How to Use the EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Q: How do I install the EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK?

Run pip install openai-agents. Initialize MCPServerStreamableHttp with your Vinkius endpoint URL and pass it to the mcpservers list in your agent setup.

Q: Can the OpenAI Agents SDK pull hazardous waste records from EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance)?

Yes. The server exposes searchhazardouswastefacilities to find RCRA-regulated handlers. Your agent queries this tool automatically when prompted about waste handlers.

Q: Does EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) support drinking water systems via OpenAI Agents SDK?

The searchdrinkingwatersystems tool handles Safe Drinking Water Act records. Your agent queries the database and formats the active violations into your required schema.

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Automate compliance checks with OpenAI Agents SDK

The `search_all_facilities` tool lets your agent locate industrial sites by name or location across the entire US EPA database. Your agent pulls the baseline data and automatically hands the context off to specialized downstream agents for deeper review. You pass this MCP Server to the Agent constructor via the `mcp_servers` parameter. The system auto-discovers endpoints like `search_air_facilities` and `search_water_facilities`, letting your production setup track cross-media violations without writing custom API wrappers.

Extract deep facility enforcement histories

Using `get_detailed_facility_report`, your AI client grabs the complete environmental program record for a specific target. This exposes historical enforcement actions, penalty amounts, and unresolved compliance issues directly to your application. OpenAI's built-in guardrails validate the agent's decision to pull this data before execution. You track every API call in the OpenAI dashboard, ensuring your automated legal research stays within defined operational boundaries.

Analyze wastewater discharge limits

The `get_effluent_chart` tool retrieves dynamic tables of permitted effluent limits and actual releases for Clean Water Act wastewater permits. Your agent reads the exact exceedance metrics directly from the source. You set `cacheToolsList=True` to speed up the initialization process. The agent reviews the discharge data and flags severe violations, ignoring minor administrative paperwork errors based on your specific system prompts.

Setup guide

Set up EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+ installed
openai-agents package (pip install openai-agents)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents to install the OpenAI Agents SDK. The MCP integration is built-in — no extra dependencies needed.
2

Connect via SSE transport

Use MCPServerSse with your Vinkius endpoint URL. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. The SDK auto-discovers all EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) tools at runtime.
3

Create your Agent

Pass the MCP to Agent(mcp_servers=[server]). The agent receives EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) tools as native definitions — JSON schemas resolve automatically.
4

Run the agent

Call Runner.run(agent, prompt) to execute. The agent invokes the appropriate EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) tools and returns structured results. Copy the full example on the right to get started.

agent.py

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerSse

async def main():
    async with MCPServerSse(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as server:
        agent = Agent(
            name="EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) Agent",
            instructions="You have access to EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) tools.",
            mcp_servers=[server],
        )
        result = await Runner.run(agent, "List recent transactions")
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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Common questions about EPA ECHO (Enforcement & Compliance) MCP in OpenAI Agents SDK

Run `pip install openai-agents`. Initialize `MCPServerStreamableHttp` with your Vinkius endpoint URL and pass it to the `mcp_servers` list in your agent setup.

Yes. The server exposes `search_hazardous_waste_facilities` to find RCRA-regulated handlers. Your agent queries this tool automatically when prompted about waste handlers.

The `search_drinking_water_systems` tool handles Safe Drinking Water Act records. Your agent queries the database and formats the active violations into your required schema.

Vinkius provides a Streamable HTTP transport. You connect using the `MCPServerStreamableHttpParams` class inside an async context manager.

This server processes public EPA facility IDs and location coordinates. Vinkius runs the connection in a V8 Isolate Sandbox that destroys itself after the session ends, leaving zero residual cache.

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