EPA Enforcement Cases: Manufacturing (Quarterly)

## What this measures

The number of federal civil EPA enforcement cases that reached a final order in each quarter where the case’s first listed facility is classified in manufacturing (NAICS, or SIC where only SIC is given).

## Why it matters

The industry mix of enforcement shows which sectors carry the most federal environmental compliance risk, and where EPA is focusing.

## How to read it

Higher means more cases in this industry. Counts are small; compare years.

## What it does not say

Only federal civil cases are here: state environmental agencies bring most enforcement and are not counted, nor are criminal cases. Counts follow EPA’s priorities and staffing as much as industry behavior. Cases are dated by when they reached a final order, which can be years after the violation. Fewer than four in ten cases since 2015 list an industry code for their facility, so these counts cover only those cases and add up to well under the total.

## How it's built

Cases dated as in epa.enforcement.cases, grouped by the NAICS sector of the first facility on the case (SIC mapped to the sector where no NAICS is given). History from 2010.

## 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 by /api/cron/risk-events-sync?source=epa_echo.