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Compliance

Oversight of State and Local Penalty Assessments: Revisions to the Policy Frame work from State/EPA Enforcement Agreements

1993 Memorandum from Steven A. Herman, Assistant Administrator for Office of Enforcement, detailing a major step toward improving our national enforcement program regarding federal and state or local penalty practices.

Issued June 2, 1993

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Oversight of State and Local Penalty Assessments: Revisions to the Policy Framework from State/EPA Enforcement Agreements (PDF)(14 pp, 1 MB)