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News Releases - Hazardous Waste

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11/23/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at New Jersey Hazardous Waste Site; $25 million in Recovery Act funds added to cleanup at Imperial Oil Superfund Site
11/23/2009EPA Orders Puerto Rico Police Department to Improve Handling and Disposal of Confiscated Fireworks
11/18/2009EPA Approves No Discharge Zone Designation for South Shore Estuary Reserve
11/17/2009EPA announces major investment in healthy homes for Pueblo County
11/16/2009EPA Releases Report on Coal Ash Impoundments at AEP’s Philip Sporn Facility
11/13/2009Scarlet Goes Green: Rutgers and EPA Partner to Reduce University's Environmental Impacts
11/12/2009EPA settles with Diamond Hard Chrome on hazardous waste violations for closing business
11/10/2009EPA Assistant Administrator of OSWER Gathering Feedback from Picayune, Mississippi Community
11/10/2009EPA settles with Wisconsin mercury handler on hazardous waste violations
11/09/2009Iowa City, Iowa, Hosts Events to Redevelop Riverfront Crossings District
11/02/2009EPA Adds Raritan Bay Site to Nation's Superfund List
10/30/2009EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Hopewell Precision Site
10/30/2009EPA settles with Detroit company on hazardous waste violations; $700,000 to be spent on facility updates at two locations
10/29/2009EPA Alerts W.Va. and Ohio Officials of Potential Concerns about AEP Coal Ash Impoundment
10/29/2009EPA Posts New Schools Air Toxics Monitoring Initiative Data
10/28/2009EPA's New Green Parking Lot Allows Scientists to Study Permeable Surfaces That May Help the Environment
10/27/2009California Companies Correct Environmental Violations, U.S. EPA Reduces Fines - Businesses avoid nearly $400,000 in penalties by self-reporting violations
10/26/2009Tests Show Recontamination of Soils in Herculaneum, Mo., from Doe Run Resources Corporation Lead Smelting Operation
10/22/2009EPA settles with Magnetic Inspection Laboratory on hazardous waste violations
10/21/2009Claims About Keyboards Result in $205,000 Penalty for Samsung; Company Agrees to Stop Making Claims
10/19/2009City of Allentown, EPA Enter Sustainability Pact
10/15/2009EPA Extends Public Comment Period for Proposal to Put Newtown Creek on Nation's Superfund List
10/15/2009EPA Releases Updated Risk Analysis for Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes
10/14/2009EPA to hold update session on radio materials site cleanup in Attica, Indiana
10/13/2009EPA Signs Agreement with Army Corps, Dept. of Energy to Ensure Cleanup of Middlesex, NJ Site
10/13/2009EPA fines Firebird International Raceway $31,851 for hazardous waste violations
10/09/2009Rust-Oleum Corporation Settles Hazardous Waste Violations at its Williamsport, Md. Facility
10/09/2009Sunoco, Inc. (RandM) Settles Hazardous Waste Violations at its Marcus Hook Refinery Facility
10/09/2009Pennsylvania Company Settles Hazardous Waste Violations
10/09/2009Montgomery County, Pa. Company Settles Hazardous Waste Violations at its Montgomeryville Facility
10/08/2009EPA settles with Big RIver Zinc on hazardous waste violations; sets $24,054 penalty
10/07/2009U.S. EPA fines defunct Artesia Ice manufacturing company for failing to notify authorities after 2007 ammonia release
10/05/2009U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast
10/01/2009Order Requires Investigation and Cleanup of Spills at Truck Wholesale Salvage Yard in Wellsville, Kan.
10/01/2009EPA Posts First Data from One of Four Schools in NY and NJ
10/01/2009Connecticut Environmental Consulting Firm Pays Fine for PCB Violations
09/30/2009Agreement to Enable Environmental Cleanup, Redevelopment of Former Solutia-J.F. Queeny Chemical Facility in St. Louis
09/30/2009Waste Management Permit Issued for Facility Containing Closed Hazardous Waste Landfill Cells in Keokuk, Iowa
09/30/2009EPA Awards Virgin Islands $4 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Infrastructure Projects to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health
09/29/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup of Residential Soil at Madison County (Mo.) Mines Superfund Site
09/29/2009EPA Orders Mississippi Phosphates Corporation in Pascagoula, MS to Correct Problems at Facility
09/28/2009Cedar Falls, Iowa, Hosts Smart Growth Workshops, Open House
09/25/2009EPA Awards $57,000 in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Underground Petroleum Leaks in U.S. Virgin Islands
09/23/2009Salt Chuck Mine on Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island Proposed for Federal Cleanup List
09/23/2009Former Mercury Mine Above Cottage Grove Reservoir Proposed for Federal Cleanup List
09/23/2009Media Availability: Federal Money ‘Going to Work’ to Clean up and Redevelop Vacant Bay Area Site
09/23/2009Papelera Puertorriquena Site Added to EPA Superfund List
09/23/2009EPA Proposes Newtown Creek for the Superfund List of Hazardous Waste Sites
09/23/2009EPA Adds Curtis Paper Site to the Superfund List of Hazardous Waste Sites
09/23/2009Southwest Jefferson County (Mo.) Mining Site Added to EPA's Superfund National Priorities List for Cleanup
09/22/2009Connecticut Holding Company Faces Fines for PCB Violations
09/22/2009Waste company in Bridgeport, Conn. Pays $26,000 for Environmental Violations
09/22/2009U.S. EPA fines SoCal company for failing to notify response agencies after Torrance, Carson ammonia releases
09/22/2009U.S. EPA fines Fender Musical Instruments Corp. and Goodrich Aerostructures Group for hazardous waste violations
09/18/2009EPA settles with Bridgeview Aerosol on hazardous waste violations; includes $30,000 penalty
09/18/2009EPA Proposes Agreement to Cleanup McGuire Air Force Base Superfund Site
09/17/2009EPA Concludes Water Quality Monitoring Study of New York Bight and Northeast Coastal Waters from Ocean-Going Vessel
09/16/2009EPA Releases Reports on Dam Integrity Assessments at 17 Coal Ash Impoundments
09/16/2009EPA, BNSF to begin removal of contaminated sediments from the Whitefish River
09/16/2009U.S. EPA fines Kop Coat, Inc. $126,000 for failing to follow hazardous waste requirements that protect employees, community
09/15/2009EPA settles with Wisconsin Plating works for hazardous waste violations
09/15/2009U.S. EPA awards more than $86,000 to Northern California tribes following major illegal dump cleanups
09/14/2009EPA Finishes Successful Cleanup of Hazardous Chemicals from New Jersey Facility
09/11/2009Portion of the Emory River to be Closed an additional 30 Days while TVA Kingston Cleanup Continues
09/11/2009EPA settles with WRR Environmental Services on hazardous waste violations; includes $20,000 penalty and local environmental projects
09/10/2009EPA Honors "United We Serve" Volunteers for Grandview C-4 School District's Chemical Cleanout
09/09/2009EPA Orders Pyrotechnic Specialties Incorporated of Byron, GA to Correct Problems at Facility
09/08/2009EPA Releases Survey Results on Coal Ash Impoundments
09/08/2009Dyno Nobel, Inc. to pay $17,000 for Failure to Properly Report Release of Ammonia
09/08/2009Nonpareil Corporation Pays Over $95,000 for Failure to Properly Report Hazardous Chemicals
09/08/2009Alaska Asbestos Contractor Agrees to pay nearly $20,000 to resolve Clean Air Act Violations
09/08/2009U.S. EPA orders Monterey Park firm to present recycling plan for 31,993 pounds of electronic waste
09/08/2009Firms to be Honored as "United We Serve" Volunteers for Grandview C-4 School District’s Chemical Cleanout
09/03/2009New Jersey Site Ready to Come off Superfund List
09/02/2009Shell Cited Again by EPA for Clean Water Act Violations in Puerto Rico
09/02/2009$8.5 Million Settlement Reached to Clean up Landia Superfund Site
08/31/2009EPA orders Chinle, Ariz. gas station to continue cleaning up fuel spill
08/31/2009U.S. EPA certifies JACADS facility has been properly cleaned and closed
08/31/2009EPA Announces $87 Million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Infrastructure Projects in New York to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health
08/28/2009Recovery Act Funding to Accelerate Cleanup, Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Human Health at New Jersey Hazardous Waste Site
08/27/2009EPA Hosts Five Free Brownfields Workshops in September for 2010 Competition
08/26/2009Stony Brook University Hospital and EPA Sign Historic Green Partnership
08/25/2009EPA Requires New Pipe at PREPA South Coast; Grants Water Discharge Permit
08/24/2009Aircraft Equipment Manufacturer in Kent, Wash. Will Pay Over $12,000 for Failing to Report Dangerous Chemicals
08/24/2009EPA Orders Village of Port Chester, N.Y. to Fix the Way it Handles Stormwater; Comply with Clean Water Act
08/21/2009Virgin Islands Site Ready to Come off Superfund List
08/19/20097 California Companies Penalized For Failing to Report 285 Tons of Hazardous Waste
08/18/2009EPA Brownfields Grant Applications Accepted Through Oct. 16
08/18/2009VA Hospitals in Leavenworth and Topeka, Kan., Agree to Pay Civil Penalty and Implement Plan to Manage Hazardous Wastes
08/17/2009EPA to Hold Meeting to Inform Community on Next Steps at Welsbach Superfund Site
08/17/2009Boat Manufacturers Pay over $50,000 for Chemical Reporting Violations
08/17/2009In Reaching a Settlement, EPA and New York City Establish Groundbreaking Audit Program
08/17/2009EPA Fines Lakewood, N.J. Company for Illegal Export of Electronic Waste to Hong Kong
08/14/2009Blackhawk Agrees to Clean Up Davenport, Iowa, Facility
08/12/2009Public health and safety a priority during East Helena Smelter stack demolition on August 14
08/11/2009EPA to Hold Public Meeting Tonight on Proposed Cleanup Plan for Hopewell Precision Site
08/11/2009EPA Awards $1 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Underground Petroleum Leaks in Puerto Rico
08/11/2009U.S. EPA’s Fugitive Website Helps Bring California Criminals to Justice
08/10/2009Tucson fiberglass firm agrees to pay U.S. EPA $4,340 to resolve reporting violations
08/07/2009EPA Reaches Settlement with USDA for Underground Storage Tank Violations in Puerto Rico

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