We may be at the dawn of a new age of demonstrating compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations. Over the last 18 months, the EPA has begun introducing several new enforcement strategies and tools, including automated compliance monitoring. The EPA refers to these efforts as its “Next-Generation Compliance” program. Although the EPA has not officially announced the NGC program, it has referred to and incorporated NGC into its strategic thinking, including its national enforcement initiatives for fiscal years 2014-16, and more recently in its draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2014-18.
Through NGC, the EPA proposes less reliance on traditional facility inspections conducted by EPA employees or contractors in favor of increased electronic or automated reporting to the EPA by the regulated parties themselves. Such self-reporting will then also be available for public review. The EPA believes that advances in automatic emissions/pollutant monitoring and information technology will provide industry, government and the public with new and better information on environmental compliance, and increase opportunities to reduce and prevent pollution.
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