SEATTLE, Washington — September 22, 2008 — Washington Beef, a beef processing facility in Toppenish, Wash., will spend at least $115,942 to settle alleged risk management program violations under the federal Clean Air Act.
The Washington Beef facility uses more…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — September 22, 2008 — Robert and Gayle Greenhill, owners of more than 3,200 acres of land on the western shore of Moosehead Lake, will pay an Environmental Protection Agency fine of $115,000 for filling 1.5 acres of…
BOSTON — September 22, 2008 — Two seafood processing and freezing companies based in Fall River, Mass., will pay fines to settle chemical reporting violations under federal Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) violations.
In separate but similar actions, EPA alleged…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — September 24, 2008 Several Manchester, N.H.-based landlords face fines for violations of federal lead paint disclosure laws. These violations potentially put tenants at risk of exposure to lead hazards.
In recent complaints, EPA alleges that Biren Properties, Inc.,…
CHICAGO, Illinois — September 19, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Radiac Abrasives Inc. on alleged Clean Air Act violations at the company’s grinding wheel manufacturing plant at 1015 S. College Ave.,…
ATLANTA, Georgia — September 19, 2008 — The Southeast office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Region 4) has settled an administrative penalty case against E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company (Dupont) and Griffin LLC Valdosta, GA (Griffin) for…
BHP Billiton Limited, as of June 30, 2008, has provided US$125 million for its anticipated share of the planned remediation work of groundwater contamination at a site in Arizona, based on a range reasonably foreseeable up to US$170 million, and…
A proposed consent decree has been entered in July 2008 between Mead Johnson Nutrition Company’s parent and the Environmental Protection Agency to resolve both the potential violations discovered during the audit and those identified as a result of the EPA’s…
PHILADELPHIA — September 18, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Paradigm Labs, Inc., of Pine Grove, Pa., have settled alleged violations of the federal law governing the manufacture and use of pesticides. Paradigm, a manufacturer of chemicals including…
BHP Billiton Limited is still facing litigation regarding environmental matters at Ok Tedi Mining Ltd.’s mine in Papua New Guinea.
Seven individual plaintiffs, representing the members of seven clans from the vicinity of the Ok Tedi mine, has filed the proceedings…