OECA Issues Long-Anticipated Criminal EJ Enforcement Guidance

June 24, 2021
EPA Acting Enforcement Chief Larry Starfield has issued a much-anticipated memo for how the agency’s Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance (OECA) will elevate environmental justice (EJ) in criminal enforcement of environmental laws. The June 21 internal memo , obtained by Inside EPA , says the criminal enforcement program “can further [EJ] by strengthening tools for the detection of environmental crimes in overburdened communities, improving outreach to the victims of such crimes, and ensuring that our investigations are structured to...


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