state environmental law News
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Regulatory Compliance Management and the Crucial Role of Qualified Environmental Professionals
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will turn 50 years old on December 2, 2020. Some states began issuing environmental protection laws even before the birth of the EPA. There are also city, county, town, or other local ordinances that are there to protect the environment. Manufacturing companies routinely encounter these regulations in their day-to-day operations. ...
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Anhua Taisen Recycling Technology Co. Ltd. obtained EIA
In accordance with the Notice of the State Council on Enforcement of Environmental Supervision and Law Enforcement (Guo Ban Fa [2014] No. 56) and the Notice of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on Printing and Distributing the Work Plan for Environmental Protection Inspection (Huandin [2014] No. 112) Municipal People's Government "environmental inspection program," requires the well-laid ...
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Disaster plan developed in case fire reaches nuclear waste
Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1,200 feet. Government officials have quietly adopted an emergency plan in case the smoldering embers ever reach the waste, a potentially "catastrophic event" that could send up a plume of radioactive smoke over a ...
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U.S. Settles with ExxonMobil over Violations Stemming from 2013 Oil Spill in Mayflower, Arkansas
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipe Line Company (ExxonMobil) have agreed to pay civil penalties, fund an environmental project and implement corrective measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws stemming from a 2013 crude oil spill from the ...
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Global Chemical Control Handbook Published by ABA SEER
The attorneys, scientists, and regulatory professionals of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and The Acta Group (Acta®) are proud to have authored Global Chemical Control Handbook: A Guide to Chemical Management Programs, recently released by the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of B&C and President of ...
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EPA Accepting Comment on Proposed Agreement for the Purchase of Sparrows Point Facility
EPA is soliciting public comment on its proposal to enter into an agreement with Sparrows Point Terminal LLC (SPT) that will support SPT’s planned purchase and redevelopment of the Sparrows Point facility in Baltimore, Md., and ensure environmental cleanup at the property. The proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement (PPA) requires SPT to perform specified cleanup activities at the ...
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North Carolina regulators shielded Duke`s coal ash pollution
Over the last year, environmental groups have tried three times to use the federal Clean Water Act to force Duke Energy to clear out leaky coal ash dumps like the one that ruptured last week, spewing enough toxic sludge into a North Carolina river to fill 73 Olympic-sized pools. Each time, they say, their efforts have been stymied - by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural ...
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Wal-Mart Pleads Guilty To Federal Environmental Crimes And Civil Violations And Will Pay More Than $81 Million
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pleaded guilty today in cases filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally handling and disposing of hazardous materials at its retail stores across the United States. The Bentonville, Ark.-based company also pleaded guilty today in Kansas City, Mo., to violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide ...
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EPA Finalizes Plan to Address PCB Contamination in the Grasse River in Massena, NY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated river sediment at the Grasse River Superfund site in Massena, New York. Past industrial activities have contaminated the river sediment with polychlorinated biphenyls. PCBs are probable human carcinogens that build up in the fat of fish and mammals, increasing in concentration as they move up the food chain. ...
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Cardno Acquires U.S. Government Environmental Consulting Firm
International infrastructure and environment services group, Cardno Limited (ASX: CDD) today announced the acquisition of EM-Assist, Inc. a 150-person environmental services and compliance management firm, headquartered near Sacramento, California, USA. Cardno will pay up to US$14.25 million for the purchase of EM-Assist. Around ten percent (10%) of the purchase price is subject to ...
By Stantec
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EM-Assist Merges with Cardno to Expand Federal-Sector Services
EM-Assist, a 150-person environmental compliance and information management firm, merged with Cardno TEC, an environmental engineering firm specializing in serving the federal sector. Cardno TEC and now EM-Assist are part of Cardno, a global infrastructure and environmental services company with over 7,000 employees working on projects in more than 85 countries. (Logo: ...
By Stantec
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Safetec Names Kim Peterson Director of Environmental, Health and Safety
Safetec Compliance Systems, a leading provider of global chemical risk and compliance technology solutions, has named Kim Peterson as its Director of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS). As an experienced, hands-on EHS professional, Ms. Peterson brings to Safetec greater insight into the challenges EHS Managers face in managing day-to-day tasks, including recordkeeping and reporting, handling ...
By HSI
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HPI Products, Inc., related company and owner to pay $150,000 in civil penalties for state, federal environmental violations (MO)
HPI Products, Inc., of St. Joseph, Mo., along with an affiliated property holding corporation and the owner of both companies, have agreed to pay a total of $150,000 in civil penalties, in addition to covering undetermined cleanup costs at six of their chemical processing and manufacturing facilities, to settle a series of alleged violations of state and federal environmental laws. HPI Products, ...
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Parting the Chemical Curtain with GreenWERCS By Michelle Mauthe Harvey
10/27/2009 In May, with very little fanfare, Walmart introduced an extraordinary new tool known as GreenWERCS.GreenWERCS assesses the composition of chemical intensive products -- which is just about any non-food item on a Walmart shelf that you can pour, squeeze, dab or otherwise apply to your body or use in or around your home or car. GreenWERCS analyzes the composition of individual products ...
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Federal environmental enforcement highlights in Indiana
CHICAGO (Nov. 15, 2006) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its enforcement actions in Indiana in 2006 have caused regulated entities to pay more than $27.1 million to correct past environmental violations and help prevent future ones. In the past fiscal year, EPA resolved 56 actions against regulated entities and assessed a total of more than $1.6 million ...
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EPA environmental enforcement highlights for Minnesota
(Nov. 15, 2006) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its enforcement actions in Minnesota in 2006 have caused regulated entities to pay more than $1.1 million to correct past environmental violations and help prevent future ones. In the past fiscal year, EPA resolved 31 actions against regulated entities and assessed a total of more than $632,000 in civil ...
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Federal environmental enforcement highlights in Illinois
CHICAGO (Nov. 15, 2006) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its enforcement actions in Illinois in 2006 have caused regulated entities to pay more than $325.1 million to correct past environmental violations and help prevent future ones. In the past fiscal year, EPA resolved 119 actions against regulated entities in Illinois and assessed a total of more ...
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EPA 2006 Enforcement Highlights for Ohio
CHICAGO (Nov. 16, 2006) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its enforcement actions in Ohio in 2006 have caused regulated entities to pay more than $107 million to correct past environmental violations and help prevent future ones. In the past fiscal year, EPA resolved 80 actions against regulated entities in Ohio and assessed a total of $2,717,709 in civil ...
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EPA 2006 Enforcement Highlights for Wisconsin
CHICAGO (Nov. 16, 2006) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its enforcement actions in Wisconsin in 2006 have caused regulated entities to pay more than $6 million to correct past environmental violations and help prevent future ones. In the past fiscal year, EPA resolved 21 actions against regulated entities in Wisconsin; assessed a total of $353,522 in ...
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EPA 2006 Eenforcement Highlights for Michigan
CHICAGO (Nov. 16, 2006) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its enforcement actions in Michigan in 2006 have caused regulated entities to pay more than $16.5 million to correct environmental violations and help prevent future ones. In the past fiscal year in Michigan, EPA took 47 actions against regulated entities; assessed $1.5 million in civil penalties for ...
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