Let there be no doubt that, this committee will continue to hold the Trump administration accountable.
There is no requirement.
But it was initiated under the Obama administration.
I also understand the inspections, which are key to EPA's enforcement efforts, are the lowest they have been in a decade.
I appreciate that you sent a memo to your staff saying that we are going to robustly enforce the laws.
We expect the EPA to do its job.
I continue to be worried that the 2019 numbers will reflect civil penalties against a large variety of polluters.
the $69 million in civil penalties represents the lowest in nearly a quarter-century.
The average annual cost of injunctive relief is $7.74 billion and the EPA's fiscal year 2018 figure was the lowest it had been in 15 years.
the number of cases it referred to the Department of Justice, the lowest since 1976.
the total number of facilities that the EPA inspected last year is the lowest since 1994.