Article: EPA seeks comment on new compliance Web site

kward@wvgazette.com

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 ...

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