Report on Enforcement Efforts by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (June 2021)

There were fewer new cases opened in 2021. 693 new cases were opened in 2021, compared to 742 cases in 2020. While the number of cases fell in 2021, the basic parameter of the number of new cases, judged by itself, was still significantly better than each of the years from 2012 through 2019. 2021’s performance is still only 44% of cases turned in by the agency in 2010. The graph below shows the number of new enforcement cases opened for the years from 2009 through 2021.