Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training

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The Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training is a division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responsible for investigating and supporting the prosecution of serious environmental crimes through specialized law enforcement and forensic expertise.

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instanceOf division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
federal law enforcement office
abbreviation OCEFT
cooperatesWith United States Attorney’s Offices
surface form: United States Attorneys Offices

United States Department of Justice
other federal law enforcement agencies
state environmental enforcement agencies
country United States of America
surface form: United States
employer criminal analysts
forensic scientists
special agents of the Environmental Protection Agency
technical and support staff
enforces Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
federal criminal provisions of major environmental statutes
fieldOfWork criminal investigation
environmental law enforcement
environmental protection
forensic science
follows EPA criminal enforcement policies and guidelines
goal deterrence of environmental crime
protection of public health and the environment through criminal enforcement
grantsPower federal law enforcement authority to EPA criminal investigators
hasHeadquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
hasLegalAuthority Title 18 of the United States Code
Title 42 of the United States Code
hasPart Criminal Investigation Division
Legal Counsel Division
National Criminal Enforcement Training Center
National Enforcement Investigations Center
Policy and Program Operations Division
jurisdiction federal environmental laws of the United States
parentOrganization United States Environmental Protection Agency
partOf Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Executive branch
surface form: executive branch of the United States federal government
responsibleFor coordinating criminal enforcement policy for EPA
investigation of serious environmental crimes
providing forensic support in environmental crime cases
supporting prosecution of environmental crimes
training EPA criminal enforcement personnel
uses covert and overt investigative techniques
specialized environmental forensic laboratories
website https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/office-criminal-enforcement-forensics-and-training

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OECA hasDivision Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training