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"EPA Enforcement-Related Penalties Plummeted in Fiscal 2009" [1]

"U.S. EPA during the first year of the Obama administration saw deep declines in the amount of penalties assessed against polluters and pounds of pollution slashed through enforcement activities compared with the previous year, according to data released by the agency last month."

Robin Bravender reports for Greenwire January 5, 2010. [2]

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Source: Greenwire [2], 01/06/2010
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