Agency Inspections – Agency Perspective: Why Inspect?
The EPA inspections are performed for a number of purposes which include routine assessment of statutory and regulatory compliance, review of the facility activity and status with respect to a previously filed administrative enforcement action, review of the facility’s compliance with its permits and permit deadlines within the regulatory scheme and as a response to tips from neighbors of the facility or disgruntled employees at the facility or even former employees.
The OSHA inspections are performed for various reasons, also, and these include, again, routine assessment of statutory and regulatory compliance, review of facility activity and status with respect to previously filed administrative enforcement actions, response to tips of alleged violations at the facility and as a response to accidents which occur in “high hazard” industries.
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