Laws & Regulations

Issuance of Policy on Timely and Appropriate Enforcement Response to High Priority Violations, December 22, 1998

Revises the policy for prioritizing enforcement efforts with respect to sources of air pollution, substituting the term "high priority violations" for "significant violations.

Interim Significant Noncompliance Policy for CWA Violations Associated with CSOs, SSOs, CAFOs and Storm Water Point Sources, October 23, 2007

Provides an approach for identifying significant violations related to combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, concentrated animal feeding operations, and storm water

Boston Design & Construction Co., lnc.

This is the Boston Design & Construction Co., lnc.

Issuance of Revised Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Settlement Penalty Policy, December 21, 2001

This guidance is intended to promote a more consistent national approach to assessing settlement penalty amounts in Clean water Act Section 404 enforcement actions.

Pelican Refining, LLC Government Exhibits

This document contains information about case exhibits

Guidance for Implementation of the General Duty Clause: Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 112(r)(1), May 2000

Details approaches for implementing the general duty clause of the Clean Air Act, explains statutory requirements, and describes how to assess compliance.

Section 1018 - Disclosure Rule Enforcement Response and Penalty Policy (ERPP), December 2007

The purpose of this Enforcement Response and Penalty Policy is to provide predictable and consistent enforcement responses and penalty amounts for violations of Section 1018.

Guidance on the Distinction Among Pleading, Negotiating and litigating Civil Penalties for Enforcement Cases under the Clean Water Act, dated January 19,1989

Guidance on the subject of how to develop CWA civil penalty demands under many different circumstances.

Performance Diesel, Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement Information Sheet

Hess Corporation has agreed to pay an $850,000 civil penalty and spend more than $45 million in new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations.

Stephen Pearson d/b/a Pearson Custom Homes Complaint

This is the Stephen Pearson d/b/a Pearson Custom Homes Complaint

Consent Agreement and Final Order Air Tight Home Improvements, Inc.

This is the Consent Agreement and Final Order Air Tight Home Improvements, Inc.

Notice of Lodging of Murphy Oil

This is the Notice of Lodging for the 2002 Murphy Oil Settlement

Memorandum: Interim Policy and Guidance on the Use of "Credible Evidence" in Air Enforcement Activities, April 29, 1997

Outlines interim implementing measures for the credible evidence rule.

Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. Consent Agreement and Final Order

Consent agreement and final order relating to violations of chemical and pesticide laws.

Supplemental Environmental Projects in EPA Settlements Involving Early Reductions under the Clean Air Act (CAA)

Addresses the propriety of approving an otherwise valid SEP proposal that will both reduce a civil penalty in an enforcement action and qualify as a project for the ERP under CAA S.112.

Federal Register Notice: Guidelines for Assessment of Civil Penalties Under Section 16 of the Toxic Substances Control Act - PCB Penalty Policy

Provides guidelines for assessing civil penalties under Section 16 of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Summary of Responses to State Comments on Interim Significant Noncompliance (SNC) Policy for Clean Water Act Violations Associated with CSOs, SSOs, CAFOs, and Storm Water Point Sources

Summarizes the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's responses to key State comments received on the draft Interim Wet Weather SNC Policy received during that review.