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This search allows you to select any data element in PCS to build a tabular report or a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file for downloading.

There are four steps to using this search:

  1. Select one or more of the subjects listed below, one at a time.
  2. Select your tables of interest from the subjects selected.
  3. Select columns (data elements or fields) from the selected tables.
  4. Enter your search criteria to target specific records from the database.

WARNING: Many PCS tables contain over 1 million rows. Output results greater than 500K (500 thousand bytes) may cause your browser to fail. Please limit your search through specific selection criteria.

Pending migration to a new system, the data for the Permit Compliance System (PCS) will remain frozen in Envirofacts for the following states and territories as of the below listed dates:

  • Frozen as of June 6th, 2006: MA, NH, RI, VI, PR, DC, MD, IN, NM, UT, HI, AK, ID
  • Frozen as of August, 2006: AS, AT, CT, CZ, FM, GA, GB, GU, JA, MH, MP, MT, MW, NE, NI, NN, NV, NY, PA, PW, SD, SR, TT, UM
  • Frozen as of April 24th, 2008: IL
  • Frozen as of August 26th, 2008: AR, CA, CO, OK, TN, WI
  • Frozen as of June 17th, 2009: TX, LA, GM, AL
  • Frozen as of August 11, 2010: MI
  • Frozen as of February 17, 2011: MN, MO, OH, FL, KY
  • Frozen as of March 2nd, 2012: DE
  • Frozen as of Nov 29, 2012: AZ, IA, KS, ME, MS, NC, ND, NJ, OR, SC, VA, VT, WA, WV, WY

Please refer to the ECHO Clean Water Act Search to retrieve updated data for the states frozen in Envirofacts.

Step 1: Start by selecting one subject to be the primary focus of your search by clicking on one of the underlined subject names listed below.

SubjectSubject Description
Facility InformationAddress and other location information about the facility.
Single Event ViolationA table of violations that are characterized as one-time events that occurred on a fixed date, and are associated with one permitted facility.
Pipe Schedule - OutfallsTables of information about particular discharge points at a permit facility that are governed by effluent limitations and monitoring and submission requirements.
Effluent Limits - Allowable DischargesTables containing restrictions imposed on quantities, discharge rates, and concentrations of pollutants by the permit.
Effluent Measurements/ViolationsTables containing restrictions imposed on quantities, discharge rates, and concentrations of pollutants by the permit.
Permit EventA table of events that track the life-cycle of a permit from issuance to expiration.
Evidentiary Hearing EventA table of evidentiary hearing events for a facility with a NPDES permit.
Pretreatment Assessment SummaryA table of pretreatment assessment reports for a facility with a NPDES permit.
Compliance SchedulesActivities and associated milestones pertaining to the permit.
Compliance Schedule ViolationA table of violations that reflect the non-achievement of a given compliance schedule event including the type of violation and type of resolution.
InspectionTables of recorded official visits to a permit facility.
ReferenceA table providing text descriptions that explain the code meanings for each type and each possible code value contained on PCS tables.

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