Enforcement
Criminal Enforcement
EPA's criminal enforcement program was established in 1982 and was granted full law enforcement authority by Congress in 1988. It enforces the nation's laws by investigating cases, collecting evidence, conducting forensic analyses and providing legal guidance to assist in the prosecution of criminal conduct that threatens people's health and the environment. The Criminal Enforcement Overview provides more information on investigative activities. Read more about adjudicated case summaries in the monthly Environmental Crimes Case Bulletin.
HEADLINES
Recent Criminal Case Milestones
• May 9 - Owner of Mississippi River Construction Company Sentenced to Jail for Violating the Clean Air Act. More Information...
• May 9 - Former President of Port Arthur Company Guilty of Federal Crimes Related to Employee Deaths. More Information...
• April 29 - Crestwood Official Convicted of Falsifying Reports to Conceal Village’s Use of Well in Drinking Water Supply. More Information...
• April 22 - Former Foreman Pleads Guilty to Violating Clean Air Act. More Information...
• April 18 - Tennessee Salvage Company Owners and Operators Plead Guily to Conspiring to Violate the Clean Air Act. More Information...
FY 2012 Enforcement Results
2012 Major Criminal Cases
Complete Enforcement Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2012
Criminal Enforcement Video Available
EPA Criminal Enforcement Overview - Protecting People and The Environment
A Criminal Case in Photographs
Blue Marsh Laboratories, Inc., located in Douglassville, Pennsylvania.
Michael J. McKenna is the president, laboratory director, and owner of Blue Marsh.
An office inside the Blue Marsh Lab.
Blue Marsh primary business was the analytical testing of environmental samples of water and wastewater.
Test reports prepared and mailed to customers falsely stated that proper EPA methods were followed.
The defendants prepared and mailed false and fraudulent test results for Hurricane Katrina flood water samples.
They also submitted false test reports to the Food and Drug Administration.
Blue Marsh laboratory testing area.
Computer equipment used by Blue Marsh to conduct and report sampling results.
Inside the Blue Marsh Laboratory.
Collection area within the Blue Marsh Laboratory.
EPA collects samples from a work station in the laboratory.