About the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
What We Do
The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) goes after pollution problems that impact American communities through vigorous civil and criminal enforcement. Our enforcement activities target the most serious water, air and chemical hazards.
OECA is building on our relationship with states and tribal partners to make sure we are delivering on our shared commitment to a clean and healthy environment.
Through improved transparency, advanced technologies and community participation, we are empowering the public to help us assure compliance nationwide, and to level the playing field for those entities that follow the law.
OECA works with EPA regional offices, and in partnership with state and tribal governments, and other federal agencies to enforce the nation’s environmental laws, including:
- Clean Air Act (CAA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund)
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Oil Pollution Act (OPA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
- Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Programs and Projects Managed by OECA
Strategic Planning
Programs
Organization
- Mail code: 2201A | EPA mailing addresses
- Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus
- Biography
- Phone: 202-564-2440
- Phone: 202-564-2440
- Email: starfield.lawrence@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-2440
- Email: irving.john@epa.gov
- Office of Administration and Policy
- Office of Civil Enforcement
- Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training
- Office of Compliance
- Office of Federal Activities
- Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
- Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
Office of Administration and Policy (OAP)
What We Do
OAP provides policy, administrative, and management coordination across OECA including human resources, labor relations, budget, finances, contracts, grants, records management, information technology, and manages the Agency’s enforcement website.
Programs and Projects Managed by the Office of Administration and Policy
OAP Organization
- Mail code: 2201A | EPA mailing addresses
- Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus
- Phone: 202-564-2530
- Email: badalamente.mark@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-2530
- Email: layne.kenda@epa.gov
The Office of Administration and Policy includes:
Administrative Management Division
- Phone: 202-564-6017
- Email: milton.laura@epa.gov
Budget and Financial Management Division
- Phone: 202-564-2452
- Email: warren.johnm@epa.gov
Information Technology Division
- Phone: 202-566-1550
- Email: albergottie.daniele@epa.gov
Policy and Legislative Coordination Division
- Phone: 202-564-1716
- Email: emmerson.caroline@epa.gov
Office of Civil Enforcement (OCE)
What We Do
The Office of Civil Enforcement (OCE) develops and prosecutes administrative civil and judicial cases and provides legal support for cases and investigations initiated in EPA regions. OCE directly implements and enforces federal programs, i.e., those where there are no EPA-authorized state programs. OCE also has responsibility for planning and setting priorities for enforcement activities, developing national enforcement policy and guidance, participating in Agency rule-making to ensure that regulations contain clear and enforceable provisions, and implementing effective communication to alert regulated entities to potential compliance problems.
Programs and Projects Managed by the Office of Civil Enforcement
- Air, Water, Waste and Chemical Enforcement
- National Compliance Initiatives
- Civil enforcement cases and settlements
- Policy Guidance and Publications
OCE Organization
- Mail code: 2201A | EPA mailing addresses
- Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus
- Phone: 202-564-2220
- Email: kelley.rosemarie@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-2220
- Email: koslow.karin@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-2220
- Email: denton.loren@epa.gov
The Office of Civil Enforcement includes:
Resource Management Staff
- Phone: 202-564-7494
- Email: mccray.deborah@epa.gov
Crosscutting Policy Staff
- Phone: 202-564-2431
- Email: porter.amy@epa.gov
Air Enforcement Division
- Phone: 202-564-6850
- Email: carroll.thomas@epa.gov
Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division
- Phone: (202) 564-4209
- Email: saenz.diana@epa.gov
Water Enforcement Division
- Phone:(202) 564-4001
- Email: pollins.mark@epa.gov
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training (OCEFT)
What We Do
The Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training (OCEFT) investigates violations of environmental laws and provides a broad range of technical and forensic services for civil and criminal investigative support and council on legal and policy matters.
Programs and Projects Managed by the Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training
- Criminal enforcement cases
- Criminal enforcement program area and resident offices
- Report an environmental violation
- EPA fugitives
- National Enforcement Investigations Center
OCEFT Organization
- Mail code: 2201A | EPA mailing addresses
- Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus
- Phone: 202) 564-2480
- Email: barnet.henry@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-2480
- Email: mazakas.pam@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-2480
- Email: cavanaugh.charles@epa.gov
The Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training includes:
Criminal Investigation Division
- Phone: 202-564-2490
- Email: taylor.jessica@epa.gov
National Enforcement Investigations Center
- Phone: 303-462-9000
- Email: canzler.erica@epa.gov
Legal Counsel Division
- Phone: 202-564-2485
- Email: fisher.mike@epa.gov
Office of Compliance (OC)
What We Do
The Office of Compliance (OC) provides the implementation and oversight of national activities in five functions of the enforcement and compliance assurance program. First, OC leads the strategic and annual planning processes and priority setting for the national compliance assurance program, including development and implementation of the national compliance initiatives. Second, OC develops policy, tools, and training for the national compliance monitoring program, which program includes targeting, data analytics, inspections, and other compliance monitoring tools. Third, OC develops, maintains and provides access to the data used to manage the national program and provide public transparency, including the modernization and operation of national data systems that serve EPA, state programs and the public. Fourth, OC leads our innovation efforts to use evidence to improve the effectiveness of our compliance assurance program and tools, including review of EPA regulations to improve their effectiveness. Fifth, OC leads efforts to collaborate with state authorized programs and provide oversight of state program performance thru the State Review Framework. In addition as secondary functions, OC leads the national compliance assistance program to help regulated entities comply with environmental laws and regulations and provides training for EPA inspectors and occasionally others on our environmental laws.
Programs and Projects Managed by the Office of Compliance
- EPA National Compliance Initiatives
- Statutory programs compliance monitoring
- Compliance assistance
- Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
- National Enforcement Training Institute
- Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results
OC Organization
- Mail code: 2201A | EPA mailing addresses
- Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus
- Phone: 202-564-2280
- Email: dombrowski.john@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-1036
- Email: werner.jacqueline@epa.gov
The Office of Compliance includes:
Enforcement Targeting and Data Division
- Phone: 202-564-5474
- Email: hill.randy@epa.gov
Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division
- Phone: 202-564-0723
- Email: segall.martha@epa.gov
National Enforcement Training Institute
- Phone: (202) 564-2280
- Email:
Planning, Measuring, and Oversight Division
- Phone: 202-564-2280
- Email: knopes.christopher@epa.gov
Resource Management Staff
- Phone: 202-564-8001
- Email: deloatch.melinda@epa.gov
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office (FFEO)
What We Do
The Federal Facilities Enforcement Office (FFEO) is responsible for ensuring that federal facilities take all necessary actions to prevent, control and abate environmental pollution. FFEO facilitates compliance through inspections and enforcement under all environmental statutes and cleanup at federal facilities.
Programs and Projects Managed by the Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
- Compliance and enforcement at federal facilities
- FedCenter.gov -- the federal government's home for comprehensive environmental stewardship and compliance assistance information
FFEO Organization
- Mail code: 2261A | EPA mailing addresses
- Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus
- Phone: 202-564-7068
- Email: leff.karin@epa.gov
The Federal Facilities Enforcement Office includes:
Site Remediation and Enforcement Staff
- Phone: 202-564-2583
- Email: heard.anne@epa.gov
Planning, Prevention, and Compliance Staff
- Phone: 202-564-0217
- Email: muller.marie@epa.gov
Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE)
What We Do
- Superfund (officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act),
- corrective action under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
- the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), and
- underground storage tanks (UST).
Programs and Projects Managed by the Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
OSRE Organization
- Mail code: 2251A | EPA mailing addresses
- Location: EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus
- Phone: 202-564-5110
- Email: mackey.cyndy@epa.gov
- Phone: 202-564-5110
- Email: deleon.rafael@epa.gov
The Office of Site Remediation Enforcement includes:
Policy and Program Evaluation Division
- Phone: 202-564-5110
- Email: gardner.monica@epa.gov
Regional Support Division
- Phone: 202-564-4200
- Email: patterson.kenneth@epa.gov
Program Operation Staff
- Phone: 202-564-0981
- Email: pointer.shereta@epa.gov