United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1993-11-03 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-GGD-94-33 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-33 P0b002ee180372f30 f:tgg94033 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-33 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-33 T-GGD-94-33 Crimes or offenses Environmental case law Investigations by federal agencies Environmental legislation Environmental monitoring Statistical data Criminal procedure Law enforcement agencies Law enforcement personnel Law enforcement Superfund Program Exxon Valdez Testimony GGD Between 1988 and 1992, the U.S. Attorneys offices (USAO) handled the majority of investigations and prosecutions for environmental crimes. Those offices brought an increasing number cases under the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Justice's Environmental Crimes Section (ECS) has led relatively few prosecutions since 1988, never rising above 14.5 percent of cases filed in any given year. Available data for the first half of 1993, however, suggest that these trends may be changing. In particular, the proportion of cases involving shared responsibility between USAO and ECS may be on the upswing. Overall, USAO and ECS attorneys joined forces in cases against 630 defendants between October 1987 and May 1993, achieving an overall conviction rate of more than 90 percent. Probation and fines were the most common single sentence imposed, although more than one-third of all defendants ended up in jail. Federal courts imposed fines on all but 13 sentenced corporations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-33/html/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-33.htm GAO/T-GGD-94-33 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-GGD-94-33 Testimony GAO/T-GGD-94-33; Environmental Crime: Issues Related to Justice's Criminal Prosecution of Environmental Offenses; Crimes or offenses Environmental case law Investigations by federal agencies Environmental legislation Environmental monitoring Statistical data Criminal procedure Law enforcement agencies Law enforcement personnel Law enforcement Superfund Program Exxon Valdez