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Enforcement Process Overview
Hosted by U.S. EPA
Office of Site Remediation Enforcement

This course has now been combined with Fundamentals of Superfund into a week long course titled Superfund Academy 101.  Please click here for more information about this combined course and any current offerings scheduled.  If you wish to attend just the Enforcement Process Overview portion of Superfund Academy 101, please contact the class contact listed for the Superfund Academy 101 offering you would be most interested in.

Enforcement Process Overview, a 2-day course, provides an overview of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund enforcement process for Remedial Project Managers (RPM) and On-Scene Coordinators (OSC). By taking the course, participants will achieve the following objectives:

  • Learn about the goals, priorities, and actions of the Superfund enforcement program. The course provides an introduction to response actions and enforcement authorities under Superfund; illustrates the relationship between major enforcement actions and remedial and removal actions; defines Superfund enforcement goals and principles; identifies objectives of Superfund enforcement reforms; and highlights current enforcement priorities of EPA.
  • Understand EPA's fundamental principles and policies related to enforcement, the four types of potentially responsible parties (PRP), common defenses against liability, and other enforcement policies. The course examines the four classes of PRPs, identifies PRP's defenses and exemptions to liabilities, and identifies major enforcement discretionary policies.
  • Understand the Superfund enforcement process and the roles of states, tribes,Federal agencies, and communities in the enforcement process. The course examines and applies EPA's cost recovery strategy and discretionary enforcement policies, as well as the roles of administrative and judicial law in the enforcement process.
  • Develop their ability to use the tools available to encourage settlements. Participants will learn about the various types of enforcement tools, such as alternative dispute resolution, that are used in the settlement process.
*This course is offered free of charge to all registrants who are confirmed to attend.* Important Notice: Due to the content presented during a CEC course and the restrictions in place for non-citizens to enter federal buildings, international attendees are not permitted to attend CEC courses.

For general information contact Patricia Kennedy by telephone at 202-564-6061 or via e-mail at kennedy.patricia@epa.gov

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