Pollution Prevention in Ohio's Environmental Enforcement Settlements

environmental risk in Ohio, a standard enforcement settlement typically operates through the pollution control measures of treatment and disposal. Instead of reducing or eliminating pollutants, these measures usually rely on the cross-media shifting of pollutants to achieve compliance and deterrence. Waste generation often continues at the same levels, resulting in multi-media transfer of wastes and contaminants, continued environmental impact, continued need for government oversight and the long term expense to violators that is associated with waste generation and control.