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EPA 2006 Enforcement Highlights for Wisconsin
CHICAGO (Nov. 16, 2006) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its enforcement actions in Wisconsin in 2006 have caused regulated entities to pay more than $6 million to correct past environmental violations and help prevent future ones. In the past fiscal year, EPA resolved 21 actions against regulated entities in Wisconsin; assessed a total of $353,522 in ...
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Former Lupton, Ariz. truck stop owners to pay $80,000 penalty for violating hazardous waste laws
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the former owners and operators of Speedy’s Truck Stop $80,000 for violating federal hazardous waste and community right-to-know laws. The violations at the Lupton, Ariz. facility were found following a series of inspections by Navajo Nation EPA, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. EPA in 2004. Inspectors uncovered ...
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Reverse Logistics for Retail Gain Wider Regulatory Acceptance
Reverse logistics (or reverse distribution) is a process within the retail community that describes the return of unwanted, damaged, unsold, or dated retail products back to the distribution center, warehouse, supplier or manufacturer, for the purpose of redistribution, recycling, reuse, or disposal. However, retailers can sometimes run afoul of long-standing regulations developed for industrial ...
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Making the EPA Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule Work For You
The public comment period on the proposed revisions to the hazardous waste management program closed just before the end of 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed these regulations to ”address gaps in the regulations, provide greater flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage their hazardous waste in a cost-effective and protective manner, and reorganize the ...
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British Columbia environment association launches regulatory compliance project for hazardous waste
In an effort to improve regulatory compliance and general awareness of the legal and technical conditions for the safe management of hazardous wastes, the BC Environment Industry Association, with support from Ministry of Environment, has launched a two-stage Compliance Improvement Project for key industry stakeholders. The first stage of the Compliance Improvement Project involved the ...
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Why hazardous waste must only be treated by specialised companies
According to European directive 91/689/EEC and EU Decision 94/904Legislative Decree 22/97 lists those waste considered hazardous. This list takes into account the origin and composition of the waste. Hazardous wastes are defined as those that meet at least one of the 14 hazard characteristics set forth in European Community regulations with regard to risk to human health and the environment. ...
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Arnette limited of Richmond, Mo., to pay $90,591 civil penalty for hazardous waste and community right-to-know violations
Arnette Limited, LLC, a manufacturer of epoxy blends and advanced resins, has agreed to pay a $90,591 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of violations of environmental regulations related to the storage of hazardous wastes and the public reporting of toxic chemicals at its facilities in Richmond, Mo. According to an administrative consent agreement filed by EPA Region 7 in ...
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Seabrook N.H. Metal Finisher Improves Hazardous Waste Management under EPA Settlement
Under a recent settlement, a Seabrook, N.H., metal finishing company will improve its hazardous waste management practices, thereby improving health protections for the community. Aero-Dynamics, Inc. will also pay a penalty of $118,000, settling EPA claims that it violated hazardous waste regulations. The improved hazardous waste management practices will greatly reduce the risk of a release of ...
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Zippo Manufacturing settles hazardous waste violations at Bradford, Pa. plant
Zippo Manufacturing Company will pay a $186,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its manufacturing facility in Bradford, Pa., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. EPA cited Zippo for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal law governing the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. RCRA is ...
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EPA Requires Hudson, NH Manufacturing Company to Pay a Fine and Make Hazardous Waste Operations Safer for Community
A manufacturer of printing equipment in Hudson, NH has agreed to pay a penalty of $116,000 to resolve claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated hazardous waste laws. In an agreement signed recently with EPA’s New England office, Presstek, Inc. (Presstek) agreed to pay the penalty and to comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Last September, ...
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THURSDAY: EPA to Honor 17 Environmental Job Training Program Graduates in Columbus, Miss.
On Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will recognize graduates from the Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI) during a ceremony beginning at 6 p.m. at the Genesis Dream Center in Columbus, Miss. The SuperJTI program was offered to local residents near the Kerr McGee Chemical Superfund Site to prepare participants for environmental jobs. ...
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EPA Honors 17 Environmental Job Training Program Graduates in Columbus, Miss.
During a ceremony today at the Genesis Dream Center in Columbus, Miss., representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized 17 graduates from the Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI). EPA provided the two-week environmental job training program in conjunction with the ongoing cleanup at the Kerr McGee Chemical Superfund Site. The SuperJTI program was offered to ...
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Under Settlement, North Windham, Conn. Company Reduces Hazardous Waste
In a recent settlement with EPA, the manufacturer of bonded abrasives in North Windham, Conn. has acquired new equipment that will reduce its generation of waste epoxy resins. The settlement resolves allegations by EPA that United Abrasives, Inc. violated federal and state hazardous waste laws. Under the settlement, United Abrasives paid a penalty of $26,619 and spent nearly $100,000 on an ...
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EPA Settlement Protects Community Health and the Environment from Hazardous Waste Pollution in Baltimore
In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations, Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. has agreed to fully comply with hazardous waste regulations that will help protect community health and the environment in Baltimore, Md., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The company operates a manufacturing plant located ...
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EPA Takes Action to Protect Public from Hazardous Waste Fines SUNY Downstate Medical Center for improper storage and handling of hazardous waste
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a legal complaint against SUNY Downstate Medical Center for violating federal hazardous waste law. The hospital must come into compliance with hazardous waste requirements and faces fines up to $156,710 for the improper management and storage of hazardous wastes in two buildings in its Brooklyn, New York campus. EPA inspections revealed the ...
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EPA proposes Columbia Falls Aluminum Plant site for Superfund designation (Montana)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed adding the Anaconda Aluminum Company’s Columbia Falls Reduction Plant (also known as the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Plant), near Columbia Falls, Mont., to the National Priorities List (NPL) making it eligible for additional study and cleanup resources under EPA’s Superfund program. The proposed listing will be subject ...
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EPA, congressional Black Caucus announce joint environmental justice tour
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, today announced plans to visit American communities most ravaged by environmental degradation and pollution. The joint EPA-CBC Environmental Justice Tour will visit several areas throughout the country to highlight environmental justice challenges faced ...
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Stericycle Signs Multi-Year, Multi-Service Agreement With Premier for Hazardous Waste Management
Acute care hospital members can utilize or contract with one provider to manage multiple hazardous waste streams as part of a national agreement. LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Stericycle Inc. (Nasdaq: SRCL), a leader in healthcare-related services that protects people and reduces risk, announced it has been awarded a new contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, the group purchasing unit of Premier Inc. ...
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