OECA Weighs 'Refresh' For Policies On Facilities' Self-Audits Of Violations

EPA's Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance (OECA) is weighing a “refreshing” of its self-audit policies that gives facilities incentives to report violations to the agency, says OECA's top political deputy Patrick Traylor, but he is strongly backing an existing policy that expands incentives for new facility owners to report past violations. Speaking at a Nov. 16 American Bar Association event in Washington, D.C., Traylor, deputy assistant administrator for OECA, said the agency could soon begin work on “a refreshing”...