Congressional Report Cards

The Congressional Report Cards analyze and present data on violations of environmental laws, inspections of polluting facilities, and enforcement actions by the EPA under the:

  • Clean Water Act
  • Clean Air Act
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Every state and every legislative district in the United States has a report below.

Below, hover to see the name of a representative; click to open a full report on EPA enforcement in the representative's district or state:

Senate

AK
AK
AL
AL
AR
AR
AZ
AZ
CA
CA
CO
CO
CT
CT
DE
DE
FL
FL
GA
GA
HI
HI
IA
IA
ID
ID
IL
IL
IN
IN
KS
KS
KY
KY
LA
LA
MA
MA
MD
MD
ME
ME
MI
MI
MN
MN
MO
MO
MS
MS
MT
MT
NC
NC
ND
ND
NE
NE
NH
NH
NJ
NJ
NM
NM
NV
NV
NY
NY
OH
OH
OK
OK
OR
OR
PA
PA
RI
RI
SC
SC
SD
SD
TN
TN
TX
TX
UT
UT
VA
VA
VT
VT
WA
WA
WI
WI
WV
WV
WY
WY

House

AK00
AL01
AL02
AL03
AL04
AL05
AL06
AL07
AR01
AR02
AR03
AR04
AS00
AZ01
AZ02
AZ03
AZ04
AZ05
AZ06
AZ07
AZ08
AZ09
CA01
CA02
CA03
CA04
CA05
CA06
CA07
CA08
CA09
CA10
CA11
CA12
CA13
CA14
CA15
CA16
CA17
CA18
CA19
CA20
CA21
CA22
CA23
CA24
CA25
CA26
CA27
CA28
CA29
CA30
CA31
CA32
CA33
CA34
CA35
CA36
CA37
CA38
CA39
CA40
CA41
CA42
CA43
CA44
CA45
CA46
CA47
CA48
CA49
CA50
CA51
CA52
CO01
CO02
CO03
CO04
CO05
CO06
CO07
CO08
CT01
CT02
CT03
CT04
CT05
DC00
DE00
FL01
FL02
FL03
FL04
FL05
FL06
FL07
FL08
FL09
FL10
FL11
FL12
FL13
FL14
FL15
FL16
FL17
FL18
FL19
FL20
FL21
FL22
FL23
FL24
FL25
FL26
FL27
FL28
GA01
GA02
GA03
GA04
GA05
GA06
GA07
GA08
GA09
GA10
GA11
GA12
GA13
GA14
GU00
HI01
HI02
IA01
IA02
IA03
IA04
ID01
ID02
IL01
IL02
IL03
IL04
IL05
IL06
IL07
IL08
IL09
IL10
IL11
IL12
IL13
IL14
IL15
IL16
IL17
IN01
IN02
IN03
IN04
IN05
IN06
IN07
IN08
IN09
KS01
KS02
KS03
KS04
KY01
KY02
KY03
KY04
KY05
KY06
LA01
LA02
LA03
LA04
LA05
LA06
MA01
MA02
MA03
MA04
MA05
MA06
MA07
MA08
MA09
MD01
MD02
MD03
MD04
MD05
MD06
MD07
MD08
ME01
ME02
MI01
MI02
MI03
MI04
MI05
MI06
MI07
MI08
MI09
MI10
MI11
MI12
MI13
MN01
MN02
MN03
MN04
MN05
MN06
MN07
MN08
MO01
MO02
MO03
MO04
MO05
MO06
MO07
MO08
MP00
MS01
MS02
MS03
MS04
MT01
MT02
NC01
NC02
NC03
NC04
NC05
NC06
NC07
NC08
NC09
NC10
NC11
NC12
NC13
NC14
ND00
NE01
NE02
NE03
NH01
NH02
NJ01
NJ02
NJ03
NJ04
NJ05
NJ06
NJ07
NJ08
NJ09
NJ10
NJ11
NJ12
NM01
NM02
NM03
NV01
NV02
NV03
NV04
NY01
NY02
NY03
NY04
NY05
NY06
NY07
NY08
NY09
NY10
NY11
NY12
NY13
NY14
NY15
NY16
NY17
NY18
NY19
NY20
NY21
NY22
NY23
NY24
NY25
NY26
OH01
OH02
OH03
OH04
OH05
OH06
OH07
OH08
OH09
OH10
OH11
OH12
OH13
OH14
OH15
OK01
OK02
OK03
OK04
OK05
OR01
OR02
OR03
OR04
OR05
OR06
PA01
PA02
PA03
PA04
PA05
PA06
PA07
PA08
PA09
PA10
PA11
PA12
PA13
PA14
PA15
PA16
PA17
PR00
RI01
RI02
SC01
SC02
SC03
SC04
SC05
SC06
SC07
SD00
TN01
TN02
TN03
TN04
TN05
TN06
TN07
TN08
TN09
TX01
TX02
TX03
TX04
TX05
TX06
TX07
TX08
TX09
TX10
TX11
TX12
TX13
TX14
TX15
TX16
TX17
TX18
TX19
TX20
TX21
TX22
TX23
TX24
TX25
TX26
TX27
TX28
TX29
TX30
TX31
TX32
TX33
TX34
TX35
TX36
TX37
TX38
UT01
UT02
UT03
UT04
VA01
VA02
VA03
VA04
VA05
VA06
VA07
VA08
VA09
VA10
VA11
VI00
VT00
WA01
WA02
WA03
WA04
WA05
WA06
WA07
WA08
WA09
WA10
WI01
WI02
WI03
WI04
WI05
WI06
WI07
WI08
WV01
WV02
WY00

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Data and Methods

Data for these reports are from the EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO).

About our mirroring process

EEW partners with Stony Brook University to establish and maintain a database of many of EPA’s ECHO files of permits, emissions, violations, inspections and enforcement actions. This database allows us to select and cross-reference records from diverse data sets. We download new data weekly from the ECHO files and update the Stony Brook University database, stitching these files together into a SQL database which allows query over more datasets than are available through EPA’s ECHO API (application programming interface).

The ECHO files downloaded and stored in PostgreSQL database tables are listed in this document. The database tables retain the ECHO names of the datasets, and the column names are identical.

Creating the reports

EEW uses the Stony Brook database to collect and synthesize information for its reports. We also use information on legislators and congress in the reports from govtrack.us, theunitedstates.io, and wikipedia.org.

The code that gathers the data, synthesizes it, and produces the report cards is in this Github repository. The process is explained in the README on the front page of that repository.

Updating the reports

The report cards are set up to be updated monthly. As they are produced, they are automatically uploaded to the EEW website. Of course, when congressional districts change, we will need to make some adjustments that are not yet automated.

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