ECHO Comments Archive

"I was just reviewing your site trying to find out what violations a particular refinery had. The information that was provided was generic and was not specific to the site I was reviewing. However, the site does include how many people live in the surrounding area and has a link to maps. It also has the lattitude of this location. I do not not believe that this information is in the best interest of the public. In light of what is happening in the world today, let's not make it easier for the bad guys to get information about our important facilities."
- Regulated entity user

"I find the ECHO website an extremely valuable tool and I hope that the EPA continues to maintain this information on the web."
- Commercial user

"Your site is very helpful. It is a good way to check compliance of current and potential raw material suppliers. The ability to search by company name would be helpful."
- Regulated entity user

"...EPA's ECHO web site provides a good first effort for making enforcement and compliance information more available. These type of web-based public disclosures are very important, and long overdue. Thank you very much."
- Unaffiliated user

"Upon reviewing the ECHO site, [xxx] has the following comments. ...1)... There should be some differentiation on the site between Notices of Deficiency, Letters of Warning, and Notices of Violation. Referring to everything as a "violation" gives a false picture of facility compliance status. 2) ... there is no information regarding POTW pretreatment permits that are also issued under the CWA.... Without it, it appears that the regulated facilities are not managing their industrial wastewater discharges to a POTW under an enforceable regulatory permit."
- Regulated entity user

Phoned comments

"...There's more data provided in ECHO than is necessary.."
- Regional government user