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02/09/2012Union Pacific Railroad Company to pay $1.5 million for Clean Water Act violations in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming
02/07/2012Dover Chemical Corporation in Ohio to Pay $1.4 Million for Unauthorized Production of Chemical Substances
02/06/2012Titan Environmental Services to Pay $10,878 for Violations of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
02/06/2012Titan Environmental Services to Pay $10,878 for Violations of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
02/02/2012Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC to Pay $10,150 for Risk Management Plan Violations at Council Bluffs Ethanol Plant
02/02/2012EPA announces summary of Pacific Northwest and Alaska enforcement actions for Fall 2011
02/01/2012EPA’s proposed stormwater permit for JBLM incorporates low impact development to protect Puget Sound
02/01/2012Two New England Companies Fined for Violating Hazardous Waste Management Requirements
01/30/2012EPA proposes waste water discharge permits for oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
01/26/2012Oregon Potato Company pays EPA penalty for failing to report ammonia release
01/25/2012EPA Releases New Tool with Information about Water Pollution Across the U.S. / EPA to host webinar on how to use tool to access information on pollutants released into local waterways
01/25/2012EPA Orders Albuquerque Racetrack to Stop Discharges to Protect Rio Grande
01/25/2012EPA reaches settlement with companies to pay cleanup costs for Occidental Chemical Corp. Superfund site
01/23/2012Southern Wood Piedmont Company Settles Financial Assurance Claims
01/19/2012DOJ and EPA propose more time to complete Baton Rouge Sewage Treatment Plant upgrades
01/18/2012EPA, New Jersey DEP and Local School Districts Protect Students from Lead in School Drinking Water
01/17/2012Naval Base Kitsap fails to properly monitor fuel tanks near Puget Sound for leaks
01/12/2012Settlement to Require Eaton Corporation to Address TCE Contamination at Vehicle Group Plant in Kearney, Neb.
01/11/2012Chinese Manufacturer to Pay $680,000 Penalty to Resolve Violations of the Clean Air Act / Settlement also requires a project to mitigate emissions from more than 7,000 non-compliant recreational vehicles
01/10/2012U.S. EPA Orders World’s Largest Metals and Electronics Recycler to Immediately Cease Illegal Discharge of Toxic Pollutants to San Francisco Bay
01/10/2012Companies Face Fines for Lead Paint Disclosure Violations at Two Navy Bases in New England
01/09/2012Franklin Foundry and Company President Pleaded Guilty to Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste
01/09/2012Massachusetts Landlords Fined for Failing to Notify Holyoke Area Tenants about Lead Paint
01/04/2012Scranton sewer authority penalized for safety violations
12/29/2011EPA Reaches Settlement on Groundwater Cleanup at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site in Smithfield R.I.
12/20/2011Idaho, Oregon, and Washington manufacturers failed to notify authorities about chemical releases
12/20/2011R.I. Army National Guard Installs Corrosion Control System to Comply with EPA Order
12/16/2011Texas Oil Company Sentenced to Pay $12 Million for Clean Air Act Violations and Obstruction Crimes in Louisiana / Sentence is the largest ever criminal fine in Louisiana for air pollution
12/16/2011EPA Reaches Agreement with Hotel Developers to Settle Violations of Clean Water Act; Developers of the Condado Duo Hotel Complex to Expand Artificial Reef in Condado Lagoon
12/15/2011EPA orders Douglas drinking water system to reduce arsenic
12/15/2011California Building Materials Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $1.4 million to Settle Clean Air Act Violations
12/14/2011U.S. Clean Water Act Settlement in Chicago to Reduce Sewage Overflows
12/14/2011U.S. Clean Water Act Settlement in Chicago to Reduce Sewage Overflows / Settlement with Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to reduce pollution from stormwater runoff and protect public health
12/12/2011Tennessee Construction Company and Georgia Department of Transportation Agree to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations
12/08/2011EPA Region 6 Enforcement and Compliance Results for 2011
12/08/2011EPA Enforcement Cuts 300 Million Pounds of Pollution in Great Lakes Region
12/08/2011EPA Awards More Than $1 Million in Environmental Justice Grants to Protect People’s Health / Also announces solicitation for 2012 grants
12/08/2011EPA Annual Enforcement Results Highlights Commitment to Address Largest Pollution Problems with Greatest Community Impact / Focused effort on high-impact cases leads to increases in pollution reduced and investments in pollution controls
12/08/2011Southeast Facilities Ordered to Comply with Clean Water Act; Costs of Restoration and Civil Penalties Total Nearly $1 Million
12/07/2011Fertilizer Company Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million Penalty
to Resolve Hazardous Waste Violations
12/06/2011Southeast Facilities Ordered to Comply with Clean Water Act; Penalties Total More Than $180,000
11/29/2011Oregon Construction Equipment Manufacturer Exceeds Federal Air Pollution Limits Pays Penalty
11/29/2011Kent hazardous waste company sparks fires, pays EPA penalty
11/29/2011Lafarge North America Inc. Agrees to Pay $740,000 Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations in Five States / Ready-mix concrete producer agrees to invest an estimated $8 million to improve environmental compliance at 189 facilities in the U.S.
11/29/2011BP to Pay $426,500 Penalty and Secure Funds to Properly Close Facilities and Clean Up Contaminated Sites
11/23/2011Eldo W.R.M.S., Inc., to Pay $23,900 Civil Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations at Salvage Goods Facility in Grandview, Mo.
11/21/2011Douglas Products and Packaging of Liberty, Mo., to Pay $6,237 Civil Penalty for Failure to File Notice of Imported Pesticide
11/18/2011Danbury Conn. Reaches Settlement for Clean Water Violations
11/18/2011Columbus Steel Castings to Pay $825,000 and Install Monitoring Equipment as Sentence for Violating Clean Air Act
11/17/2011November 2011 SPCC Compliance Deadline Extended to May 2013 for Agricultural Facilities; EPA Providing Compliance Assistance to Farms for SPCC Rule
11/16/2011Ag Processing Inc to Pay $96,588 Penalty for Failure to Develop Facility Response Plan for Operations in Mason City, Iowa
11/16/2011Cheshire, Connecticut Company to Pay Fine for Clean Air and Chemical Reporting Violations
11/16/2011Nevada gold mine pays $105,000, corrects reporting violations
11/15/2011California Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Illegally Storing Toxic and Explosive Hazardous Waste in His Backyard
11/15/2011Work to Begin This Week on Removal and Replacement of Security Fencing at Carter Carburetor Site in St. Louis, Mo.
11/15/2011Former Lupton, Ariz. truck stop owners to pay $80,000 penalty for violating hazardous waste laws
11/15/2011Mobile Completes All Work Required Under a 2002 Consent Decree to Address Sewer Problems
11/10/2011EPA Orders Developer and Construction Company to Address Discharges of Turbid Stormwater
11/09/2011Oregon pesticide vendors violated laws aimed at protecting consumers from mishandling products
11/09/2011PM Resources, Inc., of Bridgeton, Mo., to Pay $44,623 Civil Penalty for Community Right-to-Know Violations
11/09/2011EPA Region 7 to Begin Issuing Orders to Obtain Access to Residential Properties in Omaha for Environmental Sampling
11/02/2011Agreements with Williams and ConocoPhillips resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations on Southern Ute Reservation
11/01/2011EPA Order Requires Companies to Investigate Environmental Contamination at Frontier El Dorado Refinery in El Dorado, Kan.
10/31/2011EPA Settles Case Alleging PCB Violations at Office Building in Philadelphia
10/28/2011EPA Develops New Planning Approach to Improve Water Quality in U.S. Cities
10/27/2011New Hampshire School Bus Company Pays Penalty for Violating Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations
10/25/2011Tetra Micronutrients to Pay $70,000 Penalty for Risk Management Program Violations at Fairbury, Neb., Facility
10/19/2011Charles River Pollution Control District Pays Penalty for Clean Water Violations
10/19/2011International Award Recognizes Successful Ongoing Work to Clean the Charles River
10/18/2011Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., to Pay $300,000 Civil Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations at St. Joseph, Mo., Facility
10/17/2011Oregon Seafood company fined for failing to track ozone-depleting refrigerants
10/17/2011Tillamook Dairy Owner to Preserve Hoquarten Slough Wetlands
10/13/2011U.S. EPA Fines Tucson Facility $30,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations
10/12/2011Oil Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act and Obstruction Crimes in Louisiana
10/12/2011Dominion Settles Clean Water Act Violations at Equestrian Estates
10/12/2011Connecticut Electric Distribution Company Pays Fine for PCB Violations
10/12/2011John Morrell Company to pay penalty and improve management of ammonia at Sioux Falls meat processing plant
10/11/2011Massachusetts Company Faces Fines for Oil Pollution Prevention Violations
10/11/2011Vermont Oil Distributor Settles Clean Water Act Violations
10/11/2011Pharmaceutical Chemical Manufacturer in Coventry, RI Faces Fines for Violating Hazardous Waste Laws
10/11/2011Massachusetts Tool Maker Will Pay $227,500 for Clean Water Act Violations
10/11/2011Massachusetts and Japanese Companies Settle with EPA for Pesticide Violations
10/07/2011Homebuilder Ryland Group Inc., To Pay $625,000 Penalty and Implement Company-Wide Stormwater Controls
10/06/2011EPA Announces Public Comment Period on Proposal to Ban Dumping Sewage from Boats Into Lake Ontario
10/06/2011EPA Launches New Website to Protect Wetlands; Urges Public to Report Any Violations of the Law
10/05/2011EPA Approves New Performance Standards for D. C. Stormwater
10/05/2011Portsmouth N.H. Scrap Metal Company Faces Fine for Polluted Water Discharges
10/03/2011Osage County, Mo., Landowner Agrees to Pay $24,500 Civil Penalty for Unpermitted Dredging and Filling of Bailey’s Creek
09/30/2011Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation Join CBP Import Safety Center / Agreements with Customs and Border Protection will protect Americans’ Health
09/30/2011Owner of ‘Davy Crockett’ Barge Indicted for Oil Spill on Columbia River
09/30/2011EPA Launches New Mapping Tool to Improve Public Access to Enforcement Information / Mapping feature supports the White House Regulatory Compliance Transparency Initiative and improves public access to information
09/30/2011Vermont Ski Area Pays Penalty for Wetlands Violations
09/29/2011EPA and partners unveil state's first WaterSense home in Colorado Springs
09/29/2011United States Files Lawsuit Against MotorScience, Inc. for Alleged Violations of the Clean Air Act / Complaint claims that more than 24,000 uncertified vehicles were imported into the U.S.
09/28/2011Trident Seafoods Corp. to Pay $2.5 Million to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations and Spend More Than $30 Million to Upgrade Processing Plants
09/28/2011Food Manufacturing Company in Ward Hill, Mass. Cited for Clean Air Act Violations
09/28/2011Trident Seafoods Corp. to Pay $2.5 Million to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations and Spend More Than $30 Million to Upgrade Processing Plants / Settlement to reduce discharges of seafood processing waste by more than 100 million pounds annually
09/28/2011Merck to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty for Environmental Violations at Two Pa. Pharmaceutical Plants
09/28/2011Six New England Companies Settle with EPA for Pesticide Violations
09/27/2011Kent-based trucking company fined over $46,000 for chemical reporting violations

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