Pollution Measures
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works with states to plan, set priorities, and innovate to solve environmental problems.
In California in 1999, Governor Gray Davis signed two bills (1999 AB 1004 and SB 709) requiring regulatory boards to issue fines against violators. The law requires that water polluters receive a minimum fine of $3,000. In the past, fines had been issued at the discretion of boards, which issued fines in only 1 percent of 4,748 violations.
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