Compliance and Enforcement > Settlement

There are numerous options available to the EPA in settling enforcement actions against parties responsible for polluting the environment. In addition to pursuing legal action through administrative law judges, the Agency employs mediation techniques such as Alternative Dispute Resolution and mixed-funding settlements in which the Agency and responsible parties share the cost of a response action. Other options include stipulated penalties and "de minimis" settlements.

Recommended EPA Web pages

Compliance and Enforcement: Cases and Settlements Provides information about cases and settlements. Office of Site Remediation Enforcement This page provides information about the Office of Site Remediation Enforcement. Cleanup Enforcement: Types of Superfund Settlements Provides information about types of Superfund settlements. List more recommended EPA Settlement web pages
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Civil Enforcement
Administrative Civil Enforcement, Complaints, Cost Recovery, Dispute Resolution, Environmental Appeals, Liability, Orders, Responsible Parties

Compliance Assistance

Compliance Incentives
Audit Policy

Compliance Monitoring
Audit, Inspection, Investigation

Criminal Enforcement

Delegation
Oversight

Environmental Liability

Federal Facilities

Multi-Media Compliance

Reporting

Check! Settlement
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Emission Standards (MACTs), Mediation, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs), Penalty, Recertification, Reportable Quantity, Supplemental Environmental Project

Violation

Voluntary Standards
Consensus Standards, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Voluntary Standards Network