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EPA Software helps reduce water pollution as part of President’s Climate Action Plan

As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the National Stormwater Calculator, an innovative addition to the administration’s virtual climate resilience toolkit. EPA’s new calculator will help property owners, developers, landscapers, and urban planners make informed land-use decisions to protect local ...

Jul. 24, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

GROwing Environmental Leaders for Tomorrow

(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 31, 2007) Help Wanted. America will face enormous environmental challenges in the coming years, and there is a shortage of students pursuing degrees in environmental sciences, particularly among minorities and women. To ensure a diverse environmental workforce in the future, EPA is awarding Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) fellowships totaling $166,000 to four ...

Nov. 2, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Louisiana Receives Over $2 Million to Address Storm Water Runoff Pollution

Louisiana is receiving $2,262,000 to address the most prevalent type of water pollution in the state and across the nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to prevent storm water runoff or rainfall water pollution. The project will enable Louisiana to meet the goals of the Clean Water Act by implementing the ...

Apr. 8, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. EPA Announces $5 Million in S.F. Bay Watershed Restoration Grants Available

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today is now accepting proposals for nearly $5 million dollars in grants intended to protect and restore San Francisco Bay watersheds, wetlands and prevent polluted runoff. Projects funded under this award will receive between $800,000 and $2 million, and will focus on water quality results, such as the restoration of impaired waters and the enhancement ...

Jun. 17, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA awards over $2.8 million to Oklahoma for water improvement projects

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Oklahoma Office of the Secretary of Environment $2,880,650 to support three projects in the state’s Clean Water Action Plan. The first project will implement Best Management Practices (BMP) in three priority watersheds in Oklahoma. The second project will reduce the impact of non-point source pollution in Eucha Lake through the ...

Apr. 20, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Issues Record of Decision for the Madison County Mines Superfund Site Operable Unit 5

EPA Region 7 today issued the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Madison County Mines Superfund Site Operable Unit 5, Catherine Mines and Skaggs Tailings subsites, located in Madison County, Mo. The ROD identifies the selected cleanup methods for the mine waste located at the site. The overall strategy of the selected remedy is to cover consolidated mine waste, soils, and sediment with ...

Sep. 27, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Columbia, N.H. Sand and Gravel Facility Pays Fine for Clean Water Act Violations

CSG Holdings, Inc. paid $150,000 to resolve EPA claims that it allowed polluted stormwater and process water from its Columbia, N.H. facility to flow into nearby waters, violating Clean Water Act provisions to prevent pollution from stormwater runoff at industrial sites. CSG Holdings is the former operator of Columbia Sand and Gravel, a sand and gravel mining facility on the banks of the ...

Dec. 13, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Billerica, Mass. manufacturer to pay fine to settle clean water violations (MA)

A company in Billerica that makes X-ray detection and related equipment has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle EPA claims that it violated the federal Clean Water Act. According to EPA’s New England office, American Science & Engineering violated the Clean Water Act by discharging without authorization stormwater associated with industrial activity. The stormwater was discharged into ...

Dec. 2, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA awards more than $100,000 to vieques conservation and historical trust to support conservation and education programs for bioluminescent bay

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $111,513 in grant funding to support efforts by the Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust to preserve the bioluminescent Mosquito Bay and to educate students about the need to protect the bay. Mosquito Bay is the only pristine bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico. “The bioluminescent Mosquito Bay is one of Puerto Rico’s ...

Apr. 5, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA awards Environmental Justice Grants to fund community projects in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and Granite City, Ill.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the award of four Environmental Justice Grants totaling $115,100 to nonprofit organizations to develop solutions to environmental problems in low-income and minority communities in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and Granite City, Illinois. “EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants provide resources to communities that have been ...

Oct. 8, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Devil’s slide quarry owners to pay $50,000 for unpermitted discharges to the weber river (utah)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Holcim (US), Inc. have entered into a consent agreement in which Holcim will pay a $50,000 penalty for unpermitted discharges to the Weber River at the Devil’s Slide Quarry in Morgan, Utah. “Stormwater permits are designed to prevent contaminated runoff from damaging rivers and streams,” said Mike Gaydosh, EPA’s ...

Feb. 10, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Glass Recycler Faces Fine for Clean Water Violations at Franklin, Mass. Facility

Strategic Materials, Inc. of Houston, Texas faces a fine for allowing polluted stormwater from its glass recycling facility in Franklin, Mass. to flow into nearby waters, in violation of the Clean Water Act. The company faces a maximum penalty of up to $177,500 for the alleged violations. According to allegations in the complaint, Strategic Materials initially failed to obtain permit coverage ...

Sep. 12, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Californian waste company liable for over 100 stormwater violations

One of the largest providers of waste management services in the Bay area is facing penalties from the US Environmental Protection Agency, after being been found liable for numerous violations of the Clean Water Act. The company, California Waste Solutions, provides waste management services for large portions of Oakland and San Jose. US Environmental Protection Agency inspectors found evidence ...

Sep. 4, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grants to Reduce Runoff that Contributes to Algal Blooms

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of 14 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling over $17 million to fund projects that will improve Great Lakes water quality by preventing phosphorus runoff and soil erosion that contribute to algal blooms and by reducing suspended sediments in Great Lakes tributaries. “These Great Lakes Restoration Initiative ...

Mar. 26, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Old Town, Maine Pulp Mill Pays Fine for Clean Water Act Violations

Red Shield Acquisition LLC has agreed to pay a $126,000 fine to resolve claims that it violated the terms of wastewater and stormwater permits at its Old Town, Maine pulp mill, in violation of the Clean Water Act. EPA alleged that Red Shield, which does business under the trade name Old Town Fuel & Fiber, discharged process wastewater and stormwater from the facility in violation of the ...

Mar. 27, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New PCB Regulations Coming Soon for Demolition Companies Operating in the San Francisco Bay Area

New demolition regulations are coming soon for businesses involved with demolition activities in seven counties surrounding San Francisco Bay. Effective July 1st, 2019, companies involved with the demolition of buildings constructed between 1950 and 1980 will face new regulations concerning polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as part of the demolition permit application process. These new changes ...

Apr. 8, 2019

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Lafarge North America Inc. agrees to pay $740,000 penalty to resolve clean water act violations in five states / ready-mix concrete producer agrees to invest an estimated $8 million to improve environmental compliance at 189 facilities in the u.s.

Lafarge North America Inc., one of the largest suppliers of construction materials in the United States and Canada, and four of its U.S. subsidiaries have agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations. The violations include unpermitted discharges of stormwater at 21 stone, gravel, sand, asphalt and ready-mix concrete facilities in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, and New York. ...

Nov. 29, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Florida stormwater management inspectors flood Granite Environmental

Five more qualified and certified Florida Stormwater Management Inspectors beef up Granite Environmental, giving them a grand total seven certified in-house inspectors! For two full days the participants studied and tested to complete the Florida Stormwater Erosion and Sedimentation Control Inspector Program, held in Palm Bay, FL on February 2-3. Hal Lundsford, of the Department of Environmental ...

Feb. 18, 2011

By GEI Works, Inc.

EPA Orders Pennsylvania Municipalities to Improve Stormwater Management

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has sent orders to 85 municipalities in north central and northeast Pennsylvania requiring improvements to their programs for managing stormwater. EPA issued the orders to augment Pennsylvania’s efforts to ensure effective stormwater management programs are in place to improve water quality in local streams and the Chesapeake ...

Jun. 24, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Watershed improvement review board makes funds available for water quality projects

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today encouraged eligible groups to apply for grants to support projects that will improve water quality in the state. Approximately $1 million is available through the Watershed Improvement Review Board to support qualifying projects. Funds are available to local watershed improvement committees, soil and water conservation districts, public water ...

Dec. 13, 2013

By Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

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