U.S. EPA Issues Enforcement Policy for Noncompliance Resultant from COVID-19 Pandemic

On Mar. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) issued a new, temporary enforcement discretion policy for certain noncompliance events that can be documented and tied to the COVID-19 epidemic.  U.S. EPA has emphasized that this new policy is not a “license to pollute.” The enforcement discretion is intended to address...