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Carper, Colleagues Urge the Biden Administration to Increase Funding for EPA Enforcement and Compliance Programs in Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request

Press Release

Date: Nov. 3, 2023
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Environment Criminal Justice

"Environmental laws such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act protect public and environmental health and are enforced by monitoring regulated entities and holding those in noncompliance accountable. These efforts result in significant community benefits through the reduction and remediation of pollution and the protection of important natural resources.

Yet, during Fiscal Years 2018 through 2021, EPA enforcement fell by nearly half from historic levels across a host of activities: inspections, criminal investigations, civil and criminal prosecutions, defendants charged, civil penalties, criminal fines, and cleanup costs paid by polluters. It is critically important that we deliver the resources necessary for EPA to carry out its mission."


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