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EPA proposes clean air standards for harmful soot pollution
In response to a court order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed updates to its national air quality standards for harmful fine particle pollution, including soot (known as PM2.5). These microscopic particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and have been linked to a wide range of serious health effects, including premature death, heart attacks, and strokes, as well as ...
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Texaco Begins Soil Cleanup, Additional Groundwater Work at Ventura County Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that work will begin this week to address soil contamination at the Pacific Pipeline Superfund Site located in Fillmore, CA. Additional groundwater work will begin in early 2014. This work, estimated to cost more than $8 million, is part of a recent settlement with Texaco Inc., a Chevron subsidiary. Texaco, under EPA’s supervision, will ...
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Texaco Begins Soil Cleanup, Additional Groundwater Work at Ventura County Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that work will begin this week to address soil contamination at the Pacific Pipeline Superfund Site located in Fillmore, CA. Additional groundwater work will begin in early 2014. This work, estimated to cost more than $8 million, is part of a recent settlement with Texaco Inc., a Chevron subsidiary. Texaco, under EPA’s supervision, will ...
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EPA seeks advice on perchlorate in drinking water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking advice from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) before making a final determination on whether to issue a national regulation for perchlorate in drinking water. The agency also is issuing an interim health advisory of 15 parts per billion (ppb) to assist state and local officials in addressing local contamination of perchlorate in drinking ...
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EPA seeks public comments on new air quality permits for Shell and ConocoPhillips Arctic oil exploration activities
Today, EPA released two additional draft air quality permits for Shell Oil Company and ConocoPhillips Company exploratory oil drilling operations in the Alaska Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. This process will allow the public and other key stakeholders to provide important input and feedback on air permits needed for the drill rigs and supporting fleets of icebreakers, oil spill response ...
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Envisan inaugurates its first treatment centre for soils and sediments in France
Attended by the national and regional political world, the Sedimed research project partners and co-funders, Envisan France inaugurated its Eco-Materials Production Centre today in La Seyne-sur-Mer, the first centre of its kind in the Mediterranean area. Envisan France is the French environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, world leader in marine dredging. “We are very proud to ...
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EPA finalizes common sense standards to protect Florida waters action to reduce nutrient pollution in lakes and flowing waters, provides strong environmental protection and significant flexibility for Floridas communities and businesses (FL)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized protective standards to help reduce water pollution that causes harmful algae blooms – the thick, green muck that fouls clear water – which can produce toxins harmful to humans, animals and ecosystems across the state of Florida. The blooms are caused by phosphorous and nitrogen pollution from excess fertilizer, stormwater ...
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Registration is under way for Environmental Technology and Management Services 2005 (ET 2005) which will be held at the Birmingham NEC from the 24th to the 26th May
With an impressive history spanning 15 years, ET is the UK 's largest exhibition for the environmental technology and management services. Solid partnerships with key associations and industry bodies have been cemented over the years to ensure that ET delivers the cutting edge solutions companies need to meet their environmental obligations and also improve their bottom line. ET recognises ...
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China approves US$2bn environmental monitoring and supervision plan
To ensure the achievement of the environmental protection target of the “11th Five-Year Plan”, Ministry of Environmental Protection has developed the“11th Five-Year Plan for the Building of National Capacity in Environmental Supervision” (hereinafter referred to as the Plan). NDRC and Ministry of Finance jointly approved and printed out and distributed the document across the country in the name ...
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EPA grants California GHG waiver
EPA is granting California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. Using the law and science as its guide, EPA has taken this action to tackle air pollution and protect human health. “This decision puts the law and science first. After review of the scientific findings, and another ...
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An IAQ Legend Passes the Torch at the IAQA Los Angeles Chapter
Franco Seif's last workshop as the Los Angeles IAQA Chapter Director took place last week on December 10th. Mr. Seif of Clark Seif Clark, Inc. (CSC) founded the L.A. Chapter on behalf of the American Indoor Air Quality Council (AmIAQC) in 2001. Mr. Seif and the L.A. Chapter weathered the 2005 “Unification” process whereby the AmIAQC, the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) and ...
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EPA Approves Work to Begin Construction of South Terminal in New Bedford, Mass.
Today EPA is issuing its final approval to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to construct the South Terminal project, a 28-acre marine terminal in New Bedford Harbor, the primary purpose of which will be to provide critical infrastructure to serve offshore renewable energy facilities and accommodate future international shipping. The Commonwealth requested that EPA include the South Terminal ...
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Stronger regulation needed to improve corporate pollution record in China
The recent criticism of several foreign-owned companies by China’s top environmental authority has turned up the heat on multinational corporations (MNC) operating in the country. Earlier this month, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) followed up with 130 MNCs caught polluting since 2004 and exposed three persistent polluters, according to China Business News. SEPA’s ...
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AWWA testifies that science should be basis for regulations on perchlorate, other water contaminants
In testimony this morning before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) urged that sound, peer-reviewed science should drive regulatory decisions on perchlorate and other drinking water contaminants. The hearing, entitled “Oversight Hearing on Public Health and Drinking Water Issues,” focused on two contaminants: ...
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US brings in stringent new air quality standard to protect public health
The US Environmental Protection Agency has introduced its most stringent 8-hour standard ever for ozone, revising the standards for the first time in more than a decade. The agency said it based the changes on the most recent scientific evidence about the effects of ozone, the primary component of smog. “America’s air is cleaner today than it was a generation ago. By meeting the requirement of ...
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EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Testimony Before House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
As prepared for delivery. Good morning Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Johnson, and other distinguished members of the Committee. I am pleased to be here to talk about the central role science plays at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Let me begin by stating that science is and has always been the backbone of the EPA's decision-making. The Agency’s ability to pursue its mission to ...
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Court finds Bush Era Ozone Standards fail to meet legal requirements to protect forests; upholds health standard
Court finds Bush Era Ozone Standards fail to meet legal requirements to protect forests; upholds health standard WASHINGTON A federal appeals court today held that smog standards adopted during the Bush administration do not assure protection of forests and vegetation from ozone damage as the law requires. The court’s judgment found that in 2008 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...
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