Vexum builds a structured intelligence layer from every obligation in your environmental permits: condition by condition, parameter by parameter, consequence by consequence. It evaluates your facility's live compliance posture against that structure in real time.
When a sensor reading, a calculated rolling average, or an excursion budget crosses a threshold, Vexum knows exactly which permit clause governs it, what the regulatory consequence is, and what action is required before EPA finds it first.
An NPDES permit for a mid-size facility can contain 40 distinct monitoring obligations across 8 discharge points, each with different parameters, different averaging periods, different seasonal limits, and different notification triggers when a threshold is crossed. Most facilities do not have a system that reads the permit as a structured document.
Exceedances are reported on Discharge Monitoring Reports and entered into ICIS-NPDES as public records. EPA calculates Significant Noncompliance status based on frequency and magnitude. SNC designation triggers formal response requirements and is visible to regulators, lenders, insurers, and counterparties evaluating your facility.
CFR effluent limitation guidelines, state administrative codes, and agency guidance documents change continuously. Permit obligations that were compliant at issuance may face stricter federal baselines before renewal. Without a live regulatory intelligence layer, facilities learn about material changes quarterly at best: from a consultant, or from EPA directly.
Each permit is parsed condition by condition into a structured intelligence layer. Every obligation stores its limit value, averaging period, seasonal applicability, regulatory basis, and consequence on breach. A deterministic evaluation engine continuously joins that permit structure against your facility's live sensor data, computed rolling averages, excursion budget balances, and historical discharge records. The plain-English alert is generated only after the logic has resolved.
Parameter, monitoring point, current value, permit limit, excursion duration, budget consumed, regulatory consequence, notification deadline, and required action with citation. Not a data point: a decision.
Every NPDES permit expires every 5 years. When the draft renewal arrives, Vexum automatically compares it against the expiring permit and surfaces every changed condition as a structured object with estimated compliance cost impact. New limit on Total Phosphorus at Outfall 001? Flagged with equipment upgrade context before your attorney bills you for the same finding.
No sensor integration requiredThe eCFR is updated daily. When a CFR section relevant to your facility's permit changes, Vexum pushes a structured alert identifying which obligations are affected and what your facility needs to review: before your consultant's quarterly update email, and before you learn about it from EPA directly.
Permit intelligence layer · eCFR APIGenerate a structured environmental risk report for any permitted facility in the EPA ECHO database in minutes. All active permits, full violation history from ICIS-NPDES, open enforcement actions, upcoming permit renewal dates, and estimated cost exposure. Replaces weeks of manual review for transaction diligence.
ICIS-NPDES · EPA ECHOSEC climate disclosure, EU CSRD, and investor ESG questionnaires all require environmental compliance data across multi-facility portfolios. The compliance record already tracks this for every onboarded facility. Standardized ESG compliance reports become automated output, not a manual aggregation exercise.
SEC Rule 14a-16 · CSRD · Automated outputVexum onboards any industrial facility with an active NPDES, Title V, or categorical pretreatment permit and an existing continuous monitoring infrastructure. The permit intelligence model is built during onboarding: every obligation parsed, structured, and linked to its regulatory basis before the first live reading is evaluated.
NPDES individual permits with continuous monitoring across discharge parameters: flow, pH, BOD5, TSS, nitrogen, phosphorus, metals. Seasonal limits, rolling averages, and excursion budget tracking built into the obligation structure at onboarding.
Title V air permits with mandatory CEMS for NOx, SO2, CO, opacity, and heat input. Three-hour averaging requirements, quarterly reporting cycles, and annual compliance certification obligations mapped as structured obligation nodes.
Categorical pretreatment standards under 40 CFR Part 433 with pH monitors and heavy metals discharge monitoring: chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, cyanide. BPT/BCT effluent limits parsed per outfall and monitoring point.
Complex permit stacks across air, water, and waste programs with SCADA-integrated process monitoring, multi-pollutant NPDES permits, and RMP/PSM obligations. Cross-program compliance posture tracked in a unified regulatory intelligence layer.