The course is not designed for specific regulatory or media areas, or for specific industrial or municipal groups. Rather, it is intended to be an introduction to the common skills needed for any type of environmental compliance inspection where a determination of the facility’s compliance status is required. The key sets of course materials are available below.

The Conducting Environmental Compliance Inspections: Inspectors Field Manual - International Edition (, 4.16 MB) is the student text and represents one internationally accepted model for conducting compliance inspections. However, other models exist that may be equally or more applicable to a particular regulation or program.The course provides participants with an approach for effectively conducting environmental compliance inspections and becoming involved in the environmental compliance review and the resolution of any violations found.

Versión española: El manual titulado "Inspecciones de Cumplimiento Ambiental: Manual de Campo del Inspector (2007)," (, 3.58 MB) en su edición Centroamérica y República Dominicana, es el texto del estudiante para el curso y representa un modelo internacionalmente aceptado para realizar inspecciones de cumplimiento. Sin embargo, existen otros modelos que pueden aplicar de igual o mayor forma para una reglamentación o un programa en particular. El curso proporciona a los participantes un método para llevar a cabo inspecciones de cumplimiento ambiental de manera efectiva y para involucrarse en la revisión del cumplimiento ambiental y en la resolución de las infracciones encontradas. El Manual de facilitador (, 8.86 MB) también está disponible.

Facilitator's Manual The Environmental Compliance Inspection Training: Facilitator's Manual has been developed for course facilitators to use in conjunction with the student text entitled "Conducting Environmental Compliance Inspections." (Note of caution: The Manual, while available in its entirety, is 21.2 MB. Consequently, it may take a very long time to download. We recommend viewing the Manual by chapter.)

Facilitator's Manual by Chapter (PDF files) Cover Background Information, Table of Contents, and Introduction to the Manual Session 1 Introduction Session 2 Expectations for the Course Session 3 Environmental Compliance: The Goal Session 4 Role(s) of the Inspector Session 5 What makes Requirements Enforceable? Session 6 Inspection Planning Session 7 Collecting Defensible Evidence Session 8 On-Site Activities Session 9 Interviewing Techniques Session 10 Sampling and Laboratory Issues Session 11 Field Equipment and Supplies Session 12 Preventing Sampling Mistakes Session 13 Documenting Inspections Session 14 The Enforcement Process Handouts 1-7 Evaluations and Agendas Facilitator’s Manual in its entirety (, 21.2 MB)

Downloads • Adobe Acrobat (Adobe Acrobat is free and must be installed before viewing PDF files).   Related Materials Session 1: Introduction Session 3: Environmental Compliance: The Goal Session 4: Role(s) of an Inspector Session 6: Inspection Planning Session 7: Physical Sampling Session 8: On-site Activities Session 9: Interviewing Techniques Session 10: Sampling and Laboratory Issues Session 11: Field Equipment and Supplies Session 13: Documenting Inspections