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PA EPA RELEASES FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS POLICY
Release Date: 05/01/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1998
EPA RELEASES FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS POLICY
EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance released its final Supplemental Environmental Projects Policy (SEP). SEPs are environmentally beneficial projects that a defendant in an environmental enforcement action agrees to undertake as part of a settlement, but which the defendant is not otherwise legally required to perform. In return, a percentage of the SEP cost is considered in establishing the penalty paid by the defendant. The policy applies to settlements of civil judicial and administrative actions. SEPs must improve, protect or reduce risk to public health or the environment. The policy outlines the types of allowable projects, and the terms and conditions necessary for an approved SEP. These projects can help further EPA’s objective in administering statutes and other policy goals, including promoting pollution prevention and environmental justice. Copies of the policy can be accessed through the Internet at: https://www.epa.gov/oeca/sep/sepfinal.html.
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