National Environmental
      Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse

Provides "one-stop" access to over 4,000
federal, state and other assistance providers'
compliance assistance materials including:
training materials; frequently asked questions;
compliance guides; planned and ongoing
assistance activities; Pollution Prevention (P2)
and Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
information.
http://eva. sov/clearinshouse
    ComplianceAssfstance
                               Centers
    National Compliance Assistance Centers

User-friendly "first-stop shops." Learn about
federal and state environmental obligations in
plain language.  Look for the center specific to
your industry or sector. Examples include:
Printing, Construction, Automotive Service &
Repair, Agriculture, and Local Government.
You can also access compliance tools, and
on-line training.
         Industry Sector Notebooks
This series of primers describe the
environmental challenges facing more than 35
manufacturing, transportation, agricultural and
government sectors. Each Notebook contains
chapters on typical process operations,
pollutants, applicable federal regulations,
pollution prevention opportunities, the most
common environmental violations within the
sector, voluntary initiatives and associated
organizations.

http://epa. gov/compliance/
sectornotebooks. html
             Audit Protocols

These provide tools to help facilities conduct a
self-audit and assess how well they are doing
with federal environmental compliance. The
protocols define terms, include an overview of
the laws that apply to the sector, and have
user-friendly checklists to help with the self-
assessments.
     Small Business Compliance
          Assistance Policy

EPA encourages small businesses to
conduct self-audits and work with us if
environmental violations are
discovered. This policy explains how
businesses with fewer than 100
employees can benefit from a
reduction in penalties for federal
violations they discover, disclose and
correct. Links to other resources for
small businesses are also found here.

http://epa.gov/compliance/incentives/
smallbusiness/index. html
      Small Local Governments
    Compliance Assistance Policy

This policy is designed to encourage
small local governments to achieve
sustained comprehensive federal
environmental compliance. Local
governments can work with EPA and
their States to come into compliance,
and benefit from a reduction in
penalties.
www. assistancecenters. net
http://epa. gov. compliance/incentives/
auditing/protocol, html
http://epa.gov/compliance/incentives/
smallcommunities/index. html

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 Environmental Compliance Assistance

•   EPA provides information to regulated
    entities to help them understand and
    comply with environmental laws and
    regulations.

•   EPA provides information to other
    assistance providers to help them with
    their assistance efforts with regulated
    entities in their communities.
     Learn About EPA Regional
     Initiatives:

     Each EPA Regional Office has a
     Compliance Assistance
     Coordinator - contact your
     Coordinator for more
     information:

      http://epa.gov/compliance/
     contact/cac resionalhtml
   Compliance assistance takes many
          forms including:

    Workshops and training
    Fact sheets and check-lists
    Self-audits and facility visits
    In-depth compliance guides
    Internet resources
             STAY INFORMED

     Subscribe to EPA's listserv for updated
       Environmental Compliance News
             Send a blank email to:
         join-ocorelink@lists. epa.gov

   Find important state-specific environmental
           compliance information:

        http://envcap. ors/statetools. html
     Obtain free paper copies of EPA
     environmental publications:

     EPA National Service Center For
     Environmental Publication (NSCEP)
     US EPA/NSCEP
     P.O. Box 42419
     Cincinnati, OH 45242
     Telephone number: 1-800-490-9198
       Can't find what you need on-line?

Please call our Headquarters office so someone
from our Compliance Assistance Team can help
you: (202)-564-2310
                                                   United States Environmental Protection Agency
                                                           EPA300-F-05-001
                                                  	Fall 2005	
Let the EPA Help You
Find  the Way ...

 .. Starting With a Few
Keystrokes!
Understanding what environmental
requirements you need to comply
with can be overwhelming.

The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Office of Compliance
is dedicated to helping you
understand these requirements so that
together, we can protect our
environment.

This brochure provides you with the
links you need to get started in your
search for information about what
federal and state environmental
requirements apply to your operations
and how to ensure you are in
compliance with them.

 Visit EPA's National Compliance
       Assistance Website:
http://epa.sov/compliance/assistance

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