Every EPA civil and criminal enforcement action since the 1980s — 134,805 cases with $1.56 billion in penalties assessed and 199,682 named defendants. Pairs with epa_facilities (already in catalog) so you can join facility violation history with the formal enforcement that followed. Top defendants by case count: PhoneSoap LLC (135), Syngenta (115), GM (114), GE (106), BASF (90), Ford (81). Largest single penalties: Cummins $25M, Caterpillar $25M, Koch Industries $15M. Source: EPA ECHO's ICIS-FE&C download (case_downloads.zip).

Live API

This dataset is served via a live REST API at api.ai-analytics.org. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source.

API endpoint: https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/epa/cases/recent
Dataset landing page: https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/epa-enforcement-cases
DataCatalog (JSON-LD): https://api.ai-analytics.org/.well-known/dataset.json
DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible): https://api.ai-analytics.org/data.json

Quick start

# Recent records (JSON)
curl 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/epa/cases/recent?limit=10'

# Browse on the web
open 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/epa-enforcement-cases'

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

This dataset is also accessible via MCP at https://api.ai-analytics.org/mcp — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly.

Source

Agency: US Environmental Protection Agency
Primary source: https://echo.epa.gov/tools/data-downloads/icis-fec-download-summary
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (derived data). Underlying federal works are US public domain under 5 USC 105 / 17 USC 105.
Update cadence: Per agency (most refresh daily via Cloudflare Cron Trigger)

Keywords

EPA, enforcement, ICIS, CAA, CWA, RCRA, TSCA, CERCLA, FIFRA, civil penalty, criminal enforcement, environmental crime

Citation

@misc{ai_analytics_epa_enforcement_cases_2026,
  title  = {{name}},
  author = {AI Analytics},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/epa-enforcement-cases},
  note   = {Derived from US Environmental Protection Agency. License: CC0 1.0.}
}

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EPA enforcement cases (ICIS-FE&C: 134k civil/criminal cases + 200k defendants)