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Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results - FY2005
FY2005 Annual Results Topics
EPA's compliance and enforcement activities in fiscal year 2005 resulted in legal commitments by companies, governments and other regulated entitiesto reduce, treat or properly manage approximately 1.1 billion pounds of pollution. The air we breathe is cleaner, the water we drink is purer, contaminated land is being cleaned up, acid rain and discharges of raw sewage have been reduced and wetlands are being protected.
As a result of this year’s work, violators have committed to spending a record $10 billion in what is known as injunctive relief - what they are required to spend to correct violations, restore the environment and prevent future harm to human health and the environment.
In addition to these requirements, some settling parties agreed to perform additional supplemental environmental projects as part of an enforcement settlement.
EPA’s criminal enforcement program helped to successfully prosecute some of the largest environmental crime cases in history during FY 2005. Judges imposed significant sentences and criminal fines, which provides significant deterrence for others violating the law for profit or convenience. EPA's Superfund enforcement program secured private party commitments of more than $1.1 billion. Of this amount, potentially responsible parties agreed to conduct more than $857 million in future response work, and to reimburse EPA for $248 million in past costs.
Through compliance assistance, monitoring and inspections and by offering incentives to promote self-policing and improvement in environmental management practices, EPA is also preventing pollution and helping the regulated community to understand its environmental responsibilities.
For more information, see our numbers at a glance and results charts and read the details of cases we have resolved in 2005 and the innovative compliance assistance and incentives we have offered.
FY2005 Annual Results Topics
- Press Release
- Results Charts — Charts and graphs highlighting results
- Numbers at a Glance — Fact sheet on annual results
- Enforcement Highlights — Brief summaries of major civil and criminal cases and activities
- Compliance Activities Highlights — Brief summaries of major assistance and incentive activities
Annual Results by Fiscal Year:
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