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Title: Permit Compliance System (PCS) facility address and permit file EPA region 2 (NJ, NY, PR, VI) (for microcomputers). Data file

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:285113

The Permit Compliance System (PCS) is an EPA national computerized management information system that records water-discharge permit data on more than 64,000 wastewater treatment facilities nationwide. This system automates entry, updating, and retrieval of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) data and tracks permit issuance, permit limits, monitoring data, and other data pertaining to facilities regulated under NPDES. There are approximately 49,000 industrial facilities and 15,000 municipal facilities regulated by NPDES. The Enforcement Action File contains information regarding actions taken in the most recent 2-year period, in response to violations of effluent parameters limits, non-receipt of Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) or Compliance Schedule reports, or failure to complete Compliance Schedule milestones for all active permitted facilities. Enforcement action data include the events in violation and the dates of occurrence, the type of enforcement action(s), and the dates they were taken, and the current status of each action. This data is updated twice a year.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
OSTI ID:
285113
Report Number(s):
PB-96-502331/XAB; TRN: 62252622
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Requires 1.3 MB hard disk space. The datafile is on one 3 1/2 inch DOS diskette, 1.44M high density. File format: ASCII. Files are compressed. More information is available by fax by calling (703) 487-4140 and asking for product code: 8595. Supersedes PB--96-500392; PBD: Jun 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English