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Chemical Management

Chemical management strategy, news and best practices for commercial and industrial operations.

New LEED Materials Credit Addresses Chemicals of Concern

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has added a new LEED materials credit for “Chemical Avoidance in Building Materials” to its LEED Pilot Credit Library, reports Healthy Building News. Together, with an earlier credit for “PBT Source Reduction: Dioxins and Halogenated Organic Compounds” marks the beginning of a three-step approach ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Mining Settlement; Machine Shop Owners Sentenced; Farmer to Restore Wetlands

 Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news Douglas Mining Settles Coeur d’Alene Basin Claims, Agrees to 50-Year Installment Plan The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in conjunction with the Dept. of Justice, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Agriculture and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe today lodged a consent decree ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Asbestos Violations; Printer to Reduce Emissions

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news: Business Owner Pleads Guilty for Asbestos Violations, False Tax Returns A businessman from New York state pled guilty Friday to two environmental charges that could result in federal prison time. Daniel Black, 56, the president of Blackstone Business Enterprises Inc., entered ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: GM Settlement; Happy Groundwater Investigation; Boise Chemical Fire

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news: DOJ and 14 States Reach $641 Million Settlement for Former GM Facilities Remediation The U.S. Dept. of Justice and Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment announced Thursday that they have entered into a bankruptcy settlement agreement with Motors Liquidation Company ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Recycling Fraud, Toledo Sewer Agreement, Fertilizer Waste Violations, Lead Abatement Workshop

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news: Bail Set in Calif. Recycling Fraud Action    A Riverside County Superior Court Judge on Thursday set bail of $300,000  for a local recycling center owner arrested along with two employees last week by special agents with the  California Attorney General’s ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: PCB Cleanup; School Asbestos Violations; PVC Mfr Penalties; Import Safety Task Force

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news: Recycling Company to Pay $52,000 Fine for PCB Violations  The owner of an inoperative Bridgeport, Conn. brass facility has agreed to pay $52,000 for violating federal regulations covering the disposal, use, storage and marking violations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).  The Fairfield-based ... Read more »

Biopolymers Are Dirtier to Produce than Oil-Based Polymers, say Researchers

While polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polycarbonate (PC) ranked last among 12 different petroleum- and biomass-based polymers evaluated by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, using green design principles and lifecycle assessment (LCA) tools, the research also finds that biopolymers aren’t necessarily cleaner than the oil-based polymers, reports 3BL Media. Polyethylene ... Read more »

Coke, Del Monte, Kraft, Wal-Mart Get Failing Grades for Using BPA

Major brands including Hain Celestial, H.J. Heinz, ConAgra, and General Mills received an “A” grade for working to eliminate the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food can linings, while others including Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Kraft and Wal-Mart, failed to keep pace with the industry leaders and received “F” scores, according ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Nine Superfund Sites Proposed; Darigold Fined; Formaldehyde Rules

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news: EPA Proposes Nine Sites for Superfund List The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced it is proposing to add nine hazardous waste sites that it believes pose risks to human health and the environment to the general Superfund section of the ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Superfund Settlement; Kentucky Sues EPA; Cleanup Plan Meeting

Rutgers Organics Settles Kepone Superfund Claims The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection yesterday lodged a proposed settlement with Rutgers Organics Corp. in the U.S. District Court in Harrisburg. The settlement is for reimbursement of costs incurred by EPA, PADEP and the Department of Justice ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Abatement Firm Convicted; Bayou Cleanup; Cement Rule Petition

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news: Asbestos Abatement Firm Convicted of Fraud and Conspiracy Yesterday a federal jury in Utica, New York found Certified Environmental Services, Inc. (CES), two of its managers, Nicole Copeland and Elisa Dunn and one of its employees, Sandy Allen, guilty of conspiring ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Causes of Euclid Chemical Fire Under Investigation, Whatley Farmer to Restore Wetlands

Causes of Euclid Chemicals Co. Fire Under Investigation A fire destroyed the Euclid Chemical Company manufacturing plaint in central Illinois on Saturday, but no injuries were reported and the cause remains unknown, Paint and Coatings Industry News reports. The plant was closed at the time, and none of its 15 ... Read more »


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