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Enforcement

The Department of Ecology seeks to assure compliance with environmental laws. Ecology's enforcement policy stresses the importance of providing the regulated community an opportunity to voluntarily comply with environmental laws. When voluntary compliance is not achieved, Ecology pursues enforcement.

For more information about enforcement actions to protect air, land and water, see Ecology's 2006 Enforcement Report. This report contains an overview of Ecology's enforcement program and trends in notices, orders and penalties from 1985 through 2006.

Summaries of Ecology's enforcement actions for selected time periods are provided below.  (Note: Local air authorities, county health departments and other governmental bodies also have environmental enforcement authority.)

Penalty Summaries

• October-December 2007
• July-September 2007
• April-June 2007
• January-March 2007
• October-December 2006
• July-September 2006
• April-June 2006
• January-March 2006
• October-December 2005
• July-September 2005
• April-June 2005
• January-March 2005
• October-December 2004
• July-September 2004
• April-June 2004
• January-March 2004
• October-December 2003
• July-September 2003
• April-June 2003
• January-March 2003
• July-December 2002
• April-June 2002
• January-March 2002
• October-December 2001
• July-September 2001
• April-June 2001
• January-March 2001
• October-December 2000
• July-September 2000
• April-June 2000
• January-March 2000
• October-December 1999
• July-September 1999
• April-June 1999
• (Information for July 1998 - March 1999 is not available at this time.)

(Information for Fiscal Years 1994-1998 is not available at this time.)

Fiscal Year 1993 (July 1992 - June 1993) Enforcement Report

Fiscal Year 1992 (July 1991 - June 1992) Enforcement Report

Fiscal Year 1991 (July 1990 - June 1991) Enforcement Report