construction site pollutant News
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Puerto Rico Developer to Pay $500,000 Penalty to Address Clean Water Act Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has reached an agreement with F&R Contractors Corp. and F&R Contractors LLC (F&R) to settle the companies’ alleged violations of requirements to control pollution from stormwater discharges. The agreement requires F&R to pay a $500,000 penalty, establish new staffing positions to oversee a stormwater compliance ...
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EPA issues permit for stormwater discharges from construction sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a new permit, in accordance with the Clean Water Act, that will provide streamlined permitting to thousands of construction operators, while protecting our nation’s waterways from discharges of polluted stormwater from construction sites. Stormwater discharges from construction sites can contain harmful pollutants, such as nutrients, ...
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EPA files Complaint, Seeks Penalties against Black Diamond Engineering for Federal Clean Water Act violations
(Sandpoint, Idaho – Sept. 17, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed an administrative complaint against Black Diamond Engineering. The complaint alleges violations of EPA’s Construction Storm Water General Permit (CGP) and proposes a penalty of $5,000. The alleged violations occurred at the Cedars at Sandcreek construction site (Site), located at 400 Schweitzer Cutoff ...
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EPA re-issues permit for construction site stormwater
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is re-issuing a stormwater Construction General Permit (CGP), which expired July 1, 2008, for a two-year time period. The permit will apply only where EPA is the permitting authority, which is in five states (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Idaho and Alaska); Washington, D.C.; most territories; and most Indian country lands. The CGP ...
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US: Order issued to Kansas department of transportation to correct construction stormwater issues along U.S. highway 59 project
EPA Region 7 has issued an administrative compliance order to the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), directing it to correct a series of violations of a stormwater permit issued for the U.S. Highway 59 construction site in Douglas and Franklin counties of Kansas. EPA inspectors visited the highway construction site in August to evaluate KDOT’s management of stormwater and ...
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Iowa department of transportation and three contractors to pay $60,000 civil penalty for construction stormwater violations (IA)
The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) and three of its contractors have agreed to pay a $60,000 civil penalty for violating the terms of a stormwater permit issued for the U.S. Highway 30 construction project in Tama County, Iowa. IDOT, along with JB Holland Construction, Inc., of Decorah, Iowa; Peterson Contractors, Inc., of Reinbeck, Iowa; and Scheckel Construction, Inc., of Bellevue, ...
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Mt. Tom Power Station will pay penalty for clean water act violations (MA)
The Mt. Tom Generating Company, LLC, has agreed to a settlement of $40,814 for violations of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). The company violated its federally issued permit over a five month period when it was conducting construction work at its coal-fired power plant facility, located in Holyoke, Mass. The company discharges its wastewater to the Connecticut River. Discharges of muddy storm ...
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