State Contributions to Enforcement and Compliance:2000-2003 -- FINAL DRAFT (June 2006)

During 2005, ECOS collected and analyzed data from States on 1) Enforcement and Compliance Measures and 2) Compliance Assistance Efforts from 2000 to 2003. The draft results of this research effort are in State Environmental Agency Contributions to Enforcement and Compliance: 2000-2003 FINAL REVIEW DRAFT (April 2006). This report, can be downloaded by chapter.

Report Chapters

• Background -- RD APRIL-06. This chapter contains the cover, credits, information about ECOS, and background information.
• Chapter 1 -- Report Overview -- RD APRIL-06. This chapter describes the survey methodology, the and summary findings, other information about state enforcement and compliance activities and organization of the report.
• Chapter 1, Figure 1-1.
• Chapter 2 -- Regulated Facilities and Compliance Status -- RD APRIL-06. This chapter contains material about State efforts to identify regulated sites, investigate their compliance and determine whether or not a violation has occurred. This file contains pages 1-11.
• Chapter 2, Figure 2-2.
• Chapter 2 -- Regulated Facilities and Compliance Status -- RD APRIL-06. This file contains pages 12-28.
• Chapter 3 -- Enforcement Actions (Metrics) -- RD APRIL-06. This chapter describes the enforcement actions that states take when they find violations of environmental laws and regulations.
• Chapter 3, Figure 3-1.
• Chapter 3, Figure 3-4.
• Chapter 4 -- State Perspectives -- RD APRIL-06. This chapter summarizes state perspectives on the enforcement data they collect, use and report to the public and US EPA. It also summarizes their perspectives on the survey and general comments.
• Chapter 5 -- Compliance Rates-- RD APRIL-06. This chapter describes how states use compliance rates to measure and communicate about the success of their environmental programs.
• Chapter 6 -- Compliance Assistance-- RD APRIL-06. This chapter summarizes information about states' compliance assistance programs.
• Appendix A -- FD JUN-05. This Appendix includes detailed information described in Chapter 1.
• Appendix B -- FD JUN-06. This Appendix includes detailed information described in Chapter 3.
• Appendix C -- FD JUN-06. This Appendix includes detailed information described in Chapter 4.