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Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results - FY2006
FY2006 Annual Results Topics
EPA's National Compliance and Enforcement program focused on important environmental problems during Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, and produced significant results in these priority areas. These results have produced significant outcomes in terms of environmental and public health benefits. Seventy-four percent (74%) of pollution reductions and seventy-one percent (71%) of pollution prevention and control investments obtained in 2006 were a result of the Agency's focus on priority air and water pollution problems.
As a result, our air 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. EPA continues to provide a strong and effective compliance and enforcement program as demonstrated by the number and range of activities carried out in FY 2006.
During FY 2006, EPA's criminal enforcement program helped to successfully prosecute several high impact cases that secured large sentences, enhanced deterrence and reduced environmental pollution.
| Problems | Pollutants Reduced (lbs.) | Investments in Pollution Control ($) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| NSR/ PSD | Acid Rain, Respiratory Illness, Heart Disease |
135 million | $310 million |
| Air Toxics | Cancer, Birth Defects | 0.4 million | $1 million |
| Petroleum Refining | Acid Rain, Respiratory Illness, Heart Disease |
292 million | $2,073 million |
| Total | 427.4 million | $2,384 million |
| Problems | Pollutants Reduced (lbs.) | Investments in Pollution Control ($) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Stormwater | Contaminated Runoff | 195 million | $ 150 million |
| CAFO | Animal Wastes | 12 million | $ 10 million |
| CSO/SSO | Raw Sewage | 26 million | $ 930 million |
| Total | 233 million | $1,090 million |
FY 2006 also saw the longest environmental crimes trial (seven months) since the program was established in 1982, in which the Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Company and four individual defendants were found guilty of numerous violations. Sentencing is scheduled for January 2007.
EPA's Superfund enforcement program secured private party commitments for site cleanup, promoted redevelopment and reuse of contaminated sites, and promoted cleanup of contaminated property at federal facilities.
EPA is also preventing pollution and helping the regulated community to understand its environmental responsibilities as demonstrated by EPA's compliance and enforcement Government Performance and Results Act (PDF) (6pp, 98kb,About PDF) results that include compliance assistance, monitoring and inspections, and incentive programs to promote self-policing and improvement in environmental management practices.
For more information, see our numbers at a glance and results charts and read the details of cases we have resolved in 2006 and the innovative compliance assistance and incentives we have offered.
Other FY2006 Accomplishments
- National Enforcement Investigations Center and Homeland Security
- Environmental Justice
- Report a Violation
November 15, 2006 Presentation by Granta Nakayama (PDF) (16pp, 393kb,About PDF)
Annual Results by Fiscal Year:
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