SAN FRANCISCO, California — October 9, 2008 — The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Metalast International, Inc. to comply with federal Clean Water Act requirements for the company’s wastewater discharges to the Douglas County sewer system and, ultimately, the…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — October 9, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a complaint against Citgo Petroleum Corporation for alleged violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA).
Citgo owns and operates the Citgo Braintree…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — October 8, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has cited the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture’s (PRDA) Crop Protection Program for allegedly violating federal pesticide and worker protection regulations.
The EPA complaint, issued under…
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — October 8, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard have settled alleged violations of hazardous waste and Clean Air Act regulations at the Coast Guard’s Integrated Support Command facility in Portsmouth, Va.
In…
NEW YORK — October 8, 2008 — In a case that landed a company owner in jail, and resulted in over $1.5 million in cleanup work, including the demolition of several buildings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed…
WASHINGTON — October 7, 2008 — An Arizona land developer and a contractor have agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act for bulldozing, filling, and diverting approximately five miles of the Santa Cruz River, a major waterway…
SAN FRANCISCO, California — October 7, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a San Francisco-based property owner $25,410 for alleged violations of federal lead- based paint disclosure requirements at eight rental properties in Sacramento, California.
“Property owners…
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — October 7, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Land and Sea Forest Products of Pennsylvania Corporation has settled alleged violations of toxic chemical reporting requirement, at its plant located at 400 Rock Run Rd.,…
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — October 7, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Noramco, Inc. have settled alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at the company’s facility at 500 Swedes Landing Road, Wilmington, Del., and the company has agreed to…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — October 6, 2008 Material Installations,
Inc, a furniture installation company in North Andover, will pay
an Environmental Protection Agency fine of $34,692 for repeated
violations of the Massachusetts 5-minute vehicle idling limit. The
case settlement, which was…