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SEPs are voluntary, and EPA may not demand or require that a defendant perform a SEP. SEPs are developed and implemented by a defendant/respondent, and are included in a settlement only if a defendant/respondent is interested, and proposes a project that meets the legal and other requirements of the SEP Policy.

Environmental Guidelines / Environmental Rules Responsibility for business activities. ... Cooperation with customers and disclosure of information. ... Cooperation with local communities and social contribution. ... Employee responsibility and awareness. ... Setting and reviewing environmental targets.

SEPs are voluntary, and EPA may not demand or require that a defendant perform a SEP. SEPs are developed and implemented by a defendant/respondent, and are included in a settlement only if a defendant/respondent is interested, and proposes a project that meets the legal and other requirements of the SEP Policy.

Assembly Bill 1071 (AB 1071), passed into law in October 2015 as Public Resources Code section 71118 (a)(3), defines a SEP as “an environmentally beneficial project that a person subject to an enforcement action voluntarily agrees to undertake in settlement of the action and to offset a portion of a civil penalty.”

A Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) is an environmentally beneficial project that is included as part of a settlement for environmental violations. Violators can voluntarily agree to undertake such projects in lieu of part of the penalty that they are required to pay for the violations.

Environmental Project means a project to investigate and remediate environmental conditions, or to prevent environmental claims, that is necessary and proper for the direct benefit of the Joint Operations.