Annual Results - FY2001
FY2001 Annual Results Topics
Graphical Representation
- Dollar Values of FY2001 Enforcement Actions by Statute
- Dollar Values of Enforcement Actions Concluded in FY2001
- National Totals – FY2001 Enforcement Actions
- Twenty Pollutants with Largest Reductions Reported for EPA Enforcement Settlements
- Audit Policy: Companies Disclosing and Correcting Violations Under the Agency Audit Policy Program
- EPA Criminal Enforcement: Major Outputs FY1995 to FY2001
- Trends in Criminal Enforcement Since FY1995
- FY2001 National Compliance Assistance
EPA released data on its enforcement and compliance assurance results for FY 2001on January 31, 2002, which included record-setting amounts of money violators have committed to environmental cleanups and restoration, and for projects to protect the environment and human health beyond injunctive relief, and to record penalty assessments.
By working in partnership with state and local governments, environmental groups, other organizations, and local citizens, the Agency continued to make great strides toward providing Americans with a cleaner, safer, and healthier environment.
Overall the FY2001 EPA enforcement and compliance efforts had the following results:
- enforcement actions required violators to reduce an estimated 660 million pounds of pollutants and treat and safely manage an estimated 1.84 billion pounds;
- violators being required to invest $4.3 billion in pollution control and cleanup measures—the highest-ever such investment; 222 civil judicial cases were settled and 3,228 administrative orders and field citations issued;
- a vigorous criminal program resulted in prison sentences totaling 256 years—an increase of more than 100 years over FY2000—for criminal violations; such violations also resulted in nearly $95 million in fines and restitution;
- supplemental environmental projects totaled at $89 million—up 60 percent from $55.8 million in FY2000; these involve actions a violator agrees to undertake to protect the environment and human health beyond required injunctive relief in exchange for a penalty reduction; and
- compliance assistance for more than one million individuals and businesses by direct assistance or through Compliance Assistance Centers.
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Press Release
Numbers at a Glance — Fact sheet comparing FY2000 and FY2001 annual results
Compliance and Enforcement Progress in FY2001 (PDF) (3pp, 205kb,About PDF) — Brief summary of compliance and enforcement progress
Graphical Representation
- Dollar Values of FY2001 Enforcement Actions by Statute (PDF) (1pp, 12K,About PDF) — Table
- Dollar Values of Enforcement Actions Concluded in FY2001 (PDF) (1pp, 77kb,About PDF) — Graph
- National Totals – FY2001 Enforcement Actions (PDF) (1pp, 18kb,About PDF) — Table
- Twenty Pollutants with Largest Reductions Reported for EPA Enforcement Settlements (PDF) (1pp, 45kb,About PDF)— Chart
- Audit Policy: Companies Disclosing and Correcting Violations Under the Agency Audit Policy Program (PDF) (1pp, 12kb,About PDF) — Graph
- EPA Criminal Enforcement: Major Outputs FY1995 to FY2001 (PDF) (1pp, 10kb,About PDF) — Graph
- Trends in Criminal Enforcement Since FY1995 (PDF) (1pp, 62kb,About PDF) — Graph
- FY2001 National Compliance Assistance (PDF) (1pp, 15kb,About PDF) — Chart
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