Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard 2006 Annual Report
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard 2006 Annual Report Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard 2006 Annual Report
Public Advocacy Division (continued) Over 300 presentations or information booths provided Arizonans with valuable educational materials. Almost 75,000 brochures and other items were distributed. The Community Services Program utilizes partnerships with community-based agencies to house satellite offices around the State at no cost. The number of satellite offices grew from 8 to 22 in the past year. Over 170 volunteers staff these offices. The satellite offices received more than The Community Services Program also monitors the Elder Affairs telephone line, with over 1,300 calls received. The Program also distributed 2,200 Life Care Planning documents. Environmental Enforcement Section (EES) EES provides advice, enforcement and representation regarding state and federal environmental and natural resources law. EES has four components: • The Air, Underground Storage Tanks and Agriculture (AGUA) Unit advises, represents and litigates on behalf of ADEQ’s air and UST programs, the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, and Arizona Department of Agriculture, as well as other state agencies and boards. • The Superfund Programs Unit advises, represents and litigates on behalf of ADEQ involving matters arising under state and federal Superfund laws. 200 consumer and civil rights complaints. • The Civil Unit advises, represents and litigates on behalf In addition to the satellite offices, the Fraud Fighter Van made it possible for staff to be in every corner of the state. Over one September weekend, staff were in Yuma, the Yavapai County Fair, Safford, the Greenlee County Fair of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) for various programs in ADEQ, including water quality, safe drinking water, hazardous waste and solid waste, as well as waste management practices. and at a Tucson shred-a-thon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Goddard with Pinal County Attorney Carter Olson at the opening of the Pinal County Attorney General’s satellite office 40
Public Advocacy Division (continued) Highlights • Pima County Wastewater Management. This case was settled in the summer of 2005 with a negotiated $600,000 penalty, completion of $1 million improvement project to the wastewater system and completion of significant injunctive relief. Since that time, Pima County has completed all of its obligations under the Consent Decree. During the time Pima County was completing its obligations, it experienced four sanitary sewer overflows, each of which resulted in a discharge of more than 2,000 gallons of sewage to waters of the United States. Pima County paid the State $20,000 in stipulated penalties under the Consent Decree. • Heritage Environmental Services. In February 2006, Heritage Environmental Services entered into a settlement agreement to resolve state law violations at its hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility in Coolidge. Between January 2002 and February 2003, ADEQ issued Notices of Violations to the company for failing to have a fire suppression system with adequate volume and pressure. Water pressure and volume were so low that any fire would have been uncontrollable, which placed the surrounding residential community at risk. In 2004, Heritage installed an improved fire suppression system. In 2006, the company agreed to pay $166,637 in penalties and further improvements to its • LifeSmarts. Each year the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the National Consumers League sponsor LifeSmarts, a nationally recognized consumer education program for high school students. The program encourages young people to learn about common consumer issues. The competition is open to teens in grades 9 through 12. Contestants participate in the competition via the Internet and are tested in five areas: personal finance; consumer rights and responsibilities; health and safety; technology; and the environment. During FY2006, nine Arizona teams completed the online competition, and the winner was the Flagstaff Home Educators. The Flagstaff students went on to represent Arizona in the National Competition held in Philadelphia and finished among the top five teams. facility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Goddard with the 2005-2006 Arizona LifeSmarts winners, Flagstaff Home Educators 41
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Public Advocacy Division (continued)<br />
Over 300 presentations or information<br />
booths provided <strong>Arizona</strong>ns<br />
with valuable educational materials.<br />
Almost 75,000 brochures and<br />
other items were distributed.<br />
The Community Services Program<br />
utilizes partnerships with<br />
community-based agencies to<br />
house satellite offices around the<br />
State at no cost. The number of<br />
satellite offices grew from 8 to 22<br />
in the past year. Over 170<br />
volunteers staff these offices. The<br />
satellite offices received more than<br />
The Community Services Program<br />
also monitors the Elder Affairs<br />
telephone line, with over 1,300<br />
calls received. The Program also<br />
distributed 2,200 Life Care<br />
Planning documents.<br />
Environmental Enforcement<br />
Section (EES)<br />
EES provides advice, enforcement<br />
and representation regarding state<br />
and federal environmental and<br />
natural resources law. EES has<br />
four components:<br />
• The Air, Underground Storage<br />
Tanks and Agriculture (AGUA)<br />
Unit advises, represents and<br />
litigates on behalf of ADEQ’s air<br />
and UST programs, the <strong>Arizona</strong><br />
Game and Fish Commission,<br />
and <strong>Arizona</strong> Department of<br />
Agriculture, as well as other state<br />
agencies and boards.<br />
• The Superfund Programs Unit<br />
advises, represents and litigates<br />
on behalf of ADEQ involving<br />
matters arising under state and<br />
federal Superfund laws.<br />
200 consumer and civil rights<br />
complaints.<br />
• The Civil Unit advises,<br />
represents and litigates on behalf<br />
In addition to the satellite offices,<br />
the Fraud Fighter Van made it<br />
possible for staff to be in every<br />
corner of the state. Over one<br />
September weekend, staff were in<br />
Yuma, the Yavapai County Fair,<br />
Safford, the Greenlee County Fair<br />
of the <strong>Arizona</strong> Department of<br />
Environmental Quality (ADEQ) for<br />
various programs in ADEQ,<br />
including water quality, safe<br />
drinking water, hazardous waste<br />
and solid waste, as well as<br />
waste management practices.<br />
and at a Tucson shred-a-thon.<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
<strong>Terry</strong> <strong>Goddard</strong> with Pinal County <strong>Attorney</strong><br />
Carter Olson at the opening of the Pinal County<br />
<strong>Attorney</strong> <strong>General</strong>’s satellite office<br />
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