What are the benefits of ECHO?
ECHO provides communities with important enforcement and compliance information about regulated facilities. ECHO integrates data specific to enforcement about facilities from five disparate systems (Air Facility System (AFS), Permit Compliance System (PCS), Integrated Compliance Information System – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information System (RCRAInfo), Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS)). Much of this data had not been previously accessible in an easily understandable and searchable format. Users can now view this data in a comprehensive and organized way. ECHO also allows users to sort and analyze data in many ways, according to their needs. Now the public can monitor environmental compliance in communities, corporations can monitor compliance across facilities they own, and investors can more easily factor environmental performance into decisions.
