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Unilever Fine Used to Fund Water Quality Projects

April 10, 2014April 10, 2014 by Kirsten Korosec

About $500,000 of the $4.5 million in fines Unilever agreed to pay for the illegal discharge of industrial waste from its now-closed factory in Clinton, Connecticut will be used to fund water quality or ecosystem restoration in the lower Hammonasset River watershed. Another $500,000 will be used to build a ... Read more »

Rio Tinto Abandoning Pebble Mine

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Rio Tinto will divest its 19 percent stake in the Pebble Mine project in Alaska and donates its shares to two state charities. The proposed gold, copper and molybdenum mine is under review by the federal government for its impacts on the nearby Bristol Bay watershed and its sockeye salmon breeding ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP’s Latest Spill, Rare Earths, NESHAP

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA is investigating possible violations of the Clean Water Act following BP’s crude oil spill into Lake Michigan from its Whiting, Ind., refinery. BP today more than doubled its estimate of the maximum amount spilled, to 39 barrels, or 1,638 gallons. The EPA said the spill likely poses no long-term risk ... Read more »

EPA, Army Corps Rule Seeks to Clarify Clean Water Act

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 by Bill Opalka

EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers jointly released a proposed rule that they say would clarify protection under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for streams and wetlands. The rule would extend protections to wetlands and intermittent streams that flow seasonally or only after a rainfall. Determining CWA protection ... Read more »

Unilever Violates Clean Water Act, Pays $1 Million

December 9, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Unilever has plead guilty to two counts of violating the US Clean Water Act and will pay a $1 million fine under an agreement reached with the EPA and the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut (USAO). The agreement stems from a Dec. 5, 2008 incident at Unilever’s ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: NY Gas Reserve, Tesla Fire, Coal Protest

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

New York plans to create a gasoline reserve holding three million gallons of fuel, in an effort to avoid long lines at gas stations such as those seen after Hurricane Sandy, the New York Times reports. The $10 million pilot program would be the first state-owned gasoline reserve in the ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Molasses Spill Probe, Bechtel Faulted

October 4, 2013July 3, 2017 by Tamar Wilner

An investigation into a molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor, which was likely Hawaii’s worst-ever marine environmental disaster, has been set back by the federal government shutdown. Officials overseeing the probe at the EPA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been sent home, though state environmental regulators continue investigating whether ... Read more »

Contract Wins: Xylem, Tetra Tech, Presona, Rotork, Abt Associates

October 1, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Xylem has won a contract worth RMB 11.48 million ($1.87 million) to provide an ozone generation and introduction system to help ensure a safe municipal water supply in the Jinshan district of Shanghai. Xylem will provide its Wedeco-branded ozone generation and introduction system and will also provide its integrated service ... Read more »

EPA Raid on Gold Mining Town Under Investigation

September 6, 2013September 6, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Small-scale miners in an remote Alaskan gold mining town were surprised by an environmental task force of federal regulators decked out in full body armor, who swarmed the area to check for clean water violations. The tactics of the federal regulators, who descended on Chicken, a town of 17 full-time ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Power Plant Rules, Enviro Regulator ‘Forced Out’

August 21, 2013August 21, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA plans to force utilities to limit emissions of hazardous pollutants during power plant shut-down, start-up and malfunctioning. Environmental groups are pressuring the agency to finalize the rule, which is due by September 26, the Hill reports. The Government Accountability Office has agreed to three Republican lawmakers’ request that ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gas Tank Standards, Train Rules, Chevron Fines

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA issued updates on Monday to its April 2012 oil and natural gas standards for storage tanks. The updates will phase in emission control deadlines, starting with higher-emitting tanks first. Storage tanks emitting 6 or more tons of VOCs a year must reduce emissions by 95 percent, with deadlines of April ... Read more »

EPA to Publish Companies’ Water Data

August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by Leon Walker

The EPA has proposed changing from paper to e-reporting in an attempt to modernize enforcement of the Clean Water Act, and plans to make companies’ data accessible to the public. The switch would make information about specific facilities — such as inspection and enforcement history, pollutant monitoring results and other ... Read more »

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