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Upcoming Webinars 

Upcoming training sessions and registration information are posted below. ECHO webinars generally take place every other month and alternate between introductory and advanced topics. Closed captioning will be provided during all webinars.

Advanced ECHO: Clean Water Act Webinar

This webinar will demonstrate tools to access and analyze EPA data for water quality, water pollutant discharges, and facility compliance related to the Clean Water Act. We will explore the following tools in ECHO:

  • Wastewater/Stormwater/Biosolids Facility Search
  • Water Pollution Loading Tool
  • Water Quality Indicators Map

The case studies will demonstrate how to conduct advanced analyses of NPDES permitted discharges and how to interpret the information.

Closed captioning provided. 

Date and Time: December 3, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EST
Registration Link: Advanced ECHO: Clean Water Act Exit

Intro to ECHO Webinar

This Intro to ECHO webinar series provides basic demonstrations of searching and navigating the ECHO website. Learn how to utilize ECHO in your communities and workplaces to identify facility history with compliance and enforcement. Closed captioning will be provided.

Date and Time: Expected February 2025

Recorded Webinars 

Recordings of webinars are posted below as they become available. Click on the hyperlinked dates to jump to a specific webinar.

Intro to ECHO: How do I search for...? Webinar

This webinar provided an overview about the data in ECHO and guided users through how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search and Enforcement Case Search to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for a specific enforcement case?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?

Date and Time: October 17, 2024 1:30-2:30 pm EDT
Recording Link: Intro to ECHO: How do I search for...? webinar Exit 
Presentation Link: Intro to ECHO: How do I search for...? webinar (PDF) (17 pp,  309 KB)

How to Use the Water Quality Indicators Tool - Public Training

This webinar explored ECHO’s newest tool, the Water Quality Indicators through step-by-step examples on visualizing:
 

  • Nutrient and pathogen pollution data
  • Pollutant trends from water monitoring stations
  • Pollutant data combined with other data sources such as facility, land use, and environmental justice data

Date and Time: Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 2-3 PM EDT 
Recording Link: How to Use the Water Quality Indicators Tool Exit
Presentation Link: How to Use the Water Quality Indicators Tool (PDF) (19 pp,  645 KB)

Advanced ECHO: Clean Air Act Webinar

This webinar focuses on facility and emissions data available in ECHO for stationary sources of air emissions. This webinar will explore the Air Facility Search, Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Dashboard, and ECHO Clean Air Tracking Tool (ECATT) through step-by-step examples, answering questions such as:

  • What tools are available to search for and compare air emissions data?
  • What types of facility, compliance, and pollutant air emissions information can users find?
  • How can I use the ECATT Air Monitoring Station Search to understand the ambient air quality in a location?
  • How can I identify refineries that have exceeded a benzene fenceline monitoring action level?

Closed Captioning is provided.

Date and Time: August 13, 2024 1:30 - 2:30 pm EDT
Recording Link: Advanced ECHO: Clean Air Act Exit
Presentation Link: Advanced ECHO: Clean Air Act Webinar (PDF) (17 pp,  335 KB)

Intro to ECHO: Behind the Scenes Webinar

This webinar dived into the "Behind the Scenes" of ECHO, answering questions about environmental data such as:

  • From which EPA system does ECHO retrieve data?
  • How frequently are the data updates, and how do I make corrections?
  • How can I download ECHO data?
  • What are the ECHO web services?

For a detailed explanation of data flows into ECHO, please view the video tutorials on the ECHO Tutorials webpage (https://echo.epa.gov/help/tutorials). 

Date and Time: June 11, 2024 1:30-2:30pm EDT 
Recording Link: Intro to ECHO: Behind the Scenes Exit 
Presentation Link: Intro to ECHO: Behind the Scenes (PDF) (24 pp,  319 KB)

NNCR Advanced Training: Single Event/Other Violations

This webinar focused on single event/other violations on the quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR), which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focused on when single event/other violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of single event/other violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering single event/other violations on the quarterly NNCR.

This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending (https://echo.epa.gov/help/training#Series).

Date and Time: April 25, 2024 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
Recording Link: NNCR Advanced Training: Single Event/Other Violations Exit 
Presentation Link: NNCR Advanced Training: Single Event/Other Violations (PDF) (28 pp,  437 KB)

Advanced ECHO Webinar: Data Downloads

This webinar focused on data downloads offered throughout the ECHO website. It delved into how to access, download, and use data for offline analyses. Using case studies, this webinar explored data sets and downloads of search results within ECHO including:

  • How to use the ECHO Exporter,
  • How to combine National Data Download files, and
  • How to download NPDES Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) data.

Date and Time: April 23, 2024 1:30 - 2:30 pm EDT
Recording Link: Advanced ECHO: Data Downloads Exit 
Presentation Link: Advanced ECHO: Data Downloads Webinar (PDF) (18 pp,  329 KB)

NNCR Advanced Training: Schedule Violations

This webinar focused on schedule violations on the quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR), which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focused on when schedule violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of schedule violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering schedule violations on the quarterly NNCR.

This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending (https://echo.epa.gov/help/training#Series).

Date and Time: April 23, 2024 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
Recording Link: NNCR Advanced Training: Schedule Violations Exit 
Presentation Link: NNCR Advanced Training: Schedule Violations (PDF) (33 pp,  537 KB)

NNCR Advanced Training: Effluent Exceedance

This webinar focused on effluent exceedance violations on the quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR), which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focuses on when effluent exceedance violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of effluent exceedance violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering effluent exceedance violations on the quarterly NNCR.

This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending.

Date and Time: April 18, 2024 2:30 - 4:00 pm EDT 
Recording Link: NNCR Advanced Training: Effluent Exceedance Exit 
Presentation Link: NNCR Advanced Training: Effluent Exceedance (PDF) (91 pp,  8,777 KB)

ECHO Biosolids Facility Searches and Reports Training

This training focused on the ECHO Facility Searches and Report under the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program area biosolids. With the implementation of the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (eRule), facilities in the 41 states where EPA implements the Federal Biosolids Program, and three authorized states (SD, TX, UT) began submitting electronic reports. This training provides an overview of the electronic reporting of biosolids annual reports, describes the biosolids data available on EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), and includes a demonstration of navigating the Biosolids Facility and Annual Report search form, search results, and Biosolids Facility Report.

Date and Time: April 17, 2024 3:00 - 4:00 pm EDT 
Recording Link: ECHO Biosolids Facility Searches and Reports Exit 
Presentation Link: ECHO Biosolids Facility Searches and Reports Training (PDF) (23 pp,  557 KB)

NNCR Advanced Training: DMR Reporting Violations

This webinar focused on DMR reporting violations on the quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR), which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focuses on when DMR reporting violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of DMR reporting violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering DMR reporting violations on the quarterly NNCR.

This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending.

Date and Time: April 16, 2024 3:00 - 4:00 pm EDT 
Recording Link: NNCR Advanced Training: DMR Reporting Exit 
Presentation Link: NNCR Advanced Training: DMR Reporting Violations (PDF) (43 pp,  627 KB)

Annual NNCR Training

This webinar focused on the annual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides summary compliance and enforcement information for more than 450,000 permittees by state, tribe, and territory by federal fiscal year. The training covered what the annual NNCR is and why it was developed, background on the NNCR workgroup, metrics included in the reports, and a demonstration to access the report on EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online.      

Date and Time: April 11, 2024 2:00 - 3:30 pm EDT 
Recording Link: Annual NNCR Training Exit 
Presentation Link: Annual NNCR Training (PDF) (21 pp,  355 KB)

Quarterly NNCR Training

This webinar focused on the quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training covered what the quarterly NNCR is and why it was developed, background on the NNCR workgroup, violation types and violation details included in the report, and a demonstration to access the report on EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online. 

Date and Time: April 9, 2024 2:00 - 3:30 pm EDT 
Recording Link: Quarterly NNCR Training Exit 
Presentation Link: Quarterly NNCR Training (PDF) (36 pp,  431 KB)

Intro to ECHO Webinar: Dashboards

This webinar explored how to use the EPA/State Dashboards and other dashboards available through ECHO. The EPA/State dashboards show a visual depiction of enforcement and compliance data as it relates to agency performance. We covered examples of using the dashboards for several programs, including Benzene Fenceline Monitoring and PFAS Analytic Tools.

Date and Time: February 13, 2024, 1:30-2:30 PM EST
Recording Link: Intro to ECHO: Dashboards Exit 
Presentation Link: Intro to ECHO: Dashboards Webinar (PDF) (17 pp,  328 KB)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste

During this webinar, we explored the Hazardous Waste Facility Search and Hazardous Waste EPA/State Dashboard. We demonstrated how the Hazardous Waste Facility Search provides RCRA-specific evaluation, compliance, and enforcement data through step-by-step examples and practical use cases. We also demonstrated the e-Manifest data now available on the ECHO Detailed Facility Report. 

Date and Time: December 12, 2023, 1:30 - 2:30 PM EST
Presentation Link: Advanced ECHO: Hazardous Waste Webinar (PDF) (18 pp,  448 KB)
Recording Link: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Intro to ECHO Webinar: How do I search for...?

This webinar provided an overview about the data in ECHO and guided users through how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?
  • How do I find visual depictions of data that track both facility and regulatory agency performance?

Date and Time: October 17, 2023, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                   
Presentation link: Intro to ECHO: How do I search for...? Webinar (PDF) (17 pp,  346 KB)       
Recording Link: Stream the Intro to ECHO: How do I search for...? Webinar  Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: CWA and Biosolids

This webinar explored wastewater tools and reports available on ECHO, such as:

  • Wastewater/Stormwater/Biosolids Facility Search
  • Biosolids Facility Report
  • Effluent Charts
  • Water Pollutant Loading Tool
  • Data Downloads

These ECHO tools allow users to access and analyze EPA data for water pollutant discharges and facility compliance related to the Clean Water Act including biosolids-specific program data. The case studies demonstrate how to conduct advanced analyses of permitted water features and interpret information.

Date and Time: August 15, 2023, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                    
Presentation: Advanced ECHO: CWA and Biosolids Webinar (PDF) (21 pp,  364 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the CWA and Biosolids Webinar  Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Intro to ECHO: EJScreen Webinar

This webinar focused on how to use the ECHO facility searches to learn about environmental and demographic data from EPA's EJScreen. We demonstrated examples of using ECHO searches and reports to view EJScreen data and how to interpret the information, including introducing the supplemental indexes. The webinar covered the following topics:

  • How to search for environmental and demographic data in your community.
  • How to view and interpret EJ index and supplemental index values at the location of a facility.
  • How to visualize EJScreen data on an interactive map.

Date and Time: June 13, 2023, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                       
Presentation: Intro to ECHO: EJScreen Webinar (PDF) (27 pp,  1.4 MB)                       
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO: EJScreen Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

  How to Use the ECHO Clean Air Tracking Tool - Public Training

During this webinar, we provided an introduction and instructions on how to use the ECHO Clean Air Tracking Tool, a new online tool available to the public that provides transparency for Clean Air Act data. ECATT is the first EPA interface that combines data about emissions, enforcement and compliance, environmental justice, air monitoring stations, and modeled toxic risks. Communities now have access to an integrated tool that can be used to evaluate emissions at stationary sources and compliance records within their communities.

Date and Time: June 6, 2023, 2:00-3:00 PM EDT                       
Presentation: How to use ECHO ECATT(PDF) (23 pp,  1.4 MB)                       
Recording: Stream the ECHO Clean Air Tracking Tool Webinar Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Advanced ECHO: Air Facility Webinar

This webinar focused on facility and air emissions data available in ECHO for stationary sources. This webinar explored the Air Facility Search and Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Dashboard through step-by-step examples answering questions such as:

  • What tools are available to search for and compare air emissions data?
  • What types of facility, compliance, and pollutant emissions information can users find?
  • What facilities have data in EPA's program databases?
  • How can I use the Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Dashboard to identify refineries that have exceeded their benzene concentration difference?

Date and Time: April 18, 2023, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                       
Presentation: Advanced ECHO: Air Facility Webinar (PDF) (19 pp,  387.37 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Advanced ECHO: Air Facilities Webinar Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Annual NNCR Training

This webinar focuses on the new annual National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides summary compliance and enforcement information for more than 450,000 permittees by state, tribe, and territory by federal fiscal year. The training covers what the annual NNCR is and why it was developed, background on the NNCR workgroup, metrics included in the reports, and a demonstration to access the report on EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (echo.epa.gov).

Date and Time: March 23, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM EDT                       
Presentation: Annual NNCR (PDF) (28 pp,  744.73 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Annual NNCR Training Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Quarterly NNCR Training: Single Event/Other Violations

This webinar focuses on the new quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focuses on when single event/other violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of single event/other violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering single event/other violations on the quarterly NNCR. This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending. 

Date and Time: March 22, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM EST                       
Presentation: DMR SEV/Other Violations (PDF) (34 pp,  793.92 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Quarterly NNCR Training: Single Event/Other Violations Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Quarterly NNCR Training: Schedule Violations

This webinar focuses on the new quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focuses on when schedule violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of schedule violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering schedule violations on the quarterly NNCR. This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending. 

Date and Time: March 21, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM EST                       
Presentation: NNCR Schedule Violations (PDF) (39 pp,  895.25 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Quarterly NNCR Training: Schedule Violations Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Quarterly NNCR Training: Effluent Exceedance Violations

This webinar focuses on the new quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focuses on when effluent exceedance violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of effluent exceedance violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering effluent exceedance violations on the quarterly NNCR. This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending. 

Date and Time: March 16, 2023, 2:00-3:30 PM EST                       
Presentation: Effluent Exceedance Violations (PDF) (97 pp,  1.57 MB)                       
Recording: Stream the Quarterly NNCR Training: Effluent Exceedance Violations Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

  Biosolids Facility Searches and Reports

This training focused on the ECHO Facility Searches and Report under the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program area biosolids. With the implementation of the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (eRule), facilities in the 41 states where EPA implements the Federal Biosolids Program, and three authorized states (SD, TX, UT) began submitting electronic reports for the first time. This training provided an overview of the electronic reporting of biosolids annual reports, described the biosolids data available on EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), and included a demonstration of navigating the Biosolids Facility and Annual Report search form, search results, and Biosolids Facility Report.

Date and Time: March 14, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM EST                       
Presentation: Biosolids Facility Searches and Reports (PDF) (26 pp,  694.34 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Biosolids Facility Searches and Reports Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Quarterly NNCR Training: DMR Reporting Violations

This webinar focused on the new quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training focused on when DMR reporting violations are generated, criteria for assigning Category I versus II noncompliance, resolution of DMR reporting violations, and a demonstration of searching and filtering DMR reporting violations on the quarterly NNCR. This training is an advanced training and assumes you have attended or watched a recording of the quarterly NNCR training before attending.

Date and Time: March 14, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM EST                       
Presentation: DMR Reporting Violations (PDF) (49 pp,  985.23 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Quarterly NNCR Training: DMR Reporting Violations Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Quarterly NNCR Training

This webinar focused on the new quarterly National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Noncompliance Report (NNCR) available on ECHO, which provides a comprehensive list of Clean Water Act violations and their resolutions to the public. The training covered what the quarterly NNCR is and why it was developed, background on the NNCR workgroup, violation types and violation details included in the report, and a demonstration to access the report on EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (echo.epa.gov).

Date and Time: March 8, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM EST                       
Presentation: Quarterly NNCR Overview (43 pp,  821 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Quarterly NNCR Training Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing.

 Intro to ECHO Webinar: Dashboards

This webinar explored how to use the ECHO EPA/State dashboards. The EPA/State dashboards show a visual depiction of enforcement and compliance data as it relates to agency performance. We covered examples of using the dashboards for several programs. Additionally, we introduced the PFAS Analytic Tool.

Date and Time: February 14, 2023, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                       
Presentation: Intro to ECHO: Dashboards (PDF) (18 pp,  303 KB)                       
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO: Dashboards Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing

 Intro to the PFAS Analytic Tools 

This webinar explored how to use the PFAS Analytic Tools - an interactive webpage providing consolidated data about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) reporting, testing, and occurrences across the country. EPA demonstrated how the data is collected, example use cases of the tool, and how to use various mapping, exporting, graphing, and filtering capabilities. 

Date and Time: January 10, 2023, 1:00-2:00 PM EST                             
Presentation: Intro to PFAS Analytic Tools (PDF) (13 pp,  1.2 MB)                             
Recording: Stream the PFAS Analytic Tools Training Exit with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to PFAS Analytic Tools (PDF) (15pp, 113 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Drinking Water 

This advanced webinar explored how to use ECHO tools to access and understand the drinking water program enforcement and compliance data. EPA demonstrated examples of how an individual may use the drinking water ECHO tools to identify compliance data related to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), including how to search for information about Sanitary Surveys and Action Level Exceedances associated with the Lead and Copper Rule.

Date and Time: December 6, 2022, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Drinking Water (PDF) (19 pp, 321 K)                             
Recording: Stream the ECHO Drinking Water Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 Intro to ECHO Webinar: How do I search for...?

This webinar provided an overview about the data in ECHO and guided users through how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?
  • How do I find visual depictions of data that track both facility and regulatory agency performance?

Date and Time: October 25, 2022, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO: How do I search for...? (PDF) (17 pp, 337 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO: How do I search for...? Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Data Downloads

The webinar focused on data downloads offered throughout the ECHO website. During this webinar, we went into depth on how to access, download, and use data for offline analyses. We used case studies to explore data sets and downloads of search results within ECHO, including:

Date and Time: August 16, 2022, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Data Downloads (PDF) (24 pp, 339 K)                             
Recording: Stream the ECHO Data Downloads Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 Intro to ECHO Webinar: Behind the Scenes

During this webinar, we dived into the "Behind the Scenes" of ECHO, answering questions about environmental data such as:

  • From which EPA systems does ECHO retrieve data?
  • How frequently are the data updated, and how do I make corrections?
  • How can I download ECHO data?
  • What are the ECHO web services?

Date and Time: June 14, 2022, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO Webinar: Behind the Scenes (PDF) (25 pp, 310 K)                             
Recoding: Stream or download the Advanced ECHO: Reports Webinar Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Reports

This webinar focused on the reports available in ECHO. ECHO reports display compliance, enforcement, and environmental data on a webpage for a facility or permittee, many of which are specific to an environmental program or type of emission (e.g., air, wastewater). We highlighted the data and features available through various reports in ECHO and learned how to access each report through ECHO searches. We covered the following ECHO reports:

  • Detailed Facility Report
  • Air Pollutant Report (air emissions)
  • Biosolids Facility Report (biosolids management)
  • Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Non-Receipt Report (wastewater discharges)
  • Civil Enforcement Case Report
  • Criminal Enforcement Case Report

Date and Time: April 12, 2022, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Advanced ECHO: Reports Webinar (PDF) (17 pp, 325 K)                             
Recording: Stream or download the Advanced ECHO: Reports Webinar Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 Intro to ECHO Webinar: EJScreen

This webinar focused on how to use the ECHO facility searches to learn about environmental and demographic data from EPA's EJScreen. We demonstrated examples of using ECHO searches and reports to view EJScreen data and how to interpret the information. The webinar covered the following topics:

  • How to search for environmental and demographic data in your community.
  • How to view and interpret EJScreen index values at the location of a facility.
  • How to visualize EJScreen data on an interactive map.

Date and Time: February 15, 2022, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO Webinar: EJScreen Presentation (PDF) (29 pp, 2.93 MB)                             
Recording: Stream or download the Intro to ECHO: EJScreen Webinar Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning.                          
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Air Facility Search

This webinar focused on facility and air emissions data available in ECHO for stationary sources. This webinar explored the Air Facility Search and Air Pollutant Report through step-by-step examples answering questions such as:

  • What tools are available to search for and compare air emissions data?
  • What types of facility, compliance, and pollutant emission information can users find?
  • What facilities have data in EPA’s program databases?
  • What features are available in ECHO to analyze locations for potential environmental justice concerns?

Date and Time: December 14, 2021, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                            
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Air Facilities (PDF) (17 pp, 318 K)                             
Recording: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Air Facilities Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 Intro to ECHO Webinar: Dashboards

This webinar explored how to use ECHO EPA/State dashboards. The EPA/State dashboards show a visual depiction of enforcement and compliance data as it relates to agency performance. We covered examples of using the dashboards for several programs, which include:

  • Air
  • Drinking Water
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Water
  • Pesticide

Additionally, we explored how to utilize the modernized EPA/State dashboard functionality, highlighting new and updated interactive features. This training was presented with live closed captioning.

Date and Time: October 12, 2021, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO Webinar: Dashboards Presentation (PDF) (17 pp, 326 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO Webinar: Dashboards Exit in MP4 format with closed captioning; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Provided with the recording

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water

During this webinar, we explored water tools and reports available on ECHO, such as:

  • Wastewater/Stormwater/Biosolids Facility Search
  • Detailed Facility Search
  • Effluent Charts
  • Water Pollutant Loading Tool
  • Data Downloads and Web Services

These ECHO tools allow users to access and analyze EPA data for water pollutant discharges and facility compliance related to the Clean Water Act. The case studies demonstrated how to conduct advanced analyses of permitted water features and interpret information.

Date and Time: August 10, 2021, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                            
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water (PDF) (17 pp, 170 K)                             
Recording: Stream or download the Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water (MP4) (186 MB)                             
Verbatim Transcript: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water Transcript (PDF) (13 pp, 215 K)

 Intro to ECHO

During this webinar, we provided an overview about the data in ECHO and guide users through how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search and other features to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?
  • How do I find visual depictions of data that track both facility and regulatory agency performance?

Date and Time: June 15, 2021, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                            
Presentation: Intro to ECHO Webinar (PDF) (15 pp, 352 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to ECHO Webinar Transcript (PDF) (12 pp, 225 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Drinking Water

This advanced webinar explored how to use ECHO tools to access and understand drinking water program enforcement and compliance data, such as:

  • Drinking Water System Search
  • Drinking Water Dashboard
  • Drinking Water Data Downloads
  • Drinking Water REST Services

EPA demonstrated examples of how an individual or environmental inspector may use the drinking water ECHO tools to identify compliance data related to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), including how to search for information about Sanitary Surveys and Action Level Exceedances associated with the Lead and Copper Rule.

Date and Time: April 14, 2021, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Drinking Water (PDF) (20 pp, 369 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Advanced ECHO Webinar: Drinking Water                             
Verbatim Transcript: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Drinking Water Transcript (PDF)(11 pp, 214 K)

 Intro to ECHO: How Do I Search For...? Webinar

During this webinar, we provided an overview about the data in ECHO and guide users through how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search and other features to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?
  • How do I find visual depictions of data that track both facility and regulatory agency performance?

Date and Time: February 9, 2021, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO: How Do I Search For...? (PDF) (14 pp, 316 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO: How Do I Search For...? Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to ECHO: How Do I Search For...? Transcript (PDF) (12 pp, 204 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste

During this webinar, we explored the Hazardous Waste Facility Search and Hazardous Waste EPA/State Dashboard. We demonstrated how the Hazardous Waste Facility Search provides RCRA-specific evaluation, compliance, enforcement, and penalty data through step-by-step examples and practical use cases. We answered questions such as:

  • How can I find Hazardous Waste compliance information for facilities in my community?
  • How can I identify facilities with TRI land releases or waste transfers?
  • How can I use ECHO to prepare for a hazardous waste facility inspection?
  • How can I use the new Hazardous Waste Dashboard to understand compliance and enforcement activities in my state?

Date and Time: December 15, 2020, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                            
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste (PDF) (14 pp, 269 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste Transcript (PDF) (12 pp, 284 K)

 Intro to ECHO: Behind the Scenes Webinar

During this webinar, we went into the "Behind the Scenes" of ECHO, answering questions about environmental data such as:

  • From which EPA systems does ECHO retrieve data?
  • How frequently are the data updated, and how do I make corrections?
  • How can I download ECHO data?
  • What are the ECHO web services?

Date and Time: October 13, 2020, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                            
Presentation: Intro to ECHO: Behind the Scenes (PDF) (22 pp, 298 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO: Behind the Scenes Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to ECHO: Behind the Scenes Transcript (PDF) (11 pp, 268 K)

 Intro to ECHO - How Do I Search For...? Webinar

This webinar provided basic demonstrations of searching and navigating the ECHO website, and gave guidance on how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?

Date and Time: June 23, 2020, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO - How Do I Search For...? (PDF) (13 pp, 206 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO - How Do I Search For...? Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to ECHO - How Do I Search For...? Transcript (PDF) (12 pp, 252 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water

This webinar explored how to access and use various water tools and reports available on ECHO, such as:

  • Wastewater/Stormwater/Biosolids Facility Search
  • Detailed Facility Report
  • Effluent Charts
  • Water Pollutant Loading Tool
  • Data Downloads and Web Services

These ECHO tools allow users to access and interpret EPA data for water pollutant discharges and facility compliance related to the Clean Water Act. These case studies demonstrated how ECHO can be used for advance analyses of permitted water features.

Date and Time: April 28, 2020, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water (PDF) (16 pp, 539 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water Transcript (PDF) (11 pp, 244 K)

 Intro to ECHO Webinar

This webinar provided basic demonstrations of searching and navigating the ECHO website, and gave guidance on how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?

Date and Time: February 18, 2020, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO (PDF) (13 pp, 255 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to ECHO Webinar Transcript (PDF) (12 pp, 241 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Air Facility Search

The focus of this webinar was the facility and air emissions data available in ECHO for stationary sources. This webinar explored the Air Facility Search and Air Pollutant Report through step-by-step examples, answering questions such as:

  • What tools are available to search for and compare air emissions data?
  • What types of facility, compliance, and pollutant emission information can users find?
  • What facilities have data in EPA’s program databases?

Date and Time: November 12, 2019, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Recording: Stream the Air Facility Search Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to viewing                              
Presentation: ECHO Air Facility Search (PDF) (15pp, 139 K)                             
Verbatim Transcript: ECHO Air Facility Search Webinar Transcript (PDF) (12 pp, 252 K)

 Intro to ECHO Webinar

This webinar series provided basic demonstrations of searching and navigating the ECHO website, and gave guidance on how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?

Date and Time: August 13, 2019, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                            
Presentation: Intro to ECHO (PDF) (13 pp, 255 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to downloading                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to ECHO Webinar Transcript (PDF) (11 pp, 189 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Behind the Scenes

During this webinar, we went “Behind the Scenes” of ECHO, answering questions about environmental data such as:

  • From which EPA program systems does ECHO retrieve data?
  • How frequently are the data updated, and how do I make corrections?
  • How can I download ECHO data?
  • What are ECHO web services?

Date and Time: April 9, 2019, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                        
Presentation: ECHO Behind the Scenes (PDF) (22 pp, 256 K)                             
Recording: Stream the ECHO Behind the Scenes Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to downloading                             
Verbatim Transcript: ECHO Behind the Scenes Transcript (PDF) (10 pp, 196 K)

 Intro to ECHO — How do I Search For...? Webinar

This webinar provided an overview about the data in ECHO and guided users through how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar was a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared toward new and infrequent users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?

Date and Time: December 18, 2018, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO (PDF) (13 pp, 224 K)                             
Recording: Stream the Intro to ECHO Webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to downloading                             
Verbatim Transcript: Intro to ECHO Transcript (PDF) (11 pp, 239 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste

This webinar reviewed the Hazardous Waste Facility Search features and hazardous waste handler data available in ECHO. We demonstrated how the Hazardous Waste Facility Search can provide RCRA-specific evaluation, compliance, enforcement, and penalty data through step-by-step examples and practical use cases.

Date and Time: September 18, 2018, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Introduction and Resources (PDF) (14 pp, 116 K)                             
Recording: Stream the ECHO Hazardous Waste webinar Exit in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to downloading                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Hazardous Waste (PDF) (9 pp, 206 K)

 Intro to ECHO — How do I Search For...? Webinar

This webinar provided an overview about the data in ECHO and guided users through how to use ECHO to answer environmental enforcement and compliance questions. The focus of this webinar is a collection of short, step-by-step demonstrations geared towards both new and experienced users. We demonstrated the capabilities of the ECHO Facility Search  to answer questions such as:

  • How do I search for a specific facility?
  • How do I search for facilities in my community?
  • How do I search for facilities releasing a pollutant?

Date and Time: June 12, 2018, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                            
Presentation: Intro to ECHO (PDF) (15 pp, 363 K)                             
Recording: Stream or download the Intro to ECHO webinar (WMV) (57 MB)                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: Intro to ECHO Webinar (PDF) (11 pp, 624 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Reports

Please join the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) team for an advanced demonstration of the reports available in ECHO. During this demonstration, we will review the features and data available through various reports in ECHO and learn how to access each report through ECHO searches. ECHO reports display compliance, enforcement, and environmental data on a webpage for a facility or permittee, many of which are specific to an environmental program or emissions type (e.g., air, water). Reports that we will cover include the Detailed Facility Report, Enforcement Case Reports, Effluent Charts, Air Pollutant Report, and Water Pollutant Loading Tool Reports.

Date and Time: February 27, 2018, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Advanced ECHO Introduction (PDF) (13 pp, 191 K)                             
Recording: Stream the ECHO Advanced Webinar: ReportsEXITwebinar in MP4 format; note that a registration step is required prior to downloading.                              
Verbatim webinar transcript: Advanced ECHO Webinar: Reports (PDF) (11 pp, 248 K)

 Introduction to the Modernized Water Pollutant Loading Tool

EPA is improving access to the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool. You can now access it on the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website. The Loading Tool is designed to help users determine who is discharging, what pollutants they are discharging and how much, and where they are discharging. The tool calculates pollutant loadings from permit and DMR data and offers a variety of ways to customize searches. The ECHO version of the Loading Tool has a similar look and feel as the current Loading Tool website, with some usability improvements. Learn how to navigate and use some of the common Loading Tool features in ECHO.

Date and Time: November 28, 2017, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Introduction to the Modernized Water Pollutant Loading Tool (PDF) (12 pp, 1,799 K)                             
Recording: Stream or download the Intro to the Modernized Water Pollutant Loading Tool Webinar (MP4) (112 MB)                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: Intro to the Modernized Water Pollutant Loading Tool (PDF) (11 pp, 682 K)

 Intro to ECHO Webinar

This webinar provided basic demonstrations of searching and navigating the ECHO website. Learn how to utilize ECHO in your communities and workplaces to identify facility history with compliance and enforcement.

Date and Time: November 14, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM EST                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO (PDF) (15 pp, 363 K)                             
Recording: Stream or download Intro to ECHO Webinar (MP4) (85 MB)                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: Intro to ECHO Demonstration (PDF) (10 pp, 399 K)

 ECHO CWA Biosolids Facility Search Webinar

This webinar demonstrated the new ECHO Facility Search under the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program Area Biosolids. With the implementation of the NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule (eRule), facilities in the 42 states where EPA implements the Federal Biosolids Program began submitting electronic reports for the first time. The new electronic Biosolids Annual Report standardized the reporting format.

The ECHO Biosolids Facility Search is a new feature, available to both government and public users, that integrates Biosolids Annual Report data with other biosolids enforcement and compliance data. It provides access to biosolids-specific permit, inspection, violation, enforcement, and penalty related data to users for the first time in an easy-to-use search tool. The demonstration will highlight navigating the Biosolids Facility Search form, search results, and Biosolids Annual Report data download. Note that this webinar was not recorded.

Date and Time: October 10, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Biosolids Facility Search (PPTX) (11 pp, 388 K)

 Advanced ECHO Webinar: Water

This webinar focused on using various water tools available on ECHO, including the Wastewater/Stormwater/Biosolids Facility Search, Effluent Charts, Detailed Facility Report, and newly-modernized DMR Pollutant Loading Tool. Two case studies demonstrated how ECHO can be used for advanced analyses of permitted water facilities. The first case study used the DMR Pollutant Loading Tool to identify facilities with the largest discharges that may negatively impact the surrounding environment. The second case study used the ECHO Wastewater/Stormwater/Biosolids Facility Search and Map Filter tools to identify facilities with a large number of violations and without a recent inspection.

Date and Time: August 22, 2017, 1:30-2:30 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Intro to ECHO (PDF) (15 pp, 363 K)                             
Notes: Practice water searches (PDF) (2 pp, 170 K)                             
Recording: Stream or download the ECHO Advanced Webinar: Water (MP4) (56 MB)                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: Advanced ECHO Demonstration (PDF) (8 pp, 397 K)

 Intro to ECHO Map Filter Webinar

This webinar introduced the new ECHO Map Filter tool. Map Filter brings analysis of cross-program and Clean Water Act dischargers into a simple map-based format, which makes it easy to turn facilities on and off and change search criteria without returning to the original search form. The tool also adds further area context by including the ability to add various map layers, such as schools and impaired waters. 

Date and Time: January 24, 2017, 1:30-2:15 PM EST                             
Presentation: ECHO Map Filter (PDF) (16 pp, 341 K)                             
Recording: Contact Us if you're interested in future webinars on this topic.                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: ECHO Map Filter Demonstration (PDF) (8 pp, 391 K)

 Intro to Navigating ECHO EPA/State Dashboards and Comparative Maps

Building off of the May 3, 2016, introduction to ECHO demonstration, our third spring webinar explored two additional features of the ECHO website. During this webinar, we introduced the data visualization tools called the ECHO EPA/State Dashboards and Comparative Maps.

Date and Time: May 31, 2016, 1:30-2:45 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Intro to Navigating ECHO EPA/State Dashboards and Comparative Maps (PDF) (9 pp, 218 K)                             
Recording: Contact Us if you're interested in future webinars on this topic.                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: Intro to Navigating ECHO EPA/State Dashboards and Comparative Maps (PDF) (6 pp, 160 K)

  Intro to the Acts in ECHO

This one-hour webinar was the first in a series of Spring 2016 webinars that took us back to the basics in EPA's ECHO website. We looked into the origin of the acts for which data are found in ECHO -- the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. With a better understanding of where these acts came from and why the permits and violations are so important to track, searches on ECHO can become deeper and even more questions can begin to be answered. After understanding the foundation of the acts, we highlighted ECHO tools that are sometimes overlooked or underused.

Date and Time: March 22, 2016, 1:30-2:45 PM EDT                             
Presentation: Acts Tracked in ECHO (PDF) 18 pp, 1.4 MB)                             
Recording: Contact Us if you're interested in future webinars on this topic.                             
Verbatim webinar transcript: Intro to ECHO (PDF) (6 pp, 269 K)