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EPA, Army Corps Expand Clean Water Act Coverage

April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

The federal government has released updated guidance to expand the definition of areas covered by the Clean Water Act, as part of a joint framework between four departments. The draft guidance by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to delineate which waterways, water bodies ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: Dubuque to Pay $3.5m in Clean Water Settlement

April 27, 2011April 27, 2011 by Leon Walker

The City of Dubuque, Iowa, has agreed to pay a $205,000 civil penalty and spend an additional $3 million on improvements to its water pollution control plant and sewer collection system over the next three years, to settle a series of alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Dubuque ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Clean Water Act, Lead Hazards

April 7, 2011July 3, 2017 by Leon Walker

Here’s a roundup of the latest Environmental Enforcement stories: Montana’s Bar One Ranch will pay a penalty of $275,000 and complete the restoration of 13.9 acres of wetlands and streams in Missoula County, Mont., to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it violated the Clean Water Act. According ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: EPA Proposes Plant Cooling Regulations to Protect Fish

March 30, 2011March 30, 2011 by Leon Walker

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday proposed for public comment standards that it says will protect billions of fish and other aquatic animals drawn into cooling systems at power plants and large factories. The proposal is based on Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, which requires power plant operators ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: Coal Giant Consol to Pay $5m for Clean Water Act Infringements

March 15, 2011March 15, 2011 by Leon Walker

America’s largest producer of coal from underground mines, Consol Energy Inc., has agreed to pay a $5.5 million civil penalty for Clean Water Act violations at six of its mines in West Virginia, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of West Virginia have ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: Grand Jury Indicts Father and Son Wastewater Team

February 28, 2011February 25, 2011 by Leon Walker

A federal grand jury has indicted the general manager and a shift supervisor of a wastewater treatment facility in Shreveport, La., for alleged illegal discharge of wastewater. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced Thursday that general manager John Tuma, 53, of Centerville, Texas, and shift supervisor Cody Tuma, 27, of ... Read more »

EPA Revokes Mountaintop Mining Permit

January 14, 2011October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday that it is revoking a water permit for one of the nation’s largest mountaintop removal mine projects because it would pollute water, harm wildlife and Appalachian communities in West Virginia. EPA’s assistant administrator for water, Peter S. Silva told the Associated Press that the agency ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement: Water Contractor Faces Criminal Charges

December 13, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

Wastewater Contractor Charged with Conspiracy and Clean Water Act Violations A water service contractor and two of its employees were charged with and felony violations of the Clean Water Act in a 26-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. United Water Services Inc., ... Read more »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Circuit Board Maker Charged; Contractor Convicted; E15 Pump Regulations Meeting

November 15, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news Former Circuit Board Manufacturer Faces Hazardous Waste Charges A former circuit board manufacturer in Monticello, Iowa was charged last week in federal court for storing hazardous waste without a permit and discharging that waste into Kitty Creek, Trading Markets reports. ... Read more »

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

October 22, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

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 »

Environmental Enforcement Roundup: Univ. of Maine; Ellenville Scrap; Vermont Ski Resort

October 13, 2010October 18, 2016 by Environmental Leader

EPA Orders University of Main to Restore Wetlands EPA has ordered the University of Maine to restore wetlands on its campus in Orono, Maine, the agency announced yesterday. According to EPA,the wetlands were filled between 1984 and 2009 during the construction of buildings, roads, and parking areas; installation of culverts; ... Read more »

EPA Bows to Enviro Groups, Investigates Farm Waste in Water

May 27, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an agreement with several environmental groups to consider regulating water pollution from factory farms, according to press reports and a press release by the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC). The NRDC led a consortium of organization including the ... Read more »

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