# EPA Facility Scraper — Violations & Penalties | $9.9/1K (`bovi/epa-data-scraper`) Actor

Search US EPA regulated facilities by state. Returns compliance status, violation history, enforcement actions, and penalties across Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA, and Drinking Water programs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/epa-data-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, MCP servers
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.60 / 1,000 facility records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### EPA Facility Scraper — Violations, Enforcement & Penalties

Search US EPA regulated facilities by state. Returns compliance status, violation history, enforcement actions, and penalties across Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA, and Drinking Water programs.

#### What it does

This actor extracts structured public data via official/public endpoints — no login, no API key required from you. Results are returned as clean JSON dataset items, one row per record, with a `parse_confidence` field for quality.

#### Use cases

- Lead generation, market research, and competitive intelligence.
- Feeding pipelines, dashboards, and AI agents with fresh structured data.
- Monitoring changes over time on a schedule.

#### Input

Provide the search/query parameters (see the input schema). Bound the run with `maxItems`.

#### Fields returned

Each record includes the facility name and address, registry ID, current compliance status, counts of recent violations and formal enforcement actions, total assessed penalties, the regulatory programs in scope (Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA hazardous waste, Safe Drinking Water Act), and a `parse_confidence` score so you can filter on data quality.

#### Data source

Data comes from the EPA's official public compliance and enforcement records — the same authoritative source regulators publish — so results are accurate and require no credentials or scraping of locked pages.

#### Output

One dataset item per record with the key fields and `parse_confidence`. Export to JSON/CSV/Excel or pull via the Apify API/MCP. Schedule the actor to track compliance changes over time and feed alerts, dashboards, or AI agents with fresh structured environmental data.

### 💰 Pricing & how we compare

**Pay-per-result (PPE): $9.90 / 1K facilities ($0.0099 each).** You are billed per `facility-record` actually returned — plus the tiny
`apify-actor-start` fee Apify waives for short runs. No subscription, no API key, no proxy fee on top.

**Our edge:** Official EPA public compliance data · violations + enforcement + penalties + programs · `parse_confidence`.

**Pricing examples** (pay only for what you get, minus Apify's 20%):

| Volume | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 facilities | $0.99 |
| 1,000 facilities | $9.90 |
| 10,000 facilities | $99.00 |

#### How rivals price the same job (live Apify Store, checked 2026-06-09)

| Actor | Their price | What they lack vs us |
|---|---|---|
| `fortuitous_pirate/epa-echo-facilities` | $0.01 / facility | we charm-undercut to $0.0099 + add parse\_confidence |
| `ryanclinton/epa-echo-search` | $0.03 / result | 3× our price |
| `compute-edge/epa-echo-scraper` | $0.004 / result | cheaper but 0 monthly users / unproven |

*Prices above are competitors' live Store prices at the time of writing; ours is set to sit just
below the strongest comparable while returning richer, quality-scored data.*

### 🤖 Use with AI agents (MCP)

This actor is agent-ready (category **MCP\_SERVERS**). Point any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor,
n8n AI, LangGraph) at it:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=bovi/epa-data-scraper",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}
```

### More scrapers from our toolkit

Building a data pipeline? These actors pair well with this one — each runs on your own Apify account with the same pay-per-result pricing, no subscription:

- [Firmy Cz Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/firmy-cz-scraper)
- [Gelbeseiten Directory](https://apify.com/bovi/gelbeseiten-directory)
- [Google Maps Leads](https://apify.com/bovi/google-maps-leads)
- [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/google-maps-scraper)
- [Hiring Signal Monitor](https://apify.com/bovi/hiring-signal-monitor)
- [Linkedin Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/linkedin-profile-scraper)

Chain any of them together from the **Integrations** tab (the *Run succeeded* trigger) to build a multi-step workflow — one actor's output feeds the next.

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

US state abbreviation to filter facilities (e.g. TX, CA, NY). Leave blank to search nationwide (slower).

## `program` (type: `string`):

Which EPA enforcement program to query. CWA = Clean Water Act (NPDES permits). AIR = Clean Air Act. RCRA = Hazardous Waste. ALL = union of all four programs (slower, more comprehensive).

## `violationsOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If true, return only facilities currently in violation or with recent enforcement actions. If false, return all regulated facilities (compliant + non-compliant).

## `significantOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If true, return only facilities with Significant Non-Compliance (SNC) status — the highest-priority violators. Useful for focused outreach. Requires violationsOnly=true.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of facility records to return. 0 = unlimited (may be large).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "TX",
  "program": "CWA",
  "violationsOnly": true,
  "significantOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing Epa Data Scraper records (facility\_name, program, city, state, violation\_status, quarters\_with\_violations, formal\_enforcement\_count, total\_penalties\_usd, date\_last\_inspection, permit\_status, epa\_report\_url, parse\_confidence).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/epa-data-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bovi/epa-data-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call bovi/epa-data-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/epa-data-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/bFxr3oOkRh0VNAMoZ/builds/vpAi4I6TOVCrmvW5E/openapi.json