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News Releases issued by the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

(535 records in this collection)
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02/06/2007Ohio Plant Fined $750,000 for Air Pollution Violations - Company Also to Cut Future Emissions
02/01/2007EPA Applauds Victory in Case Against Puerto Rico Company for Pesticide Worker Safety Violations - Judge assesses 2nd highest penalty for worker safety
12/21/2006EPA Fines Syngenta $1.5 Million for Distributing Unregistered Genetically Engineered Pesticide
12/21/2006Mercedes-Benz Pays $1.2 Million for Clean Air Act Violation Also Spends $59 Million for Voluntary Recall
12/15/2006Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company, Two Managers Plead Guilty to Felony Pollution Charges - $5 Million Criminal Penalty, Plus Half Million Community Service Payment
11/29/2006New EPA Assistance Center Helps Importers/Exporters Comply with Environmental Laws
11/15/2006EPA Enforcement Cuts Total Pollution by Record 3 Billion Pounds Over Last Three Years - Air Pollution Reductions Alone Result in Health Benefits of $3.5 Billion Yearly
11/14/2006EPA to Discuss Enforcement Accomplishments for FY 2006
10/26/2006$13.9 Million Clean Air Act Settlement with Multinational Soybean and Corn Processor Secures Major Pollution Reductions in Eight States - Settlement Expected to Eliminate More than 2,200 Tons of Harmful Emissions Annually
10/24/2006New Data Show Decline in Children's Exposure to Pollutants
10/05/2006BP, Shell Pay $1.5 Million in Penalties for Auto Gas Violations Threatening Public Health
10/05/2006Indianapolis Agrees to Spend $1.86 Billion to Stop Sewer Overflows
09/15/2006GOVERNMENT REACHES SETTLEMENTS WITH SEABOARD FOODS AND PIC USA
09/07/2006EPA Renews the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Charter
09/06/2006EPA Compliance Assistance Centers Celebrate Ten Years Helping Americans Meet Environmental Regulations
09/05/2006EPA Orders Destruction of Banned Children's Products at Target, Dollar Tree, Other Stores
08/29/2006Forest Oil Corporation Agrees To Pay $813,000 for Clean Water Act Violations at Osprey Platform in Cook Inlet, Alaska
08/24/2006EPA takes legal action against Safety Waste Incineration for violations of federal Clean Air Act
08/23/2006EPA Reaches $30,000 Clean Water Act Settlement with Inlet Fish Producers, Inc. of Kenai, Alaska
08/22/2006EPA Takes Important Step in Controlling Air Pollution from Farm Country Animal Feeding Operations
07/27/2006Government Reaches Agreement with Asarco and Point Ruston to Clean Up Contaminated Site in Washington State
07/25/2006Illinois Fuel Waiver
07/14/2006EPA Prevents Illegal Imported Engines from Endangering U.S. Air Quality
06/30/2006EPA Settles Clean Water Act Violations With Two Alaska Seafood Processors (Kenai, Atka Island)
06/08/2006Carcinogen Cut in Texas, Kentucky, New Jersey by an Estimated Total of 40,000 Pounds Per Year
06/02/2006EPA Negotiates Landmark International Pollution Agreement
05/16/2006U.S., National Baking Company Reach Settlement to Reduce Stratospheric Ozone-Depleting Refrigerants
05/11/2006EPA Summit Celebrates Next Generation of Environmental Stewards
05/08/2006Clean Air Act Settlement to Eliminate Almost 29,000 Tons of Harmful Emissions in Virginia and Maryland
04/26/2006Cast Iron Pipe Manufacturer, Company Officials Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes and Worker Safety Violations - Convictions Represent Fifth for McWane Divisions in Two Years
04/25/2006EPA Settles Case Involving 3M Voluntary Disclosures of Toxic Substances Violations
04/25/2006Alabama Power Company to Spend More Than $200 Million Under Clean Air Act Settlement
04/24/2006North Dakota Region Citizens to Breathe Cleaner Air in $100 Million NSR Power Plant Settlement
04/20/2006Environmental Appeals Board Approves Second Batch of Air Compliance Agreements With Animal Feeding Operations
04/12/2006Companies to Spend $30 Million on PCB Cleanup at the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund Site
03/30/2006Three EPA Programs Nominated for Government 'Oscars'
03/28/2006Two Philadelphia-Area Men Charged with Dumping Untreated Sewage into Delaware River
02/23/2006Virginia Businessman Sentenced for Using False Training Certificates to Obtain Asbestos Contracts
02/23/2006Los Angeles Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Jail For Mishandling Hazardous Waste
02/07/2006North Carolina Transportation Official Indicted for Clean Water Act, Rivers and Harbor Act Violations
02/06/2006EPA's FY 2007 Budget Reflects Efficiency, Collaboration and Sound Science
02/03/2006EPA Press Briefing for President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2007
01/30/2006Environmental Appeals Board Approves First Air Compliance Agreements with Animal Feeding Operations - Respondent List
01/30/2006Environmental Appeals Board Approves First Air Compliance Agreements with Animal Feeding Operations
01/12/2006Michigan Plating Shop Supervisor Sent to Prison For Abandoning Chemicals
12/21/2005U.S. Announces $94 Million Clean Air Act Settlement with Chrysler Over Emission Control Defects on 1.5 Million Jeep and Dodge Vehicles
12/16/2005EPA Amends Enforcement Provisions for California's Phase 3 Reformulated Gasoline Program
12/14/2005Advisory: EPA Announces Largest Civil Administrative Penalty In Its History for Dupont PFOA Violations
12/14/2005EPA Settles PFOA Case Against DuPont for Largest Environmental Administrative Penalty in Agency History
12/07/2005Greek Shipping Company To Pay $1 Million Fine in Oil Pollution Case
12/02/2005EPA Celebrates the Nation's Cleaner Environment on its 35th Anniversary
11/30/2005Surveyor Pleads Guilty in North Carolina Wetlands Case
11/15/2005EPA Enforcement Cuts Pollution by 1 Billion Pounds; Requires $10 Billion to Be Spent on Cleaning Up
11/14/2005EPA to Discuss Enforcement Actions for FY 2005
10/26/2005Utah Restaurant Company Sentenced for Clean Air Act Violation
10/13/2005California Man Arrested and Charged with Oil Release from Scuttled Boat, False Statements, Obstructing an Investigation and Obstructing a Waterway
10/13/2005Illinois Man Charged with Million Gallon Dairy Waste Discharge
10/13/2005Washington State Man Charged with Sinking Fishing Boat Off California Coast
10/13/2005Major International Shipping Company Sentenced for Falsifying Oil Record Book
09/28/2005Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Falsifying Underground Storage Tank Closure Reports
09/28/2005Idaho Developer Convicted of Clean Water Act Violations
09/22/2005Pennsylvania Man Pleads to Conspiracy to Violate the Clean Water Act
09/22/2005Florida Man and Two Pennsylvania Companies Plead Guilty in Hazardous Waste Case
09/22/2005Colorado Man Sentenced for Violating the Clean Water Act
09/22/2005Alabama Foundry Sentenced to Pay $4.25 Million for RCRA and OSHA Violations
09/14/2005Florida Man and Two Pennsylvania Companies Charged in Hazardous Waste Case
09/14/2005Virginia Man Sentenced for Clean Water Act Violations
09/13/2005U.S. Announces Clean Air Agreement with Nation's Largest Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal Operator -
Operator to Properly Calculate Benzene Emissions at Ten Facilities in Eight States
09/01/2005Federal, Multi-State Clean Air Act Settlement
with Cargill, Inc., Secures Major Pollution Reductions -
Eighty-one Percent of Uncontrolled Ethanol Production Capacity Now Under Federal Consent Decrees
08/18/2005Cosmed Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million for Clean Air Act Violations-Agreement will Result in Improved Air Quality in Six States
08/17/2005ConAgra Signs Clean Water Act Permit Plea Agreement for Violations at Minnesota Facility
08/17/2005New York Man Pleads Guilty to Drinking Water Monitoring Violation
08/15/2005Thousands Sign Up for Animal Feeding Operations Air Compliance Agreement
08/04/2005Owner and Operator of Tanker Plead Guilty to Dumping Charges
07/29/2005Animal Feeding Operation Air Agreement Signup Period Extended
07/27/2005South Carolina Company Officials Sentenced in Clean Water Act Case
07/27/2005Men from Illinois and Missouri Charged in Arkansas Waste Case
07/27/2005Owner of Florida Labor Camp and Three Others Charged with Federal Violations
07/27/2005Louisiana Man Convicted of Witness Tampering in Arkansas Endangered Species Case
07/13/2005Two Men Charged With Violating Clean Water Act in Tennessee
07/13/2005Utah Restaurant Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation
07/13/2005Two Virginia Companies and Two Individuals Plead Guilty in False Certificate Case
07/13/2005Two Men Convicted of Illegal Asbestos Removal in the Virgin Islands
06/28/2005Michigan Paint Manufacturer Faces Prison for Illegal Waste Storage
06/23/2005Animal Feeding Operations Air Compliance Agreement Signup Period Extended
06/15/2005Volkswagen of America, Inc., Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million for Clean Air Act Violation
06/13/2005McWane Inc., and Executives Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes
Alabama Pipe Company Violated Clean Water Act
06/13/2005Chesapeake Bay Partners Take Actions to Reduce Bay Pollution
06/06/2005New Source Review Response Stresses Improvements to Permitting Program
05/26/2005National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Charter Renewed
05/25/2005Individual and Company Pleaded Guilty to Violating Clean Water Act
05/25/2005St. Louis Man Sentenced for Environmental, Fraud Violations
05/24/2005 Input Sought -- Understanding Requirements and Saving Money
04/27/2005Minnesota Metal Finisher Sentenced in Sewer Line Case
04/27/2005Man Indicted in Idaho Wastewater Treatment Plant Case
04/27/2005 Iowa Dairy Farmer Convicted of Violating Clean Water Act
04/27/2005South Carolina Development Company and Individual Plead to Wetlands Violation
04/14/2005Oregon Man Pleads to False Statements About Lead Disclosure Forms
04/14/2005 Pennsylvania Company President and Firm Sentenced in Clean Water Act Case
04/08/2005Ship's Engineer Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice

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