Environmental Press Releases (2007)

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12/04/2007—Frito-Lay, Lackland AFB Recognized by EPA as Water Efficiency Leaders

12/04/2007—Leading Corporations Cutting Greenhouse Gases

11/28/2007—EPA, Army Corps Extend Public Comment Period for Joint Rapanos Guidance

11/06/2007—New England Businesses and Organizations Step Up Clean Environment Commitments

11/01/2007—Virginia Companies Commit to Reduce Waste and Chemical Use

10/24/2007—EPA Recognizes Oil and Gas Industry Partners for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts

10/22/2007—Who Said It’s Not Easy Being Green? EPA Recognizes Green Power Purchasing Leaders

10/11/2007—EPA To Develop Regulations for Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide

09/10/2007— EPA Releases List of High-Volume Chemicals

09/05/2007—New Fuel Economy Stickers to Help Consumers Make More Informed Decisions
09/05/2007—EPA Takes Innovative Approach to Clear the Air at the Nation's Ports
08/31/2007—EPA Continues Efforts to Understand Effects of Oxides of Nitrogen on Human Health - First NAAQS Scientific Support Document Prepared Under New Development Process
08/30/2007—RFS Program on Track; Begins Sept. 1
08/29/2007—EPA Evaluated Air Toxics Risks from Petroleum Refineries, Seeks Comment on Additional Emissions Reductions
08/29/2007—Flexible Air Permits Proposed to Prevent Pollution and Paperwork
08/24/2007—Great American Trucking Show Highlights First SmartWay Trucks to Use Renewable Fuels - Also Showcases Big- Rigs Reducing Fuel Consumption Up to 20 Percent
08/23/2007—U.S. EPA conducting asbestos sampling at Alviso Superfund site
08/23/2007—New Guidance on Watershed Permitting
08/21/2007—U.S. EPA conducting asbestos sampling at Alviso Superfund site
08/21/2007—U.S., Canada and Mexico Take Lead to Manage Industrial Chemicals
08/21/2007—154 Environmental Leaders Renew Membership in EPA's Performance Track
08/21/2007—EPA awards research grants worth $1 million to Ohio institutions
08/20/2007—EPA and the Fertilizer Institute Develop Guidance for Retail Anhydrous Ammonia Fertilizer Facilities
08/20/2007—EPA Region 2 Launches New Online Media Center; Offers Downloadable Public Service Announcements, Podcasts and Photos
08/20/2007—$13 Million to Flow to 16 Watershed Groups
08/16/2007—EPA Hearings Seek Public Input on Stronger Proposed Air Quality Standards
08/14/2007—EPA, India-Based Corporation Join Forces to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
08/13/2007—Public Meeting To Discuss Nanotechnology
08/10/2007—EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Rockaway Borough Wellfield Superfund Site
08/8/2007—EPA Releases Operator Training Guidelines for State Underground Storage Tank Programs
08/6/2007—Denver Water, City of Denver Become Long-Term Partners With U.S. EPA in WaterSense
08/3/2007—EPA Releases the Draft of 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights of National Trends
08/2/2007—A New Era in Environmental Chemical Testing: ToxCast Phase I Chemicals Announced
08/1/2007—Cleanup Underway at the Gulf States Steel Site in Gadsden, Alabama
08/1/2007—EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Nepera Chemical Company, Inc. Superfund Site
07/30/2007—EPA Recognizes Top 25 Green Power Purchasers; PepsiCo Bottlers Join List
07/26/2007—Connecticut Protects Coastal Waters and Long Island Sound By Banning Boat Discharges
07/26/2007—EPA reports expansion of Nicor gas PCB investigation
07/01/2007—2007 Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement Award
06/05/2007—EPA, Army Corps Issue Joint Guidance to Sustain Wetlands Protection under Supreme Court Decision
05/02/2007—New EPA Web Site Makes It Easier To Be Good Environmental Stewards
04/02/2007—Supreme Court Decision Calls for EPA to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Motor Vehicles
04/02/2007—U.S., India Renew Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
03/29/2007—EPA Rule Will Help States Control Fine Particle Air Pollution
03/16/2007—EPA to Revise Definition of Solid Waste
03/08/2007—U.S., Japan Consider Co-Benefits of Domestic and Global Environmental Programs
03/06/2007—EPA Performance Track Program Reaches 470-Member Mark
03/02/2007—First Harmonized Label for Pesticide Product Available, Allows for U.S./Canada Cross-Border Movement
03/02/2007—Oil, Gas Industry Agrees to Work with EPA in Solving Environmental Problems

Enforcement Actions

12/12/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Nevada Developer $43,000 Over Injection Well Violations

12/06/2007—EPA Orders Lamb Creek Wetlands to be Restored

12/05/2007—U.S. EPA Settles With Arizona Mine for $28,950 for Toxic Chemical Reporting Violations

12/05/2007—10 California Companies Disclose Environmental Violations

11/29/2007—Neglected Oil Spill Nets Pocatello Quarry Owner a $9,250 EPA Penalty

11/21/2007—EPA Orders Clean Up at Tyndall Air Force Base

11/20/2007—EPA Oversees Methane Gas Investigation Near Hanover Park Landfill

11/09/2007—EPA Notifies Dow of Clean-Air and Hazardous Waste Violations

11/07/2007—EPA Issues Compliance Order to PSC Industrial Outsourcing, Inc. of Houston

11/06/2007—EPA Issues Complaint to Concorde Garment Manufacturing, Inc., for Hazardous Waste Management Violations

11/05/2007—New Hampshire Construction Company Faces Fines for Storm Water Violations

11/05/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement With Magellan Pipeline on Clean-Air Violations

11/05/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement With Azimow and Culbertson on Clean-Air Violations

11/01/2007—Fluor-Hanford and Twin City Metals Agree to Pay EPA Nearly $85,000 to Resolve Federal PCB Violations

11/01/2007—East Boston Sandblasting Company Faces Penalties for Hazardous Waste Violations

11/01/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement With Tate and Lyle North America on Clean-Air Violations

10/31/2007—EPA Fines Contractor, Arizona Deptartment of Transportation $36,410 Over Asbestos Violations

10/30/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Emeryville, Calif. Company $36,000 for Stormwater Violations

10/29/2007—Bruneau Cattle Company Agrees to Pay $40,000 to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations

10/29/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement With Sturgis Iron and Metal on Clean-Air Violations

10/29/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement With Products Chemical on Clean-Air Violations

10/29/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement With Greif Brothers on Clean-Air Violations

10/26/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement with Spectro Alloys on Clean-Air Violations

10/25/2007—BP to Pay Largest Criminal Fine Ever for Air Violations

10/25/2007—EPA Reaches Storm Water Settlement with Sagewood, LLC

10/24/2007—Derby, Vermont Company Faces Fine for Oil Spill Prevention Violations

10/18/2007—EPA settles with Tolleson, Ariz. company for failing to notify authorities after chemical release

10/11/2007—Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary Settles with EPA

10/10/2007—Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Faces Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations

10/02/2007—U.S. EPA announces $5 million Clean Air Act Settlement With Northern

California Pulp Mill

10/02/2007—U.S. EPA Orders Two Arizona Water Companies to Monitor Drinking Water for

Disinfection Byproducts

10/02/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Bay Area Auto Dealer for Air Violations

10/01/2007—Oregon Developer and Construction Firm Agree to Pay Over $37,000 to

Resolve Clean Air Act Violations

10/01/2007—U.S. EPA Settles With Carrier Guam for $63,922 for Illegal Importation of

Ozone-Depleting Substances

10/01/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Frozen Vegetable Supplier $31,434 Over Ammonia Release

Violations Pictsweet Failed to Notify Authorities after Chemical Release

10/01/2007—U.S. EPA Settles Hazardous Waste Case with Amgen Inc.

10/01/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Reno Personal Care Products Distributor $11,200

9/28/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Winery $11,687 over Ammonia Release Violations. Firm Failed to

Notify Authorities After Chemical Release

9/28/2007—Hunt Refining Settles Federal Air Pollution Case for $49 Million

9/28/2007—EPA Settles With Target on Pesticide Violations

9/27/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Romic Environmental Technologies Corp. $97,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations

9/27/2007—U.S. EPA Files Complaint for $76,402 Against JWS Refrigeration for Illegal

Importation of Ozone-Depleting Substances

9/27/2007—U.S. EPA Settles with Modesto Equipment Manufacturer for $45,150 for Toxic

Chemical Reporting Violations

9/27/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Torrance Telecommunications Firm $21,400

9/27/2007—U.S. EPA Settles with Los Angeles and Vernon, California Wholesalers for

Pesticide Violations

9/27/2007—U.S. EPA Settles with Senior Aerospace SSP for $39,800

9/27/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Romic Environmental Technologies Corp. $97,000 for Hazardous

Waste Violations

9/27/2007—Westminster, Mass. Facility Fined for Clean Water and Community Right-to-Know Violations

9/26/2007—U.S. EPA Fines Conveyor Equipment Manufacturer $83,926 for Toxic Chemical

Reporting Violations Pacoima Company will also Donate Equipment to City of Burbank Fire

Department

9/26/2007—EPA Fines Ennis Paint, Inc., Over $4,200 for Failure to Properly Report the

Release of Xylene into the Environment

9/25/2007—Three Rivers Timber, Inc. Agrees to Pay $6,500 EPA Settlement to Resolve Clean Air Act Violation

9/24/2007—EPA Seeks $44,190 from Firestone Pacific Foods, Inc. for Failure to File Inventory of Hazardous Chemicals Report

9/24/2007—Phoenix Home Builder Fined $155,000 to Settle Dust Violations

9/20/2007—U.S. Imposes Highest Acid Rain Fine Ever

9/6/2007—Fujicolor Processing Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime
9/5/2007—Pipeline Co. Pleads Guilt, Pays $1 Million for Fish Kill in Kansas
9/5/2007—US EPA Settles With New Mexico Pest Exterminator for $1,170
9/4/2007—U.S. EPA settles with Chino polystyrene manufacturer $326,000 over Clean Air Act violations
8/29/2007—US EPA Fines San Leandro Pesticide Manufacturere $5,200
8/28/2007—Connecticut Company Faces Up To $157,500 in Clean Water Act Violations

8/27/2007— EPA Issues Cleanup Order to Army at Fort Meade

8/24/2007—Owner of Massachusetts' Largest Asbestos Training School Indicted
8/21/2007—Oklahoma Officials Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes - Elk City officials used prisoners to remove asbestos without proper protection
8/20/2007—EPA, DOJ, Maricopa County fine Phoenix company $175,000 for emitting VOCs into air
8/17/2007—Texas Man Sentenced to Five Months in Prison for Hazardous Waste Transport Crimes

8/17/2007— Home Depot Agrees to Pay $9.9 Million for Hazardous Waste Violations
8/16/2007—TEPPCO Agrees to Over $2.8 Million Settleemtn for Clean Water Violations
8/16/2007—Valero Energy Agrees to $232 Million in Clean Air Act Pollution Controls
8/16/2007—Former St. Louis-Area City Councilman Gets Prison for Illegally Removing Asbestos
8/14/2007—EPA reaches agreement with Stroh Die Casting on clean-air violations
8/10/2007—Six Rhode Island Communities Ordered to Address Sewage Overflows //EPA continues effort to improve water quality in R.I. waters
8/10/2007—EPA Reaches Agreement With BASF Construction Chemicals on Clean-Air Violations
8/10/2007—EPA orders public water supply systems in northeast Louisiana into complianc
8/6/2007—EPA fines seven Tucson charter school operators $67,240 for asbestos violations
8/2/2007—Two Massachusetts Towns Fined for Clean Water Violations
8/2/2007—Contractor for Groton, Conn. Submarine Base Faces EPA Fine for Clean Water Violations
8/1/2007—Virginia Man Goes to Jail for Using Homeless for Improper Asbestos Removal
8/1/2007—Man Receives Jail Time for Illegal Asbestos Removal
7/30/2007—U.S. EPA settles with Bakersfield paint firm for $13,900 over toxic chemical reporting violation
07/19/2007—EPA settles with Crest Industries on hazardous waste violations
07/19/2007—EPA settles with Trilla Steel Drum on hazardous waste violations
07/12/2007—Barbosa Cabinets, Inc. pays over $32,200 to settle federal hazardous waste violations
07/11/2007—Clean Habors Ordered to Correct Hazardous Conditions
07/05/2007—EPA fines Saipan rock quarry $400,000 for waste violations
07/03/2007—Elk Grove Milling, Inc. Pays $12,500 to Settle Pesticide Violations
07/02/2007—U.S. Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Electric Utility
06/26/2007—Chemical Spill Reporting Violations: EPA Settles Indiana, Michigan and Ohio Cases
06/20/2007—Jury Convicts Eastern Idaho Man for Hazardous Waste Violations
06/14/2007—Newburyport, Mass. Chemical Manufacturer Settles EPA Hazardous Waste Complaint
06/06/2007—EPA Settles with Minnesota Metal Finishing on Hazardous Waste Violations
06/04/2007—U.S. EPA and the San Francisco Bay Water Board Order the Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District to Comply with the Clean Water Act
05/31/2007—Landmark Settlement Aims to Clean Up Raw Sewage Discharges in Allegheny County
05/17/2007—EPA Cites Dry Cleaners in Brooklyn and Queens

05/10/2007—Lawrence, Kan., Distribution Center among Those Costing Kmart $102,400 in Environmental Penalties, But Self Reporting Reduces Fine

05/09/2007—National Retailer Voluntarily Discloses Environmental Violations, Pays Lesser Penalty

05/02/2007—Company Fined for Tainted Fuel

05/01/2007—Texas Refinery Will Pay $2.9 Million to Resolve Air Violations: Company Will Take Significant Steps to Reduce Harmful Emissions

04/30/2007—EPA Settles with Anchorage Company for Over $117,000 for Waste Handling Violations

04/26/2007—

Acid Manufacturer Will Spend $50 Million to Reduce Air Pollution

04/12/2007—EPA Cites EMCO Chemical for Hazardous Waste Violations; Proposes $349,015 Penalty
03/28/2007—Rhode Island Company Fined $52,700 for Clean Air Violations

03/28/2007—Downeast Maine Blueberry Processor Fined More Than $20,000 for Environmental Violations Including Failure to Submit Tier II Form

03/27/2007— EPA Settlement with the University of the Virgin Islands to Benefit All Schools
03/27/2007— U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford Operation Penalized More Than $1 Million by EPA
03/27/2007—EPA Fines Two Suffolk County, NY Firms for Selling Off-Spec, Misbranded Pesticide Products

03/21/2007—EPA Halts HPI Products, Inc. Warehouse Operations over Illegal Hazardous Waste Handling: Decontamination Required
03/21/2007—EPA Charges Coachella Valley Businessman with Violating Federal Waste Laws
03/14/2007—Refiner to Pay $2.2 Million for Environmental Violations
03/07/2007—EPA, DOJ Reach $2.6 Million Settlement with Sauget, Ill., Superfund Responsible Parties

Legislation

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