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EPA awards nearly US$1.5m grant for water infrastructure and green innovations
EPA has awarded US$1,474,500 to the Kansas City, MO, Water Services Department to replace or relocate drinking water mains, sanitary sewers and stormwater sewers as part of the Beacon Hill Redevelopment Project, located west of Bruce R. Watkins Drive from 22nd Street to 27th Street in Kansas City, Mo. The project will include green stormwater infrastructure, such as an underground detention ...
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Eco-Friendly Riveer Wash Racks
Rental Equipment Companies Use Eco-Friendly Riveer Wash Racks and Treatment Systems to Comply With EPA South Haven, MI – Companies that rent heavy equipment and vehicles need to wash them after return. Washing is essential to extending the life of their equipment and a key to cutting costs while preserving profits. State and local environmental regulations require the safe disposal of ...
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EPA Settles Stormwater Case to Protect Richmond Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the city of Richmond has settled alleged violations of Clean Water Act regulations that protect waterways from polluted stormwater runoff. In a consent agreement with EPA, Richmond has agreed to pay a $12,000 penalty to settle the alleged violations related to its storm sewer system and notified EPA that the city is now in compliance ...
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Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Permitting Services Approves Sorbtive®Filter to Protect the Chesapeake Bay from Sediment and Phosphorus
Imbrium™Systems, a Rockville, Maryland based stormwater treatment solutions company, announced today that it received an updated approval for Sorbtive®Filter by the Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Permitting Services. The updated approval is a critical step forward for Imbrium Systems and Montgomery County in an effort to protect the Chesapeake Bay from the ravages of ...
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Homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. to pay $741,000 clean water act penalty and implement company-wide stormwater controls
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Toll Brothers Inc., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will pay a civil penalty of $741,000 to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites, including sites located in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Toll Brothers will also invest in a company-wide stormwater ...
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EPA to recognize recovery act water re-use project in Raleigh, North Carolina
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Regional Administrator Stan Meiburg will join state and local officials in Raleigh, NC to recognize the city’s Water Re-use green infrastructure project. The project, estimated to cost approximately US$465,735, is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA), through the State Revolving Fund. EPA will recognize Raleigh’s ...
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EPA Reaches Settlement with the Iowa Fertilizer Company and Orascom E and C USA for Clean Water Act Violations
The Iowa Fertilizer Company and Orascom E&C USA have agreed to pay a $80,689 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act associated with the construction of a new fertilizer plant in Wever, Iowa, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 announced today. Orascom is Iowa Fertilizer's construction contractor for the site and is jointly responsible for compliance ...
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EPA Grant Helps Protect and Restore Louisiana Coast
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $362,213 to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana to help design a project implemented under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) program. The project will create and nourish 634 acres of marshland in the Shell Beach area off of Lake Borgne, southeast of New Orleans. The marsh will ...
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Colorado`s National Park Service Chooses the Smart Sponge® as Clean Water Cure for Three Curecanti Recreational Marinas
Smart Sponge catch basin inserts selected by the National Park Service to help control stormwater runoff pollution. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) -- AbTech Industries’ Smart Sponge® technology is most commonly associated with filtration systems that are currently cleaning up polluted street runoff in the storm drains of 27 states. However, the Smart Sponge’s versatility makes it ideal for a variety of ...
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EPA to Host Green Street Design Workshop in Joplin, Mo.
EPA will host a green street design workshop and meetings that will provide Joplin, Mo., with technical assistance to consider “green complete street” options for the city’s 20th Street Corridor from Main Street to Highview Avenue. The first workshop, for city leadership, will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., June 18, at Joplin’s City Council Chambers, City Hall, 602 ...
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EPA and Fort Lincoln Retail Reach Settlement for Clean Water Act Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Fort Lincoln Retail, LLC have reached a settlement over alleged violations of Clean Water Act regulations designed to protect America’s waterways from polluted stormwater runoff. Under an administrative consent agreement, the company will pay a $99,000 penalty to resolve violations involving stormwater runoff that flowed into the District of ...
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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 ...
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$250,000 of additional funding announced for green solutions in Kansas City’s marlborough neighborhood Kansas City, Kan.
EPA Region 7 will recognize homeowners in the Marlborough area of Kansas City, Mo., this week for installing rain gardens, rain barrels and other green solutions to reduce stormwater runoff. A tour of rain gardens and other green solutions will be held for news media and city officials from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 22. A formal news conference will follow at 12:00 p.m. at 1312 ...
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Hunt Building agrees to resolve stormwater violations at construction sites at the United States Air Force Academy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Hunt Building has agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at two military housing construction sites at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The company will pay a civil penalty of $310,000. Today’s agreement resolves alleged stormwater permit violations discovered through EPA ...
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EPA to Assist Buffalo Sewer Authority in Expanding Use of Green Infrastructure Projects to Focus on Reducing Stormwater Runoff from Vacant Lots
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will provide technical assistance to the Buffalo Sewer Authority to expand the use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and improve Buffalo’s resilience to the impacts of climate change. The EPA will assist Buffalo in assessing paved and unsightly vacant lots, which contribute to stormwater runoff and pollution of ...
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Large flow stormwater separators
View Our Extensive Line of Products One of the biggest threats to our nation's clean water supply is surface runoff from certain urban and industrial areas. Another major source of groundwater contamination comes from leaking fuel oil and gasoline tanks associated with fueling stations, tank farms and industrial facilities. Introducing hydrocarbons like oils, gasoline, and volatile organic ...
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North Georgia Developer Agrees to Settlement for Stormwater Violations
Cannon Place, LLC (Cannon Place) has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over alleged stormwater violations at its construction sites along Bald Ridge Marina Road in Cumming, Ga. As part of this settlement, Cannon Place agreed to pay a civil penalty of $110,253. Under the Clean Water Act (CWA), owners and general contractors at construction sites of one acre and ...
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US EPA orders San Jose company to comply with stormwater discharge requirements
The US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a San Jose, Calif. scrap material company to immediately comply with the Clean Water Act at two of its facilities. The EPA inspected American Metal and Iron’s 11665 Berryessa Rd. facility on Oct. 25 and Dec. 7, and its 1045 Commercial Ct. facility on Dec. 7. During the inspections, the EPA discovered that the Berryessa Road facility failed to ...
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Mission markets musings: Theda 6braddock
Mission Markets Blog Stormwater runoff has been identified as one of the largest sources of pollutants in the Nation’s waterways. Stormwater is rain and snow melt that runs off impervious surfaces such as roads and rooftops. In the draining process, the runoff picks up chemicals such as nitrogen and phosphorus as well as oil, heavy metals, fertilizers, pesticides, trash, and animal waste. ...
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EPA launches new strategy to promote use of green infrastructure for environmental and economic benefits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new strategy to promote the use of green infrastructure by cities and towns to reduce stormwater runoff that pollutes our nation’s streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Green infrastructure decreases pollution to local waterways by treating rain where it falls and keeping polluted stormwater from entering sewer ...
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