Since 2009, the Agency has entered into 10 civil judicial settlements and issued 36 administrative orders to sources contributing to the Bay’s impairment.
These enforcement actions:
Cover 248 facilities in nine states and the District of Columbia
will reduce approximately 2100 pounds of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and 82 million pounds of sediment to the Bay watershed, along with 16 million pounds of nitrogen oxides to the Bay airshed annually once all required controls are fully implemented
- Additionally, settling companies have agreed to:
- invest more than an estimated $731 million in actions and equipment to reduce pollution to the Bay and to pay civil penalties of $7.2 million
Of the 28 sites in the Bay watershed where actions were taken under Superfund to clean contamination of hazardous substances:
actions at 18 sites ensured that cleanups are conducted by the entities responsible for the toxic contamination at the facility, 11 of which are federal facilities
- the Agency funded the initial assessment, removal, or remedial work for the remaining ten sites and will seek to recover cleanup costs from the liable parties responsible for the toxic contamination at these sites.
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