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Region 6 Annual Results 2006

National Annual
Results 2006

The mission of CAED is to promote compliance with Federal environmmental regulations in partnership with our States and Tribes. Our vision is to make environmental compliance commonplace and to establish a culture that promotes going beyond compliance through collaboration, innovation and partnership. FY 06 Highlights

Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results
Numbers at a Glance
Region 6

Estimated Environmental Benefits of Enforcement Actions (including Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) obtained or committed to):
  Pollutants Reduced (Pounds) 181,009,380
  Contaminated Soil Cleaned (Cubic Yards) 260,000
  Wetlands Protected (Acres) 368
Value of Complying Actions $1,309,773,904
Value of Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) $10,043,178
Cases with SEPs 39
Voluntary Disclosure Program  
  Pollutants Reduced as a Result of Audits or Other Actions (Pounds) 1,444
  Facilities Initiated 79
  Companies Initiated 40
  Notices of Determination (NODs) 46
  Facilities Resolved 52
  Companies Resolved 44
Total Entities Reached by Compliance Assistance 7,228
EPA Administrative Compliance Orders (ACOs) 309
EPA Administrative Penalty Complaints (APCs) 414
EPA Civil Judicial Referrals 31
EPA Final Administrative Penalty Order (FAPO) Settlements 424
EPA Civil Judicial Conclusions 10
EPA Administrative Penalties $3,341,482
EPA Judicial Penalties $14,473,585
Inspections/Evaluations 1,858
Civil Investigations 15
Number of Regulated Entities Taking Complying Actions during EPA Inspections/Evaluations 56
Number of Regulated Entities Receiving Assistance during EPA Inspections/Evaluations 832
Superfund Cleanup Enforcement
  Remedial Action (RA) Starts Where Settlement Reached or Enforcement Action Taken by the Time of the RA Start (During the FY) at Non-federal Superfund Sites That Have Known Viable, Liable Parties (%) 100%
  Private Party Commitments for Future Response Work (Including Cashouts)* $4,900,000
  Private Party Commitments for Cost Recovery* $1,500,000
  Cost Recovery Statute of Limitation Cases Addressed with Total Past Costs Greater Than or Equal to $200,000 (%) 100%

*In FY 2006, the Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE) changed the reporting requirements for Consent Decrees (CD) to count only CDs that have been entered by the courts.  In previous years, OSRE gave credit at the referred, lodged or entered stages.  The amounts for FY2006 include CDs that were counted in previous years (at the referral or lodged stages).

Sources for Data displayed in this document:  Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Information System (CERCLIS), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo), Air Facility System (AFS), Permit Compliance System (PCS), Criminal Case Reporting System, and National Compliance Data Base System (NCDB), October 28, 2006.


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