National Enforcement Trends
The National Enforcement Trends (NETs) report provides national and regional enforcement and compliance results and trends.
Data in NETs is organized into enforcement and compliance program categories and includes data to the most recently completed fiscal year. For newer performance measures that are added to the report only one to two years of data are currently available.
These data, which are totals of national and regional federal activity, are presented employing a variety of different graphical approaches. Metadata following each NETs table and graph provides the background and explanation on how the data in that chart are counted; highlighting specific changes to counting methodology, definitions, or circumstances which affect the trends shown in the chart. Examination of the metadata is critical to a full and accurate understanding of the data provided through NETs.
NETs replaces an earlier EPA enforcement and compliance results and trends document, the "Measures of Success" or "MOS" Report.
The material is presented in an Adobe/Acrobat format which may be easily exported into other formats. If you have difficulties exporting the data, or if you need the data in an alternate format, please contact David Sprague in EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance by e-mail (sprague.david@epa.gov) or telephone (202-564-4103).
Complete National Enforcement Trends (NETs) report (PDF) (205 pp, 2.6MB), updated August 2008.
Report by Section:
- Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Numbers at a Glance
- Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Results
- Five Year Trends - Activities
- Five Year Trends - Results
- Long Term Trends - Activities
- Long Term Trends - Results
- Inspections and Investigations
- Compliance Assistance and Incentives
- National Priorities Enforcement
- Top Enforemcent Cases
- Regional Trends
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A. Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Numbers at a Glance | Timeframe (FY) |
| FY 2007 (PDF) (3 pp, 58K) | FY 2006 (PDF) (2 pp, 84K) | FY 2005 (PDF) (1 pg, 36K) | FY 2004 (PDF) (1 pg, 105K) |
2004 - 2007 |
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B. Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Results | Timeframe (FY) |
| FY 2007 GPRA (PDF) (2 pp, 43K) | FY 2006 GPRA (PDF) (1 pg, 70K) | FY 2005 GPRA (PDF) (1 pg, 54K) | FY 2004 GPRA (PDF) (1 pg, 95K) |
2004 - 2007 |
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C. Five Year Trends – Activities | Timeframe (FY) |
| Civil Enforcement Case Initiations (PDF) (6 pp, 179K) |
2001 - 2007 |
| Civil Enforcement Case Conclusions (PDF) (5 pp, 211K) |
2001 - 2007 |
| Expedited Administrative Penalty Orders (PDF) (2 pp, 80K) |
2003 - 2007 |
| Criminal Enforcement Program Activities (PDF) (2 pp, 55K) |
1998 - 2007 |
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D. Five Year Trends – Results | Timeframe (FY) |
| National Estimates of Direct Environmental Benefits Achieved Through EPA's Enforcement Actions (PDF) (3 pp, 68K) |
2003 - 2007 |
| Cases with Complying Actions (PDF) (2 pp, 37K) |
2006 - 2007 |
| Total Civil Penalties (PDF) (3 pp, 76K) |
2000 - 2007 |
| Administrative and Civil Judicial Penalties (PDF) (4 pp, 125K) |
2000 - 2007 |
| Value of Complying Actions (PDF) (3 pp, 87K) |
1999 - 2007 |
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E. Long Term Trends - Activities | Timeframe (FY) |
| Administrative Penalty Order Complaints (PDF) (3 pp, 138K) |
1991 - 2007 |
| Civil Judicial Referrals (PDF) (3 pp, 141K) |
1973 - 2007 |
| Criminal Fines and Restitution (PDF) (2 pp, 53K) |
1983 - 2007 |
| Administrative Compliance Orders (PDF) (3 pp, 106K) |
1994 - 2007 |
| Final Administrative Penalty Orders (PDF) (3 pp, 181K) |
1994 - 2007 |
| Civil Judicial Conclusions (PDF) (3 pp, 110K) |
1994 - 2007 |
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F. Long Term Trends – Results | Timeframe (FY) |
| Civil Judicial Conclusions and Penalties (PDF) (2 pp, 41K) |
1996 - 2007 |
| Enforcement Penalties (PDF) (3 pp, 104K) |
1974 - 2007 |
| Supplemental Environmental Projects (PDF) (3 pp, 136K) |
1999 - 2007 |
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G. Inspections and Investigations | Timeframe (FY) |
| Inspections - Five Year Trends: Federal Inspections and Evaluations (PDF) (3 pp, 161K) |
1999 - 2007 |
| Inspections - Long Term Trends: Federal Inspections and Evaluations (PDF) (3 pp, 95K) |
1994 - 2007 |
| Investigations: Civil Investigations (PDF) (2 pp, 121K) |
2002 - 2007 |
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H. Compliance Assistance and Incentives | Timeframe (FY) |
| Compliance Assistance Activities (PDF) (2 pp, 75K) |
2007 |
| Voluntary Disclosure Policy (PDF) (2 pp, 54K) |
1999 - 2007 |
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I. National Priorities Enforcement | Timeframe (FY) |
| National Priority Civil Investigations (PDF) (2 pp, 77K) |
2002 - 2007 |
| National Priority Inspection/Evaluations (PDF) (2 pp, 65K) |
2005 - 2007 |
| Estimated Environmental Benefits Achieved from Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act National Priority Enforcement Cases (PDF) (3 pp, 57K) |
2005 - 2007 |
| National Priority Enforcement Action Conclusions for 2007 (PDF) (2 pp, 61K) |
2007 |
| National Priority Enforcement Action Conclusions (PDF) (3 pp, 113K) |
2005 - 2007 |
| Full Name of OECA's National Priorities (PDF) (1 pp, 21K) |
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| Top Civil Penalty Cases of All Time (PDF) (3 pp, 88K) |
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| Top 25 Civil Cases - Based on Penalty Amount (PDF) (4 pp, 97K) |
2007 |
| Top 25 Civil Cases - Based on Injunctive Relief Amount (PDF) (3 pp, 91K) |
2007 |
| Top 25 Civil Cases - Based on Amount of Pollutants Reduced (PDF) (4 pp, 175K) |
2007 |
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Timeframe (FY) |
| Civil Enforcement Case Initiations – Regions (PDF) (23 pp, 1.1MB) |
2003 - 2007 |
| Civil Enforcement Case Conclusions – Regions (PDF) (23 pp, 1.2M) |
2003 - 2007 |
| Expedited Administrative Penalty Orders – Regions (PDF) (12 pp, 504K) |
2003 - 2007 |
| National Estimates of Direct Environmental Benefits Achieved Through EPA's Enforcement Actions – Regions (PDF) (4 pp, 102K) |
2003 - 2007 |
| Administrative and Civil Judicial Penalties – Regions (PDF) (12 pp, 686K) |
2003 - 2007 |
| Value of Complying Actions- Regions (PDF) (12 pp, 507K) |
2003 - 2007 |
| Supplemental Environmental Projects- Regions (PDF) (12 pp, 691K) |
2003 - 2007 |
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