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| 1. Data completeness. degree to which the minimum data requirements are complete. |
| A | Number of operating TSDFs in RCRAInfo (current) | Data Quality | State | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | n/a |
| Number of active LQGs in RCRAInfo (current) | Data Quality | State | 4,638 | 4,638 | 4,638 | 4,638 | 4,638 | 4,638 | 4,638 | n/a |
| Number of active SQGs in RCRAInfo (current) | Data Quality | State | 45,369 | 45,369 | 45,369 | 45,369 | 45,369 | 45,369 | 45,369 | n/a |
| Number of all other active sites in RCRAInfo (current) | Data Quality | State | 4,104 | 4,104 | 4,104 | 4,104 | 4,104 | 4,104 | 4,104 | n/a |
| Number of LQGs per latest official biennial report (current) | Data Quality | State | 2,138 | 2,138 | 2,095 | 2,095 | 2,131 | 2,131 | 2,589 | n/a |
| B | Compliance monitoring: number of inspections (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 1,109 | 612 | 700 | 684 | 736 | 748 | 713 |  |
| EPA | 59 | 54 | 59 | 50 | 58 | 78 | 63 |  |
| Compliance monitoring: sites inspected (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 858 | 529 | 607 | 513 | 522 | 521 | 498 |  |
| EPA | 58 | 53 | 59 | 50 | 58 | 78 | 62 |  |
| C | Number of sites with violations determined at any time (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 543 | 343 | 468 | 448 | 470 | 493 | 470 |  |
| EPA | 90 | 84 | 72 | 67 | 78 | 118 | 99 |  |
| Number of sites with violations determined during the FY | Data Quality | State | 446 | 244 | 356 | 279 | 298 | 257 | 229 |  |
| EPA | 72 | 63 | 51 | 43 | 53 | 72 | 55 |  |
| D | Informal actions: number of sites (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 341 | 228 | 324 | 256 | 240 | 204 | 146 |  |
| EPA | 53 | 39 | 38 | 20 | 21 | 74 | 53 |  |
| Informal actions: number of actions (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 398 | 266 | 380 | 328 | 303 | 256 | 175 |  |
| EPA | 60 | 49 | 45 | 23 | 21 | 78 | 64 |  |
| E | SNC: number of sites with new SNC (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 48 | 36 | 41 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 19 |  |
| EPA | 38 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 |  |
| SNC: Number of sites in SNC (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 99 | 82 | 90 | 69 | 64 | 64 | 51 |  |
| EPA | 41 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 16 |  |
| F | Formal action: number of sites (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 68 | 63 | 76 | 61 | 39 | 48 | 29 |  |
| EPA | 66 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 12 |  |
| Formal action: number taken (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 113 | 100 | 115 | 78 | 43 | 59 | 35 |  |
| EPA | 91 | 32 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 12 |  |
| G | Total amount of final penalties (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | $8,115,196 | $2,126,702 | $2,643,854 | $3,234,159 | $1,202,111 | $2,299,240 | $1,463,494 |  |
| EPA | $90,687 | $98,282 | $219,686 | $1,664,861 | $487,500 | $694,874 | $139,400 |  |
| 2. Data accuracy. degree to which the minimum data requirements are accurate. |
| A | Number of sites SNC-determined on day of formal action (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |  |
| Number of sites SNC-determined within one week of formal action (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  |
| B | Number of sites in violation for greater than 240 days (current) | Data Quality | State | 278 | 278 | 278 | 278 | 278 | 278 | 278 | n/a |
| EPA | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | n/a |
| 3. Timeliness of data entry. degree to which the minimum data requirements are complete. |
| A | Percent SNCs entered ≥ 60 days after designation (1 FY) 1 | Review Indicator | State | 0 / 0 | 87.5% | 65.0% | 94.1% | 60.9% | 91.3% | 88.9% |  |
| EPA | 0 / 0 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 100.0% | 55.6% | 85.7% | 66.7% |  |
| 5. Inspection coverage. degree to which state completed the universe of planned inspections/compliance evaluations. |
| A | Inspection coverage for operating TSDFs (2 FYs) | Goal | State | 87.1% | 92.9% | 94.3% | 92.9% | 95.7% | 92.9% | 85.7% |  |
| Combined | 87.1% | 92.9% | 94.3% | 92.9% | 95.7% | 92.9% | 87.1% |  |
| B | Inspection coverage for LQGs (1 FY) | Goal | State | 18.8% | 14.5% | 18.8% | 15.2% | 14.7% | 16.1% | 13.9% |  |
| Combined | 19.7% | 15.9% | 20.5% | 16.3% | 16.3% | 17.6% | 15.4% |  |
| C | Inspection coverage for LQGs (5 FYs) | Goal | State | 27.0% | 31.5% | 37.9% | 42.0% | 40.2% | 38.5% | 31.6% |  |
| Combined | 30.2% | 34.8% | 41.4% | 45.0% | 43.9% | 42.9% | 35.7% |  |
| D | Inspection coverage for active SQGs (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% |  |
| Combined | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 0.7% |  |
| E | Inspections at active CESQGs (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 12 |  |
| Combined | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 16 |  |
| Inspections at active transporters (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 369 | 402 | 431 | 458 | 505 | 461 | 473 |  |
| Combined | 378 | 411 | 440 | 465 | 512 | 467 | 482 |  |
| Inspections at non-notifiers (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
| Combined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
| Inspections at active sites other than those listed in 5a-d and 5e1-5e3 (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 14 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 37 | 47 |  |
| Combined | 14 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 37 | 47 |  |
| 7. Identification of alleged violations. degree to which compliance determinations are accurately made and promptly reported in the national database based upon compliance monitoring report observations and other compliance monitoring information. |
| C | Violation identification rate at sites with inspections (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 52.0% | 46.1% | 58.6% | 54.4% | 57.1% | 49.3% | 46.0% |  |
| EPA | 124.1% | 118.9% | 86.4% | 86.0% | 91.4% | 92.3% | 88.7% |  |
| 8. Identification of SNC and HPV. degree to which the state accurately identifies significant noncompliance & high priority violations and enters information into the national system in a timely manner. |
| A | SNC identification rate at sites with inspections (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 5.6% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 3.8% |  |
| Combined | 9.6% | 9.9% | 7.9% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 8.7% | 4.2% |  |
| B | Percent of SNC determinations made within 150 days (1 FY) | Goal | State | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |  |
| EPA | 100.0% | 100.0% | 90.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 92.3% | 100.0% |  |
| C | Percent of formal actions taken that received a prior SNC listing (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 78.7% | 81.5% | 76.9% | 70.7% | 55.0% | 65.6% | 66.7% |  |
| EPA | 68.8% | 89.7% | 73.3% | 37.5% | 75.0% | 100.0% | 50.0% |  |
| 10. Timely and appropriate action. degree to which a state takes timely and appropriate enforcement actions in accordance with policy relating to specific media. |
| A | Percent of SNCs with formal action/referral taken within 360 days (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 8.3% | 16.7% | 12.2% | 13.9% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 10.5% |  |
| Combined | 4.7% | 10.7% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.5% | 12.0% | 13.0% |  |
| B | No activity indicator - number of formal actions (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 111 | 99 | 115 | 76 | 43 | 59 | 35 |  |
| 12. Final penalty assessment and collection. degree to which differences between initial and final penalty are documented in the file along with a demonstration in the file that the final penalty was collected. |
| A | No activity indicator - penalties (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | $8,115,196 | $2,126,702 | $2,643,854 | $3,234,159 | $1,202,111 | $2,299,240 | $1,463,494 |  |
| B | Percent of final formal actions with penalty (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 98.1% | 87.5% | 94.8% | 96.4% | 82.4% | 85.4% | 91.7% |  |
| Combined | 58.0% | 70.1% | 82.9% | 92.8% | 74.4% | 89.7% | 80.0% |  |