Law, Order and the EPA
Credits: 3 PDH
PDH Course Description:
This online engineering PDH course presents an overview of the Criminal Enforcement Program of the Environmental Protection Agency. The purpose of the Program is to investigate, help prosecute, and deter the most egregious environmental offenders. Environmental
laws include criminal provisions that address knowing and negligent environmental violations. Criminal enforcement brings to bear the possibility of incarceration and monetary fines that are EPA’s strongest sanctions.
The course discusses these aspects of the Program and in addition describes sixteen landmark cases in environmental law. The seriousness of the subject of the course is illustrated by the Congressional testimony of an EPA administrator: “While both corporations
and individuals pay penalties, only individuals can go to prison – a sanction that no one can pass along to the American consumer as just another cost of doing business.”
Topics:
- Strategic direction of the criminal enforcement program
- Organization and mission of the Criminal Investigation Division
- Organization and mission of the National Enforcement Investigations Center
- Organization and mission of the Legal Counsel Division
- Programmatic trends and case highlights
- Landmark cases
To take this course:
1.) Enroll in Course: Click below to enroll:
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Download the Study Guide
3.) Test: Once you've thoroughly read the course materials, please click below to take the final examination.
Take the final exam
4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the exam, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.
NOTE: After the exam is completed, you will need to return to this page, in order to print (download) the certificate of completion.
Print the Certificate of Completion
Intended Audience: This course is intended for engineers charged with the responsibility of ensuring that their organization obeys EPA environmental laws.
Publication Source: This course is based on the Environmental Protection Agency document, “Criminal Enforcement Program,” EPA Pub. # 310-K-11-001, October, 2011.
Mark Rossow PhD, PE (retired)