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Senate Spending Proposal Clarifies OSHA Chemical Inspection Policy, Boosts NIOSH
A draft report and budget released by a Senate Appropriations subcommittee July 24 makes a significant change from past OSHA budgets, clarifying that the agency can inspect small establishments where the potential for a catastrophic chemical incident exists. The additional details on fiscal 2015 budget proposals for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other safety agencies were ...
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Kahoka, Mo., landowners and two businesses ordered to halt hazardous waste pollution at chemical processing site
EPA Region 7 has ordered the owners of a Clark County, Mo., property, along with an Illinois minerals brokerage firm, and a Missouri company that processes materials at the location, to immediately halt the handling and processing of hazardous materials that have contaminated the property and an adjacent stream. TNT General Contracting, Inc., of Kahoka, Mo.; Webb Minerals, LLC, of Quincy, Ill.; ...
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Chemical Company Takes Steps to Make Fall River, Mass. Community Safer Following EPA Enforcement
A Fall River, Mass. company has taken significant steps to make its chemical manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution facility safer following an Administrative Compliance Order issued by EPA in March 2014 that identified several dangerous conditions arising from the company’s use, storage and handling of chlorine and ammonia. In a related settlement agreement filed by EPA, Borden also ...
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St. Charles County, Mo., public water supply district to pay $5,696 civil penalty for risk management program violations
The Public Water Supply District (PWSD) No. 2, of St. Charles County, Mo., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $5,696 to the United States for Risk Management Program violations related to its use of chlorine gas as a disinfectant at its drinking water treatment facility in Defiance, Mo. As part of an administrative civil settlement with EPA Region 7, PWSD No. 2 has also agreed to spend at ...
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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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Cenex harvest states, inc. To pay EPA penalty and conduct safety workshops
Minnesota-based Cenex Harvest States (CHS), Inc has agreed to settle a series of alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its facilities in Garretson, SD for $35,200. This includes a $15,500 civil penalty and $19,700 which will be used to conduct several agricultural ammonia safety workshops in multiple states including North and South Dakota. These workshops will include information on how the ...
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Ontario, Calif., Food Processor to Pay $157,000 Fine for Toxic Ammonia Release
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with food processing company Ventura Foods, LLC, located in Ontario, Calif. Ventura Foods has agreed to pay $157,900 for violations of federal regulations including failing to notify the proper officials immediately following the release of anhydrous ammonia, failure to submit a required Risk Management Plan, and inadequate ...
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Tetra micronutrients to pay $70,000 penalty for risk management program violations at Fairbury, Neb., Facility
International Mineral Technologies, LLC, doing business as Tetra Micronutrients, of The Woodlands, Texas, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $70,000 to the United States for Risk Management Program violations related to the use of anhydrous ammonia at its former Fairbury, Neb., facility. According to an administrative consent agreement filed by EPA Region 7 in Kansas City, Kan., an inspection ...
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National cooperative refinery association to pay $700,000 in penalties for violations at Kansas refinery and storage facility
The National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA) has agreed to pay $700,000 in penalties to the United States and the State of Kansas, and perform a series of injunctive relief actions, to settle violations of federal environmental laws and the Kansas State Implementation Plan at its petroleum refinery and underground storage facility in McPherson County, Kan. As part of a consent decree ...
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Settlement with Suiza Dairy Corporation For Violations at Facilities in Puerto Rico Will Make Facilities Safer, Benefit Nearby Communities
Suiza Dairy has agreed to pay a penalty and make significant upgrades to settle Clean Air Act violations, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The case stems from violations at two Suiza Dairy Corporation dairies located in Rio Piedras and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, including two major releases of anhydrous ammonia from the Rio Piedras ...
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Groton and Norwich, Conn., Water Treatment Plant Upgrades Will Make Communities Safer under EPA Settlements
The cities of Groton and Norwich, Conn. will make significant upgrades to their drinking water treatment plants by eliminating the use of chlorine gas at these facilities. These actions settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that the cities violated federal clean air laws meant to prevent chemical accidents. Groton and Norwich will pay penalties of $7,000 and $8,330, ...
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S. Portland maine facility faces EPA sanction for unsafe storage of hazardous chemicals
A chemical manufacturing and distribution facility in South Portland, Maine, faces an EPA fine of up to $151,900 for improper storage of hazardous materials, in violation of federal and state laws. Monson Companies Inc. of Leominster, Mass., which operates a warehouse, distribution, repackaging and custom blending chemical manufacturing facility, was recently issued a complaint by EPA for its ...
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EPA Requires Five New England Companies to Better Manage Hazardous Chemicals to Protect Community
Five companies in New England that store or use extremely hazardous chemicals are taking action to improve the safety of their operations, following settlements with EPA for violating federal regulations meant to prevent chemical accidents from occurring. All five companies – two in Connecticut, two in Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire – were charged with violating Clean Air Act ...
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