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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 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | n/a |
| Number of active LQGs in RCRAInfo (current) | Data Quality | State | 722 | 722 | 722 | 722 | 722 | 722 | 722 | n/a |
| Number of active SQGs in RCRAInfo (current) | Data Quality | State | 15,147 | 15,147 | 15,147 | 15,147 | 15,147 | 15,147 | 15,147 | n/a |
| Number of all other active sites in RCRAInfo (current) | Data Quality | State | 10,497 | 10,497 | 10,497 | 10,497 | 10,497 | 10,497 | 10,497 | n/a |
| Number of LQGs per latest official biennial report (current) | Data Quality | State | 769 | 769 | 700 | 700 | 711 | 711 | 614 | n/a |
| B | Compliance monitoring: number of inspections (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 364 | 420 | 481 | 564 | 516 | 648 | 621 |  |
| EPA | 95 | 71 | 65 | 91 | 59 | 51 | 38 |  |
| Compliance monitoring: sites inspected (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 271 | 277 | 395 | 489 | 463 | 581 | 558 |  |
| EPA | 91 | 70 | 60 | 91 | 56 | 50 | 37 |  |
| C | Number of sites with violations determined at any time (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 321 | 347 | 288 | 273 | 308 | 324 | 317 |  |
| EPA | 145 | 152 | 145 | 159 | 170 | 160 | 141 |  |
| Number of sites with violations determined during the FY | Data Quality | State | 131 | 147 | 86 | 100 | 124 | 128 | 111 |  |
| EPA | 48 | 40 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 2 |  |
| D | Informal actions: number of sites (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 116 | 143 | 71 | 73 | 106 | 103 | 89 |  |
| EPA | 38 | 43 | 36 | 25 | 35 | 26 | 12 |  |
| Informal actions: number of actions (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 138 | 178 | 75 | 82 | 115 | 114 | 105 |  |
| EPA | 38 | 43 | 36 | 25 | 35 | 28 | 13 |  |
| E | SNC: number of sites with new SNC (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 4 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 13 |  |
| EPA | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 |  |
| SNC: Number of sites in SNC (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 38 | 43 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 34 |  |
| EPA | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 19 |  |
| F | Formal action: number of sites (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 14 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 |  |
| EPA | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 11 |  |
| Formal action: number taken (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 16 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 |  |
| EPA | 19 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 17 |  |
| G | Total amount of final penalties (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | $693,800 | $377,000 | $93,000 | $75,000 | $83,500 | $20,000 | $30,000 |  |
| EPA | $80,897 | $334,018 | $8,090,655 | $644,987 | $410,793 | $136,600 | $136,830 |  |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
| Number of sites SNC-determined within one week of formal action (1 FY) | Data Quality | State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
| B | Number of sites in violation for greater than 240 days (current) | Data Quality | State | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 108 | n/a |
| EPA | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 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 | 28.6% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |  |
| EPA | 0 / 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 37.5% | 57.1% | 28.6% |  |
| 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 | 84.0% | 92.0% | 88.0% | 76.0% | 84.0% | 92.0% | 92.0% |  |
| Combined | 96.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 96.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 96.0% |  |
| B | Inspection coverage for LQGs (1 FY) | Goal | State | 10.3% | 11.6% | 8.4% | 16.7% | 24.9% | 19.7% | 19.1% |  |
| Combined | 15.3% | 16.5% | 12.6% | 24.0% | 29.7% | 22.8% | 21.2% |  |
| C | Inspection coverage for LQGs (5 FYs) | Goal | State | 35.8% | 36.2% | 36.0% | 42.1% | 53.9% | 66.7% | 75.7% |  |
| Combined | 50.7% | 54.0% | 53.4% | 63.6% | 71.2% | 82.1% | 89.6% |  |
| D | Inspection coverage for active SQGs (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.4% |  |
| Combined | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.7% |  |
| E | Inspections at active CESQGs (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 228 | 233 | 275 | 322 | 356 | 438 | 508 |  |
| Combined | 252 | 255 | 295 | 335 | 366 | 444 | 514 |  |
| Inspections at active transporters (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 66 | 68 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 60 |  |
| Combined | 78 | 80 | 77 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 79 |  |
| Inspections at non-notifiers (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |  |
| Combined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |  |
| Inspections at active sites other than those listed in 5a-d and 5e1-5e3 (5 FYs) | Informational Only | State | 96 | 86 | 91 | 97 | 79 | 80 | 85 |  |
| Combined | 103 | 95 | 99 | 105 | 84 | 85 | 89 |  |
| 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 | 48.3% | 53.1% | 21.8% | 20.4% | 26.8% | 22.0% | 19.9% |  |
| EPA | 52.7% | 57.1% | 53.3% | 40.7% | 67.9% | 30.0% | 5.4% |  |
| 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 | 1.5% | 5.1% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 2.3% |  |
| Combined | 3.4% | 6.2% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 2.5% |  |
| 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% | 80.0% | 60.0% | 37.5% | 0.0% |  |
| C | Percent of formal actions taken that received a prior SNC listing (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 73.7% | 80.8% | 92.3% | 100.0% | 80.0% | 85.7% | 100.0% |  |
| EPA | 100.0% | 93.8% | 65.2% | 90.5% | 100.0% | 95.2% | 66.7% |  |
| 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 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 57.1% | 100.0% | 75.0% | 53.8% |  |
| Combined | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 23.5% | 37.5% | 25.0% | 46.7% |  |
| B | No activity indicator - number of formal actions (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 16 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 |  |
| 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 | $693,800 | $377,000 | $93,000 | $75,000 | $83,500 | $20,000 | $30,000 |  |
| B | Percent of final formal actions with penalty (1 FY) | Review Indicator | State | 54.5% | 45.5% | 57.1% | 33.3% | 50.0% | 40.0% | 50.0% |  |
| Combined | 66.7% | 71.4% | 82.4% | 66.7% | 75.0% | 76.9% | 75.0% |  |