Tuesday, November 12, 2024
EPA award recognizes companies for designing, manufacturing or promoting safe products.
Read More »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it is proposing a modified cleanup plan for soil and groundwater volatile organic compound (VOC) contamination at the AVX property at Cattaraugus County’s Olean Well Field Superfund Site in New York. The plan was originally proposed in 1996, and the EPA’s modifications would utilize existing barriers, like pavement and buildings, and create a collection trench to address the groundwater contamination. The agency will hold a public me
Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with Damage Control & Restoration Inc., located in Kansas City, Kansas, last week after violations of the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule were discovered during record-keeping investigations.
Read More »
The House subcommittees on Energy and Power and on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing today on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed ozone regulation and its potential to affect manufacturing.
Read More »
“America’s corn farmers are fired up and are tired of being let down by EPA’s decisions,” said Chip Bowling, president of the National Corn Growers Association.
Read More »
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a seven page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Read More »
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Read More »
The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Read More »
The House Subcommittee on Energy and Power conducted a hearing on Friday about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Ozone Rule. “This proposed Ozone Rule is Exhibit A of skyrocketing marginal costs and diminishing marginal returns," U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), the subcommittee's chairman, said.
Read More »
Three hearings about the State Implementation Plan concerning non-attainment areas connected to the 2010 one-hour sulfur dioxide (S02) air quality standard will be conducted in the coming weeks by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Read More »
The office of the Great Lakes of Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently released a draft water strategy that runs in tandem with a three-decade plan to be sure Michigan's water resources are part of thriving ecosystems, healthy residents and communities and strong economies.
Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached a settlement with Union Pacific Railroad Co. over violations of the Clean Water Act, in which the company will pay a penalty of $58,800, as well as address the causes of the violations, the EPA said on Tuesday.
Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the City of Huntington Park in California will begin work on Thursday to remove roughly 5,600 tons of contaminated soil from a manufacturing site in the city. The site was first used to manufacture manure in 1923, then switched to a steel manufacturing facility in 1928, changing hands between several owners until 1972, when it was purchased by Southland Steel. The facility was shut down in 2002, and
Read More »
Phillip Joseph Rivkin, who was part of a scheme to defraud the EPA with claims of producing millions of gallons of biodiesel fuel, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of a Clean Air Act false statement and mail fraud. Rivkin, also known as Felipe Poitan Arriaga, could be sentenced to more than 10 years in prison and is responsible for $51 million in restitution to help reimburse victims.
Read More »
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Heather McTeer Toney will award Georgia’s Macon-Bibb County with a Brownfields grant investment for hazardous substances and petroleum assessments, totaling $400,000, in Macon on Thursday.
Read More »
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced June 16 that $2 million in Clean Water Act grants is available for innovative or highly effective projects that improve water quality within the Lake Erie watershed.
Read More »
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte was recently selected as one of three winners of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2015 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) University Challenge.
Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Advancing Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Facts and Figures report on Wednesday that shows progress in terms of consumer electronics recycling, including a 10 percent increase in recycling between 2012 and 2013, coinciding with the launch of an EPA program.
Read More »
Mississippi State University received the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regional 2014 Neighborhood/Community Rain Catcher Award, which was presented Wednesday at the EPA Region 4/International Erosion Control Association Municipal Wet Weather Stormwater Conference in Atlanta.
Read More »
The US Environmental Protection Agency published an eight page proposed rule on June 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Read More »
Alerts Sign-up