Per-state environmental compliance-pressure intelligence for 51 US jurisdictions (50 states + DC) across three EPA ECHO media programs — Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and RCRA hazardous waste (153 state × media rows per monthly snapshot). Raw ECHO summary counts (active facilities, 5-year inspections, formal/informal enforcement actions, 3-year and current violations, significant violations, federal penalties) are normalized per 100 active facilities and combined into a documented 0–100 compliance-pressure score (higher = more violations/enforcement activity per facility; weights 0.30/0.25/0.20/0.15/0.10 on significant violation, current violation, formal action, informal action rates and penalties per facility, each min–max normalized within its media), with per-media rank, high/elevated/low tiers, and a cross-media state rollup. Caveats: rolling 3-year/5-year ECHO windows (not calendar months); facility counts, not violation counts; penalties are federal dollars from formal actions only; cross-state gaps partly reflect state reporting completeness. Primary key: (as_of, state_code, media). Join keys: state_code (USPS), country_code (USA). Cadence: monthly; as_of is the first of the UTC month, so same-month re-runs are no-ops. EPA ECHO is U.S. federal government work (public domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105) — commercial_use = yes. Sample use: filter as_of = latest and media = 'cwa', order by compliance_pressure_score desc for the highest-pressure water-program states.

Source: EPA ECHO Environmental Compliance Pressure
Rows: 153
Columns: 35
Source cadence: Monthly
Last refreshed: Sep 28, 2026
Theme: environment

Column	Type	Description
as_of	string	First day of the UTC month of the fetch. Fixed per month so identical input produces an identical content hash. (unit: date)
fetched_at	string	UTC timestamp of the actual fetch (excluded from the content hash). (unit: timestamp)
state_code	string	USPS 2-letter state/territory code (51 jurisdictions: 50 states + DC). Join key. (unit: code)
state_name	string	Full state/district name.
country	string	Canonical country name (United States).
country_code	string	ISO alpha-3 country code (USA). Join key. (unit: code)
media	string	ECHO media program: cwa (Clean Water Act), caa (Clean Air Act), rcra (RCRA hazardous waste). (unit: code)
media_label	string	Human-readable media program name.
facilities	integer	Active regulated facilities in the state for this media (ECHO QueryRows). Denominator for all rates. (unit: count)
inspections_5y	integer	Inspections in ECHO's 5-year window (INSPRows). (unit: count)
formal_actions_5y	integer	Formal enforcement actions in the 5-year window (FEARows). (unit: count)
informal_actions_5y	integer	Informal enforcement actions in the 5-year window (InfFEARows). (unit: count)
violations_3y	integer	Facilities with violations in the 3-year compliance window (V3Rows). (unit: count)
current_violations	integer	Facilities currently in violation (CVRows). (unit: count)
significant_violations	integer	Facilities in significant violation / significant noncompliance (SVRows). (unit: count)
penalties_usd	integer	Total federal penalties from formal enforcement actions (ECHO TotalPenalties, parsed from '$1,237,325' style strings). (unit: USD)
violations_4q	float	CWA only: facilities with violations in the last 4 quarters (VioLast4QRows); null for other media. (unit: count)
fce_5y	float	Clean Air Act only: full compliance evaluations in the 5-year window (FCERows); null for other media. (unit: count)
bio_current_violations	float	CWA only: biosolids facilities currently in violation (BioCVRows); null for other media. (unit: count)
bio_violations_3y	float	CWA only: biosolids facilities with violations in 3 years (BioV3Rows); null for other media. (unit: count)
indian_country_facilities	integer	Matching facilities located in Indian country (IndianCountryRows). (unit: count)
violation_rate_3y	float	violations_3y per 100 active facilities; null when facilities is 0. (unit: per 100 facilities)
significant_violation_rate	float	significant_violations per 100 active facilities. (unit: per 100 facilities)
current_violation_rate	float	current_violations per 100 active facilities. (unit: per 100 facilities)
formal_action_rate	float	formal_actions_5y per 100 active facilities. (unit: per 100 facilities)
informal_action_rate	float	informal_actions_5y per 100 active facilities. (unit: per 100 facilities)
inspection_coverage_5y	float	inspections_5y per 100 active facilities (context, not a score input). (unit: per 100 facilities)
penalties_per_facility_usd	float	penalties_usd divided by facilities. (unit: USD)
compliance_pressure_score	float	0–100 composite (higher = more violations/enforcement per facility): 100 × (0.30·norm(significant_violation_rate) + 0.25·norm(current_violation_rate) + 0.20·norm(formal_action_rate) + 0.15·norm(informal_action_rate) + 0.10·norm(penalties_per_facility_usd)), each norm() min–max across the 51 jurisdictions within the same media. Null when any component is missing. (unit: score)
pressure_rank	integer	Rank of compliance_pressure_score within the media (1 = highest pressure). (unit: rank)
pressure_tier	string	Score tertile: high (≥66.67), elevated (≥33.33), low (<33.33); unknown when the score is null.
state_overall_score	float	Mean of the state's three media compliance-pressure scores. (unit: score)
state_overall_rank	integer	Rank of state_overall_score across the 51 jurisdictions (1 = highest overall pressure). (unit: rank)
source_url	string	Exact ECHO query URL behind this row (provenance). For the CA RCRA row, the semicolon-joined county/ZIP partition URLs (see module docstring).
row_hash	string	SHA-256 (16 hex chars) over the row's content fields (fetched_at excluded); identical input yields an identical hash. (unit: hash)

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

as_of	fetched_at	state_code	state_name	country	country_code	media	media_label	facilities	inspections_5y	formal_actions_5y	informal_actions_5y	violations_3y	current_violations	significant_violations	penalties_usd	violations_4q	fce_5y	bio_current_violations	bio_violations_3y	indian_country_facilities	violation_rate_3y	significant_violation_rate	current_violation_rate	formal_action_rate	informal_action_rate	inspection_coverage_5y	penalties_per_facility_usd	compliance_pressure_score	pressure_rank	pressure_tier	state_overall_score	state_overall_rank	source_url	row_hash
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	CA	California	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	2,127	964	343	349	369	237	228	79,979,049	—	956	—	—	3	17.348	10.719	11.142	16.126	16.408	45.322	37,601.81	62.9	1	elevated	22.9	9	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=CA&p_act=Y&output=JSON	c63cb7b0e3c09af1
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	IN	Indiana	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	1,743	1,194	381	379	572	248	94	44,590,437	—	1,156	—	—	0	32.817	5.393	14.228	21.859	21.744	68.503	25,582.58	57.4	2	elevated	32.9	3	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=IN&p_act=Y&output=JSON	5badff56fd078931
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	HI	Hawaii	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	100	65	15	21	21	13	7	1,793,200	—	64	—	—	0	21	7	13	15	21	65	17,932	53.9	3	elevated	27.8	5	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=HI&p_act=Y&output=JSON	d1c729b291bab33c
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	OR	Oregon	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	192	146	17	39	61	57	6	1,044,751	—	136	—	—	6	31.771	3.125	29.688	8.854	20.312	76.042	5,441.41	50.4	4	elevated	26.6	6	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=OR&p_act=Y&output=JSON	b8645dd82c180773
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	NV	Nevada	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	212	120	39	17	39	22	4	21,712,668	—	115	—	—	0	18.396	1.887	10.377	18.396	8.019	56.604	102,418.25	39.9	5	elevated	18.2	19	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=NV&p_act=Y&output=JSON	22152d3c1f465271
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	WI	Wisconsin	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	811	500	18	280	215	91	28	48,278,075	—	475	—	—	2	26.51	3.453	11.221	2.219	34.525	61.652	59,529.07	38.7	6	elevated	16.7	22	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=WI&p_act=Y&output=JSON	c192eb443fa39c36
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	WA	Washington	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	637	290	122	206	43	20	6	10,978,405	—	256	—	—	159	6.75	0.942	3.14	19.152	32.339	45.526	17,234.54	37.1	7	elevated	35.8	1	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=WA&p_act=Y&output=JSON	55a6bf01df240244
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	AK	Alaska	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	502	377	8	183	62	30	17	2,715,101	—	364	—	—	2	12.351	3.386	5.976	1.594	36.454	75.1	5,408.57	31.2	8	low	25.7	7	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=AK&p_act=Y&output=JSON	293950985a8aa422
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	DC	District of Columbia	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	359	49	9	1	33	26	21	9,000	—	48	—	—	0	9.192	5.85	7.242	2.507	0.279	13.649	25.07	24.7	9	low	28.5	4	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=DC&p_act=Y&output=JSON	d87a788e8650cd5c
2026-09-01	2026-09-28T23:53:57+00:00	AZ	Arizona	United States	USA	caa	Clean Air Act	481	255	21	123	60	28	7	29,381	—	249	—	—	20	12.474	1.455	5.821	4.366	25.572	53.015	61.08	23.4	10	low	12.5	29	https://echodata.epa.gov/echo/air_rest_services.get_facilities?p_st=AZ&p_act=Y&output=JSON	574bb9bed4396938

Sep 28, 2026Current
20260928T235905Z-3e67d8e2153f · sha256 3e67d8e2153f…
153 rows · first snapshot

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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/epa_echo_compliance_intel/epa_echo_compliance_pressure_monthly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'

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import requests

ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/epa_echo_compliance_intel/epa_echo_compliance_pressure_monthly").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")

# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/epa_echo_compliance_intel/epa_echo_compliance_pressure_monthly

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EPA ECHO Environmental Compliance Pressure. (2026). US environmental compliance pressure (EPA ECHO, monthly) [Data set, snapshot 20260928T235905Z-3e67d8e2153f, sha256 3e67d8e2153f]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-09-29, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/epa_echo_compliance_intel/epa_echo_compliance_pressure_monthly?snapshot=20260928T235905Z-3e67d8e2153f

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@misc{dz_epa_echo_compliance_intel_epa_echo_compl_3e67d8e2,
  title        = {{US environmental compliance pressure (EPA ECHO, monthly)}},
  author       = {{EPA ECHO Environmental Compliance Pressure}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/epa_echo_compliance_intel/epa_echo_compliance_pressure_monthly?snapshot=20260928T235905Z-3e67d8e2153f}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20260928T235905Z-3e67d8e2153f, sha256 3e67d8e2153f7d814a7325853b8f6d4f8c6757a3abf2338426f1dce2f48796e2; accessed 2026-09-29}
}

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