Agency Adopts First-Time Performance Measure For Criminal Enforcement

摘要

EPA is using first-time measures to track the success of its criminal enforcement program in helping meet the broad air, water and land cleanup goals outlined in the agency's five-year plan, focusing on cases that involve serious harm and publicizing new data such as the number of criminal cases with charges filed.rnObservers are however divided about the new criminal enforcement measures. Some sources argue that it is a positive step that could help address criticism that criminal enforcement has lagged under the Obama EPA, but others say it could give an inadequate account of the agency's approach to environmental crimes.