Compliance Assistance

EPA provides compliance assistance on a sector-by-sector basis in order to efficiently reach facilities with similar operations, processes or practices.

A sector is a distinct part of the economy that shares:

• Similar operations, processes or practices
• Similar environmental problems and impacts
• Similar compliance issues and either distributes goods or performs services

Historically EPA has used the Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) to categorize and maintain data on sectors. These codes are useful when searching EPA data systems. EPA is now in the process of converting to the more recent North American Industry Classification System (NAIC).

Additional information that may affect your sector can be found in compliance assistance by statute.

Sector-Based Compliance Assistance Tools:

Select a sector from the list on the right for these compliance assistance tools relevant to that sector.

• Compliance Assistance Centers provide comprehensive, easy to understand compliance information targeted to specific industry and government sectors.
• Sector Notebooks are easy to understand books that describe various industries operating in the United States and the environmental regulations that apply to their operation.
• Compliance Assistance and Inspection Publications include guides, manuals, fact sheets and brochures that pertaining to individual sectors or a specific regulations.

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