Environmental Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the number of criminal investigators in the EPA Office of Criminal Investigations in the five fiscal years following the enactment of this Act.
Requires the Administrator to hire 50 civil investigators to assist the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in developing and prosecuting civil and administrative actions.
Directs the Administrator to establish within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring the National Enforcement Training Institute to train lawyers, inspectors, investigators, and technical experts in environmental law enforcement.
Establishes the Environmental Laws Enforcement Fund to carry out this Act.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Treasury, EPA.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
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