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Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno Announces Environment and Natural Resources Division’s Senior Leadership


WASHINGTON (3/5/2010) — Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), today announced the members of the division’s senior leadership. The announcement came on the same day that Assistant...View

Environment Department Reaches Settlement with Penalty of $250,000 with Lea Land, Inc.


Santa Fe, NM (3/4/2010) – The New Mexico Environment Department reached a settlement including a penalty of $250,000 with Lea Land, Inc. for 21 solid waste violations at the company’s industrial waste landfill near Carlsbad.

The violations include refusing to...View

Bartlett Grain Company to Pay $14,560 Civil Penalty to Settle Allegations of Unauthorized Repackaging of Four Pesticides


Kansas City KS (3/3/2010) - A Missouri agricultural merchant has agreed to pay a $14,560 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it repackaged and sold four different pesticides without proper authorization at its facility in Waverly, Mo., in...View

Ecology and Boeing Reach Cleanup Agreement on Duwamish Sites


BELLEVUE WA (3/3/2010) – The Boeing Company (Boeing) and the Department of Ecology (Ecology) have negotiated an agreement to test soil, groundwater, and sediments for contamination at two properties the company owns along the Duwamish Waterway in Tukwila, and to study...View

Settlement Resolves Chlorine Spills by Connecticut Power Plant


Boston, MA (3/3/2010) – The owner and operator of a coal-fired power plant in Montville, Conn., AES Thames, LLC, will pay a penalty of $140,000 to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, arising from releases of chlorine...View

DEP Fines Clearfield County Man for Illegally Applying Partially Treated Septic Tank Waste to Land


WILLIAMSPORT PA (3/2/2010) -- The Department of Environmental Protection has fined Raymond Shimmel $6,792 for the illegal application of residential septage on his property in Boggs Township, Clearfield County.

Septage is partially treated waste stored in a...View

DEGS of Narrows LLC Settles Clean Air Act Violations


PHILADELPHIA PA (3/2/2010) – DEGS of Narrows LLC, a steam and electricity provider for Celanese Acetate’s manufacturing plant in Narrows, Va., has settled alleged Clean Air Act violations with the Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the...View

Delay in Reporting 1,200-Gallon Leak of Liquefied Nitrogen Leads to Penalties Against Harvard School of Public Health and Linde North America


BOSTON MA (3/2/2010) - The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has penalized the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) $24,805 for failure to immediately report and conduct necessary response actions following a December 22, 2008, release of...View

Ecology Fines Chinook Ventures for Columbia River Spill, Requires Partial Work Stoppage


OLYMPIA WA (2/26/2010) – The company responsible for a recent petroleum coke spill into the Columbia River is receiving a $40,000 fine and an order to stop all petroleum coke handling activities, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) announced today.

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U.S. EPA Takes Action Against South San Francisco Meat Processing Facility Following Hazardous Chemical Air Releases


SAN FRANCISCO CA (2/26/2010) – The U.s. Environmental Protection Agency is this week ordering Columbus Manufacturing of South San Francisco, Calif., to address safety concerns in the facility’s ammonia refrigeration systems following a recent release of an extremely...View

Enviro-Serv Recycling Services Inc, Prairie Distributors Inc. & Nas Hassanali Plead Guilty


Calgary AB (2/26/2010) Enviro Serv

Count 8 - On about the 13th day of December , 2006 , at or near Crossfield, Alberta did consign hazardous waste without the waste being accompanied with a manifest that is completed in accordance with the...View

DNREC's Environmental Crimes Unit Releases 2009 Enforcement Statistics; Proactive Patrols Increased 35 Percent Safeguarding Public Health, Safety and the Environment


DOVER DE (2/25/2010) - DNREC's Environmental Protection Officers (EPOs) investigated 3,916 complaints in 2009, covering a wide range of violations and emergencies of Delaware's air, waste and water that threatened public health, safety and the environment. EPOs are sworn...View

DNREC Issues Notice of $66,550 Penalty to Wilkins Fuel for Underground Storage Tank Violations at Milford Facility


DOVER DE (2/25/2010) - Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin O'Mara has issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary's Order to Wilkins Fuel for violations of Delaware's underground storage tank regulations. The...View

Two Individuals Are Sentenced For Illegal Asbestos Removal in East Liverpool, Ohio; United States v. Stephen L. Jones, Michael A. Phelps, Jr., and George L. Webber


COLUMBUS OH (2/25/2010) - On February 25, 2010, Stephen L. Jones and Michael A. Phelps, Jr. were sentenced for illegally removing asbestos in a residence in East Liverpool, Ohio. Both were sentenced to 24 months of probation, the first six months of which must be served...View

EPA Fines Military for Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Violations at West Point


New York, N.Y.(2/23/2010) - The U.S. Army and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service failed to comply with critical environmental laws related to underground tanks used to store diesel fuel, gasoline and used oil at the West Point Garrison in New York, according to a...View

Twin City Foods Penalty Settlement Offers Environmental Benefits


YAKIMA WA (2/23/2010) – Ellensburg vegetable processor Twin City Foods has agreed to fund several environmental projects to resolve an $80,000 penalty it garnered for an illegal ammonia release from its plant in February of 2009.

In the settlement...View

Waukesha Developer Settles State Environmental Lawsuit Over Sonstruction Site Violations for $240,000


WAUKESHA WI (2/22/2010) – Richard D. Herr and Stoneridge Associates LP have settled state claims brought for violations of Wisconsin's environmental protection laws at a development site in the Village of Dousman, Waukesha County.

Wisconsin law requires...View

Cummins Inc. Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million Penalty for Diesel Engine Clean Air Act Violations


WASHINGTON (2/22/2010) — Cummins Inc., a major motor vehicle engine company based in Columbus, Ind., will pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 engines under a settlement agreement resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and U.S....View

Waste Hauler Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail


MADISON WI (2/19/2010) – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces today that his office has successfully prosecuted Randy M. Soper of Gillett, Wisconsin for illegal disposal of sanitary waste. Mr. Soper was convicted of three counts of illegally disposing of sanitary...View

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