community right-to-know News
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Settlement with new Cingular wireless to resolve violations of community right-to-know law
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced an agreement with New Cingular Wireless to resolve violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). New Cingular Wireless voluntarily disclosed reporting violations to EPA, which related to the presence of sulfuric acid, diesel, and lead at 642 cellular facilities in 35 states and Puerto Rico, after ...
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Glastonbury, Conn. Company faces fine for reporting violations (CT)
A Glastonbury company faces a fine from EPA for failing to file required chemical inventory reports, in violation of federal right to know laws. EPA has proposed a $61,000 penalty against Highway Safety Corp., which does business under the name of Connecticut Galvanizing, for failing to file a Toxic Chemical Release Inventory form for zinc compounds manufactured at the facility in 2006, 2007 and ...
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Stratham N.H. facility to pay fine for environmental reporting violations
Lindt & Sprungli, which has a production and warehouse facility in Statham, N.H., will pay a penalty of $19,300 to settle EPA claims that it failed to submit important reports regarding hazardous materials at the facility. It is important for first responders to have access to this information in the event of an emergency. The action is contained in an administrative Consent Agreement filed ...
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Saugus, Mass. Company to pay fine for environmental notification violations (MA)
A company in Saugus, Mass., that manufactures metal roofing equipment has agreed to pay a fine of $32,000 to settle EPA claims that it failed to file required reports, in violation of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. According to the EPA complaint, Lamb & Ritchie Company failed to file a required Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Form for lead compounds that ...
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Spokane concrete and asphalt manufacturer fails to disclose use of chemicals
CPM Development Corporation, a concrete and asphalt manufacturing facility, failed to report toxic chemical use at its Spokane, Washington facility under federal community right-to-know laws, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company has submitted the missing reports outlining chemical use and disposal at its facility, and will pay a fine. ...
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EPA Settles Cases Against Two Eastern Sandusky County Companies for Chemical Reporting Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced separate settlements with Palmer Brothers Transit Mix Concrete, Inc., and Revere Plastics Systems to resolve alleged violations of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act in Sandusky County, Ohio. The Palmer Brothers settlement resolves allegations that the firm failed to provide state and local authorities with ...
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Idaho Frozen Food Company pays EPA penalty for chemical reporting violations
Rhodes International, Inc. will pay over $84,000 to settle hazardous chemical reporting violations at its facility in Caldwell, Idaho, according to a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Rhodes facility produces frozen cinnamon rolls and other frozen bread products. According to EPA, the facility stored large amounts of anhydrous ammonia without properly reporting ...
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Fife, Washington ice manufacturer failed to notify emergency responders of hazardous chemical release
According to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Star Ice and Fuel, of Fife, Washington, failed to immediately report a hazardous chemical release to local, state, and national emergency responders, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Star Ice & Fuel, Inc. manufactures ice using anhydrous ammonia, a colorless gas used in industrial ...
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Connecticut company to pay $78,000 for environmental reporting violations
A company that manufactures paperboard in Sprague, Conn., has agreed to pay a penalty of $78,000 and to spend $40,000 to improve local emergency capabilities in order to resolve EPA claims that it violated federal community right-to-know laws. According to the agreement signed April 14, EPA’s New England office alleged that Cascades Boxboard Group failed to file a chemical inventory form, ...
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Sunoco pays $81,000 penalty for environmental reporting violation (PA)
Sunoco, Inc. will pay $81,000 in penalties for failing to notify federal and state environmental agencies immediately about an accidental release of benzene into the air in January 2007 from its oil refinery facility in Philadelphia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. According to EPA, on Jan. 28, 2007 Sunoco experienced a non-permitted release of 1,608 pounds of benzene ...
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General Biodiesel settles with EPA for hazardous chemical and emergency planning violations
General Biodiesel, in south Seattle, will pay a penalty for failing to report their hazardous chemicals in violation of federal emergency planning laws, according to a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. General Biodiesel converts used cooking oils, fish oil, vegetable oil, and animal fats into biodiesel fuel and glycerol in a process that uses hazardous chemicals ...
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Company to Purchase Emergency Response Equipment for Fairfield Conn. under EPA Settlement
A Fairfield, Conn. company that develops and produces specialty metal and chemical products will pay a $13,250 penalty, and in addition will purchase at least $47,900 worth of equipment for the Fairfield fire department to settle EPA claims that it violated environmental right-to-know requirements. According to a recent settlement with EPA, 5N Plus Inc. allegedly violated the federal Emergency ...
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Cranston R.I. Company faces fine for chemical reporting violations
A chemical processing facility in Cranston, RI, faces a penalty of $33,400 by the US Environmental Protection Agency for failing to appropriately report chemicals used on site in violation of federal right-to-know laws. According to EPA’s New England office, John R. Hess & Company failed to file Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Forms listing chemicals processed, ...
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Connecticut Company Settles with EPA for Chemical Reporting Lapses at Manchester N.H. Facility
An EPA settlement reached with BWE, Inc., an East Hartford, Conn. company that stores and distributes petroleum products and other flammable liquids at several facilities in New England, will help ensure that the community and emergency responders have the information they need to plan for accidents and protect themselves against potentially dangerous materials. BWE, Inc. has agreed to pay ...
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EPA settles with Washington Crab Producers, Inc., for “Community- Right-to-Know” violations at Westport, WA Processing Facility
Washington Crab Producers, Inc., owner and operator of a seafood processing facility in Westport, Washington, will pay a $16,551 penalty and provide a high-tech thermal imaging camera to the Westport Fire Department to settle alleged violations of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, known as EPCRA. EPA documents allege that Washington Crab Producers, Inc., stored ...
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Four northwest companies agree to settle EPA chemical emergency planning and release reporting violations
Four northwest companies (2 in Washington, 1 in Oregon, 1 in Idaho) have agreed to follow federal requirements when it comes to reporting the storage, handling, and accidental release of hazardous chemicals. The companies have agreed to correct the violations and pay fines. Two of the firms (Stack & Dickinson) violated the hazardous chemical release reporting requirements of the Emergency ...
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Portland chemical manufacturer failed to publicly disclose data on chemical use
Kanto Corporation, a Portland, Oregon chemical manufacturer, failed to report the use of toxic chemicals at its facility in violation of community right-to-know laws, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The company has agreed to correct violations of the federal Toxics Release Inventory Program and pay a fine. “Companies that use toxic chemicals are ...
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Cheshire, Connecticut company to pay fine for clean air and chemical reporting violations
A Cheshire, Conn., company that makes metal parts for the aerospace industry has agreed to pay a penalty of $105,240 to settle claims by EPA that the company violated federal Clean Air Act requirements meant to prevent chemical releases as well as federal community right-to-know laws. According to EPA, Consolidated Industries Inc. violated the federal Emergency Planning and Community ...
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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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Cranston R.I. company to pay fine for chemical reporting violations
A chemical processing facility in Cranston, R.I., has agreed to pay a penalty of $23,400 to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that the company failed to appropriately report chemicals used on site in violation of federal right-to-know laws. According to EPA’s New England office, John R. Hess & Company failed to file Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Forms listing ...
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