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$2.7 Million Available to Local Communities to Reduce Toxic Exposure
Washington, D.C. - EPA today announced that $2.7 million is available to support community-based partnerships in reducing risks from toxics in local communities. EPA will award about $2.7 million in two types of cooperative agreements through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. Level I cooperative agreements will help establish community-based partnerships and set ...
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Argentine judge slaps embargo on $19 billion in chevron assets
In a major blow to Chevron’s effort to avoid paying a historic $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador, an Argentine judge today signed the first of what is expected to be many orders freezing billions of dollars of assets owned by the U.S. oil company. The order, signed by Civil Judge Adrian Elcuj Miranda of the Commercial Court of Justice in Buenos Aries, freezes almost all Chevron ...
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New US policy `interferes` with analysis of toxic chemicals and their risk to public health
A new White House policy deals a crippling blow to the ability of the scientific staff of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify chemicals that pose the greatest risk to public health, potentially putting millions of people at risk, according to public health experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). At issue is the interference with EPA’s Integrated Risk Information ...
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Senate confirms Pruitt to lead EPA
Despite strong objections by environmentalists and clean energy groups, the U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), putting President Donald Trump in prime position to fulfill his campaign pledge to revitalize America’s coal and fossil fuel industries. Senators voted 52-46 to confirm Mr. Pruitt, the former attorney general of Oklahoma who has ...
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Washington landlord cited for failing to notify tenants of lead paint
Robert Kerr of Everett, Washington will pay a penalty for alleged violations of the federal Real Estate Notification and Disclosure Rule, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Kerr leases properties located in Bellingham, Washington. From 2008-2010, Mr. Kerr leased 26 residential units numerous times and failed to notify tenants about the presence of lead ...
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Oregon landlord cited for failing to notify tenants of lead paint hazards
The Curtis O. Baney Marital Trust of Oregon failed to notify tenants of potential lead paint risks in housing near Klamath Falls, Oregon, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The failure to notify renters is a violation of a federal law designed to protect tenants from lead-based paint hazards in pre-1978 housing. The trust has agreed to pay a fine to settle ...
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Army Concentrates Environmental Outsourcing Into Three Contracts
WASHINGTON, DC, September 13, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Army is about to consolidate all of its environmental contracting into three giant national contracts worth $840 million, according to internal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER. 'This super-centralization may cause dramatic decreases in flexibility, accountability and quality that will more ...
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Portland area property management company cited for violations of federal lead rules
American Property Management of Portland, Oregon will pay a penalty for alleged violations of the federal Lead Disclosure Rule, according to a settlement with the federal government. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the settlement today, while urging landlords and property owners to inform people of potential risks from lead. ...
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College works painting pays $32,508 EPA penalty for failing to inform homeowners or residents of possible lead hazards
College Works Painting, a company operating in Oregon, has agreed to pay $32,508 penalty for alleged violations of the federal pre-renovation rule. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleged that the Irvine, California based company violated the federal pre-renovation rule while renovating nine properties in Portland, McMinnville, and Hillsboro, Oregon. The federal Pre-Renovation Education ...
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EPA settles with Student Works Painting, Inc., for failure to comply with lead-based paint regulations at a home in Boise, ID
College Works Painting, a California-based painting company (d.b.a. Student Works Painting, Inc.), has agreed to settle alleged violations of federal lead-based paint regulations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The settlement - which includes a $39,532 penalty - covers actions that occurred at a property in Boise, ID, in October, 2011. According to EPA case documents, Student ...
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Jose Font Selected to Direct EPA’s Caribbean Environmental Protection Division
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Jose Font has been selected to lead the EPA’s Caribbean Environmental Protection Division, covering Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The division serves as the primary liaison on environmental issues and problems with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Territory of the Virgin Islands governments, as well as with the ...
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Lakewood, Washington coatings manufacturer fined $14,500 for chemical reporting violations (WA)
Specialty Products, Inc. has agreed to pay a $14,500 penalty for violations of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act at its Lakewood, Washington facility. The company has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failure to report its use of toxic diisocyanates to the Toxics Release Inventory. Specialty Products, Inc. manufactures protective coatings for a ...
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Firm pays fine for not reporting mine pollution
The Canadian-based owner of a gold mine in northern Nevada has agreed to pay a $182,000 civil penalty for failing to correctly report to federal environmental regulators the release of millions of pounds of toxic chemicals - including arsenic and cyanide - into the air and ground. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Thursday with Veris Gold USA, a subsidiary of the ...
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EPA Awards Over $1.6 Million to the State of Oklahoma to Support Environmental Programs
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1,603,137 to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to assist with environmental permitting, enforcement and facility inspections. This Performance Partnership Grant will also be used to perform outreach and education, accreditation of training providers and certification of firms and individuals performing lead-based paint abatement ...
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EPA announces settlement with the department of the interior to resolve violations at DOI Schools in Indian Country/comprehensive settlement to improve environmental conditions at 164 DOI schools in Indian Country, benefitting more than 40,000 students
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a comprehensive settlement with the Department of the Interior (DOI) to address alleged violations of waste, water, air, toxics and community right-to-know laws at schools and public water systems in Indian Country owned, operated, or the legal responsibility of DOI’s Indian Affairs Office. The settlement will ...
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More than 80 Tribal Schools in Arizona, Navajo Nation to improve environmental management
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a comprehensive settlement with the Department of the Interior to address alleged violations of waste, water, air, toxics and community right-to-know laws at schools and public water systems in Indian Country owned or operated by DOI’s Indian Affairs Office. Fifty-five tribal schools in Arizona and thirty-one New Mexico-Navajo ...
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Sterilis Wins “Technology for a Better Tomorrow” Leadership Award from MassTLC
Med tech disruptor recognized for ability to provide a safe, sustainable and cost-effective solution for disposing infectious medical waste. Sterilis CEO Bob Winskowicz accepts the Technology for a Better Future Award at the MassTLC Awards gala. BOXBOROUGH, MA, September 19, 2017 – The Mass Technology Leadership Council has named Sterilis LLC. the winner of the “Technology for a ...
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Several massachusetts citizens receive prestigious regional EPA environmental awards
Nineteen environmental awards will be given to Massachusetts environmental groups, individuals, businesses, nonprofit and government agencies tomorrow in Boston’s Faneuil Hall as EPA presented its annual Environmental Merit Awards for 2011. In addition, a President’s Environmental Youth Award was given to the Boston Latin School Youth Climate Action Network, which received special ...
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