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EPA Enforcement Results for 2006 and Priorities for 2007-2010

EPA Enforcement Results for 2006 and Priorities for 2007-2010. Randolph L. Hill Deputy Director Office of Civil Enforcement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency April 19, 2007. EPA FY 2006 Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results.

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EPA Enforcement Results for 2006 and Priorities for 2007-2010

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  1. EPA Enforcement Results for 2006and Priorities for 2007-2010 Randolph L. Hill Deputy Director Office of Civil Enforcement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency April 19, 2007

  2. EPA FY 2006 Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results • Enforcement actions are projected to reduce pollution by 890 million pounds, EPA’s fourth highest year. • Defendants will invest $4.9 billion to reduce pollution and achieve compliance, EPA’s second highest year. • Over the past three years, EPA has reduced almost 3 billion pounds of pollution and required companies to invest almost $20 billion in pollution control equipment. • Approximately 74% of pollution reductions and 71% of pollution control investments focus on priority air and water pollution problems. • Responsible parties will clean up 1.3 billion cubic yards of contaminated water and 15 million cubic yards of contaminated soil.

  3. 1,200 1,100 1,000 1,000 890 800 Lbs. (million) 600 600 400 260 200 0 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY 2006 Compliance & Enforcement Annual ResultsEstimated Pollutant Reduction Commitments Obtained through Concluded EPA Enforcement Action FY2006 Data Source: Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS), October 28, 2006; data source for all other fiscal years (2002-2005): annual ICIS data Disclaimer: Minor corrections may have been made to previous years’ data.

  4. EPA’s compliance and enforcement program focuses on key environmental risks and noncompliance problems. EPA enforcement actions to address key air and water pollution problems: reduced pollution in water by 233 million pounds and by 427 million pounds in air required investment of over $1 billion in water pollution control and almost $2.4 billion in air pollution control FY 2006 Compliance & Enforcement Annual ResultsImportant Environmental Problems

  5. 300 CAA CERCLA 250 CWA 200 EPCRA Total Count FIFRA 150 RCRA 100 SDWA TSCA 50 Multi-Program 0 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY 2006 Compliance & Enforcement Annual Results EPA Referrals of Civil Judicial Enforcement Cases to Department of Justice – Total and by Statute 286 268 268 252 259 FY2006 Data Source: Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS), October 28, 2006; data source for previous fiscal years: annual ICIS data Note: Statutes in legend are presented in same order as in stacked bars on left Disclaimer: Minor corrections may have been made to previous years’ data.

  6. Selection Criteria for National Enforcement Priorities EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance evaluated potential priorities using three criteria: • Significant Environmental Benefit: can significant environmental benefits be gained, or risks to human health or the environment be reduced, through focused EPA action? • Pattern of Noncompliance: are there identifiable patterns of noncompliance among specific regulated entities, sectors, geographic areas, or within environmental statutes or programs? • Appropriate EPA Responsibility: are the environmental or human health risks or the patterns of noncompliance sufficient in scope such that EPA is best suited to take action, or pursue a collaborative approach?

  7. FY 2005-2007 National Enforcement Priorities • Multi-year priorities are used to address specific environmental problems, risks or noncompliance patterns. • Priorities were selected through an extensive stakeholder process including EPA program offices, states and state associations, tribes, regulatory partners and the public. • FY 05 – 07 priorities are: • Wet Weather (CSOs, SSOs, storm water, CAFOs) • Air Toxics • New Source Review/Prevention of Significant Deterioration • Petroleum Refining • Mineral Processing • Tribal • Financial Responsibility

  8. Implementing the Priorities • Strategies have been developed for each priority (non-public) • Detailed summaries of each priority are on EPA’s website: www.epa.gov/compliance/priorities/index.html • Each strategy has an implementation team

  9. Proposed National Enforcement Priorities for FY 2008-2010 • Federal Register Notice, February 9, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 6,239) • Comment period closed March 12, 2007 • Final priorities in EPA National Program Managers’ Guidance (www.epa.gov/ocfo)

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