
data systems also maintain mailing address information,
which is not used in this report. The street address
may differ across EPA databases due to differences in
reported information (e.g., use of mailing address),
change in ownership, use of parent or subsidiary address,
etc. |
| City |
City where facility is located,
as maintained by each data system. The city may differ
across EPA databases due to differences in reported
information, use of parent or subsidiary location as
mailing address, etc. |
| State |
State, as maintained by each
data system. The state may differ across EPA databases
due to differences in reported information, use of parent
or subsidiary location as mailing address, etc. |
| Zip |
US postal Zip code, as maintained
by each data system. The zip code may differ across
EPA databases due to differences in reported information,
use of parent or subsidiary location as mailing address,
etc. |
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This table of the report
provides more specific information on the facility.
As with the Permit and Identifiers table, this information
is taken from each of the program specific databases.
Definition for column headings are shown below: |
| Statute |
The name of the statute
associated with each of the permits and identifiers
linked to the facility: Only CAA, CWA, RCRA, and EP313
are displayed in this section. The first line of this
section is normally the Facility Registry System (FRS)
data so the statute box is blank.
- CAA = the Clean Air Act;
- CWA = the Clean Water Act;
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act; and
- EP313 = the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act, Section 313.
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| Source
ID |
An alphanumeric field, which
is a unique value for each record/permit within each
data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes
in the individual data systems and have no other meaning. |
| Facility
Status |
This field provides further
description on type of permit or record for each data
system as follows:
For CAA - The program office defines each CAA Source
ID and the associated permits as being Federally Reportable
or Non-Federally Reportable. If the source is major
or synthetic minor, it is considered Federally Reportable;
minor sources are Non-Federally Reportable. The Clean
Air Act requires AFS to track all federally reportable
sources. The Air Program Status is also given for
each source ID:
- Operating;
- Planned;
- Under construction;
- Temporarily closed;
- Permanently closed; and
- Seasonal
For CWA - Each CWA Source ID or National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit is defined
by the program office as a Major or Minor discharger.
Unlike major permits, most minor permits do not have
monitoring requirements. PCS further designates a
permitted facility as being Active or Inactive. Under
the CWA, all facilities discharging pollutants from
a point source (e.g., a pipe) to surface waters must
have an active NPDES permit.
For RCRA - RCRA Source ID or permits for Treatment
Storage or Disposal facilities are identified by TSD,
Large Quantity Generators are identified by LQG. Other
values include Permit Workload (PMT), Closure Workload
(CLO), Small Generator Universe (SQG), Conditionally-Exempt
Small Quantity Generator (CESQG), Post-Closure Workload
(POST CL), and Transporters. |
| Permit Expiration
Date |
Date on which a given permit
is scheduled to expire. |
| Lat/Long |
The latitude and longitude
of the facility or permit holder as maintained in each
data system. The FRS lat/long is from the EPA locational
reference table (LRT) file which represents the "best"
value for the latitude and longitude coordinates. The
SFI lat/long is typically the latitude and longitude
of the facility as maintained by the TRI system (EP313). |
| Indian Lands |
A value of “N/A” (Not Applicable)
indicates this information is not maintained in the
program data system. “No” indicates the facility is
not on Indian Lands, and a value of “Yes” indicates
the facility is on Indian Lands according to the source
database. |
| Primary and
Secondary SIC Codes |
Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) codes, as maintained by each data system. SIC
codes are established by the Census Bureau to identify
processes, products and services. Each data system has
different criteria for incorporating this information
(e.g., for EP313, the SIC codes are self-reported by
the facility each year). |
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| Statute |
The name of the statute
associated with each of the permits and identifiers
linked to the facility. Only CAA, CWA, and RCRA are
displayed in this section.
- CAA = the Clean Air Act;
- CWA = the Clean Water Act;
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act
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| Source
ID |
An alphanumeric field,
which is a unique value for each record/permit within
each data system. These identifiers are for tracking
purposes in the individual data systems and have no
other meaning. |
| Insp
Last 2 (or 5) Yrs |
The number of inspections
that have occurred at the facility, under the corresponding
statute, within the last two or five years (depending
on whether you are using the public search tool (ECHO)
or the internal version (OTIS)). The last 2 years will
include data from the eight most recently completed
quarters, plus data from the current quarter up until
the refresh date. The last 5 years will include data
from the 20 most recently completed quarters, plus data
from the current quarter up until the refresh date.
This count only includes inspection types that are counted
as official inspections for the Reporting for Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance Priorities (RECAP). RECAP is
the official count of inspections at the federal level.
See the "Inspection History" section for a
list of inspection types counted under RECAP. |
| Date
of Last Insp |
The date on
which most recent inspection of the facility took place. |
| Formal Enf
Act Last 2 (or 5) Yrs |
The number of formal enforcement
actions that have been made against the facility, under
the corresponding statute, within the last two or five
years (depending on whether you are using the public
search tool (ECHO) or the internal version (OTIS)).
This count only includes enforcement actions that have
been entered in the program databases: AFS, PCS, and
RCRAInfo. Enforcement actions that have only been entered
into the Federal Enforcement Docket are not included
in this section to avoid duplicative counting. Please
refer to the Formal Enforcement Actions
section to determine which actions qualify. |
| Penalties
Last 2 (or 5) Yrs |
The total dollar amount of
either assessed (or final) penalties. This count only
includes penalties that have been entered in the program
databases: AFS, PCS, and RCRAInfo. Penalties that have
only been entered into the Federal Enforcement Docket
are not included in this section to avoid duplicative
counting. This count does not include proposed penalties
in RCRAInfo or the cost of Supplemental Environmental
Projects (SEPs). |
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The Inspection History section
of the Detailed Facility Report lists inspections that
have occurred under the Clean Air Act (CAA); the Clean
Water Act (CWA); the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA);
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) and the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Acts (EPCRA) over the past two or five
years (depending on whether you are using the public
search tool (ECHO) or the internal version (OTIS)).
Inspections include all federal and state inspections
that are reported into federal data systems using federally-designed
codes. Entries in gray include various compliance monitoring
activities that do not qualify as inspections under
EPA's Reporting for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Priorities (RECAP) purposes. RECAP counts are part of
the official Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
performance measures. Definitions for column headings
are given below: |
| Statute |
Designation
of the statute associated with each of the permits
and identifiers linked to the facility.
- CAA = the Clean Air Act;
- CWA = the Clean Water Act;
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act;
- TSCA = Toxic Substances Control Act;
- FIFRA = Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act;
- EP313 = Emergency Planning and Community Right-to
Know-Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
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| Source
ID |
An alphanumeric field, which
is a unique value for each record/permit within each
data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes
in the individual data systems and have no other meaning. |
| Inspection
Type |
A description of the type
of inspection undertaken. The Detailed Facility Report
includes inspections which were conducted within the
last two or five years (depending on whether you are
using the public search tool (ECHO) or the internal
version (OTIS)). The last 2 years will include data
from the eight most recently completed quarters, plus
data from the current quarter up until the refresh
date. The last 5 years will include data from the
20 most recently completed quarters, plus data from
the current quarter up until the refresh date. A RECAP
inspection is counted at the federal level under the
Reporting for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Priorities (RECAP) measures. Inspection types shown
in gray are not considered RECAP inspections and are
not part of this official count. The following inspection
types are considered RECAP:
Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Compliance Evaluation (Non-Sampling)
- Compliance Sampling
- Performance Audit
- Compliance Biomonitoring
- Toxics Sampling Inspection
- Diagnostic
- Reconnaissance
- Legal Support
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO)
- Stormwater
- Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO)
- Sludge
- Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Prior to 10/1/2002, RECAP inspection counts include
both the Compliance Monitoring Strategy (CMS) full
compliance evaluation (FCE) codes as well as the told
codes for level 2 or greater and stack tests specifically:
- 1A - EPA inspection, level 2 or greater.
- 2A - EPA source test conducted.
- 3A - Owner/operator-conducted source test.
- 5C - State inspection, level 2 or greater.
- 6C - State source test conducted.
- FS - State conducted FCE/On-Site
- FF - State conducted FCE/Off-Site
- FE - EPA conducted FCE/On-Site
- FZ - EPA conducted FCE/Off-Site
- TO - EPQ req (0/0 cond) stack test/observed &
reviewed.
Beginning 10/1/2002, CAA inspections only include
the CMS FCE codes: FE, FF, FS and FZ. All other codes
no longer qualify as full compliance evaluation.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- On-Site Inspection of Corrective Action Activities
- Case Development Inspection
- Compliance Evaluation Inspection
- Compliance (Groundwater) Monitoring Evaluation
- Sampling Inspection
- Financial Record Review
- Non-Financial Record Review
- Compliance (Groundwater) Monitoring Evaluation
Without Sampling
- Compliance Schedule Evaluation
- Operation and Maintenance Inspection
- RCRA Compliance Evaluation Inspection Performed
with Screening Checklist
- Comprehensive and Coordinated Inspection
- Detailed Multimedia Inspection
- Other Evaluation
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know
Act (EPCRA) Section 313
- EEA - EPCRA, Enforcement, SEE Conducted
- EEF - EPCRA, Enforcement, Federal Conducted
- EDA - EPCRA, Data Quality, SEE Conducted
- EDF - EPCRA, Data Quality, Federal Conducted
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
- 13I - Section 13 Importer Inspection
- 2XP - Section 12 Export
- 4CI - Section 4 Inspections
- 4LP - Section 4 Good Laboratory Practices
- 5CE - Section 5 Chemical Substance Exemption
- 5CI - Section 5 Inspections
- 5CF - Section 5 (E) or (F) Order
- 5FN - Section 5 Failure to Notify
- 5PM - Section 5 Premanufacture Notice
- 5SU - Section 5 Significant New Use Rule
- 5TM - Section 5 Test Marketing Exemption
- 6AA - Section 6 Asbestos SEE Conducted
- 6AF - Section 6 Asbestos Federal Conducted
- 6CI - Section 6 Inspections
- 6DR - Section 6 Hexavalent Chromium
- 6DX - Section 6 Dioxin
- 6PA - Section 6 PCB SEE Conducted
- 6PF - Section 6 PCB Federal Conducted
- 6WA - Section 6 Asbestos Worker Protection SEE
- 6WF - Section 6 Asbestos Worker Protection Federal
- 8CI - Section 8 Confidential Inspections
- 8CR - Section 8C Records Rule
- 8HS - Section 8D Health and Safety Studies
- 8LA - Section 8A Level A Rule
- 8NV - Section 8 Inventory Rule
- 8SR - Section 8E Substantial Risk
- ACO - Asbestos ASHAA Close Out
- AEA - AHERA, Enforcement, SEE Conducted
- AEF - AHERA, Enforcement, Federal Conducted
- AMA - Asbestos, MAP Enforcement, SEE
- AMF - Asbestos, MAP Enforcement, Federal
- AON - Asbestos, ASHAA Ongoing
- APA - Asbestos, ASHAA Pre Award
- AUN - Asbestos, ASHAA Unfunded
- L2A - Lead, Section 402, SEE
- L2F - Lead, Section 402, Federal
- L4A - Lead, Section 404, SEE
- L4F - Lead, Section 404, Federal
- L6A - Lead, Section 406, SEE
- L6F - Lead, Section 406, Federal
- L8A - Lead, Section 408, SEE
- L8F - Lead, Section 408, Federal
- 6AS - Section 6 Asbestos State Conducted
- 6CS - State Hexavalent Chromium
- 6PS - Section 6 PCP State Conducted
- 6WS - Section 6 Asbestos Worker Protection State
- AES - AHERA, Enforcement, State Conducted
- AMS - Asbestos, MAP Enforcement, State
- L2S - Lead, Section 402, State
- L4S - Lead, Section 404, State
- L6S - Lead, Section 406, State
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA)
- EUP - Experimental Use Permit
- FTR - Section 7, Failure to Report
- MPT - Import
- RGA - Use Restricted/General Agriculture
- RGN - Use Restricted/General Non-Agriculture
- RRV - Records Review
- UGA - Use General Agriculture
- URA - Use General Non-Agriculture
- URN - Use Restricted Non-Agriculture
- XPT - Export
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| Lead Agency |
Identifies the lead agency
(e.g., EPA, State) conducting the inspection. |
| Date |
The calendar date of the
listed inspection. |
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| Statute |
The name of the statute
associated with each of the permits and identifiers
linked to the facility. Only CAA, CWA, and RCRA are
displayed in this section.
- CAA = the Clean Air Act
- CWA = the Clean Water Act
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act
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| Source
ID |
An alphanumeric field
which has a unique value for each record/permit within
each data system. These identifiers are for tracking
purposes in the individual data systems and have no
other meaning. |
| Current
SNC/HPV |
The current Significant
Non-compliance (SNC) or High Priority Violator (HPV)
status for the facility during the most current quarter
which reflects the time the records were extracted
from the program data systems. SNC is used for RCRA
and CWA, and HPV is used for CAA. Each program has
its own specific criteria for making this determination.
The value of “Yes” indicates the permit is in SNC
or HPV and may pose a more severe level of environmental
threat. The value of “No” indicates the permit is
not considered in SNC or HPV. If the facility is Non-Federally
Reportable within AFS or if it is classified as Minor
within PCS, the field reads “N/A”. The value of N/A
indicates Not Applicable because a datum is no required
to be entered. A brief summary of each program's definition
is shown below. However, these summaries are not meant
to substitute for the complete definition, which can
be found in the relevant guidance documents for a
given program:
Air HPV Definition - The Air program uses
the term HPV. HPV designations are made according
to the December 22, 1998 memo: Issuance of Policy
on Timely and Appropriate Enforcement Response to
High Priority Violations. The following criteria can
trigger HPV status:
- Failure to obtain a PSD permit
- Violation of an air toxics requirement
- Violation by a synthetic minor of an emission
limit that affects the source's regulatory status
- Violation of an administrative or judicial order
- Substantial violations of a sources Title V obligations
- Failure to submit a Title V permit application
within 60 days of the deadline
- Testing, monitoring, record keeping or reporting
violations that substantially interfere with enforcement
or determination of a facility's compliance requirements
- Violation of an allowable emission limit detected
during a source test
- Chronic or recalcitrant violations, or
- Substantial violations of 112 (r) requirements
In the air program, the HPV designation is removed
for a given facility once the facilities has demonstrated
that it has resolved the violation that led to the
HPV listing.
The High Priority Violation (HPV) flag as reported
in the AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS), as of the last
IDEA refresh of AFS. A 'YES' appears in the column
to indicate that the facility has HPV status. Below
is a list of violation codes within AFS that translate
to HPV status.
- B - Unaddressed, Shared Lead (EPA and State)
- C - Addressed, Shared Lead (EPA and State)
- E - Unaddressed, EPA Lead
- F - Addressed, EPA Lead
- S - Unaddressed, State Lead
- T - Addressed, State Lead
- X - Unaddressed, Lead Undetermined
CWA SNC Definition - The NPDES program uses
the term SNC. SNC designations are made in accordance
with the December 12, 1996 guidance document: A General
Design for SNC Redefinition Enhancement in PCS. Most
SNC designations are based on an automated analysis
of Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) that facilities
with NPDES permits are required to submit on a monthly
basis. The compliance designation of a facility in
the PCS database is done using a mathematical formula
that takes into account the amount, duration, and
frequency of discharges in comparison with permit
levels. In some instances facilities may be manually
designated as SNC, even if the PCS data system does
not automatically designate them as such. Examples
of events that could result in the manual generation
of a SNC code for a facility include: unauthorized
discharges; failure of a POTW to enforce its approved
pretreatment program; failure to meet a construction
deadline; failure to file a DMR; filing a DMR more
than 30 days late; or violating any judicial or administrative
order. Manually entered compliance data, if present,
override machine-generated compliance data.
A facility may have multiple discharge points and
different designations for each point. If any of these
points show a SNC type code, then the overall facility
status is listed as SNC, even if other discharge points
are in compliance.
Removal of the SNC designation occurs once the facility's
DMR reports show a consistent pattern of compliance
with permit limits, or if EPA or a state agency issues
a formal enforcement order to address the violations
that resulted in the SNC designation.
The most recent quarter for PCS is the most recent
official quarter for which the quarterly status is
available. This is usually 2 1/2 months after the
quarter has ended. Thus, the most recent quarter in
PCS is often not the same quarter as that for AFS
and RCRAInfo.
RCRA SNC Definition - The RCRA program uses
the term SNC. Any determination to classify a facility
as a SNC is made using the guidelines set forth in
two EPA documents 1) a March 15, 1996 memo titled
A Hazardous Waste Civil Enforcement Response Policy,
and 2) an April 25, 2000 memo titled A Transmittal
of Addendum to the 1996 Hazardous Waste Enforcement
Response Policy. A facility can be designated as a
SNC if any of the following are found to exist: the
facility has been determined to cause actual exposure
or a has a substantial likelihood of causing exposure
of a hazardous waste or constituent; is a chronic
or recalcitrant violator; or deviates substantially
from the terms of a permit, order or agreement, or
from RCRA statutory or regulatory requirements. Under
the RCRA program, the SNC designation is removed for
a given facility when the facility is in full physical
compliance with statutory and/or regulatory requirements
or when they are in full compliance with a compliance
schedule established in a formal enforcement action
by either EPA or the state agency. |
| SNC Quarter |
The most recent calendar
year quarter of record maintained in the data system
for which the Current SNC/HPV status applies. |
| Description |
The text description for
the event that results in the permit being in Significant
Non-compliance (SNC) or in High Priority Violation (HPV). |
| Qtrs in NC
(of 8 |
Count of the number of quarters,
out of the last eight quarters, in which the permit
is considered either in Non-compliance (NC), Significant
Non-compliance (SNC) or High Priority violation (HPV)
status. |
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The quarter is used as
the measurement period because it is the shortest
measurement period across all three statutes in which
EPA receives non-compliance data from states. Violation
information is displayed in a different manner for
each statute. This is due to differences in how violations
are tracked within each data system.
The quarterly status measure may not reflect all
actual non-compliance events in certain cases. For
example: when state data are not entered or required
in Federal data systems; when EPA or the state has
not visited the facility to determine the compliance
status; or when facilities are out of compliance with
other statutes and programs that are beyond the three
programs measured in this project. In many cases,
EPA does not require national reporting for facilities
with "minor" permits, so non-compliance
at these facilities may not be completely captured
in this matrix. For minor facilities, the delegated
state may have additional information. Definitions
for column headings are shown below. |
| Statute |
Designation of the statute
associated with each of the permits and identifiers
linked to the facility:
- CAA =the Clean Air Act;
- CWA =the Clean Water Act;
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act.
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| Source ID |
An alphanumeric field which
has a unique value for each record/permit within each
data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes
in the individual data systems and have no other meaning. |
| Quarterly
Status Matrix |
The quarterly status matrix
of the Detailed Facility Report, displays compliance
status data over the last two years of available data.
Information is broken down into quarterly periods
listed as QTR1 through QTR8 (most recent). Because
quality assurance protocols differ among the data
systems, the last eight complete quarters of record
may differ across EPA data systems (AFS, PCS and RCR).
The periods referenced for each Source ID are listed
below the QTR1 through QTR8 headings.
Air Compliance Status
AFS HPV Flag (CAA) - The High Priority Violation
(HPV) flag as reported in the AIRS Facility Subsystem
(AFS), as of the last IDEA refresh of AFS. A blank
in this column means that the facility is not currently
a High Priority Violator (HPV).
- B - Unaddressed, Shared Lead (EPA and State)
- C - Addressed, Shared Lead (EPA and State)
- E - Unaddressed, EPA Lead
- F - Addressed, EPA Lead
- S - Unaddressed, State Lead
- T - Addressed, State Lead
- X - Unaddressed, Lead Undetermined
CAA Quarterly Status - For Clean Air Act (CAA) permits,
the matrix provides quarterly status information for
each air permit, and within each permit, the programs
to which the facility or operation is subject. Within
each CAA program, individual pollutants for which
the facility is in current violation are listed on
a separate line (slightly indented). The pollutant-specific
information applies only to the most recent quarter
of information, and are not aligned across the eight
quarter grid. In general, data relating to Federally-reportable
facilities (see Facility Characteristics Section)
is considered more reliable.
CAA programs include:
- MACT - Maximum Achievable Control Technology;
- MACT (SECTION 63 NESHAPS);
- SIP - State Implementation Plan;
- SIP FEDERAL JURISDICTION;
- PSD - Prevention of Significant Deterioration;
- NSR - New Source Review;
- NESHAP - National Emission System for Hazardous
Air Pollutants;
- NSPS - New Source Performance Standards;
- TITLE V PERMITS ;
- ACID PRECIPITATION;
- CFC TRACKING - Chlorofluorocarbon requirement
tracking;
- FESOP (NON-TITLE V);
- NATIVE AMERICAN; and
- NON-FEDERALLY REPORTABLE.
The following codes indicate that a CAA permit is
considered out of compliance for the listed program:
- V-NO SCH = In violation, no compliance schedule;
- V-N SCH = In violation, not meeting compliance
schedule;
- V-UNKNOWN = In violation, unknown w/regard to
schedule;
- V-EM&PRO = In violation, with regard to emissions
and procedure; or
- V-PROCED = In violation, with regard to procedural
compliance.
The following codes indicate that a CAA permit is
considered in compliance for the listed program:
- UNKNOWN = Unknown status;
- C-PROCED = In compliance with procedural requirements;
- C-CEMS = In compliance - based on continued emissions
monitoring (CEMS);
- SEE OTHER = Present, see other program(s);
- C-SOURCE = In compliance - source test;
- C-INSP = In compliance - inspection;
- C-CERT = In compliance - certification;
- NO ST REG = No applicable state regulation;
- C-SHUT DN = In compliance - shut down; and
- S-MSched = Meeting compliance schedule.
To assist the user in understanding the above information,
at the end of the Air Compliance Status section the
following record keys are listed:
C=Compliance; V=Violation; S=Compliance Schedule.
CWA/NPDES Compliance Status
The compliance status for NPDES dischargers is normally
determined by the electronic comparison of discharge
monitoring reports submitted by major facilities to
permitted discharge limits. Both permit limits and
discharge data must be present for the system to generate
an accurate compliance status. For CWA quarterly status
data, the Detailed Facility report displays both Facility
Level (permit-level) compliance status and effluent
exceedences by quarter by Discharge Point.
The first line of the compliance table for each CWA
permit indicates the quarterly compliance status for
the permit. The permit, which is identified by Facility
Level Status, may be in violation if any of its regulated
parameters are in violation, or if it has failed to
submit its quarterly compliance schedule or Discharge
Monitoring Reports (DMRs).
Below the Facility Level Status line, Effluent Violations
by NPDES Parameter are listed for which the facility
has exceeded its permitted limit once or more during
the eight listed quarters. Effluent exceedances are
listed for the NPDES Parameter by Discharge point.
A small letter “e” indicates an effluent violation that
is not serious enough to trigger Significant Noncompliance
(SNC) . A capital "E" in bolded red denotes
an effluent violation serious enough to cause SNC (e.g.,
chronic and Technical Review Criteria (TRC) violations).
For unresolved SNC violations (e.g., violations with
no government action against the facility), the table
cell is shaded gray. It is possible for a facility to
have effluent violations but not be out of compliance
at the permit level. This occurs if the exceedances
are not significantly over permit limits.
The following codes are used on the Quarterly Noncompliance
Report (QNCR) to indicate compliance status at the
facility level. If more than one code applies to a
facility, a prioritization is used to determine which
codes appears. The order of precedence from most to
least important is as follows:
- S = SNC -
compliance schedule violation - not following schedule
- E = SNC -
effluent violations of monthly average limits (TRC
and chronic)
- X = SNC -
effluent violations of non-monthly average limits
(TRC and chronic)
- T = SNC -
compliance schedule reporting violation
- D = SNC -
reporting violation - non-receipt of DMR
- N = RNC -
Reportable non-compliance
- P = Compliance
- on schedule - resolved but pending
- R = Compliance
- on schedule - resolved
- C = Compliance
- manual override of non-compliance data by state
or EPA Region. This manual override status is also
indicated by a superscripted "m".
- Blank = Compliance
SNC categories are shown in RED,
Reportable Non-compliance (RNC) categories are shown
in ORANGE, On
Schedule categories are shown in BLUE,
and Compliance categories are shown in GREEN.
The quarterly compliance status for a NPDES permit
(under the CWA) is based on two sets of compliance
variables in PCS. The first set of variables is automatically
generated by PCS. The second set is manually entered
into PCS and covers the same eight quarters. Manually
entered data values exist in the case of a Single
Event Violation. A Single Event Violation is a violation
which cannot be classified as a compliance schedule
violation or an effluent violation. For example, an
unexplained fish kill in a river often results in
Single Event Violations for those regulated facilities
which release into the river. Manually entered compliance
data, if present, override machine-generated compliance
data.
A CWA permit is considered non-compliant in a given
quarter if a D, E, S, T, X, or N is presented in the
Historical Non-Compliance field. A code of C, P, or
R indicates compliance (in addition to the automatically
generated blank field).
Compliance Schedule Violations
If a facility is on a compliance schedule, all non-compliance
events related to violations of that schedule in the
past two years are listed under the Compliance Schedule
Violations section. Text descriptions of the violation(s)
are presented below the section heading (e.g., ACHIEVED
LATE; NOTICE OF VIOLATION). If the facility is not
on such a schedule or is on a compliance schedule
but and has no schedule violations, this section is
not presented. Schedule violations are listed with
the beginning and return-to-compliance dates across
the eight quarters. If the report shows a right arrow
with no closing date, that means that the violation
has not been resolved and continues to be active in
the data system. If the violation started before the
last two years of data and continues into the last
two years, the beginning date is listed in QTR1.
Single Event Violations
If the facility is identifies as being in violation
of CWA requirements not related to their established
permit requirements or a compliance schedule, these
violations are presented in the section titled Single
Event Violations. Text descriptions of the violation(s)
are presented below the section heading (e.g., DISCHARGE
WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT). If the facility has no single
event violations in the past two years, this section
is not presented. The date of each single event violation
is listed in the table.
RCRA Compliance Status
RCRA Quarterly Status - There are no separate programs
under RCRA. All requirements are applied at the handler
or generator ID level. All non-compliance events which
would cause the RCRA handler to be in Non-compliance
at some time in the past two years are listed under
the Area of Violation section. A RCRA handler is considered
out of compliance for any quarter in which there is
a violation date and no corresponding resolved date,
and is considered out of compliance for each quarter
thereafter until there is a resolved date. At the
Facility Level Status, a facility can be in Significant
Non-compliance “SNC”, In Violation “IN Viol” or in
Compliance “Compl”.
For the RCRA program, violations are listed with
the beginning and return-to-compliance dates across
the eight quarters. If the report shows a right arrow
with no closing date, that means that the violation
has not been resolved and continues to be active in
the data system. If the violation started before the
last two years of data and continues into the last
two years, the beginning date is listed in QTR1.
A RCRA handler is considered to be in Significant
Non-compliance in the most recent compliance quarter
of record 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.
Areas of Violations - the RCRAInfo system
uses codes which designate several different types
of violation, depending on both the type of facility
and the part of the facility that is being evaluated.
The nationally defined violation types include:
- BCE - HQ - BIF - STANDARDS TO CONTROL EMISSIONS
- BDT - HQ - BIF - STANDARDS FOR DIRECT TRANSFER
- BIS - HQ - BIF - INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS
- BPS - HQ - BIF - PERMIT STANDARDS
- BRR - HQ - BIF - STANDARDS FOR REGULATION OF RESIDUE
- CAS - HQ - TSD - CORRECTIVE ACTION COMPLIANCE
SCHEDULE
- CSS - HQ - COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE VIOLATION
- DCH - HQ - TSD - CHEMICAL/PHYSICAL/BIOLOGICAL
REQUIREMENTS
- DCL - HQ - TSD - CLOSURE/POST-CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
- DCP - HQ - TSD - CONTINGENCY PLAN REQUIREMENTS
- DFR - HQ - TSD - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- DGS - HQ - TSD - GENERAL STANDARDS
- DGW - HQ - TSD - GROUNDWATER MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
- DIA - HQ - INCINERATOR-WASTE ANALYSIS
- DIN - HQ - TSD - INCINERATOR REQUIREMENTS
- DLB - HQ - TSD - LAND BAN REQUIREMENTS
- DLF - HQ - TSD - LANDFILLS REQUIREMENTS
- DLT - HQ - TSD - LAND TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
- DMC - HQ - TSD - CONTAINERS REQUIREMENTS
- DMI - HQ - INCINERATOR-MONITORING AND INSPECTION
- DMR - HQ - TSD - MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS
- DOP - HQ - INCINERATOR-OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
- DOR - HQ - TSD - OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- DOT - HQ -TSD - OTHER REQUIREMENTS (OVERSIGHT)
- DPB - HQ- TSD - PART B APPLICATION
- DPP - HQ - TSD - PREPAREDNESS/PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS
- DPS - HQ - INCINERATOR-PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- DSI - HQ - TSD - SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT REQUIREMENTS
- DTR - HQ - TSD - TANKS REQUIREMENTS
- DTT - HQ - TSD - THERMAL TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
- DWP - HQ - TSD - WASTE PILE REQUIREMENTS
- FEA - HQ - FORMAL ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT
- GER - HQ - GENERATOR-ALL REQUIREMENTS (OVERSIGHT)
- GGR - HQ - GENERATOR-GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- GLB - HQ - GENERATOR-LAND BAN REQUIREMENTS
- GMR - HQ - GENERATOR-MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS
- GOR - HQ - GENERATOR-OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- GPT - HQ - GENERATOR-PRE-TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS
- GRR - HQ - GENERATOR-RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS
- GSC - HQ - GENERATOR-SPECIAL CONDITIONS
- GSQ - HQ - GENERATOR-SQG REQUIREMENTS
- TGR - HQ - TRANSPORTER-GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- TMR - HQ - TRANSPORTER-MANIFEST/RECORD KEEPING
REQUIREMENTS
- TOR - HQ - TRANSPORTER-OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- TRR - HQ - TRANSPORTER-ALL REQUIREMENTS (OVERSIGHT)
- TWD - HQ - TRANSPORTER-HAZARDOUS WASTE DISCHARGES
Other codes shown in the report are defined or maintained
by EPA Regions or state agencies.
Data Quality Alert - If a violation was entered into
the system many years ago, but was not properly turned
off by the EPA or state, the violation will continue
to appear on this report. If you suspect a resolved
violation was not logged out of the system, please
report this error. |
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The Formal Enforcement Actions
section of the Detailed Facility Report provides the
federal and state formal enforcement actions that have
been entered into federal data systems for each facility
over the past two or five years (depending on whether
you are using the public search tool (ECHO) or the internal
version (OTIS)). The last 2 years will include data
from the eight most recently completed quarters, plus
data from the current quarter up until the refresh date.
The last 5 years will include data from the 20 most
recently completed quarters, plus data from the current
quarter up until the refresh date. Only enforcement
actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act
(CWA), and Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
over the past two or five years (depending on your selection)
are included. Federal and state enforcement actions
are identified from each of the program databases (AFS,
PCS, and RCRAInfo) via the Integrated Data for Enforcement
Analysis (IDEA) system, and not from EPA's Enforcement
Docket System. Enforcement actions and penalties from
the Federal Enforcement Docket are displayed in a separate
section of the Detailed Facility Report. This section
does not include data regarding enforcement referrals,
notices of violations (NOVs), or criminal enforcement
actions. |
| Statute |
Designation of the statute
associated with each of the permits and identifiers
linked to the facility:
- CAA = the Clean Air Act;
- CWA = the Clean Water Act;
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act;
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| Source
ID |
An alphanumeric field, which
is a unique value for each record/permit within each
data system. These identifiers are for tracking purposes
in the individual data systems and have no other meaning. |
| Type of Action |
Text description of type
of enforcement action. The type of action and description
are designated differently in each system, but may
be equivalent. Under the CWA, the numerals appearing
after the enforcement action type are not a part of
the enforcement action. These numbers describe the
type of action (i.e., judicial, administrative, etc.)
and are included with the text description of the
action.
- CWA Formal Enforcement Actions (PCS Codes):
AE, AF, A1, A3, A5, A7, B2, B4, C1, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25, 35, 336, 37, 38, 55, 56, 58, 62, 63, 68,
71, 72, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86,
87, 88, 89, 90, 96, and 97
- CAA Formal Enforcement Actions (AFS National
Action Types):
1B, 1D, 1E, 2D, 4B, 5B, 6B, 7A, 7E, 7F, 8A, 8C,
9A, and 9C.
- RCRA Formal Enforcement Actions (RCRAInfo Action
Series):
Any code in the 200 series through the 600 series.
- EPCRA 313, FIFRA, TSCA (NCDB):
Any administrative or judicial action. |
| Lead Agency |
The lead agency responsible
for the enforcement action. |
| Date |
Effective date of the listed
enforcement action. Enforcement actions listed within
the last two or five years (depending on whether you
are using the public search tool (ECHO) or the internal
version (OTIS)) are included. |
| Penalty |
Dollar amount of penalty
assessed, when available. Amount is the final penalty
unless otherwise noted in the Penalty Description field.
In PCS, state administrative penalties are not required
to be input to the system. Proposed penalties in RCRAInfo
are shown in this section, but not included in the total
penalty count for the summary data section of this report. |
| Penalty Description |
Further details on listed
enforcement action or penalty, when available (only
from RCRA Info). |
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The EPA Civil Docket Cases
section of the Detailed Facility Report provides the
federal civil enforcement actions that have been entered
into federal enforcement Docket data system for each
facility over the past two or five years (depending
on whether you are using the public search tool (ECHO)
or the internal version (OTIS)). The last 2 years
will include data from the eight most recently completed
quarters, plus data from the current quarter up until
the IDEA refresh date. The last 5 years will include
data from the 20 most recently completed quarters,
plus data from the current quarter up until the IDEA
refresh date. Enforcement actions under the Clean
Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Resources Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA
or Superfund), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA),
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA) Section 313, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA), and Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act (MPRSA) are included.
Federal enforcement actions and penalties included
in this section of the report may be duplicative of
the federal actions and penalties shown in the Formal
Enforcement Actions section for actions under CAA,
CWA, and RCRA. Enforcement actions and penalties from
Docket are not included in the Inspection and Enforcement
Summary Data section of the Detailed Facility Report. |
| Primary
Law/Section |
Designation of the primary
statute associated with the case and the section of
the law violated by the defendant(s) and cited in
the action:
- CAA = the Clean Air Act;
- CWA = the Clean Water Act;
- RCRA = the Resource Recovery and Conservation
Act;
- CERCLA = the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund);
- EPCRA = the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act Section 313;
- TSCA = the Toxic Substances Control Act;
- FIFRA = the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act;
- SDWA = the Safe Drinking Water Act; and
- MPRSA = the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act.
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| Case
Number |
An alphanumeric field
which is a unique identifier for each case. EPA Regions
keep a log of the case numbers so that each new case
is entered using the next incremental Case Number.
The Case Number must be entered in the rr-yyyy-nnnn
format, where:
- rr = the Responsible Office for the case, with
possible values being 01 through 10 (the EPA Regional
Offices), and HQ (EPA Headquarters)
- yyyy = the Fiscal Year during which the case is
initially developed
- nnnn = the sequence number, with possible values
from 0000 through 9999
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| Case Type |
A three-character code
that indicates the action type at the case level:
- JUD = Consent decree or court order resolving
a civil judicial action
- APO = Administrative penalty order with or without
injunctive relief
- ACR = Superfund administrative order for cost
recovery
- FFC = Federal facility compliance agreement (not
including RCRA matters)
- RC = Field Citation
- ACO = Administrative Compliance Orders
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| Case Name |
An alphanumeric field that
contains the name assigned to the case by the lead attorney.
Generally the primary defendant's name is used as the
case name. |
| Issued/Filed
Date |
For administrative cases,
this field indicates the date that the complaint or
Administrative Order (AO) was signed by the appropriate
authority and issued to the respondent. For judicial
cases, this field indicates the date that the complaint
was filed with the Clerk of the Court. |
| Settlement
Date |
The date the settlement document
(Consent Decree or Judicial Order) was signed by the
judge and entered by the Clerk of Court. It is the date
that the Clerk stamps on the document |
| Penalty |
This field contains the assessed
amount of the federal penalty (in dollars) for each
settlement. For civil judicial cases, this amount is
the penalty assessed against the defendant(s) as specified
in the final entered Consent Decree or Court Order.
For administrative cases it is the penalty assessed
in the Consent/Final Order. It does not include the
amount of the penalty mitigated due to a Supplemental
Environmental Project. Interest payments associated
with a penalty paid over time are not to be included
in this amount.. |
| SEP Cost |
The net present after-tax
cost of the Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP)
using the PROJECT model. Actual SEP costs supplied by
the violator are the preferred cost figure. Otherwise
the PROJECT model calculates other factors affecting
the dollar value of the SEP such as costs over time,
tax savings, and other factors. Models other than the
PROJECT model are acceptable as long as the estimate
can be explained. There may be more than one SEP cost
for a case. |
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The Environmental Conditions
section of the Detailed Facility Report provides details
on the health of the watershed in which the facility
resides. Environmental Conditions data are only available
for those facilities that have a NPDES permit and are
within the PCS database. |
| Permit
ID |
The NPDES permit ID number
of the facility. |
| Watershed |
The 8-digit Hydrologic Unit
Code (HUC) of the watershed in which the facility resides.
A HUC number is assigned to every watershed in the nation
and uniquely identifies the watershed. |
| Watershed
Name |
The name of the watershed
in which the facility resides. This is the watershed
name that is associated with the HUC number. |
| Receiving
Waters |
The name of the river, lake,
stream, or estuary that receives runoff from the facility. |
| Section 303(d)
Listing |
This field indicates whether
or not the watershed contains a 303(d) listed water
body. Under section 303(d) of the 1972 Clean Water Act,
states, territories, and authorized tribes are required
to develop lists of impaired waters. These lists of
impaired waters are developed every two years by the
states. If the watershed in question contains a listed
303(d) water, Section 303(d) Listing field will read
"Yes." |
| UWA High
Priority Watershed |
This field indicates whether
or not the watershed is a high priority watershed according
to the Unified Watershed Assessment (UWA) program. Unified
Watershed Assessments, begun under the Clean Water Action
Plan, are a way in which states and tribes identify
watersheds that do not meet clean water and other natural
resource goals and where prevention action is needed
to sustain water quality and aquatic resources. If the
watershed in question has been designated a high priority
watershed by the state under the UWA program, the field
will read "Yes." |
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Chemical release information
from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is provided
for each reporting facility. Data are for information
purposes only and do not indicate any association with
other sections of this report. Chemical releases are
not a measure of compliance as the reported releases
are typically permissible under current laws. For each
site listed, the total pounds per year for all types
of chemicals is provided. |
| Year |
The calendar year during
which the releases and transfers occurred. This is
not the year that the report was submitted. |
| Total
Air Emissions |
The total fugitive (non-point
air emissions) and stack or point air emissions, in
pounds per year. |
| Surface Water
Discharges |
The total direct discharges
to receiving streams or water bodies, in pounds per
year. |
| Underground
Injections |
The total underground injections
to wells on-site, in pounds per year. |
| Released
to Land |
Total releases to land on-site
(includes landfills), in pounds per year. |
| Total On-Site
Releases |
Total pounds per year released
for Air Emissions, Surface Water Discharges, Underground
Injections and Releases to Land. |
| Total Off-Site
Transfers |
The total amount, in pounds
per year, transferred off site to Publicly Owned Treatment
Works (POTWs) and other off-site locations. |
| Total Releases
and Transfers |
Grand total for Air Emissions,
Surface Water Discharges, Underground Injections, Releases
to Land, On-Site Releases and Off-Site Transfers in
pounds per year for all types of chemicals. |
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TRI chemical release information
is provided for each reporting facility. Data are for
information purposes only and do not indicate any association
with other sections of this report. Chemical releases
are not a measure of compliance as the reported releases
are typically permissible under current laws. If a facility
has more than one Source ID, the individual records
will be combined and reflected in the total pounds for
releases and transfers. |
| Chemical
Name |
For each listed TRI chemical,
the total pounds either released to air, discharged
to surface water, injected underground, landfilled
on-site, or transferred off-site for disposal or to
a POTW. |
| Year
(up to 8 entries) |
The calendar year during
which the releases and transfers occurred. This is not
the year that the report was submitted. |
| Dioxins |
Facilities started reporting
releaxes of Dioxins in 2000. These Dioxins are measured
in metric grammes instead of the customary imperial
pounds (lbs) used for other TRI chemicals. |
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The Demographic Profile
of Surrounding Area section provides some of the demographic
elements of the area surrounding the facility identified
in the Detailed Facility report. The demographic summary
uses U.S. Census data and draws from the 1990 Census
Block Groups Data (CBG) database. The CBG database
is derived from the "1990 Census of Population
and Housing Summary Tape Files 1A and 3A." The
2000 Census data will be available soon.
The total population within a three-mile radius of
a facility is one indicator of the facility’s surrounding
environment and provides context for other facility
indicators. The 3 mile radius is measured from the
best available lat/long coordinate (normally from
EPA's Locational Reference Table - LRT file). This
indicator does not imply that there is any exposure
to the identified population. Data are for information
purposes only and do not indicate any association
with other sections of this report. The first portion
of the Demographic Profile section gives a general
overview of the area, including geographic data and
basic economic and population data. Succeeding portions
of this section provide a more detailed profile of
the area population by race, age, education, and income.
Users should be aware that the Demographic Profile
is based upon the reported Latitude and Longitude
of the facility or permit holder. If you are using
FRS linkages, then the Center Latitude and Center
Longitude values will be equal to the IDEA voted latitude
and longitude. Surrounding populations and other statistics
were estimated by retrieving the data for Census block
groups within three miles of each facility. |
| Radius
of Area |
The number of miles, in
any direction, from the center point of the facility
that is included in the demographic profile. The Detailed
Facility Report defaults to a radius of three miles.
Note: The Census data records distance in
kilometers whereas IDEA has chosen to display distances
in miles. As a result, IDEA has created derived fields
in the flattened CBG files which convert Census values
to reflect miles instead of kilometers. To make this
conversion, distances in kilometers have been divided
by the number 1.6 (the number of kilometers in a mile).
In the case of an area (given in square kilometers),
the number is divided by 2.59, the square of 1.6. |
| Center
Latitude |
The latitude of the facility
in degrees, to four decimal places. |
| Center Longitude |
The longitude of the facility
in degrees, to four decimal places. |
| Total Persons |
The total number of persons
that reside in the area being profiled. The total population
within a three-mile radius of a facility is one indicator
of the facility’s surrounding environment and provides
context for other facility indicators. This indicator
does not imply that there is any exposure to the identified
population. |
| Land Area |
The percentage of the total
area that is land (not water). This is calculated using
the sum of the land areas of the Census Block Groups
(CBG) within x miles. |
| Water Area |
The percentage of the total
area that is water (not land). This is calculated using
the sum of the water areas of the Census Block Groups
(CBG) within x miles. |
| Population
Density |
The number of persons per
square mile in the area being profiled. This field is
the ratio of total persons (displayed in the Total Persons
field) to total land area
(displayed in the Land Area field). |
| Percent Minority |
The percentage of the population
of the given area that is minority. 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. |
| Households
in area |
The number of households
in the area being profiled. |
| Housing units
in area |
The number of housing units
in the area being profiled. |
| Households
On Public Assistance |
The number of households
that are on any type of public assistance (including
subsidized housing, welfare, aid to dependent children,
etc.). |
| Persons Below
Poverty Level |
The number of people in the
selected area that are below the poverty level. |
| Race Breakdown |
Listing of the number
of persons in each of the following major categories:
- White
- African American
- Hispanic origin
- Asian or Pacific islander
- American Indian
- Other
This section also lists the percentage that each
major group represents of the total population for
the area being profiled. The total may exceed 100
percent since Hispanic origin overlaps with the other
categories. |
| Age Breakdown |
Listing of the number
of persons in each age group. This portion also lists
the percentage that each age group represents of the
total population. Age group categories include:
- Children (persons five years old or younger)
- Minors (persons seventeen years old or younger)
- Adults (persons eighteen years old or older, but
less than sixty-five years old)
- Seniors (persons sixty-five years old or older)
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| Education
Level (Persons 25 & older) |
Listing of the total number
of persons at each educational level. Only persons
twenty-five or over are included in this category.
Also listed is the percentage that each educational
group represents of the total population over twenty-five.
Education level categories include:
- Less than ninth grade
- Ninth through twelfth grade
- High school diploma
- Some college or a two year college degree
- BS or BA degree or more
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| Income Breakdown |
Listing of
the total number of households at each income level.
Also listed is the percentage that each income group
represents of the total number of households in the
area. Household income levels include:
- Less than $15,000 per year
- Greater than or equal to $15,000 but less than
$25,000 per year
- Greater than or equal to $25,000 but less than
$50,000 per year
- Greater than or equal to $50,000 per year but
less than $75,000 per year
- Greater than or equal to $75,000 per year
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