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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR DC0000001100100057

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, at 4400 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW, Washington in District of Columbia County, District of Columbia, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. District of Columbia County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedAMERICAN UNIVERSITY
ICIS-AIR IDDC0000001100100057
EPA facility registry ID110029198972
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address4400 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW, Washington, DC 20016
CountyDistrict of Columbia County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Educational services (NAICS 6113)
SIC code8221
EPA region03

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not yet include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs AMERICAN UNIVERSITY is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
February 3, 2026FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 8, 2024FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 8, 2022FCE On-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
July 7, 2022FCE On-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 11, 2020FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 21, 2020FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 18, 2018FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
March 2, 2020Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 11, 2018HPV day-zero determinationStateNew Source Review Permit Requirements; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
June 12, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateNew Source Review Permit Requirements; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 2, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits

Enforcement and penalties

2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 0 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
July 28, 2021Administrative OrderState$0
October 10, 2018Administrative OrderState$0

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 25, 2021Notice of ViolationState
March 2, 2018Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 12, 2026PassState
March 11, 2026PassState
March 11, 2026PassState
March 10, 2026PassState
March 10, 2026PassState
March 18, 2025PassState
June 11, 2024PassState
April 10, 2024PassState
April 10, 2024PassState
April 10, 2024PassState
April 9, 2024PassState
March 2, 2023PassState
March 2, 2023PassState
March 1, 2023PassState
March 1, 2023PassState
March 1, 2023PassState
April 2, 2021PassState
April 2, 2021PassState
February 4, 2021PassState
February 4, 2021PassState
February 3, 2021PassState
October 6, 2017FailState
October 5, 2017FailState
October 5, 2017FailState
October 4, 2017PassState
October 4, 2017FailState
October 3, 2017FailState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.