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Agency News

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
04/02/2007U.S., India Renew Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
03/29/2007EPA Rule Will Help States Control Fine Particle Air Pollution
03/16/2007EPA to Revise Definition of Solid Waste
03/08/2007U.S., Japan Consider Co-Benefits of Domestic and Global Environmental Programs
03/06/2007EPA Performance Track Program Reaches 470-Member Mark
03/02/2007First Harmonized Label for Pesticide Product Available, Allows for U.S./Canada Cross-Border Movement
03/02/2007Oil, Gas Industry Agrees to Work with EPA in Solving Environmental Problems

 

Enforcement Actions

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

03/28/2007Downeast 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
03/27/2007EPA Fines Two Suffolk County, NY Firms for Selling Off-Spec, Misbranded Pesticide Products

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

 

Legislation

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