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Consent Decrees

Metadata Updated: January 30, 2026

EPAs Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) cases and settlements webpage contains links to selected settlements resolving civil enforcement cases and, in some cases, complaints filed initiating civil judicial and administrative enforcement actions. Typically, the links are to settlements about which we have issued a press release. This is not a complete repository of all enforcement actions taken by or on behalf of EPA. Rather, it represents a subset of enforcement cases, taken civil judicially or administratively, which may be of national interest. Most of the settlements are civil judicial consent decrees resolving alleged violations of environmental laws (e.g., the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act). In some instances, the website includes significant enforcement actions resolved by the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). In addition, please note that the cases and settlements webpage does not include:Most administrative enforcement actions; Most civil judicial cases resolving liability under CERCLA; Criminal enforcement matters.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

Downloads & Resources

References

https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/rest/document?id=%7B4EDAD0CE-D8CB-4C47-B264-8326B468CEC3%7D
https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B4EDAD0CE-D8CB-4C47-B264-8326B468CEC3%7D

Dates

Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 30, 2026
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from EPA Non Geo Repository

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 30, 2026
Metadata Updated Date January 30, 2026
Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA)
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2014-01-01
Data Last Modified 2014-01-01
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 020:00
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Metadata Catalog ID https://edg.epa.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Harvest Source Id 9c1c2b5b-7925-4ca2-a663-ca2131653db1
Harvest Source Title EPA Non Geo Repository
License https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
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Program Code 020:072
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Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash eb525c503c97a7dd63c2d272ba7b594ba196a0c33274a79cff6675bc3f0d85ff
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