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Expanded Polystyrene Manufacturers Use Ship & Shore Environmental to Meet Clean Air Regulations
Anyone who has encountered foam clamshells for restaurant take-out food, white or green “peanut” packing to cushion shipments, or those thick foam blocks for protecting boxed furniture is familiar with expanded polystyrene (EPS). In use since the 1930s, EPS continues to gain popularity and is used around the world in applications from surfboard cores to roadways to building and construction ...
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EPA Slashes Sulfur Content of Diesel Fuel for Trains, Ships, and Nonroad Equipment
Harmful emissions from locomotives, most marine vessels, and land-based nonroad engines will be cut starting June 1 because of new standards for sulfur content in diesel fuel. Under a 2004 clean-air regulation established by EPA, refineries must reduce sulfur from current levels of about 3,000 parts per million in nonroad diesel fuel to a maximum of 500 ppm, with few exceptions. This is the ...
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Belden and Blake to pay $42,504 penalty to settle alleged environmental violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Belden and Blake Corporation will pay a $42,504 penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations at its natural gas liquid extraction plant at 1950 West Washington St., Bradford, Pa. EPA alleged that the company failed to comply with federal clean air regulations intended to prevent accidental releases of flammable substances. The ...
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Air pollutant destruction efficiencies of CMM regenerative thermal oxidizers exceed all government standards
Available with airflow capacities from 3,000 to 200,000 scfm+, Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTOs) from The CMM Group provide air pollutant destruction efficiencies exceeding all local, state and federal clean air regulations. By utilizing ceramic media packed into vertical canisters as a high-efficiency heat exchanger, CMM RTOs can destroy 99%+ of the air pollutants emitted from process ...
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Calgon Carbon Awarded Three Year Contract for Carbon Adsorption System and Reactivation Services for Petroleum Refining Facility
Calgon Carbon Corporation (CCC: NYSE) announced it has been awarded a three-year contract by a petroleum refining company in the Midwest to supply 30 carbon adsorption systems and reactivation services to control vapor emissions. The value of the contract will depend upon the amount of spent activated carbon that is reactivated annually, which is expected to be in excess of two million pounds ...
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Companies agree to improve safety measures at natural gas operations in Western PA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today two separate settlements with companies that have agreed to improve operation of their natural gas facilities in western Pennsylvania. EPA alleged that the companies failed to comply with federal clean air regulations to prevent accidental releases of flammable substances. Mark West Liberty Midstream & Resources has agreed to install ...
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Motorcycle Importer Pays Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Violations
EPA has reached a settlement with a motorcycle importer, International Motorsports, LLC (IMS) to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act related to the importation of 124 motorcycles into the United States. In May 2012, EPA conducted inspections at the Port of Boston and found that the labels on all 124 motorcycles in IMS’s May 2012 shipment do not include the information required ...
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Clean Air Settlements with Vermont Ferry Company will Minimize Emissions in Two Vermont Communities
Lake Champlain Transportation Company, which operates ship repair and painting facilities in Burlington and Shelburne, Vermont, will take actions to minimize air emissions and protect air quality. In addition, under the settlement, Lake Champlain Transportation Company will pay $100,000 in penalties to resolve EPA claims that the company violated both federal and state clean air regulations. The ...
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EPA issues order on asbestos cleanup at the arsenal business center in Philadelphia
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an administrative compliance order on March 31, 2011 to the owner (Arsenal Associates) and the property management company (Hankin Management, Inc.), of the Arsenal Business Center (formerly known as the Frankford Arsenal), located at 2275 Bridge Street, Philadelphia, Pa. EPA’s order, which becomes effective on April 6, 2011, addresses ...
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Rhode Island Shipbuilder to Pay Fine and Take Actions to Reduce Air Emissions under Settlement with EPA
Blount Boats, Inc., which operates a shipbuilding and ship repair facility in Warren, R.I., has agreed to pay a $24,000 penalty and spend at least $230,000 on a clean air project to resolve EPA claims that Blount violated both federal and state clean air regulations. Blount’s facility builds and repairs vessels such as transport ferries and small cruise ships. Specifically, EPA alleged ...
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National Chemical Company will upgrade facilities and pay fine to settle clean air violations
A national company that distributes ammonia has agreed to install and operate $345,000 in ammonia leak detection systems at 14 facilities across the country to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it violated federal clean air regulations on chemical risk management at plants in Rhode Island and Michigan. Tanner Industries, based in Southhampton, Penn., also agreed to ...
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Small Engine Rule to Bring Big Emissions Cuts
EPA continues to mow down harmful emissions from the nonroad sector with a new proposal that sets strict standards for most lawn and garden equipment and small recreational watercraft. 'From the largest locomotives to the smallest lawn mowers, EPA's current and planned clean air regulations will continue environmental progress, keeping the air cleaner than a generation ago,' said EPA Acting ...
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National car rental fined nearly $500K for diesel idling violations at logan and bradley airports (CT, MA)
Pending court approval, several companies affiliated with National Car Rental will pay a fine of $475,000 for repeated violations of motor vehicle idling regulations at two New England airports: Logan International in Boston, Mass. and Bradley International near Hartford, Conn. On numerous occasions in 2006 and 2007, EPA investigators observed the shuttle buses that carry passengers from the ...
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Climate Change Having Major Effect on U.S. Law, ABA Book Finds
CHICAGO May 25, 2007 – Though Congress has not adopted any laws that explicitly require the control of greenhouse gas emissions, concern over climate change has already begun to have a significant effect on U.S. law. Most of the states and many cities have adopted laws aimed at climate change. Lawsuits have been brought all over the country concerning the applicability of the Clean Air Act, the ...
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Sorrento settles with EPA for chemical management violations at Nampa, Idaho plant
Sorrento Lactalis, Inc. will pay $91,352 in a settlement for violations of Clean Air Act regulations intended to prevent chemical accidents. The violations occurred at Sorrento’s cheese manufacturing facility in Nampa, Idaho. According to the settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as far back as 2007 Sorrento did not meet risk management requirements such as properly ...
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Kansas Power Giant Adopts Cautious Climate Change Policy
TOPEKA, Kansas, September 12, 2007 (ENS) - The largest electric utility in Kansas has formally adopted a climate change policy which provides the company a framework within which to make corporate decisions that affect the environment. The publicly traded Westar Energy, Inc. provides service to 673,000 customers with 12 power plants - 11 are fueled with coal, oil and natural gas, and one is a ...
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Compound Allowed as Alternative to Ozone-Depleting Chemicals for Specific Uses
Washington, D.C. – Through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program EPA is allowing the use of n-propyl bromide, a nonflammable organic solvent, as an alternative to ozone-depleting substances in metals, electronics, and precision cleaning. EPA is also proposing to allow the use of n-propyl bromide (nPB) in specific coatings applications and to prohibit its use in aerosol solvents ...
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U.S. EPA fines Bay Area auto dealer for air violations
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined a Sunnyvale Ford dealership $37,700 for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act. Sunnyvale Ford Inc, located at 650 E. El Camino Real in Sunnyvale, failed to comply with federal requirements for mechanics who service and repair automobile air conditioning systems. Mechanics at the facility lacked the EPA-approved training ...
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Texas` Energy Future files Chapter 11 reorganization
Energy Future Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in a Delaware court on Tuesday, an expected move that will not harm power production or distribution in Texas as the company halves its $40 billion debt load. The company owns TXU Energy, which has the largest share of the Texas retail electricity market, and Luminant, the state's largest power generator, but the bankruptcy is ...
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U.S. EPA settles with Carrier Guam for $63,922 for illegal importation of ozone-depleting substances
(10/01/07) HONOLULU – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached a settlement with Carrier Guam, of Tamuning, a refrigeration and heating equipment services company, for allegedly importing refrigerants regulated by the Clean Air Act. The company imported 32,356 kilograms of hydrochlorofluorocarbon, an ozone-depleting substance. The EPA’s stratospheric ozone protection regulations ...
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