Measuring Results and the Impact Measuring Results and the Impact 8.
Environmental results are the ultimate measure of success.
These environmental results can only be achieved, at a minimum, when there is full compliance with our nation's environmental laws. In FY95, while EPA continued to improve on its ability to ensure compliance with these requirements, EPA also improved the methods of measuring the effectiveness of these efforts. The expansion of compliance-related activities used by EPA, as a result of the 1994 enforcement reorganization, has required additional means of measuring success. Although certain numerical statistics of enforcement activity remain good indicators of Agency performance, EPA has adopted new approaches that focus on sector compliance rates and environmental health. In FY95, EPA took significant steps toward meeting the three objectives of the improved approach to measuring success.