Environmental Compliance refers to the responsibilities that any private or public entity has to comply with established federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. Those responsibilities affect specific aspects of operation in both the public and private sectors. Carroll County's environmental legal and regulatory compliance responsibility effects and influences many aspects of County government operations. Compliance responsibilities affect the way services are provided, the length of time needed to perform those services as well as the direct cost of those services. Environmental regulatory compliance is a legal responsibility that carries legal implications if not carried out. Compliance with environmental law and regulation manages potential environmental impacts, minimizes the County's potential liability, as it relates to not complying with the law. The County's compliance with environmental law and regulation involves the assessment and monitoring of County programs and activities to determine compliance responsibility under those laws. Those responsibilities may take one of three forms:

1. Conditions required under long-term permits that are issued to allow the County to implement a regular activity necessary to perform some institutional service, i.e. wastewater discharge or water appropriation permits;
   
   
2. Activities that require short-term permits for temporary activities that will have temporary impacts that must be controlled, i.e. wetland permits, etc.; and
   
   
3. Compliance with general requirements of environmental law and regulation, i.e. making sure that permits are secured and that no activity occurs that would conflict with the law.
   
   

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