• Overview
• Case Map
• Numbers at a Glance
• Regional Results
• Analysis and Trends

Analysis and Trends

The links below show our progress in meeting performance targets and the trends in our enforcement results from fiscal year (FY) 2010 to 2015.

• Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)

  Measure Number	GPRA External Performance Measure	FY 15 Target	FY 15 Actual (rounded)
  409	Number of federal inspections and evaluations	15,500	15,400
  410	Number of civil judicial and administrative enforcement cases initiated	2,700	2,370
  411	Number of civil judicial and administrative enforcement cases concluded	2,400	2,360
  412	Percentage of open consent decrees reviewed for overall compliance status	100%	99%
  418	Percentage of criminal cases having the most significant health, environmental, and deterrence impacts	45%	62%
  420	Percentage of criminal cases with charges filed	45%	38%
  419	Percentage of criminal cases with individual defendants	75%	83%
  421	Percentage of conviction rate for criminal defendants	85%	92%
  400 *	Millions of pounds of air pollutants reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions	310 M lbs	430 M lbs
  402 *	Millions of pounds of water pollutants reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions	250 M lbs	92 M lbs
  404 *	Millions of pounds of toxic and pesticide pollutants reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions	2.3 M lbs	10 M lbs
  405	Millions of pounds of hazardous waste pollutants reduced, treated, or eliminated through concluded enforcement actions	2,400 M lbs	535 M lbs
  417	Millions of cubic yards of contaminated soil and groundwater media EPA has obtained commitments to clean up as a result of concluded CERCLA and RCRA corrective action enforcement actions.	200 M cu yds	66 M cu yds
  285	Percentage of Superfund sites having viable, liable responsible parties other than the federal government where EPA reaches a settlement or takes an enforcement action before starting a remedial action.	99%	100%
  078	Percentage of all Superfund statute of limitations cases addressed at sites with unaddressed total past costs equal to or greater than $500,000.	100%	100%

  * GPRA measures 400, 402, and 404 respectively quantify pollutant releases that are or will be reduced, treated or eliminated to air, water, and land as a result of EPA enforcement actions. Measure 404 includes reductions of pollutant releases to land (e.g., RCRA non-hazardous waste, oil, gasoline, or solvents), as well as reductions in distribution of illegal products, including pesticides and new and existing chemicals.

Civil Enforcement Case Information

• Estimated Value of Administrative and Civil Judicial Complying Actions (Injunctive Relief)(PDF) 
• Administrative and Civil Judicial Penalties Assessed (PDF)

Superfund Enforcement

• Superfund Results (PDF)

Criminal Enforcement Program

• Value of Fines and Restitution and Court Ordered Environmental Projects (PDF)

Other Civil Measures

• Hazardous Waste Treated, Minimized, or Properly Disposed Of (PDF)
• Commitments to Reduce, Treat or Eliminate Pollution (PDF)
• Volume of Contaminated Soil to be Cleaned Up (PDF)
• Volume of Contaminated Water to be Cleaned Up (PDF)
• Civil Enforcement Case Initiations and Conclusions (PDF)
• Federal Inspections and Evaluations (PDF)
• Supplemental Environmental Projects (PDF)

Other Criminal Enforcement

• Environmental Crime Cases Opened, Defendants Charged and Sentencing Results – Years of Incarceration (PDF)

Single Document Containing All Charts and Graphs

• FY 2015 Enforcement Annual Results Analysis and Trends Charts (PDF)(14 pp, 176 K, Dec. 16, 2015)