EPA, DOJ report sharp increases in actions against environmental scofflaws.

Reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's release of compliance assurance and enforcement results for fiscal year 2003 showing that environmental benefits increased an estimated 131 percent over fiscal year 2002. Total volume of estimated pollutants reduced, treated, or managed; U.S. Department of Justice's release of results on the recovery of civil penalties in environmental cases during 2003.