air pollution permit News
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General Electric to pay $2.25 million for air pollution
General Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $2.25 million penalty in releasing potentially unsafe levels of air pollution from a hazardous waste incinerator in upstate New York and submitting false pollution control records. The U.S. Justice Department announced the settlement Wednesday for violations at GE's former silicone plant in Waterford, 10 miles north of Albany. The Justice Department says ...
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EPA seeks public comments on proposed modification of Veolia’s air pollution permit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to modify the Clean Air Act Title V operating permit for Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC in Sauget, Illinois. The change would add feed rate limits for heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic, beryllium and chromium and increase requirements for monitoring air emissions and waste burned at the facility. EPA is proposing the modified ...
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Ralcorp commercial bakery in Lodi to pay more than $1.3 million for air violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District today announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Ralcorp’s Cottage Bakery in Lodi, Calif. after the facility failed to obtain permits and install proper air pollution controls. The company will pay a penalty of $625,000. In addition, the company paid $750,000 to install and operate a thermal ...
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EPA disapproves Texas flexible air permit program (TX)
Today, EPA announced final disapproval of the flexible permit program that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) had submitted for inclusion in its clean-air implementation plan. EPA has determined that this program does not meet several national Clean Air Act requirements that help to assure the protection of health and the environment. EPA is disapproving the permit program ...
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Flint Hills resources, LP agrees to transition its Texas flexible permits to federally approved clean air act permits - transition affects facilities in Corpus Christi, Port Arthur and Longview (TX)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces that a process has been developed, through work with Flint Hills Resources (FHR) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), to transition FHR’s four air pollution permits that contain Texas Subchapter G flexible air permits to State Implementation Plan-approved (SIP-approved) permits consistent with the Clean Air Act. ...
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Air & Waste Management Association Offers E-Course
Air & Waste Management Association Offers E-Course on Air Quality Requirements for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers Pittsburgh, PA (March 26, 2007) – The Air & Waste Management Association will offer its 6-week online course, “Boilers, Process Heaters and Air Quality Requirements,” beginning Monday, April 9, 2007. The course focuses on air quality requirements involved ...
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EPA and JCDH to host a public meeting on North Birmingham, AL Air Quality
On Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) will conduct a public meeting to discuss air quality issues in the North Birmingham area. The meeting will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. CST with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. at the Hudson K-8 School. The school is located at 3300 F.L. Shuttlesworth Drive in Birmingham, ...
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Cottonwood, Idaho paving and asphalt company violates federal clean air laws
Valley Paving & Asphalt, Inc. operated asphalt mixing equipment on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho and released air pollutants without an authorized Clean Air Act permit, according to a settlement between the company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company is based in Cottonwood, Idaho. “The law requires companies that produce air pollution get the proper permits ...
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EPA Approves New Mexico’s Air Plan for Albuquerque-Bernalillo County
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved revisions to the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, NM, State Implementation Plan (SIP), which ensures air quality standards are maintained by regulations of the Clean Air Act. The regulatory plan establishes emissions thresholds for new stationary sources of air pollution to get permits before starting construction. The plan—New Source ...
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EPA Clean Air Settlements with Two Industrial Laundry Companies Minimize Emissions in New England Communities
Two separate EPA settlements will require two industrial laundry companies operating in New England to obtain required Clean Air Act permits containing measures designed to minimize air emissions and protect air quality around the communities where they operate. The two companies, UniFirst Corp. based in Mass., and Cintas Corp. based in Ohio, will also pay a total of nearly $460,000 in penalties ...
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EPA Clean Air Act Settlements with Two Industrial Laundry Companies Minimize Emissions in New England Communities
Two separate EPA settlements will require two industrial laundry companies operating in New England to obtain required Clean Air Act permits containing measures designed to minimize air emissions and protect air quality around the communities where they operate. The two companies, UniFirst Corp. based in Mass., and Cintas Corp. based in Ohio, will also pay a total of nearly $460,000 in penalties ...
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Du Pont Must Spend $66 Million to Cut Air Pollution
WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement Friday with E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. that is expected to reduce more than 13,000 tons of harmful emissions annually from four sulfuric acid production plants in Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Du Pont will spend at least $66 million on air pollution ...
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EPA Begins to Address Biomass Emissions in Permits Following Court Decision
he Environmental Appeals Board partially remanded an air pollution permit for a waste-to-energy facility in Puerto Rico after it failed to account for greenhouse gas emissions from biomass. The Energy Answers Arecibo LLC permit is one of the first to address emissions from biomass in the wake of a 2013 federal appeals court decision vacating an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempted ...
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Acid Manufacturer Will Spend $50 Million to Reduce Air Pollution
(Washington, D.C.) Acid manufacturer Rhodia Inc. will pay a $2 million penalty and spend approximately $50 million on air pollution controls at eight production plants in four states across the country, to resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Air Act. The pollution controls are expected to reduce harmful emissions from its production plants in Texas, Louisiana, California and ...
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Dirtiest Power Plants in the USA Named
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - Nevada Power's Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant has a higher emission rate of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide than any other power plant in the United States, according to a new ranking issued today by the Environmental Integrity Project. The report ranks the 378 largest power plants in the country based on company-reported data. When it comes to total ...
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EPA Celebrated Pollution Prevention Week by Touring Newly Renovated Rachel Carson Homestead in Springdale, Pa.
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Region marked its annual Pollution Prevention Week by commemorating the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson's groundbreaking book, Silent Spring, at the newly renovated Rachel Carson Homestead in Springdale, Pa. Rachel Carson's 1962 book, which focused on what she saw as the widespread and detrimental use of pesticides, is credited as ...
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U.S. EPA issues permit to palmdale power plant, requires limits for greenhouse gas emissions / use of innovative solar technology results in one of the cleanest, most efficient fossil fuel plants in nation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a permit to the City of Palmdale, Calif. for the construction and operation of the Palmdale Hybrid Power Project. The 570 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant, with 50 megawatts of solar energy generation, is the first of its kind in the nation required to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Commercial operation is planned for the summer of ...
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Sulfuric acid manufacturer agrees to spend US$30m to resolve clean air violations
Mosaic Fertilizer will spend approximately $30 million on air pollution controls that are expected to eliminate harmful emissions from sulfuric acid production plants in Uncle Sam, La., and Mulberry, Fla., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. The company will also pay a civil penalty of $2.4 million to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations. Under a ...
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Dupont and Lucite international agree to pay $2m for clean air violations
DuPont and Lucite International Inc. have agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations at a sulfuric acid plant in Belle, W. Va., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Justice Department, and the state of West Virginia announced today. The sulfuric acid plant is located on a 100-acre chemical manufacturing complex along the Kanawha River. The ...
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US Navy Awards ENSR International $3 Million Multi-Year Environmental Services Contract
Untitled Document US Navy Awards ENSR International $3 Million Multi-Year Environmental Services Contract ENSR to Provide Broad Air Quality and Environmental Compliance Services Across Northeast US Navy Facilities. ENSR International has been awarded a 5-Year Environmental Services Contract by the US Navy Engineering Facility, Northeast (EFANE) division for its ...
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