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News Releases from Region 9

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11/19/2009U.S. EPA Calls for Green Innovators (AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV, MP)
11/19/2009U.S. EPA Committed to Increasing Environmental Awareness in the Next Generation of Leaders (CA)
11/17/2009U.S. EPA signs agreement addressing indoor air contamination at Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier (CA)
11/17/2009Los Angeles Area Environmental Enforcement Collaborative receives $100,000 for environmental justice projects (HQ, CA)
11/17/2009U.S. EPA announces Imperial County meets ozone health standard (CA)
11/10/2009U.S. EPA seeks former Atomics International, Rocketdyne, Rockwell, employees for Santa Susana Field Lab radiological study (CA)
11/10/2009EPA’s Energy Star Program Hits Major Milestone:
1 Million Energy Star Homes Built in the United States (HQ, AZ)
11/05/2009EPA Announces Regional Administrator for Region 9 (HQ, AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV)
11/05/2009Hawaii Department of Health to use U.S. EPA $1.73 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for cleaner diesel vehicles (HI)
11/04/2009U.S. EPA Recognizes Raley’s Supermarket Efforts to Keep Planet Cool
Third Raley’s Store on West Coast to receive GreenChill gold-level certification (CA)
11/04/2009
U.S. EPA fines Long Beach landlord $7,952 over lead-based paint violations // Landlord cooperated with the investigation (CA)
11/04/2009U.S. EPA directs Chevron subsidiary Texaco Inc. to complete cleanup work investigation at Pacific Coast Pipeline Superfund site (CA)
11/03/2009U.S. EPA takes enforcement action against the Wilbur-Ellis Company for 21 violations of federal pesticide law (AZ, CA)
11/03/2009NEWS BRIEF: EPA, federal, state, Navajo Nation hold second summit to address uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation (AZ, NM)
11/02/2009U.S. EPA Takes Action Against San Francisco “Muni” following 2005 SF Bay Oil Spill (CA)
10/29/2009Tempe developer Lennar pays $182,519 to settle Clean Air Act violations (AZ)
10/28/2009
U.S.-Mexico Environmental Partnership Brings Cleaner Air, Water, and Land (CA)
10/27/2009California Companies Correct Environmental Violations, U.S. EPA Reduces Fines - Businesses avoid nearly $400,000 in penalties by self-reporting violations (CA)
10/27/2009U.S. EPA Names Two Northern California Schools as Top 20 Green Powered (CA)
10/27/2009U.S. EPA settles with the GATX Corporation for failing to notify authorities after 2008 ammonia release (CA)
10/26/2009U.S. – Mexico celebrate joint Baja California air quality studies (CA)
10/22/2009EPA reaches agreement with Arizona mining company to study uranium-tainted groundwater on Tohono O’odham (AZ)
10/21/200917th annual tribal conference brings environmental leaders to Tucson (AZ)
10/20/2009U.S. EPA settles for $15,600 with Behr Process for selling an unregistered pesticide
(CA)
10/20/2009Central California company reports, corrects environmental violations (CA)
10/19/2009Wipe Out Lead Poisoning (AS, AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV, PW)
10/16/2009U.S. EPA Orders Northern California Operator Cemex to Comply with Federal Clean Water Act Regulations (CA)
10/15/2009EPA settles with pet products company for illegally selling, distributing pesticides to Tempe retailer (AZ, VA)
10/14/2009E-media Kit: Federal Recovery Act Dollars Create Hundreds of Bay Area Jobs (CA)
10/13/2009EPA Honors Green Building Challenge Winners (AZ, CA, NV)
10/13/2009San Francisco Airport, Chevron, U.S. EPA Agree to $1M in Environmental Improvements at International Airport (CA)
10/13/2009U.S. EPA fines Stockton, Calif. company nearly 194,000 for toxic chemical release violations (CA)
10/13/2009EPA fines Firebird International Raceway $31,851 for hazardous waste violations (AZ)
10/13/2009Press Conference and Visual Media Opportunity: Federal Recovery Act Dollars Create Hundreds of Bay Area Jobs (CA)
10/08/2009SoCal, NorCal universities win U.S EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet competition (CA)
10/07/2009U.S. EPA fines defunct Artesia Ice manufacturing company for failing to notify authorities after 2007 ammonia release (CA)
10/06/2009Don’t Mess With Mercury (CA)
10/06/2009Four marine companies operating in Southern California face fines of up to $177,500 for storm water violations (CA)
10/06/2009EPA orders four Cottonwood water systems to decrease arsenic in drinking water (AZ)
10/05/2009U.S. EPA and Central California company agree to settlement of $23,000 for risk management plan violation (CA)
10/05/2009U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast (CA)
10/05/2009Shell Guam fined for not providing required toxic chemical information / Company spends more that $28,000 to provide new equipment for the Guam Fire Department
(GU)
10/01/2009E-media Kit: EPA Administrator Announces Millions of “Green” Recovery Act Dollars To Clean Southern California Air (HQ, CA)
10/01/2009U.S. EPA announces first results from air toxics monitoring at Southern California schools (CA)
10/01/2009Guam wastewater plants required to upgrade to secondary treatment (GU)
09/30/2009Photos: U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Gives Keynote Address at Governors’ Global Climate Summit 2 (HQ, CA)
09/30/2009EPA Announces over $3.9 million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in Guam to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health (GU)
09/30/2009U.S. EPA names top California organizations running on their own green power (CA)
09/28/2009EPA orders two Honolulu companies to correct stormwater violations to protect coastal waters (HI)
09/28/2009U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to visit Bay Area (CA)
09/28/2009Phoenix Superfund Site Enters Next Phase of Clean Up (AZ)
09/23/2009Media Availability: Federal Money ‘Going to Work’ to Clean up and Redevelop Vacant Bay Area Site (CA)
09/23/2009B.F Goodrich site added to U.S. EPA’s Superfund list (CA)
09/22/2009U.S. EPA fines SoCal company for failing to notify response agencies after Torrance, Carson ammonia releases (CA)
09/22/2009EPA acts to protect public from Granite Marketing, Inc.’s unregistered pesticides (AZ)
09/22/2009U.S. EPA fines Fender Musical Instruments Corp. and Goodrich Aerostructures Group for hazardous waste violations (CA)
09/22/2009‘The North Face’ Clothing Parent Company Facing Nearly $1M in Federal Fines Following Unsubstantiated Product Claims (CA)
09/17/2009U.S. EPA co-sponsors Pacific Southwest Organic Residuals symposium, September 22 - 24 at UC Davis (CA)
09/16/2009CNMI Receives $200,000 in Economic Recovery Funds to Improve Water Quality, Create Jobs (MP)
09/16/2009U.S. EPA fines Kop Coat, Inc. $126,000 for failing to follow hazardous waste requirements that protect employees, community (CA)
09/15/2009E-Media Kit - Environmental Emergency Responders Plan for Major San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake (CA)
09/15/2009U.S. EPA awards more than $86,000 to Northern California tribes following major illegal dump cleanups (CA)
09/15/2009U.S. EPA proposes that Imperial County has met 8-hour ozone health standard (CA)
09/14/2009EPA requires Roberts Hawaii and Love’s Bakery Inc. to correct violations to protect emergency responders, public (HI)
09/11/2009Environmental Emergency Responders Plan for
Major San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake (CA)
09/10/2009U. S. EPA settles with NorCal company for failing to provide toxic chemical information needed by communities (CA)
09/08/2009U.S. EPA orders Monterey Park firm to present recycling plan for 31,993 pounds of electronic waste (CA)
09/08/2009EPA fines two Arizona charter school operators for asbestos violations (AZ)
09/08/2009U.S. EPA fines Central California company $21,086 for ammonia release notification violation (CA)
09/03/2009E-Media Kit: 200 Days of Recovery Act, Money Going to Work to Clean Contaminated Bay Area Sites (CA)
09/03/2009California's Green Projects During the First 200 Days of the Recovery Act (CA)
09/03/2009Nevada’s Green Projects During the First 200 Days of the Recovery Act (NV)
09/03/2009Arizona's Green Projects During the First 200 Days of the Recovery Act (AZ)
09/03/2009Hawaii's Green Projects During the First 200 Days of the Recovery Act (HI)
08/31/2009EPA orders Chinle, Ariz. gas station to continue cleaning up fuel spill (AZ)
08/31/2009U.S. EPA certifies JACADS facility has been properly cleaned and closed (HI)
08/27/2009U.S. EPA reaches major settlement for cleanup of San Gabriel Valley Superfund site (CA)
08/26/2009Sprouts Farmers Market, Fresh and Easy, Raley's Family of Fine Stores, Whole Foods, Supervalu, and Hill Phoenix Chill for the Environment (AZ, CA, NV)
08/24/2009U.S. EPA, sister agencies celebrate $46.3 million Moreno Valley water treatment plant groundbreaking (CA)
08/21/2009U.S. EPA proposes to reclassify four California ozone areas (CA)
08/20/2009EPA seeks comment on options to reduce air pollution coming from Four Corners power plants (AZ)
08/19/2009EPA announces over $535,000 in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in Guam to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health (GU)
08/19/2009EPA announces $350,000 in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in CNMI to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health (MP)
08/19/2009Guam Receives $200,000 in Economic Recovery Funds to Improve Water Quality, Create Jobs (GU)
08/19/2009American Samoa Receives $200,000 in Economic Recovery Funds to Improve Water Quality, Create Jobs (AS)
08/19/20097 California Companies Penalized For Failing to Report 285 Tons of Hazardous Waste (CA)
08/17/2009EPA fines Guam Waterworks Authority $19,000 for failing to complete water tank assessment (GU)
08/17/2009Port of L.A. refueling facility to pay proposed $74,473 to settle storm water violations (CA)
08/13/2009EPA Announces over $2.9 million in Recovery Act Funds for Water Projects in CNMI to Boost Economy, Create Jobs and Protect Public Health (MP)
08/12/2009EPA cites Sun City nursery for pesticide misuse, worker safety issues (AZ)
08/11/2009U.S. EPA awards Los Angeles Conservation Corps $700,000 for green job training (CA)
08/11/2009EPA settles with Genoa Tree Nursery over worker protection violations (NV)
08/11/2009U.S. EPA’s Fugitive Website Helps Bring California Criminals to Justice (HQ, CA)
08/10/2009Tucson fiberglass firm agrees to pay U.S. EPA $4,340 to resolve reporting violations (AZ)
08/07/2009U.S. EPA seeks comments for proposed Guam ocean disposal area draft environmental impact statement (GU)
08/06/2009Union Pacific Railroad Company Agrees To Settle Clean Water Act Violations In Nevada (NV)
08/05/2009U.S. EPA - no hexavalent chromium detected at Cupertino School (CA)
08/05/2009State of California, Anaheim, Emeryville Awarded Recovery Act Grants for Contaminated Land Clean Up and Local Job Creation (CA)
08/05/2009Los Angeles Conservation Corps, City of Long Beach, City of Richmond and Cypress Mandela Training Center, Inc. Awarded Recovery Act Funds to Train Workers to Clean Contaminated Sites
(CA)
08/04/2009U.S. EPA hosts August 6 hearing on standards for large ships in Long Beach (CA)

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