U.S. EPA Hazardous Waste News http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/By+Date!open en-us http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4DAE5ADBCCA4DA6585257B6C0075BA19(Seattle – May 15, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, has ordered two gas stations to close their underground injection wells to protect drinking water on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington. In separate settlements, the gas stations in Wapato and White Swan will pay $13,140 and $11,991 in federal penalties for violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Da Stor at Lillie’s Corner gas station, in Wapato, operates two underground injection wellsWed, 15 May 2013 17:27:59 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4DAE5ADBCCA4DA6585257B6C0075BA19http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/675FEAC2CC7FC86385257B650077B3CAEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., May 8, 2013) - Nine cities and two state agencies in Region 7 have been selected to receive more than $4.5 million from EPA’s Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup (ARC) Grants program. These funds will provide key support toward the assessment, cleanup and revitalization of brownfields properties in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska communitiesWed, 8 May 2013 18:34:22 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/675FEAC2CC7FC86385257B650077B3CAhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/50B0FEEDD72C4B3885257B65006C285B(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing $600,000 to help the community of Villalba, Puerto Rico asses and clean up abandoned and contaminated sites. The funding was awarded through EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up, redevelop, and reuse contaminated properties. Brownfields are properties where moderate contamination threatens environmental quality and public health and can interfere with productive re-use of the sitesWed, 8 May 2013 15:41:22 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/50B0FEEDD72C4B3885257B65006C285Bhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E29C7F3ED95CC82A85257B65006B6F69(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing nearly $1.4 million to Fort Edward, Glens Falls, Ithaca, Rensselaer, and Rochester, New York to help those communities clean up abandoned and contaminated sites. The funding was awarded through EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up, redevelop, and reuse contaminated propertiesWed, 8 May 2013 15:35:18 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E29C7F3ED95CC82A85257B65006B6F69http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A0CFE214273690C985257B65006AC321(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing nearly $1 million to New York City and North Hempstead, Long Island to help those communities clean up abandoned and contaminated sites. The funding was awarded through EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up, redevelop and reuse contaminated propertiesWed, 8 May 2013 15:27:55 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/A0CFE214273690C985257B65006AC321http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0A7FA705248DD13C85257B6500694543(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing nearly $3.8 million to Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City, Maurice River Township, Newark and Trenton, New Jersey to help those communities clean up abandoned and contaminated sites. The funding was awarded through EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up, redevelop and reuse contaminated propertiesWed, 8 May 2013 15:12:57 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0A7FA705248DD13C85257B6500694543http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/93A6512F0F8B3E6785257B5C005A56BE(Fort Edward, NY) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner Eugene Leff today to kick off the start of the fourth season of dredging in the Upper Hudson RiverMon, 29 Apr 2013 14:21:49 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/93A6512F0F8B3E6785257B5C005A56BEhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E7727EE66906992A85257B58006BD48AEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., April 25, 2013) - The City of Council Bluffs, Iowa, will receive $166,500 to develop a plan for brownfields property assessment, cleanup and reuse in its mid-city area, EPA Region 7 announced today. Council Bluffs will use this funding to create a plan and implementation strategy for a project area totaling approximately 70 acres. The City is one of 20 communities nationwide to receive this fundingThu, 25 Apr 2013 15:37:47 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/E7727EE66906992A85257B58006BD48Ahttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D40EDF9AED4FB17985257B510053C44C(Boston, Mass. – April 18, 2013) – Two Rhode Island landlords will pay an EPA penalty of $13,900 for violations of federal lead disclosure lawsThu, 18 Apr 2013 11:16:33 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D40EDF9AED4FB17985257B510053C44Chttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D70E8FD66386D54C85257B4A00717C9CPHILADELPHIA (April 11, 2013) Jay-Cee Cleaners, a former dry cleaning business at 16163 Lankford Highway in Nelsonia, Accomack County, Va., and its former owner John L. Darby, have agreed to reimburse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for costs the agency incurred while responding to the release of hazardous substances once used at the site. Mr. Darby has also agreed to resolve his failure to comply with EPA’s information gathering efforts by paying a penaltyThu, 11 Apr 2013 16:44:32 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D70E8FD66386D54C85257B4A00717C9Chttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3A8C8651AB50953885257B49006A5474WASHINGTON – Due to technical difficulties on the 2 p.m. call, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduling another call for credentialed reporters to ask questions about President’s proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget for EPA, at 3:15 p.m. EST today, Wednesday. Members of the media interested in participating should dial in ten minutes prior to the beginning of the call at (877) 317-0679 and give the conference ID number 35962514Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:23:20 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3A8C8651AB50953885257B49006A5474http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7CD17BF640A0800985257B49006069F5WASHINGTON – Today the Obama Administration proposed a Fiscal Year 2014 (FY 2014) budget of $8.153 billion for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This request is $296 million below the EPA’s budget for Fiscal Year 2012Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:33:05 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7CD17BF640A0800985257B49006069F5http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/FDF3307EB660840F85257B47006DD0BE(Boston, Mass. – April 8, 2013) – A packaging company has agreed to pay $484,900 in penalties to settle EPA claims that it violated numerous federal and state environmental regulations at its liquid and aerosol packaging facility in Dudley, Mass. According to EPA’s complaint, filed in Sept. 2012, Shield Packaging Company, IncMon, 8 Apr 2013 16:01:10 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/FDF3307EB660840F85257B47006DD0BEhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4D0697375A23620285257B41005BC051Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., April 2, 2013) - Collis Inc, a manufacturer of metal racks and shelving brackets for refrigerators, has agreed to pay a $31,379 administrative civil penalty to settle several Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in Clinton, IowaTue, 2 Apr 2013 12:42:10 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/4D0697375A23620285257B41005BC051http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6F466E5FE4AD4FA685257B40007987D3(Seattle—April 1, 2013) The U.S. Air Force 611th Air Support Group operating out of Alaska has closed four motor vehicle waste disposal wells that violated federal laws that protect the nation’s sources of drinking water, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Air Force used these wells to dispose of fluids generated in the maintenance shops at several sites across the stateMon, 1 Apr 2013 18:10:07 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6F466E5FE4AD4FA685257B40007987D3http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9F7284E0F4C8903085257B3C004787D8COLUMBIA – U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that United States District Court Judge Cameron Currie approved a consent decree with Weylchem US, Inc. to resolve alleged violations of federal and state air, water, and solid waste pollution laws at Weylchem’s specialty chemical manufacturing facility in Elgin and its wastewater treatment plant in LugoffTue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:01 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/9F7284E0F4C8903085257B3C004787D8http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/53FD9712FB17691885257B39006CC3CDPHILADELPHIA (March 25, 2013) -- Spray Products Corp. has agreed to pay a $25,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its manufacturing facility in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. EPA cited Spray Products for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal law governing the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wasteMon, 25 Mar 2013 15:49:45 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/53FD9712FB17691885257B39006CC3CDhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/8BF5B25140321E9885257B39005A6BB5WASHINGTON — A Michigan computer company and its owner were sentenced today for trafficking in counterfeit goods and services and violating environmental laws. U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson sentenced Mark Jeffrey Glover, to 30 months in prison and a $10,000 fine, and his company, Discount Computers, Inc. (DCI) , a $2 million fine with $10,839 in restitution to Mich. landlord, for trafficking in counterfeit goods and servicesMon, 25 Mar 2013 12:59:45 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/8BF5B25140321E9885257B39005A6BB5http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F1519CB8079103E685257B2E0070A2FFEnvironmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., March 14, 2013) - Teva Pharmaceuticals USA IncThu, 14 Mar 2013 19:01:07 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F1519CB8079103E685257B2E0070A2FFhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/02F957F11F1E9DB085257B260073B46F(Seattle, WA – March 6, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached legal agreements with four Yakima Valley dairies that will help reduce nitrate in area groundwater and nearby drinking water wells. “This is good news, especially for those working locally to protect Yakima Valley groundwater,” said EPA Regional Administrator Dennis McLerran, in SeattleWed, 6 Mar 2013 17:51:20 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/02F957F11F1E9DB085257B260073B46Fhttp://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C929DCBD01DD4BE785257B2600761FE9(ATLANTA – March 6, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring the formation of a Community Coalition to plan for the future of the north Birmingham communities (including the North Birmingham, Fairmont, Collegeville, and Harriman Park neighborhoods) on Thursday, March 7, 2013, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Hudson K-8 School. The Coalition will include neighborhood representatives as well as business, faith, and community leaders and government agenciesWed, 6 Mar 2013 16:32:21 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C929DCBD01DD4BE785257B2600761FE9http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/08D2344CF23A0F8585257B1F005BFEA0(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Superfund site in Saratoga Springs, New York. The site, which was once used to manufacture gas from coal, is contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that were produced as byproducts and disposed of on site. PAHs are suspected cancer causing substancesWed, 27 Feb 2013 11:46:59 -0400http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/08D2344CF23A0F8585257B1F005BFEA0