EPA Touts Increase In Criminal Enforcement Despite Limits From Pandemic

Correction Appended EPA says its annual enforcement and compliance data for fiscal year 2020 includes opening 247 new criminal cases, which is 77 more than it opened in FY19 and the largest number of such cases since 2014, while touting several other positive results for the agency’s enforcement efforts despite limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “In FY 2020, EPA enforcement and compliance assurance staff demonstrated extraordinary resilience, creativity, and perseverance as they continued to assure compliance with environmental...