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Pennsylvania Governor Challenges EPA Solvent Exemptions
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday it has filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Air Emissions Standards on halogenated solvent cleaning. The petition for review of the rule on the hazardous air pollutant was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. The final rule, published ...
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Printing Company and EPA reach settlement for alleged clean air violations in agawam, mass.
A printing company near Springfield, Mass. has paid a penalty of $118,600 to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated the federal Clean Air Act. Suddekor, Inc., which is owned by a German company, is an international manufacturer of décor printed papers in Agawam, Mass. At its Agawam facility, paper is printed with inks containing hazardous air pollutants. ...
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Rhode Island Shipbuilder to Pay Fine and Take Actions to Reduce Air Emissions under Settlement with EPA
Blount Boats, Inc., which operates a shipbuilding and ship repair facility in Warren, R.I., has agreed to pay a $24,000 penalty and spend at least $230,000 on a clean air project to resolve EPA claims that Blount violated both federal and state clean air regulations. Blount’s facility builds and repairs vessels such as transport ferries and small cruise ships. Specifically, EPA alleged ...
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Rhode Island Airport Corp. and contractors fined for reporting violations during TF green expansion (RI)
Rhode Island Airport Corporation and its demolition contractors, O.R. Colan Associates of Florida, LLC and The Jones Payne Group, Inc., of Mass., have agreed to pay $25,000 for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act and National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Asbestos. Jones Payne will pay the full amount of the $25,000 penalty for its failure to provide EPA with ...
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EPA and the commonwealth of Kentucky reach agreement with Logan Aluminum Inc. to resolve allegations of clean air act violations (KY)
The Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, have filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree with Logan Aluminum Inc. to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act’s National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production occurring at Logan Aluminum’s ...
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EPA awards $360,000 to the Texas department of state health services (TX)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $360,000 to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS). The funds will be used to conduct inspections of demolition and renovation projects in public buildings as part of the state’s program for planning, monitoring, and enforcing national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants. Additional information on EPA grants: ...
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Cargill, Inc., Agrees to Settle Clean Air Act Violations at Vitamin E Manufacturing Facility in Eddyville, Iowa
Cargill, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has reached an administrative civil settlement with EPA over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its Vitamin E manufacturing facility in Eddyville, Iowa. Cargill’s Eddyville facility uses the hazardous air pollutants methanol, methyl tertiary butyl ether, and formaldehyde to produce Vitamin E and similar compounds from soybean byproducts. ...
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EPA proposes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, area source standards for paints and allied products manufacturing
EPA proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the paints and allied products manufacturing area source category. 74 Fed. Reg. 26142. The proposed emissions standards for new and existing sources are based on EPA’s proposed determination as to what constitutes the generally available control technology or management practices (GACT) for the area source ...
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EPA issues construction approval for impoundments at the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County (Colo.)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a construction approval to Energy Fuels Resources Corp. for the construction and operation of uranium byproduct material impoundments at the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County, Colo. EPA’s construction approval is based on a determination that the facility’s impoundments are in full compliance with requirements ...
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Clean Air Settlements with Vermont Ferry Company will Minimize Emissions in Two Vermont Communities
Lake Champlain Transportation Company, which operates ship repair and painting facilities in Burlington and Shelburne, Vermont, will take actions to minimize air emissions and protect air quality. In addition, under the settlement, Lake Champlain Transportation Company will pay $100,000 in penalties to resolve EPA claims that the company violated both federal and state clean air regulations. The ...
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EPA reaches agreement with Wisconsin plating on clean-air violations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Wisconsin Plating of Racine (formerly Racine Plating Co.) on alleged Clean Air Act violations at the company's facility at 620 Stannard St., Racine, Wis. The agreement, which includes a $30,000 penalty, resolves EPA allegations that Wisconsin Plating violated EPA regulations regarding control of hazardous air pollutant ...
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EPA – Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act
SUMMARY: This rule finalizes amendments to the General Provisions that apply to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP). These amendments implement the plain language reading of the “major source” and “area source” definitions of section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and provide that a major source can be reclassified to area source status at any ...
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Fuel delivery companies settle clean air violations at Idaho gas stations
Two gasoline delivery companies will pay penalties to resolve violations of the federal Clean Air Act at gas stations in Idaho, according to a consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The gas stations have also installed new vapor controls that prevent harmful vapors from being released. “Gas tank trucks and gas stations must both comply with EPA’s hazardous ...
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EPA and DOJ reach agreement with Vertellus on Clean-Air Violations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement with Vertellus Agriculture and Nutrition Specialties L.L.C. on alleged clean-air violations at the company’s agricultural and nutritional chemical plant at 1500 S. Tibbs Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. The agreement, which includes a $425,000 penalty and a $705,000 environmental project, resolves EPA ...
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Calgon Carbon Awarded Three Year Contract for Carbon Adsorption System and Reactivation Services for Petroleum Refining Facility
Calgon Carbon Corporation (CCC: NYSE) announced it has been awarded a three-year contract by a petroleum refining company in the Midwest to supply 30 carbon adsorption systems and reactivation services to control vapor emissions. The value of the contract will depend upon the amount of spent activated carbon that is reactivated annually, which is expected to be in excess of two million pounds ...
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Oregon construction equipment manufacturer exceeds federal air pollution limits, pays EPA penalty
Johnson Crushers International, a construction equipment manufacturer based in Eugene, Oregon, released air pollutants into the environment in excess of federal limits, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice. The company has agreed to pay a $147,788 fine for the Clean Air Act violations, as well as $27,212 in past permit fees. ...
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EPA Finalizes Revisions to Clean Air Standards for Stationary Engines
Today, in compliance with settlement agreements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized revisions to standards to reduce air pollution from stationary engines that generate electricity and power equipment at industrial, agricultural, oil and gas production, power generation and other facilities. The final revised rule announced today will reduce the capital and annual costs of ...
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EPA sets first national standard to reduce mercury emissions from gold production (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is cutting emissions from gold ore processing and production facilities with a new standard that will reduce annual mercury emissions by more than 75 percent from 2007 levels. This action is one of several steps EPA is taking to reduce mercury levels in our environment, which can damage children’s developing brains and nervous systems even ...
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Hazardous Waste Combustors Conference Focuses on Implementation of HWC MACT Standards
Pittsburgh, PA – Registration is still open for the Air & Waste Management Association’s (A&WMA) 2007 Hazardous Waste Combustor Conference and Exhibition to be held March 13-14 in Charleston, S.C. The advanced registration deadline for the conference is Feb. 19. In 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Final ...
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Free Webinar to Explain EPA NESHAP Rule 6X
JONESBORO, Ark., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading worldwide producer of industrial dust and fume collectors, will host a free educational webinar titled: "The New EPA National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), Rule 6X: Are You Compliant?" The webinar will take place on Thursday, February 16th from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ...
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