The USEPA recently announced its annual enforcement and compliance results. In its 2010 fiscal year, the USEPA took enforcement and compliance actions that require companies to pay more than $110,000,000.00 in civil penalties. The USEPA also received commitments in these enforcement and compliance actions that would require these companies to spend an estimated $12,000,000,000.00 on pollution controls, cleanup, and environmental projects that benefit local communities.
Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA