hazardous substances News
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U.S. EPA fines Central California facility $30,000 for hazardous waste violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined one of the largest metal food can makers in the United States $30,000 for the improper management of hazardous waste at its Riverbank, California facility. Inspections at Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp. in 2009 and 2010 uncovered violations of federal standards governing the handling and storing of hazardous waste. In this case, the ...
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U.S. EPA fines reno area facility $79,500 for hazardous waste violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined a hazardous waste treatment, storage and recycling company $79,500 for the improper management of hazardous waste at its Fernley facility. A 2010 inspection at 21st Century Environmental Management of Nevada, LLC, uncovered violations of federal standards governing the handling and storage of hazardous waste. In this case, the facility processes and ...
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U.S. EPA Fines Biosearch Technologies of Novato, Calif. for Hazardous Waste Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has fined Biosearch Technologies $31,500 for improper management of hazardous waste at its Novato, Calif. facility. Biosearch Technologies is a large quantity generator of hazardous waste in an industrial area of the city located in Marin County. The company designs and manufactures products, such as DNA sequencing kits, for the ...
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EPA Settlement with Dura Bond Pipe will Help Protect Residents in the Harrisburg Area
In an EPA settlement, Dura Bond Pipe, LLC, located in Steelton, Pa., has agreed to pay a $45,040 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its metal coating facility in Steelton, Pennsylvania. EPA cited Dura Bond Pipe for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal law governing the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. ...
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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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EPA settlement with NASA resolves environmental violations at Goddard Space Flight Center
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has agreed to pay a $50,660 penalty to settle alleged violations of federal environmental regulations at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, Va., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The settlement brings the Flight Center into compliance with environmental regulations that help protect communities and the ...
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EPA adds Gary site to Superfund National priorities list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today added the Gary Development Landfill in Gary, Indiana, to the Superfund National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. Before it closed in 1989, the Gary Development Landfill accepted hazardous waste ...
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EPA to oversee cleanup of a portion of the NewBurgh landfill; public information session set for May 18
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will oversee the removal of deteriorated drums, containers of hazardous materials and contaminated soil from a portion of the Newburgh landfill in Newburgh, N.Y. Investigations have revealed that the drums contain hazardous waste including chromium, lead, ignitable materials and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Some of these substances, such as ...
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U.S. EPA Directs Rare Earth Mine in San Bernardino County to Correct Hazardous Waste Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered Molycorp Minerals, LLC, to pay a $27,300 penalty for improper management of hazardous waste at its San Bernardino County mine and mineral processing facility. The violations were discovered as part of unannounced EPA inspections in October 2012. EPA testing at the facility determined that leaked or spilled lead-iron filter cake had impacted ...
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Unilateral administrative order issued regarding Mottolo superfund site in Raymond, N.H. (NH)
EPA has signed a Unilateral Administrative Order, requiring Gillingham Road, LLC to refrain from installing any new groundwater wells or pumping any currently installed groundwater wells on property located northwest of the Mottolo Pig Farm Superfund Site in Raymond, N.H. The UAO serves to prevent the release of hazardous substances because the property is located in an area where new groundwater ...
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EPA Settlement Protects Arkansas Community Company will invest $750,000 for environmental project
In an effort to protect local citizens from the dangers of hazardous waste, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently ordered Clean Harbors El Dorado, L.L.C. to pay a $581,236 penalty for improperly identifying and disposing of hazardous waste, improper storage of hazardous waste, and failure to comply with air emissions standards at its El Dorado, Ark. incineration facility. ...
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Importance of Thermal Desorption Unit for Waste Management
A thermal desorption unit (TDU) plays a crucial role in waste management, particularly in the treatment of contaminated waste streams. This article explores the significance of a thermal desorption unit in waste management, emphasizing its environmental benefits, economic advantages, and contribution to regulatory compliance and sustainability.Definition and Purpose of a Thermal Desorption Unit ...
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EPA Settlement with GlaxoSmithKline Protects Community Health and the Environment from Hazardous Waste Pollution in King of Prussia, Pa.
In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (GSK) has agreed to properly manage the hazardous waste at its research and development facility in King of Prussia, Pa. GSK, located at 709 Swedeland Rd., has also agreed to pay a $317,550 penalty to settle the alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations EPA cited GSK for violating the Resource ...
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Two New England companies fined for violating hazardous waste management requirements
Two New England companies that store and distribute hazardous chemicals have agreed in separate settlements to pay a total of more than $179,000 in penalties and to donate about $43,000 worth of equipment and training to local fire departments to settle EPA claims that they violated federal laws regulating companies that handle hazardous chemicals. Settlement agreements with EPA’s New ...
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EPA announces Nevada environmental enforcement accomplishments for 2006
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement actions in Nevada for 2006 brought environmental and public health benefits for the state’s residents as polluters paid over $4 million to correct environmental violations and prevent future pollution. The EPA invested approximately $2.25 million in Superfund monies to abate further environmental damage at the ...
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Rich and poor nations should link up to recycle e-waste
A global system can tackle e-waste until developing countries can do so themselves, say Ruediger Kuehr and Feng Wang. Since the 1990s, electrical and electronic equipment have revolutionised people’s lives. And with ever-increasing technological innovation, their lifetimes are, on the whole, decreasing. This means that electronic waste — or e-waste — is a fast-growing waste ...
By SciDev.Net
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Onyx Continues to Lead the Industry with a Progressive Approach to Managing End-of-life Electronics
California Integrated Waste Management Board certifies Onyx as an Approved Collector and Recycler under the California Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (SB20) Azusa, Cal. (April 5, 2005) — Onyx Environmental Services (OES) announced today that it has been notified by the California Integrated Waste Management Board as a “Dual Entity” and is considered an approved “Collector” and ...
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EPA and Yonkers Paint Company Settle Hazardous Waste Suit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal settlement with T.C. Dunham Paint Company of Yonkers, New York, resolving alleged violations of federal hazardous waste law. EPA inspections revealed the company had generated hazardous wastes that were improperly labeled and stored in Yonkers. As part of the agreement announced today, T.C. Dunham Paint Company will come into compliance ...
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