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2007 Region 9 Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results

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Enforcement Results 2007 Numbers at a Glance Data: State-by-state Case Highlights
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Numbers at a Glance

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Case Highlights

Video summary of Region 9's Environmental Enforcement Results for 2007, featuring Regional Administrator, Wayne Nastri.

EPA, working with our federal, state, and tribal partners, is committed to ensuring compliance with environmental laws to protect public health and our environment and to provide an even economic playing field for the regulated community.  Compliance with environmental laws is essential to reducing pollutants in the environment and protecting the public from exposure to harmful contaminants.  This year, EPA brought numerous cases against violators of all sizes, in both the public and private sectors.  These actions will result in reduced emissions of harmful air pollutants, fewer discharges of sewage and industrial wastewaters into our waterways, and cleanup of soil and groundwater pollution from historic releases of contaminants.  Through these actions, we have also required violators to invest in pollution control to prevent future environmental degradation. We have also assessed civil and criminal penalties to emphasize that non-compliance will not be tolerated. 

In 2007, we brought enforcement cases in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, the Pacific Islands and on many of our tribal lands.  In total, we achieved investment in pollution control and cleanup of over $600 million.  Through these enforcement actions, respondents are required to reduce more than 12.5 million pounds of pollution, cleanup up more than 66 million cubic yards of soil, and cleanup up more than 210 million cubic yards of contaminated water.  We have assessed penalties of almost $9 million. In addition, respondents have agreed to implement almost $11 million in supplemental environmental projects.

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