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Compliance Assistance Centers help businesses, colleges and universities, local governments, tribes and federal facilities understand and comply with environmental requirements and save money through pollution prevention techniques. 

EPA provides a wholesale approach to compliance assistance through the Compliance Assistance Centers, including Next Generation Compliance ("NextGen").  The traditional inspection is now being augmented by advanced technologies and processes. NextGen helps reduce costs and saves time and resources, while improving compliance.  

  • Read more about Next Generation Compliance.

The Compliance Assistance Centers offer easy access to plain-language materials and other resources on environmental compliance through:

  • websites targeted to industry and government sectors
  • virtual plant tours
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  • Next Generation Compliance
  • State Resource Locators  that offer state-specific environmental compliance information for a wide range of topics.

Most Compliance Assistance Centers are funded by EPA through cooperative agreements.

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Last updated on November 5, 2021