On December 1, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) launched its long-awaited Permitting Enhancement and Evaluation Platform (PEEP), an online service to streamline the permitting process and enable applicants…
Compliance & Enforcement
ECOS Green Report: Alternative Compliance Monitoring Strategies
The nation’s major environmental statutes provide avenues for states to assume delegation, authorization, or primacy to implement these laws. Through U.S. EPA-developed documents known as Compliance Monitoring Strategies (CMS), states…
New Mexico Launches Environmental Crimes Task Force
Earlier this month, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and U.S. EPA convened New Mexico’s first Environmental Crimes Task Force. The mission of the task force is to enhance federal,…
Montana Develops Video Trainings to Support Walkthrough Inspections
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has released new walkthrough inspection videos to help train new operators and employees of the Underground Storage Tank (UST) program. These videos may serve…
Colorado and U.S. EPA Seek Feedback on Draft Work Plan on EJ & Enforcement
The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment and U.S. EPA seek public feedback by November 22 on a draft work plan to implement a March memorandum of understanding (MOU)…
State Innovation Video 2022: Kentucky Drone Program Taking Innovation to New Heights
ECOS State Survey on Offsite Compliance Monitoring: A Summary of Findings
This ECOS Green Report highlights the utility of off-site compliance monitoring (OfCM), including the use of virtual walkthroughs to supplement but not supplant onsite inspection activities. Based on the results…
New Jersey Files Enforcement Actions as EJ Rules Move toward Finalization
New Jersey recently announced seven new enforcement actions in environmental justice communities across the state. The actions come as the state prepares to close the comment period on proposed rules…
ECOS Letter to EPA on Draft FY23-24 National Program Guidances
This letter includes comments ECOS submitted to U.S. EPA on its draft FY23-24 National Program Guidances (NPGs).
ECOS Letter on U.S. DOJ SEP Policy
This letter to U.S DOJ provides comments on the recently issued guidelines and limitations for settlement agreements involving payments to non-governmental third parties.
