EPA sets record year for environmental enforcement of pollutant reductions

摘要

EPA sets record year for Fiscal year 2008 was a banner year for the Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement and compliance program, which concluded civil and criminal enforcement actions requiring regulated entities to spend an estimated 1 1.8 billion dollars on pollution controls, cleanup and environmental projects, a record for EPA. "After these pollution control activities are completed, EPA estimates record pollution reductions of 3.9 billion pounds per year," said Granta Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. "This is nearly four times the level of pollution reduction achieved in FY 2007."