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EPA Urges Voluntary Disclosure

Published Sunday, January 01, 2006

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is trying to spur more companies to voluntarily disclose and fix violations of environmental rules by cutting penalties for companies that tell on themselves. Recently, the agency's regional office in San Francisco dropped nearly $600,000 in possible penalties for 13 companies that promptly disclosed and corrected violations of the federal right-to-know law. Under EPA's audit policy, the agency may opt to scale back or drop penalties for violations that are promptly disclosed and addressed. Arizona Air Study Finds Compliance A six-month air-quality monitoring study in Maricopa County, Ariz., prompted by citizen complaints about ...

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