Treasure Island – Another Botched Navy Cleanup in SF Bay
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PEER | February 20, 2019
Navy Refused to Review Tetra Tech Work Despite Extensive Hunters Point Fraud ...
EPA Oversight of State Permits Evaporating
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PEER | February 19, 2019
Staff Ordered Not to Transmit Comments Even on Controversial Projects ...
Enforcement Resources
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Susan Sargent | February 6, 2019
The EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) website contains databases that users can search for facilities around the country and see past compliance records. Beyond just searching ECHO for pollution sources in your area, for example, you also can: Search for EPA criminal and ...
Citizen Enforcement
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Susan Sargent |
Pollution often slips through the cracks of state and federal enforcement. The reasons vary widely, from neglect to deliberate turning of heads to political pressure to technological failures. Citizens can fill those cracks. Americans can, and frequently do, assist and spark agency ...
State Enforcement
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Susan Sargent | February 5, 2019
Some basic concepts related to state implementation and enforcement of federal environmental laws are: State Delegation “State Delegation” is when the federal law in question delegates some or all enforcement to the state agencies, typically after the state’s program first goes ...
U.S. EPA
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Susan Sargent |
EPA pursues three different types of enforcement actions: Administrative actions are non-judicial enforcement measures taken by a state agency or EPA using its own authority. They do not involve a judicial process. An administrative action may be either: 1) a notice of violation, or 2) an ...
