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EPA Enforcement In 2012 Protects Communities From Harmful Pollution

2013-01-10 05:04:05| pollutiononline Home Page

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its fiscal year (FY) 2012 enforcement results. The results highlight EPA’s civil and criminal enforcement efforts to address pollution problems that have the greatest impact on communities and public health, including a reduction of 1.7 billion pounds of pollution to the nation’s air, water and land, 191,645 pounds of hazardous waste, and $34,876,733M in civil/judicial and criminal penalties to deter violations of the law.

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