The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Final Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Compliance Assistance Activity Plan (Plan) reflects EPA's commitment to help entities comply with regulatory requirements and improve environmental performance through compliance assistance. In this Plan, EPA catalogs a total of 368 compliance assistance activities and projects planned for FY 2001 across ten EPA regions and seven Headquarters offices. The Plan presents a 'snapshot' of the various compliance assistance-related activities and projects that EPA intends to undertake this fiscal year. The Plan does not necessarily capture all of EPA's compliance assistance work such as general mailings, responses to public inquiries and distribution of existing tools. Additional compliance assistance activities may also be undertaken in FY 2001 as new needs are identified. The information in the Plan can assist states and other compliance assistance providers in determining how to focus their resources, avoid duplication, and complement EPA's efforts. It enables interested stakeholders to understand the Agency's current compliance assistance priorities and activities and enables them to suggest where other tools or additional emphasis are still needed. Additionally, the regulated community will be able to anticipate what compliance assistance will be available to them in the near future. The Plan's comprehensive inventory also allows the EPA to more effectively utilize its own compliance assistance resources. The 368 Plan activities are contained in the Project Inventory Table in Appendix C of this document.

"EPA 305-R-01-002." "April, 2001."