PEER Supports Law Enforcement and Regulation
PEER works to support the enforcement of environmental and natural resource laws at the federal, state and local levels. The need for protection for our natural resources and public health has never been greater. Even as the need for strong environmental and natural resource protection is growing, enforcement programs are facing declining budgets, lower staffing levels, and dispirited morale.
PEER is dedicated to serving law enforcement rangers, agents and other professionals working in our forests, ranges and parklands.
PEER monitors federal, state and local governments to make sure they hold polluters accountable and protect public health and the environment.
Florida Pollution Enforcement Reports
Since 2004, PEER has examined Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) files to assess pollution enforcement. In a state heavily reliant on its natural beauty for tourism revenue, it has fallen far short of acceptable pollution levels primarily in its waterways and wastewater management.
Despite pledges to strengthen pollution enforcement, Florida state records show declines in virtually all meaningful measures. Notably, violations and significant noncompliance with pollution limits are growing while major enforcement actions are declining.
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NEWS FROM PEER
Boca Raton Drinking Water Violations Spark Health Action
Palm Beach Health Department Notice of Violation Orders Immediate Corrections
Florida Begins Dismantling Already Anemic Eco-Program
Unilateral Environmental Disarmament Based on Myth of Universal Compliance
Pollution Enforcement Implodes Under Florida’s Scott
Big Drop in Cases and Fines as DEP Staff Instructed to Avoid Enforcement
Thousands of Jersey Pollution Permits Unenforceable
Appeal for EPA Intervention to Nix Radical Christie Stealth Deregulation
Florida Pollution Permits Getting Too Permissive
Plans to Remove Discharge Limits, Strip Terms and Create One-Size-Fits-All Permits
EPA Debarment Probes Discrepancies by Top Florida Official
Environment Secretary Vinyard’s Current Claims Contradict His Previous Filings
Disturbing Toxic Air Results Confirmed in Paterson, NJ
State Dissembles on Findings That 7 Air Toxics Are “Above the Health Benchmark”
Twenty Seven New Jersey Superfund-Eligible Sites Left off List
EPA Still Reviewing Status of Unknown Number of Garden State Toxic Hotspots
Dupont Pompton Lake Pollution May Be Headed Downstream
DEP Scientists’ Questions Could Prompt Feds to Expand DuPont Cleanup Scope
EPA Corrects Cleanup Standard for Industrial Solvent
Agency Mistakenly Relaxed 1,4 Dioxane Standard by More Than 50-Fold
Daytona Beach on a Sewage Spewing Spree
Federal Complaint Cites Major Continuing Pollution by Florida Wastewater Facility
Leadership Void Cripples Forest Service Law Enforcement
Official Investigation Uncovers Plague of Dysfunction Afflicting 20 Eastern States
Florida Eco-Enforcement Made Uneven Comeback in 2010
Crist Record Better than Jeb Bush’s But Scott Cutbacks May Wipe out Gains
Cutbacks Cripple Arizona Air Pollution Enforcement
Despite Looming EPA Sanctions, County Signals Corporate Kid Glove Treatment
Florida Top Environmental Official Fights Federal Debarment
Secretary Vinyard May Lose Authority over Water Quality Regulation at Key Time
Florida Truncates Eco-Safeguards on Beach Projects
No Review of Contaminants or Wildlife Damage as BP-Funded Beach Work Starts
Koch Paper Mill Profits From Weak Pollution Regulation
Demand for EPA Intervention to Stem Enormous Effluent Flow from Arkansas Plant
Florida Top Officials’ Pollution Ties Violate Federal Law
EPA Funding of State Water Quality Programs in Jeopardy; Complaint Filed
EPA Inaction Imperils Clean Water Anti-Conflicts Safeguard
Governors in Florida and Maine Open Hen-House Doors to Fox with Corporate Ties
St. Johns River Municipal Polluter out of Control
Call for Federal Enforcement against Northeast Florida Wastewater Plant
