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U.S. settles clean water act violations with Koehler-Bright Star Inc.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement of a Clean Water Act case against Koehler-Bright Star Inc. (KBS), a battery manufacturer in Hanover Township, Luzerne County. EPA alleged that the company exceeded the limits of pollutants the facility is allowed to discharge to the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Sewer Authority (WVSSA), also in Hanover. According to EPA, KBS violated ...
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EPA awards city of goliad $194,000 to aid wastewater management
The City of Goliad, Texas, can now be sure that its wastewater is treated in compliance with federal and state laws. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $194,000 to Goliad to upgrade and elevate the city’s primary sewer line to provide necessary infrastructure funding that enhances the safety of the wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater management encompasses a broad range of ...
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Irish EPA releases Annual Report for year ended 31 December 2007
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today published its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2007. In providing an overview of the Report to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment & Local Government, the EPA’s Director General, Dr Mary Kelly, said, “Looking back in years to come, the year 2007 will be seen as a watershed year for climate change and this is reflected in the ...
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EPA and Navajo Nation EPA Enter Historic Agreements with Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to Halt Water Pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Navajo Nation EPA announced a pair of settlements with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority to bring its wastewater treatment facility in Window Rock into compliance both with the federal Clean Water Act and the Navajo Nation Clean Water Act. EPA's agreement backs up a recent ground-breaking NNEPA settlement that required the NTUA to pay a $25,000 ...
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EPA Recognizes Outstanding Water Quality Achievements of 2007
(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 15, 2007) EPA is announcing the recipients of the 2007 National Clean Water Act Recognition Awards aimed at recognizing municipalities and industries for outstanding and creative technological achievements in wastewater treatment and pollution abatement programs. As we get ready to mark the 35th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, water quality has dramatically improved ...
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Lawsuit Seeks EPA Action on Cruise Ship Pollution
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) - Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, today, seeking an immediate response to a seven year old cruise ship pollution petition submitted in March of 2000. The petition was circulated on behalf of 53 organizations by Bluewater Network, which is now part of Friends of the Earth. It asked the EPA to assess and regulate ...
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EPA announces $1.6 billion in Clean Water Act funds to upgrade Sacramento’s regional wastewater treatment plant
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced a record $1.6 billion in Clean Water Act State Revolving Funds – the largest single block of financing ever issued – to upgrade the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Mr. Blumenfeld announced the loan award at a groundbreaking event for the treatment plant in Elk ...
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EPA Inspections Reveal Clean Water Act Violations by Former Dairy Owner near Rock Valley, Iowa
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) personnel conducted a series of inspections in March and May 2013 at the Double V Dairy, LLC, near Rock Valley, Iowa. As a result of the inspections, the former owner of the dairy has agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, according to a proposed consent agreement. EPA inspections and sampling documented ...
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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 ...
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City of Jerome, Idaho Settles Wastewater Permit Violations with EPA
Wastewater discharged into the Snake River, the J8 canal and other waters will be cleaner as a result of a recent settlement between the City of Jerome, Idaho and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The City has agreed to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant to ensure the facility has the capacity to handle future discharges. The Clean Water Act requires that wastewater discharges comply ...
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U.S. EPA orders companies in Visalia, Calif., to protect Mill Creek from polluted wastewater
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the resolution of a series of enforcement actions for Clean Water Act violations at three manufacturing companies located in Visalia, Calif. The facilities owned by Univar USA, Advanced Food Products, and Milk Specialties Global discharge industrial wastewater to the city’s sanitary sewer system, which eventually flows into Mill Creek. The ...
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EPA Inspections Remedy Clean Water Act Violations by Poultry Operation near Green Ridge, Mo.
Environmental Protection Agency personnel conducted a series of inspections in May and October 2013 at the H and M Farms, LLC, a poultry operation near Green Ridge, Missouri. As a result of the inspections, the owner of the facility has agreed to remedy Clean Water Act (CWA) violations occurring on-site. EPA inspections and sampling documented pollutant discharges from the 384,000-bird facility ...
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EPA Action Ensures that Runoff Doesn’t Harm Nearby Streams at North Reading, Mass. Construction Site
An EPA enforcement action resulted in reduced amounts of sediment and contaminated run off impacting streams and waterways near a construction site in North Reading, Mass. The recent settlement between EPA and Gilbane Building Co. resolved EPA allegations that the company violated a Clean Water Act General Construction Permit at the work site. An EPA complaint detailed the Agency’s ...
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Wright-Pierce engineer invited to serve on prestigious AWWA project advisory committee
Christopher M. Silke, P.E., a Senior Project Manager and corrosion control specialist in the Water Practice Group at Wright-Pierce, a New England based environmental engineering firm, has been selected to serve as a committee member for the prestigious American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Research Foundation. Mr. Silke will serve a three year term on the Water Research Foundation's ...
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EPA to Improve Wastewater Infrastructure in Cabot, Ark.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the city of Cabot, Ark. $485,000 to install new wastewater treatment equipment. The upgrades will include 10,000 feet of wastewater piping that will help address sanitary sewer overflows. Wastewater management encompasses a broad range of efforts that promote effective and responsible water use, treatment and disposal. Under the Clean ...
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EPA Inspection Reveals Clean Water Act Violations by Winifred Feed Lot, LLC, near Frankfort, Kansas
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency personnel conducted inspections in northeastern Kansas in December 2013. As a result of one of the inspections, the owner of a beef feedlot, Winifred Feed Lot, LLC, has agreed to pay a $16,150 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), according to a proposed consent agreement. The EPA inspection documented pollutant discharges ...
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Ovivo partners with E2metrix to offer an integrated solution
Ovivo, a global provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment, technologies and systems, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with E2metrix to develop and commercialize a complete integrated solution to treat and destroy perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly called the forever chemicals, and other emerging contaminants present in water and wastewater. ...
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