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6/30/2016
Brewery Fined $2.8 Million for Clean Water Act Violations
In a June 23 press release,US EPA announced a consent decree between EPA, the US Department of Justice, and a beer brewer that operates two large-scale breweries in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. According to the press release, the brewer allegedly violated the Clean Water Act by discharging industrial waste to municipal publicly owned treatment works (POTWs).
6/28/2016
EPA Finalizes New Clean Water Act Rule for Fracking Wastewaters
In the June 28 Federal Register, US EPA posted a Final Rule to implement pretreatment standards for wastewaters sent from onshore unconventional oil and gas (UOG) extracting facilities to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
6/1/2016
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes to Modify Dredge & Fill Nationwide Permits
In today’s Federal Register, the US Army Corps of Engineers proposed to modify and reissue existing Nationwide Permits (NWPs) for discharge of dredged or fill material into the waters of the US. In addition to updating the existing NWPs, the proposal seeks to add two new permits.
6/1/2016
Kansas Foundry Could Pay $28,975 for Stormwater Violations
To settle allegations it violated the Clean Water Act stormwater requirements, a foundry in Coffeyville, KS will pay $28,975 and fund/implement a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) valued at $600,000. The settlement is open to public comment at EPA’s website, here.
5/10/2016
Managing Ozone-depleting Substances in Refrigerating Appliances
One critical component of US EPA’s Clean Air Act regulations for stratospheric ozone protection is the rules that address maintenance, service, repair, and disposal of appliances that contain ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and their substitutes. [40 CFR 82, Subpart F] They cover appliances like commercial or residential refrigerators, air conditioners, chillers, and freezers...
4/6/2016
EPA Issues Technical Corrections to MATS and Utility NSPS
EPA has submitted a Final Rule for publication in the Federal Register to finalize corrections to its Mercury Air Toxics Standards (MATS) and New Source Performance Standards for certain electricity generating utilities (power plants).
4/1/2016
Not Cool: Ice Cream Company Pays for Clean Air Act Violations
US EPA has cited a US ice cream maker for violations of the Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan (RMP) requirements. In a press release posted March 29, 2016, EPA alleges the ice creamery did not have an adequate Clean Air Act RMP or proper safety equipment for leak detection and ventilation on its refrigeration system.
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