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Compliance and Enforcement Annual Results - FY2007
FY2007 Annual Results Topics
In Fiscal Year 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Enforcement and Compliance Program obtained from defendants a record $10.6 billion dollars to be invested in pollution control and clean up and environmentally beneficial projects. The Program continued to produce significant results by reducing 890 million pounds of pollutants from the environment. Enforcement actions resulted in a record amount of contaminated soil (PDF) (37pp, 200KB, About PDF) cleaned up – 79 million cubic yards – and in the remediation of 1.4 billion cubic yards of contaminated water.
EPA continued to provide a strong and active enforcement and compliance program in Fiscal Year 2007 by focusing federal resources on important environmental problems. Over 69% of pollution reductions and 58% of pollution control investments focus on priority air and water problems. Air priority enforcement (PDF) (37pp, 200kb,About PDF) efforts have achieved commitments to reduce 427 million pounds of pollutants, while water priority enforcement (PDF) (37pp, 200kb,About PDF) efforts obtained commitments to reduce 178 million pounds.
FY2007 enforcement actions have resulted in significant public health benefits (PDF) (37pp, 200kb,About PDF). The 12 largest air enforcement cases will result in reducing over 500 million pounds of harmful air pollutants, with human health benefits estimated to be $3.8 billion. Health benefits include:- Reducing over 500 premature deaths in people with heart or lung disease;
- 50,000 fewer days of missed work or school; and
- 1,000 fewer hospital visits due to asthma or heart failure
During FY 2007, EPA’s criminal enforcement program continued to emphasize “high impact” cases, those with major health and environmental considerations. In 2007, these cases resulted in the highest ever value of environmental beneficial projects or others activities imposed at sentencing (court mandated projects) at $135 million.
EPA is maintaining a robust Superfund enforcement program by maximizing potentially responsible party (PRP) participation at sites. In FY 2007 EPA secured private party commitments of $688 million for site cleanup, promoted cleanup of contaminated property at federal facilities, and promoted redevelopment and reuse of contaminated sites.
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, 70kb,About PDF) results that include compliance assistance (PDF) (37pp, 200kb,About PDF), monitoring and inspections, and incentive programs (PDF) (37pp, 200KB,About PDF) 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 highlights of cases we have resolved in 2007 and the innovative compliance assistance and incentives we have offered.
Other FY2007 Accomplishments
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