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Job Description
Inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1041.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Compliance Inspectors”.
Also Known As…
- Environmental Compliance Inspectors
- Waste Management Specialist
- Toxics Program Officer
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Enforcement Officer (RCRA Enforcement Officer)
- Oil Program Compliance Specialist
- Environmental Specialist
- Environmental Quality Analyst
- Environmental Protection Specialist
- Environmental Compliance Officer
- Enforcement Officer
- Compliance Investigator
- Water Pollution Control Inspector
- State Inspector
- Sanitation Inspector
- Regulatory Compliance Specialist
- Regulatory Analyst
- Registration Specialist
- Property Preservation Specialist
- Program Officer
- Pesticide Control Inspector
- Permit Review Assistant
- Industrial Waste Inspector
- Health Inspector
- Hazardous Waste Management Specialist
- Field Investigator
- Field Examiner
- Environmental Scientist
- Compliance Representative Dealer
- Compliance Representative
- Compliance Manager
- Compliance Coordinator
- Compliance Analyst
- City Sanitarian
- Certified Erosion, Sediment, and Storm Water Inspector (CESSWI)
- Air Pollution Inspector
- Agricultural Chemicals Registration Specialist
- Agricultural Chemicals Inspector
Tasks for “Environmental Compliance Officer”
- Inform health professionals, property owners, and the public about harmful properties and related problems of water pollution and contaminated wastewater.
- Inform individuals and groups of pollution control regulations and inspection findings, and explain how problems can be corrected.
- Respond to questions and inquiries, such as those concerning service charges and capacity fees, or refer them to supervisors.
- Monitor follow-up actions in cases where violations were found, and review compliance monitoring reports.
- Prepare written, oral, tabular, and graphic reports summarizing requirements and regulations, including enforcement and chain of custody documentation.
- Prepare, organize, and maintain inspection records.
- Learn and observe proper safety precautions, rules, regulations, and practices so that unsafe conditions can be recognized and proper safety protocols implemented.
- Review and evaluate applications for registration of products containing dangerous materials, or for pollution control discharge permits.
- Maintain and repair materials, worksites, and equipment.
- Determine which sites and violation reports to investigate, and coordinate compliance and enforcement activities with other government agencies.
- Determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation; participate in enforcement hearings as necessary.
- Analyze and implement state, federal or local requirements as necessary to maintain approved pretreatment, pollution prevention, and storm water runoff programs.
- Investigate complaints and suspected violations regarding illegal dumping, pollution, pesticides, product quality, or labeling laws.
- Research and keep informed of pertinent information and developments in areas such as EPA laws and regulations.
- Evaluate label information for accuracy and conformance to regulatory requirements.
- Conduct research on hazardous waste management projects in order to determine the magnitude of problems, and treatment or disposal alternatives and costs.
- Inspect waste pretreatment, treatment, and disposal facilities and systems for conformance to federal, state, or local regulations.
- Research and perform calculations related to landscape allowances, discharge volumes, production-based and alternative limits, and wastewater strength classifications, then make recommendations and complete documentation.
- Verify that hazardous chemicals are handled, stored, and disposed of in accordance with regulations.
- Observe and record field conditions, gathering, interpreting, and reporting data such as flow meter readings and chemical levels.
- Perform laboratory tests on samples collected, such as analyzing the content of contaminated wastewater.
- Determine sampling locations and methods, and collect water or wastewater samples for analysis, preserving samples with appropriate containers and preservation methods.
- Prepare data to calculate sewer service charges and capacity fees.
- Participate in the development of spill prevention programs and hazardous waste rules and regulations, and recommend corrective actions for hazardous waste problems.
- Examine permits, licenses, applications, and records to ensure compliance with licensing requirements.
- Interview individuals to determine the nature of suspected violations and to obtain evidence of violations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Extractive Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Bacon bomb samplers
- Water quality data sondes
- Sediment sieves
- Turbidity probes
- Ultraviolet fluorescence UVF test kits
- Continuous flame ionization detectors FID
- Fuel fluorescence detectors FFD
- Flowmeters
- Split spoon samplers
- Progressive cavity sampling pumps
- Russian peat borers
- Bottom fill bailers
- Thief samplers
- Sand corers
- Suction-lift pumps
- Continuous water quality monitors
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Dataloggers
- Laser-induced fluorescence LIF instruments
- Chlorophyll-a probes
- Waste pile samplers
- Volatile organic compound VOC measurement devices
- Infrared IR spectrometers
- Wastewater samplers
- Benthic grab samplers
- Centrifugal water sampling pumps
- Portable two way radios
- Dissolved oxygen probes
- Magnetic locators
- Ion selective electrode ISE testers
- Wireline samplers
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Sampling triers
- Hand sampling pumps
- Sample bottles
- Ponar dredge samplers
- Syringe pumps
- Optical beamsplitting devices
- Atmosphere monitors
- Enzyme immunoassay kits
- Specific conductance probes
- Scaffolding
- Split core samplers
- Liquid chromatographs LC
- Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
- Photoionization detectors PID
- Portable mass spectrometers MS
- pH indicators
- Liquid grab samplers
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Chlorine samplers
- Laser-induced breakdown spectrometers LIBS
- Power augers
- Composite liquid waste samplers COLIWASA
- Hand corers
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrophotometers
- Measuring cylinders
- Laptop computers
- Water sampling gear pumps
- Mercury vapor analyzers
- Total petroleum hydrocarbon TPH analyzers
- Conductance meters
- Surface acoustic wave sensors SAWS
- Van Veen grab samplers
- Ekman grab samplers
- Mobile cone penetrometer MCP systems
- Passive diffusion bag PDB samplers
- Piezoelectric sensors
- Weighted bottle samplers
- Hydraulic vibracorers
- Van Dorn samplers
- Desktop computers
- Colorimetric field sampling devices
- Wheaton dip samplers
- Shelby tube samplers
- Headspace vials
- Mass spectrometers
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Helium-neon lasers
- Spectrophotometers
- Box corers
- Membrane interface probes MIP
- Aluminum ladders
- Bucket augers
- Graphite furnace atomic absorption GFAA spectrometers
- Reciprocating piston sampling pumps
- Interferometers
- Differential photometers
- Gravity corers
- Pond samplers
- Portable gas chromatographs GC
- Rotary hammer systems
- Bladder pumps
- Double check valve bailers
- Sample collection chambers
- Kemmerer depth samplers
- Database software
- Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool EKAT
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Field Operations and Records Management System (FORMS) II Lite
- Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision Support FIELDS
- Rapid Assessment Tools R.A.T.
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools SMARTe
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Microsoft Excel
- Scribe
- Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance SADA
- HRS Quickscore
- DQO-PRO
- Monitoring and Remediation Optimization System MAROS
- Mass Flux Toolkit
- Microsoft Office