FABRIC
FILTER NEWSLETTER
January 2010
No. 411
According to the EPA, enforcement activities (relating to air water and land) at approximately 4,600 facilities resulted in:
“requiring polluters to invest more than $5 billion on pollution controls, cleanup, and environmental projects. Civil and criminal defendants committed to install controls and take other measures to reduce pollution by approximately 580 million pounds annually once all required controls are fully implemented.”
The following chart from the EPA website summarizes air pollution key results.
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FY 2007 - 2009 Annual Results |
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Fiscal Year |
Estimated Pollutants to be Reduced or Treated |
Estimated Investments in Pollution Control |
Civil Penalties |
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2007 |
0.8 Million |
$11 million |
$0.6 million |
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2008 |
0.09 million |
$7 Million |
$2.5 million |
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2009 |
0.19 Million |
$0.19 Million |
$0.34 Million |
In October of 2007 the EPA had established an air toxics compliance and enforcement strategy for FY2008-2010 focussed on leak detection and repair, industrial flares, and surface coating.
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