Region 2 Pollution Prevention (P2)

Pollution Prevention Solutions During Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement - This handbook summarizes a menu of approaches developed by environmental agencies and companies working together to incorporate cost-effective pollution prevention solutions into permitting, inspection, and enforcement.

EPA Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPS) - are environmentally beneficial projects which violators voluntarily agree to perform as part of a settlement of an enforcement action. In return, EPA agrees to reduce the monetary penalty that would otherwise apply as a result of the violations. Selection and evaluation of proposed SEPs will be conducted in accordance with the hierarchy of environmental management set forth under the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 i.e. SEPs involving pollution prevention techniques are preferred over other types of reduction or control strategies. A copy of EPA's SEP policy as well as examples of SEPs previously included in EPA enforcement actions can be found on EPA's SEP Homepage.

 

P2 resources | P2 programs and projects

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