SAN FRANCISCO, California — November 18, 2008 — Four Arizona companies that voluntarily disclosed and corrected environmental violations have seen penalties waived by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It’s the result of an EPA policy that has been successful in…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — November 18, 2008 Fifteen California companies that voluntarily disclosed and corrected environmental violations have seen penalties waived by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It’s the result of an EPA policy that has been successful in getting…
PHILADELPHIA — November 13, 2008 — The Environmental Protection Agency has settled hazardous waste violations at a Manassas, Va. facility with BAE Systems IESL, Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corporation. Lockheed Martin, headquartered in Bethesda, Md.., leases space at its Manassas,…
PHILADELPHIA — November 12, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Moshe Rubashkin, 50, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for illegally storing hazardous waste at a textile factory in Allentown.
Moshe Rubashkin pleaded…
SEATTLE, Washington — November 6, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in its continuing effort to protect the public from illegally produced, improperly labeled, and misused pesticides in the Pacific Northwest, has reached settlements with four companies for violations…
ATLANATA, Georgia — November 7, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has entered into a settlement with Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division (MLGW) in Memphis, Tenn., that resolves alleged violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act for polychlorinated…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — November 6, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered ten California public drinking water systems to monitor for Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the source water of their drinking water systems, or face penalties…
DENVER, Colorado — November 6, 2008 — Kenneth L. Schell and Twin Peaks Excavating, Inc. of Erie, Colo., have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $35,000 for alleged unauthorized discharges of excavated material to Rock Creek.
The alleged violations of…
CHICAGO, Illinois — November 3, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached agreement with two companies on developing options to permanently reduce health risks at the St. Regis Paper Superfund site in Cass Lake, Minn.
A public…
Olin Corporation, at Sept. 30, 2008, recorded US$161.1 million in reserves for future environmental expenditures to investigate and remediate known sites, of which US$126.1 million were classified as other noncurrent liabilities.
The Company is a party to various government and private…