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.
Colorado Air Pollution Crisis
When you think of Colorado, you probably imagine clear, blue skies and sunshine—that image doesn’t jibe with the air quality in much of the state. The state’s entire Front Range remains in violation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards set by EPA and has been in noncompliance since 2012.
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NEWS FROM PEER
Forest Service Knifes Its Own Law Enforcement Budget
Double-Digit Cut Prompts Reduced Patrols Among Scramble for “Economies”
EPA’s New Strategic Plan Sucks
Pollution Enforcement Deemphasized in 5-Year Plan Promising Eco-Progress
Florida Pollution Enforcement in Paralysis
Cases and Fines Nosedive to Record Low Levels; Penalties Collected Fall 70%
EPA Abdicates Oversight Role in Protecting Florida Waters
State Pollution Permitting Standards Warped to Accommodate Corporate Agenda
Boca Raton Drinking Water Violations Swept Under Rug
Scathing Palm Beach Health Department Findings Prompt Slap-on-Wrist Settlement
Florida Eco-Agency Cuts Muscle and Bone – Fat Long Gone
DEP Says It Has No Written Explanation of How Employees Were Selected for Firing
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
