Why did the Town need to hire an Environmental Compliance Officer?
The Town hired the ECO in February of 2002 to help it comply with an Administrative Agreement and Order issued by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in November of 2001. Under the Agreement, the Town has three years to complete over 24 pollution prevention projects, Town-wide. The projects are collectively called the Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) in the Agreement with EPA and the Agreement requires that the Town include the following language with any public statement making reference to the SEP. “This project (SEP) was undertaken in connection with the settlement of an enforcement action taken by the U.S.
