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Article: EPA seeks comment on new compliance Web site
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 21, 2002
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With the click of a mouse, citizens can find out if their local
coal mine or chemical plant has violated environmental laws.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a
new Web site called Enforcement and Compliance History Online, or
ECHO. The site allows public access to compliance and enforcement
information.
EPA officials emphasized that the new site (www.epa.gov/echo) is a
"pilot" online tool that needs additional quality checks.
"We encourage all parties interested in environmental protection -
industry, environmental groups, citizens - to review ECHO during the
60-day pilot period and give us reactions and suggestions about how
to make it as ...