Civil investigation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005048",
  "term": "Civil investigation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Civil Investigation",
  "definition": "Civil investigations are defined as an extraordinary, detailed assessment of a regulated entity’s compliance status, which requires significantly more time to complete than a typical compliance inspection (i.e., several weeks, as compared with one or a few days). Investigations may be warranted when an inspection or record review suggests the potential for serious, widespread, and/or continuing civil or criminal violations, from a continuing pattern of citizen complaints, referrals from another agency, or from studies conducted by the regulating agency inferring a potential compliance problem.",
  "subject": "Regulatory activities",
  "references": [
    "EPA Compliance Monitoring at http://www.epa.gov/compliance/monitoring/investigations/index.html"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/civil-investigation/"
}