Footnotes:
1. EPA relies on EJScreen or on the results of a more detailed manual review performed to determine if a case addressed facilities in an area of potential environmental justice concern.
2. The green bar indicates the case addressed at least one facility in an area of potential environmental justice concern. “EJ Not Applicable” are exempt because there is no specific locational impact data (e.g., imports).
3. Starting April 2023, OECA switched to using the EJScreen supplemental demographic index, which is based on the average of 5 socioeconomic and health indicators (% low income, % limited English speaking, % less than high school education, % person with disabilities, and low life expectancy).
4. EPA is reporting results for cases initiated since FY 2015, since we did not routinely collect information on areas of potential environmental justice concerns prior to FY 2015. Therefore, the number of conclusions on this bar chart overall are slightly lower than the number on the Total Civil Enforcement Case Conclusions chart because this chart does not include cases initiated prior to FY 2015.

Footnotes:
1. EPA is reporting results for cases initiated since FY 2015, since we did not routinely collect information on areas of potential environmental justice concern prior to FY 2015, that addressed at least one facility in an area of potential environmental justice concern. EPA relies on EJScreen or on the results of a more detailed manual review performed to determine if a case addressed facilities in areas of potential environmental justice concern.
2. Starting April 2023, OECA switched to using the EJScreen supplemental demographic index, which is based on the average of 5 socioeconomic and health indicators (% low income, % limited English speaking, % less than high school education, % person with disabilities, and low life expectancy).
3. For multi-facility cases where only some facilities are in an area of potential environmental justice concern, the penalty assessed amount is adjusted for the percentage of the facilities in areas of potential environmental justice concern.
4. The rate of inflation/deflation is determined by the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.

Footnotes:
1. EPA is reporting results for cases initiated since FY 2015, since we did not routinely collect information on areas of potential environmental justice concerns prior to FY 2015, that addressed at least one facility in an area of potential environmental justice concern. EPA relies on EJScreen or on the results of a more detailed manual review performed to determine if a case addressed facilities in an area of potential environmental justice concern.
2. Starting April 2023, OECA switched to using the EJScreen supplemental demographic index, which is based on the average of 5 socioeconomic and health indicators (% low income, % limited English speaking, % less than high school education, % person with disabilities, and low life expectancy).
3. For multi-facility cases where only some facilities are in an area of potential environmental justice concern, the Cost of Complying Actions is adjusted for the percentage of the facilities in an area of potential environmental justice concern.
4. “Injunctive relief” refers to actions mandated by an enforcement action that a regulated entity must perform, or refrain from performing, to bring that entity into compliance with environmental laws.
5. The rate of inflation/deflation is determined by the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.

Footnotes:
1. EPA is reporting results for cases initiated since FY 2015, since we did not routinely collect information on areas of potential environmental justice concern prior to FY 2015, that addressed at least one facility in an area of potential environmental justice concern. EPA relies on EJScreen or on the results of a more detailed manual review performed to determine if a case addressed facilities in an area of potential environmental justice concern.
2. Starting April 2023, OECA switched to using the EJScreen supplemental demographic index, which is based on the average of 5 socioeconomic and health indicators (% low income, % limited English speaking, % less than high school education, % person with disabilities, and low life expectancy).
3. For multi-facility cases where only some facilities are in an area of potential environmental justice concern, the pounds reduced amount is adjusted for the percentage of the facilities in an area of potential environmental justice concern. We expect additional facilities addressed by two FY 2024 judicial consent decrees will be linked to the enforcement actions in our database resulting in a possible slight change in the total amount of environmental benefits attributed to areas of potential environmental justice concern.

Footnotes:
1. The number of enforcement instruments completed in FY 2023 are higher because 49 low-value Administrative Order-on-Consent (AOCs) agreements were negotiated at one site in Region 4 with a contentious PRP group.

Footnotes:
1. Totals include dollar committed for site Investigations, site cleanups and cost recovered from EPA cleanup work. Oversight is not included. Therefore, these environmental justice totals are slightly lower.
2. Totals include "allowed claims" under bankruptcy settlements.
3. All prior FY dollar figures in the graph are adjusted to reflect the current value in FY2024 dollars based on the monthly rate of inflation/deflation as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.