Compliance & Enforcement at Federal Facilities

Information presented here is aimed toward helping federal agencies comply with environmental laws, regulations, and Executive Orders. Federal facilities must comply with environmental laws, regulations and Presidential Executive Orders. Part of EPA's mission is to provide compliance assistance to federal agencies and their facilities. This page contains links to specific compliance assistance information directed to federal facilities.

EPA's Federal Facilities Sector Notebook is a general summary of the various operations conducted by federal agencies and how those operations can impact the environment.

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Federal Facilities Monitoring - EPA publishes reports on compliance with environmental laws by federal agencies. Please review the Federal Facilities monitoring reports for more information.

EPA works in partnership with other agencies on activities geared toward improving compliance. Beginning in 2002, EPA and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) signed a commitment statement (PDF 766.9KB) committing their organizations to work together to improve environmental compliance of VHA facilities. For more information, please check our EPA-Veterans Health Administration Compliance Assistance Programs page.

Much of EPA's direct assistance to federal facilities is provided through staff in EPA's regional offices. To contact these staff members, check on EPA's Regional Federal Facilities Program Managers.

EPA's regional web pages can be found on the page Where You Live under EPA Regional Offices.

FedCenter - Also see FedCenter for compliance assistance tools developed by EPA and other federal agencies.