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ELI Report Looks at Trump Administration’s Impact on Environmental Law and Policy and What Lies ahead
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) recently released Environment 2021: What Comes Next?, a report that looks at the Trump Administration’s impact on environmental law and policy and what lies ahead. ELI states that the report is “a response to growing demand for analysis of how deregulatory initiatives by the Trump Administration will affect environmental protection, governance, ...
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ELI Report Looks at Trump Administration’s Impact on Environmental Law and Policy and What Lies Ahead
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) recently released Environment 2021: What Comes Next?, a report that looks at the Trump Administration’s impact on environmental law and policy and what lies ahead. ELI states that the report is “a response to growing demand for analysis of how deregulatory initiatives by the Trump Administration will affect environmental protection, governance, ...
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Free Webinar - U.S. State-Level Environmental Product Regulations: What Lies Ahead for 2017?
Indications from Washington D.C. are suggesting a significant shift away from Federal environmental regulation. However, at U.S. State-level there has been significant increase in activity. This webinar will bring you up-to-date on the flurry of proposals for environmental product compliance at U.S. State level with recent developments in relation to product safety, chemicals, consumer ...
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State, local governments get more say in federal environmental decision-making
Answering the call of state and local governments to give them more involvement in the development of federal environmental rules, EPA has a new policy to broaden its consulting efforts with intergovernmental partners when new regulations and policies cost more than $25 million each. This is a significant lowering of the previous consultation threshold of $100 million. “State and local ...
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EPA, Delaware City Refining Company Settle Environmental Violations
The Delaware City Refining Company will pay a $73,113 penalty to settle alleged violations of federal environmental regulations for failing to immediately notify the National Response Center and state and local emergency planning agencies about the release of hazardous substances that exceeded reportable quantities into the environment on two separate dates. Federal regulations require ...
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Verizon Wireless voluntarily discloses environmental violations
Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a $468,600 civil penalty to settle self-disclosed violations of federal environmental regulations discovered at 655 facilities in 42 states. Verizon voluntarily entered into a corporate audit agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and conducted environmental compliance audits at more than 25,000 facilities nation-wide. The Environmental ...
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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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U.S. EPA Finds Petaluma, Calif., Superfund Site Clean
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announces it has deleted the Sola Optical USA, Inc. site in Petaluma, Calif., from the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). Between 1978 and 2001, Sola Optical USA, Inc. owned and operated an optical lens manufacturing facility at the site in Petaluma, Calif. As a result of Sola Optical’s manufacturing processes, chlorinated solvents and ...
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K-Mart Discloses Environmental Violations, Pays Lower Fine
HOFFMAN ESTATES (ENS) - Kmart will pay a $102,422 fine to settle self-disclosed violations of federal environmental regulations discovered at 17 distribution centers in 13 states. The company reported violations of clean water, hazardous waste, and emergency planning and preparedness regulations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If EPA had discovered Kmart's violations through an ...
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California man sentenced to five years in prison for illegally storing toxic and explosive hazardous waste in his backyard
Edward Wyman, 64, from Reseda, Calif. has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegally storing toxic and explosive hazardous wastes in his backyard, materials that posed an imminent danger to nearby residents. The sentence is the longest handed down by a California federal judge in a hazardous waste case. “Illegally storing toxic and explosive hazardous wastes is a crime ...
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National Retailer Voluntarily Discloses Environmental Violations, Pays Lesser Penalty
(Washington, D.C.) Kmart will pay a $102,422 fine to settle self-disclosed violations of federal environmental regulations discovered at 17 distribution centers in 13 states. The company reported violations of clean water, hazardous waste, and emergency planning and preparedness regulations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If EPA had discovered Kmart's violations through an ...
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Irwindale wire manufacturer pleads guilty to criminal wastewater discharge (CA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Davis Wire Corporation of Irwindale, Calif. pleaded guilty to one count of negligent discharge of acidic pollutants into a publically owned treatment works, following an October 26 court decision in which Davis Wire was sentenced to pay $1.5 million in restitution to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) for damage done to ...
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Shell prepares Arctic offshore exploration plan
Royal Dutch Shell PLC will submit an Arctic offshore exploration plan for waters off northern Alaska but has not made a final decision on whether to drill in 2014, the company announced Thursday. Chief Financial Officer Henry Simon announced third quarter earnings and answered questions about 2014, according to a transcript of the press conference. "Alaska is very much top of the priority ...
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Mounds of Improperly Dumped Medical Waste to Be Microwaved
SAN JOSE, California (ENS) - Sanitec Industries, Inc. has been hired to dispose of medical waste and patients medical records improperly dumped in a San Jose area landfill last month. The company says over 100,000 pounds of medical waste was improperly dumped – several hundred times more than was reported. Hundreds of pounds of confidential patient medical and financial records and files were ...
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Firm pays fine for not reporting mine pollution
The Canadian-based owner of a gold mine in northern Nevada has agreed to pay a $182,000 civil penalty for failing to correctly report to federal environmental regulators the release of millions of pounds of toxic chemicals - including arsenic and cyanide - into the air and ground. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Thursday with Veris Gold USA, a subsidiary of the ...
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BP to Pay Largest Criminal Fine Ever for Air Violations
(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 25, 2007) Today, BP Products North America, Inc. agreed to pay a total criminal fine of more than $60 million for violations of federal environmental regulations in Texas and Alaska. In addition to the penalty, the company will spend approximately $400 million on safety upgrades and improvements to prevent future chemical releases and spills. 'BP committed serious ...
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BP Fined $60 Million for Alaska Oil Spill, Texas Air Toxics
WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2007 (ENS) - In the first criminal prosecution of the requirement that refineries and chemical plants take steps to prevent accidental releases, BP Products North America, Inc. will pay a criminal fine of more than $60 million for violations of federal environmental regulations in Texas and Alaska. This is the largest criminal fine ever assessed against a corporation ...
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Structural Damage Claims on the Rise from Recent Arizona Wildfires
The Wallow Fire in Arizona has burned over 500,000 acres and is still not completely contained. Meanwhile in Sierra Vista, Arizona, the Monument Fire has caused evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes. Despite the valiant efforts of fire responders, these wildfires have resulted in some structures being completely burned or partially burned. During wildfires, building components and ...
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Election Results: What Is in Store for Environmental Law and Policy?
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) is pleased to host a video webinar on the implications of the election results on federal environmental law and policy on November 14, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. (EST). This webinar will focus on the implications of the elections, including what policies and initiatives can be expected in the next four years, and how any likely regulatory directions may affect ...
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Election Results: What Is in Store for Environmental Law and Policy?
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), an affiliate of The Acta Group, is pleased to host a video webinar on the implications of the election results on federal environmental law and policy on November 14, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. (EST). This webinar will focus on the implications of the elections, including what policies and initiatives can be expected in the next four years, and how any likely ...
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