ENRD’s Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jean Williams withdrew nine Trump-era documents defining environmental enforcement priorities and procedures. The withdrawal included the Trump administration’s ban on the use of Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs). Restoring the use of SEPs allows ENRD to require polluters to invest directly in communities affected by environmental violations, in addition to paying fines to the Treasury. For more on the Trump-era ban on SEPs, see DOJ Phases Out Supplemental Environmental Projects in Environmental Enforcement.
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