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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: ANWR Drilling Push, Canada Reacts, EV Fire Probe

November 14, 2011 by Environmental Leader

A jobs-related proposal from House Republicans to support new infrastructure spending is dominating by a plan to massively expand offshore oil and gas leasing and open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, The Hill reported. The proposal was announced days after President Obama unveiled a five-year offshore drilling ... Read more »

Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Senate Saves EPA Rules, BP Fines, Rat Bait Cancellation

November 4, 2011November 4, 2011 by Environmental Leader

Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican-sponsored jobs package that included a provision to block EPA rules that will scale back toxic emissions from industrial boilers and cement factories, Reuters reported. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was the lone Democrat to vote for the bill and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) was ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New House Bills, EU Airline Lawsuit, Mountaintop Removal

October 7, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to block the EPA’s proposed rule to reduce emissions from large cement manufacturing plants, The New York Times reported. The bill passed 262-161, with 25 Democrats and all but two Republicans voting in favor. Later on Thursday, the House also voted for ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EPA Lawsuits Pricetag, Climate Talks, Solar Grants

September 2, 2011June 23, 2013 by Environmental Leader

The Department of Justice spent about $3.3 million annually between 1995 and 2010 to defend the EPA from lawsuits brought by industry, environmental and citizens groups, the Government Accountability Office stated in a report requested by Senate Republicans. In addition, owing to statutory requirements to pay certain successful plaintiffs for attorney ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Nuclear Fears, Strange Bedfellows, EPA Review

August 24, 2011 by Environmental Leader

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a final version of its regulatory review plan on Tuesday to comply with President Barack Obama’s order that agency rules not overly burden business, The Hill reported. The EPA said it will review 35 regulations under the final plan with an eye toward “modifying, ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Imperial Sugar, Wetlands Fill, Gas Storage

August 10, 2011June 5, 2013 by Environmental Leader

Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division says Imperial Sugar will pay $80,000 to settle charges that the company violated state clean water standards, Georgia Public Broadcasting reported. The company self-reported the incidents of sugar wastewater discharged to the Savannah River, which occurred two years following a refinery explosion that killed 14 people. ... Read more »

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rules, Light Bulb Bill Defeated, IRIS Evaluation

July 13, 2011June 4, 2013 by Environmental Leader

New rules targeting the combined effects of nitrogen and sulfur emissions on water quality are expected from the EPA as early as today. The agency’s assessment (pdf) concluded that current Clean Air Act regulations are not adequate for the deposition-related effects on sensitive ecosystems, including acidification and nutrient enrichment. The White ... Read more »

Compliance & Standards Briefing: ISO 50001, EVs, Lead in Plumbing

June 28, 2011June 4, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

AU Optronics Corp. has announced that its G8.5 facility (pictured) in Central Taiwan Science Park has passed the ISO 50001standard for energy management, which AUO says makes it the first manufacturer in the world to obtain the certification. The same plant won LEED Platinum status last month. Meanwhile, AUO’s TV ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: Wastewater CEO Sent to Prison

June 14, 2011June 14, 2011 by Leon Walker

An owner and operator of wastewater treatment facilities has been sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana to 21 months in prison and a $310,000 criminal fine for violating the Clean Water Act. Jeffrey Pruett, the CEO of LWC Management Company, Inc. and principal of ... Read more »

AEP Says EPA Rules Will Raise Businesses’ Rates 10-35%

June 9, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations would cost AEP $6 billion to $8 billion by the end of the decade and raise electricity prices for its business customers by 10 to 35 percent or more, the utility said today. AEP said that cumulative costs of EPA regulations have been “vastly ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: Moran Beef to Pay $20,000 over Water Allegations

May 31, 2011 by Leon Walker

Moran Beef Inc. – a beef feedlot in Underwood, Iowa – has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty over allegations of unpermitted wastewater discharges from its facility into a nearby watercourse, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced. Moran agreed to pay the penalty as part of an administrative ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: Texas Egg Company to Pay Largest Ever EPA Factory Farm Penalty

May 20, 2011 by Leon Walker

Texas agricultural corporation Mahard Egg Farm Inc. is to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its egg production facilities in Texas and Oklahoma, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Justice Department have announced. Along with the penalty, which ... Read more »

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