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EPA ECHO facility lookup with the limits spelled out.
Search a facility by name and state and see its overall compliance status, last inspection, quarters in noncompliance, formal enforcement history and Clean Air, Clean Water and hazardous-waste status, straight from EPA.
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This lookup sends the facility name, ID or location you enter to the US EPA (echodata.epa.gov) from your browser to fetch the record. Nothing goes through TNAADO servers.
Your search goes from your browser directly to EPA. TNAADO does not receive or store it.
Results
Enter a facility name and state to query EPA ECHO.
Worked example
Searching ACME SURFACE DYNAMICS in OH, city ALLIANCE, returned one registry record (Registry ID 110000814487) on 30 September 2026: overall status No Violation Identified, Clean Air Act and RCRA both No Violation Identified, one inspection in the last five years (last inspection 15 November 2023), one quarter in noncompliance in the 12-quarter window, no Significant Noncompliance flag, and a last formal action dated 15 April 2002. A reader should take away three things: the site is currently clear in federal data, it had a brief noncompliance period within the last three years, and the formal action is old. EPA updates these records weekly, so a live search may differ.
How to read the fields
Overall status and program status come from EPA's national systems for the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA hazardous waste and Safe Drinking Water Act. Quarters in noncompliance counts three-month periods, out of the last 12 (three federal fiscal years), in which a violation was recorded. Inspections cover the last five years. Last formal action is the most recent formal enforcement action on record, which can be decades old. Source: ECHO about the data (five years of inspection and enforcement data and three years of compliance quarters in facility searches; data typically refreshed weekly). Bulk files: ECHO data downloads.
What this lookup cannot tell you
ECHO reflects what regulators reported to federal systems. State-only inspections, local permits, and many small facilities may be missing, and records can contain errors (EPA lists known data problems). A match is not a legal finding, a clean bill of health or an environmental site assessment. This tool is a screening aid for due diligence, not legal or environmental advice. Confirm anything important in the official ECHO search and with the relevant agency.
FAQ
Does “No Violation Identified” mean a facility is clean?
No. It means the federal databases ECHO draws on show no current violation. State-only records may not appear.
Why does a facility show no inspection?
Only five years of federal inspection data are shown, and small facilities may be inspected rarely or tracked only by a state. A blank date is not itself a violation.
What is Significant Noncompliance (SNC)?
An EPA flag for more serious violations that are prioritised for enforcement. It is a screening signal, not a finding of liability.
Is this a Phase I environmental site assessment?
No. Public compliance records do not describe soil, groundwater or historical contamination. Use a qualified environmental professional for a transaction.
Not legal or environmental advice
Data comes live from EPA ECHO and is shown as returned. TNAADO does not verify it and makes no representation about any facility.