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11/8/2016

Pre- EPA: US Environmental Laws Before 1970

The founding of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 by President Richard Nixon kicked off an explosion of environmental protection laws issued by Congress—like the Clean Air Act in the 1970s and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund, in the 1980s.

11/1/2016

EPA Enforcement Round Up - Week of 10/28

EPA raised its maximum civil penalties in 2016, making it more critical than ever that EHS professionals understand how these complex regulatory programs affect their facilities. We hope providing information about EPA enforcement cases will help you identify and fix noncompliance issues that could leave your company facing down costly penalties and future liability.

10/17/2016

EPA Enforcement Round Up - Week of 10/14

Every day, facilities all across America receive Notices of Violation from US EPA for alleged noncompliance with a wide variety of programs like the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, chemical management and reporting regulations, hazardous waste management and disposal standards, and much more.

10/11/2016

How Do EPA Water Quality Standards Affect Your Business?

To protect public drinking water supplies, recreation, and fish and wildlife, the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish water quality standards (WQS) for waters of the United States where appropriate and attainable.

10/7/2016

EPA Enforcement Roundup: Week of 10/7

10/5/2016

Coal Company to Pay $900,000 for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

A coal company with mining and processing facilities in Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia has to pay a $900,000 civil penalty to resolve US EPA allegations that the company violated the Clean Water Act.

9/22/2016

EPA Updates Air Pollution Cost Control Manual

US EPA announced today it will update the Air Pollution Cost Control Manual, a guide to help both regulators and environmental engineers estimate the costs of controlling air pollution from a particular source.

9/20/2016

Next Month in Las Vegas: Environmental and Hazmat Training

Looking for the perfect reason to visit Las Vegas? How about two reasons? Lion Technology’s trusted compliance workshops will be in Las Vegas next month to help hazmat shippers and EHS managers keep their sites in compliance with new and changing US DOT-PHMSA and US EPA regulations.

7/19/2016

Oil Refiner Agrees to $425 Million Clean Air Act Settlement

In a settlement agreement reached with the Department of Justice and US EPA, an oil refining firm has pledged to reduce air pollution at six of its refineries. The $425 million settlement—which includes a $10 million civil penalty and $403 million to install and operation pollution control equipment—was announced in...

7/13/2016

New NESHAP Rules for Petroleum Refineries Now Final

In today’s Federal Register, US EPA posted a Final Rule that changes the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, or NESHAP, for petroleum refineries.

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