Bars over time
EPA Federal Civil Penalties
Federal penalties in EPA enforcement cases reaching a final order, by quarter, US$
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Faint bars: the projected periods. Whiskers: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
EPA ECHO, federal civil enforcement cases dated by final order. State enforcement and criminal cases are not included. Penalties assessed, not collected. A single settlement can set a quarter.
What federal environmental violations cost, quarter by quarter. A few landmark settlements tower over the rest: oil spills and vehicle emissions cases.
What this chart reads
- EPA Federal Civil Penalties Assessed (Quarterly)as “Federal penalties”latest 2026-07-01
Sources
EPA Federal Civil Penalties Assessed (Quarterly). Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), ICIS federal enforcement and compliance case download (echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/case_downloads.zip), refreshed weekly by EPA; U.S. government work. Refreshed weekly.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.