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EPA environmental justice grant to help farm workers reduce pesticide risks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing a $25,000 grant to the Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA) to reduce exposure to pesticides for farm workers in southern New Jersey. CATA, a Latino-led nonprofit organization, will educate migrant farm workers throughout the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem, New Jersey about the ...
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U.S. EPA Response to the BP Whiting Oil Spill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is responding to the spill of an unknown volume of oil into Lake Michigan from the BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana. BP notified the federal government’s National Response Center on March 24, 2014 at 5:25 p.m. that a spill had occurred. EPA has issued a Notice of Federal Interest, which formally advises BP of the federal government’s ...
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Shell Pays $1.2 Million for Polluting New Jersey Water
TRENTON, New Jersey (ENS) - Petroleum giant Shell and its affiliated company Motiva have agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine for ignoring state orders to clean up pollution from leaking underground fuel tanks at a Ridgewood, New Jersey service station. 'Of the total penalty, $500,000 recoups the economic benefit that Shell/Motiva reaped by evading DEP cleanup orders,' said Commissioner Lisa ...
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EC streamlines rules on protection in case of maritime pollution
European commissioners this week presented a proposal which further strengthens the existing Community legislation regarding sanctions on those responsible for pollution by ships. Franco Frattini, the Commission's Vice-President responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security said, 'The new directive is an important complement to the Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal ...
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Eagle Manufacturing Upgrades Their Quality Flammable Cabinets
Eagle Manufacturing – a Justrite Group Company – has begun manufacturing their newly designed metallic safety cabinet product line. Their highly rated flammable cabinets have been enhanced with the following features: Concealed self-close mechanism provides obstruction-free access to top shelf space Self-indexing doors close in sequence and ensure a tight closure from top to ...
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Another Greka oil spill fouls California creek
More than 25,000 gallons of crude oil was spilled near Buellton, California on Saturday, but the spill was not even discovered until 13 hours after it started, according to a report on the incident issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. Overfilling of a produced wastewater tank caused the spill on the Greka Energy Zaca Lease. The oil and produced water spilled into the ...
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EPA Update on Yellowstone River Oil Spill (Silvertip Pipeline), August 12th, 2011
EPA continues to oversee the response to the ExxonMobil Silvertip Pipeline Spill on the Yellowstone River near Billings, Mont. EPA will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure ExxonMobil Pipeline Company addresses any and all potential impacts of this spill. EPA will continue to direct and oversee the cleanup and restoration of the Yellowstone River and will continue to work to ensure ...
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Court Won`T Stop BP Oil Spill Claims Payments
BP PLC must resume paying claims while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review its settlement with businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday. The 2-1 judgment said the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not put a stop to payments while BP appeals the court's earlier ruling that businesses, under the settlement, don't have to prove ...
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July 7 update on federal response to silvertip pipeline oil spill near Billings, Montana
At approximately 11:00 PM on Friday, July 1 a break occurred in a 12-inch pipeline owned by ExxonMobil that resulted in a spill of crude oil into the Yellowstone River approximately 20 miles upstream of Billings, Montana. According to the company’s estimates, 1,000 barrels of oil entered the river, which is in flood stage, before the pipeline was cut off. EPA’s primary concern is ...
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Supreme Court: BP Must Pay Claims During Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court says BP must continue paying claims from a fund established after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill while the company appeals terms of its settlement with some businesses. The justices on Monday let stand without comment lower court refusals to halt payments while BP PLC appeals lower court rulings that businesses don't have to prove they were directly harmed by the spill ...
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Statement of Lisa P. Jackson administrator, U.S. environmental protection agency / legislative hearing on use of dispersants in BP oil spill / senate committee on appropriations: subcommittee on commerce, justice, science, and related agencies (HQ)
Chairman Mikulski, Ranking Member Shelby and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill response. My testimony today will provide you with an overview of EPA’s role and activities in the affected Gulf Coast region following the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon ...
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