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U.S. Navy settles underground storage tank violations at Hampton Roads facility
The U.S. Navy has agreed to pay a $5,855 penalty to settle alleged underground storage tank (UST) violations at its Building NH94, located at 7918 Blandy St., Norfolk, Va., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. There are three 25,000-gallon underground storage tanks at this facility containing diesel fuel. Each UST is required to be tested every three years to make sure the ...
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EPA and Baltimore`s CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. settle water and waste violations
CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. has agreed to pay a $34,600 penalty to settle alleged violations of federal environmental laws involving the discharge of pollutants in stormwater runoff, the operation and maintenance of underground storage tank systems and waste storage, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The alleged violations were at the CNX terminal at 3800 New Gate Ave., ...
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Oil spills could be cleaned up by bacteria from underground petroleum reserves
Bacteria taken from underground petroleum reserves could be used to effectively break down crude oil from spills at sea, new research has found. The study measured the breakdown of crude oil components in simulated seawater by four bacterial strains that had been isolated from petroleum reservoirs, as well as by four genetically modified stains. The findings raise the possibility of tailor-making ...
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EPA to discuss environmental justice at Washington conference
The Environmental Protection Agency will address environmental justice issues at a conference tomorrow at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Craig Hooks, EPA acting administrator for the Office of Administration and Resources Management, will deliver the keynote speech at the Third Annual State of Environmental Justice in America Conference on May 27. The conference will ...
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EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, invited as Keynote for NEHA 2010 AEC & Exhibition
EPA Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, has been invited as the keynote speaker for the NEHA 74th Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition. Her proposed presentation plans to focus on emerging public policy in regards to environmental concerns. It is also expected Administrator Jackson will talk about the relationship between a healthy environment and human health, and the environmental health ...
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EPA Awards US$800k in environmental justice grants to communities in 28 states
EPA is awarding approximately $800,000 in grants to organizations working with communities facing environmental justice challenges throughout the country. Forty grants, up to $20,000 each, are going to community-based organizations and local and tribal governments in 28 states for community projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues. “These grants mark the beginning of ...
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Environmental justice volunteers mobilize nationwide for Earth Month cleanup of former Washington, D.C. landfill
To help fuse the ideals of Earth Month and environmental justice, EPA and hundreds of volunteers from across the country tomorrow will clean up Kenilworth Park, the former landfill for Washington, D.C., as part of the Earth Day Environmental Justice Green Challenge Community Beautification Cleanup. EPA and the Earth Conservation Corps worked together to organize hundreds of volunteers from New ...
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New poll shows Americans strongly opposed EPA shutdown, look unfavorably on those who put our health and environment at risk
During the 16 days House Republicans held the federal government hostage to their radical agenda, they put our environment and health at risk, and most Americans didn’t like it. Almost two-thirds of Americans say they opposed the near shut-down of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and they want the EPA back on the job, according to a new PPP poll commissioned by the Natural ...
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