EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance recently proposed changes to its National Program Manager (NMP) Guidance that, in part, would revise EPA’s National Enforcement Initiatives (“NEIs”) for federal fiscal years 2017-2019, effective October 1, 2016. NEI’s reflect where EPA will focus its enforcement resources for the upcoming years. Though EPA keeps its previous targets by renewing and carrying forward the existing 2014-2016 NEIs, it is expanding one and creating two others, setting its sights on additional industrial operations.
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