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EPA Settlement with Raymore, Mo., Results in Stream Protections for Tributary to South Grand River
EPA Region 7 has reached an administrative settlement with the city of Raymore, Mo., to resolve municipal stormwater violations under the Clean Water Act. Under the settlement, the city will come into compliance with its Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit, pay a penalty of $22,000, and implement a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP). EPA investigations found Raymore was in ...
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$485,000 Grant to St. Joseph, Mo., for sewer improvements
EPA has awarded $485,000 to the City of St. Joseph, Mo., for improvements to its combined sewer system. The sewer improvement project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2014. EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks said, “The project will reduce pollution discharges to waters of Missouri and clean the water that sustains the future of St. Joseph. These water infrastructure funds ...
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EPA announces “Green Streets-Green Jobs” pilot grants for Anacostia
The U.S. EPA today announced that pilot funding is available to local governments and non-governmental organizations in the Anacostia River watershed under the Green Streets-Green Jobs initiative. The initiative delivers on a commitment in the Executive Order Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. “The Green Streets-Green Jobs initiative demonstrates another ...
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Fertilizer Company agrees to pay $1.8 million penalty to resolve hazardous waste violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Agrifos, a former phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizer producer, has agreed to pay a $1.8 million dollar penalty and conduct an environmental project to resolve alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Clean Air Act. Violations include processing and disposing of hazardous wastewater ...
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U.S. EPA orders caltrans to comply with clean water act to protect state waters // State agency must improve stormwater discharges at road construction and maintenance sites (CA)
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to upgrade its statewide stormwater management program, and exert stronger controls over stormwater discharges from its road construction and maintenance sites. The Clean Water Act enforcement action follows a series of EPA field audits of four Northern California CalTrans districts. ...
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U.S. EPA orders Caltrans to comply with Clean Water Act to protect state waters // State agency must improve stormwater discharges at road construction and maintenance sites
SAN FRANCISCO: The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to upgrade its statewide stormwater management program, and exert stronger controls over stormwater discharges from its road construction and maintenance sites. The Clean Water Act enforcement action follows a series of EPA field audits of four Northern California CalTrans ...
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EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities Grants to Wisconsin
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities grants totaling more than $800,000 to four cities in Wisconsin to fund green infrastructure projects that will improve water quality in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Manitowoc, Oak Creek, Sheboygan and Superior are among 11 cities across the Great Lakes Basin which will receive funding ...
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EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities Grants to Northern Ohio
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities grants totaling more than $500,000 to three cities in northern Ohio to fund green infrastructure projects that will improve water quality in Lake Erie. Euclid, Mentor and Sandusky are among 11 cities across the Great Lakes Basin which will receive funding totaling over $1.8 million through ...
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Nampa dairy operator fined nearly $15,000 for storm water violations (ID)
Happy Valley Dairy of Nampa, Idaho reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged Clean Water Act violations related to a construction project at the dairy. The violations were found in April 2010 during a joint EPA and Corps of Engineers inspection which resulted from a citizen’s complaint. The company has agreed to come into compliance and pay a penalty of ...
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AECOM to provide flood-control, other infrastructure solutions to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under US$171-million work order contract
AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it was awarded a substantial work order for project management services that include a consultancy, engineering, and construction services contract for a citywide storm ...
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EPA files Complaint, Seeks Penalties against Black Diamond Engineering for Federal Clean Water Act violations
(Sandpoint, Idaho – Sept. 17, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed an administrative complaint against Black Diamond Engineering. The complaint alleges violations of EPA’s Construction Storm Water General Permit (CGP) and proposes a penalty of $5,000. The alleged violations occurred at the Cedars at Sandcreek construction site (Site), located at 400 Schweitzer Cutoff ...
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North Idaho developers fined nearly $45,000 for storm water violations
The Environmental Protection Agency has settled with seven firms and individuals accused of violating the Clean Water Act at construction sites in northern Idaho. EPA found the violations during routine inspections last fall in the Sandpoint area. The violations resulted in fines ranging from $8,000 - $14,000. Inspectors observed violations at all of the sites, including failure to apply for ...
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U.S. EPA settles with Caltrans and general contractor for polluting Shasta Lake
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a pair of settlements requiring the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and its general contractor, the Tutor-Saliba Corporation, to pay $80,000 each to resolve violations at the Antlers Bridge Replacement project site on Interstate 5 near Redding, Calif. EPA inspected the Antlers Bridge site in 2011 and 2013—in ...
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Award-Winning Westchester Community College Gateway Center Earns LEED® Gold Certification
The Westchester Community College (WCC) Gateway Center, which officially opened to accolades in the fall, was recently certified as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold building by the U.S. Green Building Council.To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/stvinc/45049/STV provided construction management ...
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Florida lawmakers to talk water funding, not policy
In the marshes along the western edge of Florida's largest freshwater lake, the water is clear, wading birds burst into the sky ahead of an approaching airboat, and there's no sign of the turmoil that elevated water levels caused last summer. The political waters in Tallahassee, though, are roiling over Lake Okeechobee and other hydrological woes, from Florida's Big Bend to the state's signature ...
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EPA`s Clean Water Act Enforcement in High Gear
(New York, NY -- November 16, 2006) Continuing to uphold the water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced settlements with Cue and Lopez Contractors/Vistas de Gurabo, Inc., Wildco., Inc., Rullan Ruiz Group, Inc., and Top Construction Corp. for failing to obtain storm water discharge permits and develop required storm ...
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EPA to Require Best Management Practices To Curb Erosion at Construction Sites
The construction, utility and housing sectors will be required to implement best management practices to prevent erosion at construction sites in lieu of numeric nutrient limits for turbidity in stormwater under a final Environmental Protection Agency rule published March 6 (79 Fed. Reg. 12,661). The new effluent limitations emphasizing best practices to manage erosion and stabilize soils at ...
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Home Builders settle stormwater violations for US$4.3m
Four of the US's largest home builders have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling US$4.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and US Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The four separate settlements resolve alleged violations of stormwater runoff regulations at construction sites in 34 states and the District of Columbia. The companies ...
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New Jersey Developer to Pay Civil Penalty for Stormwater Violations and Preserve Wetlands
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice today announced that they have reached an agreement with Garden Homes and its affiliated companies to settle their alleged failure to control stormwater discharges. These failures potentially resulted in pollutant discharges to the Passaic, Hackensack, Rahway, Raritan, Saddle and Delaware River watersheds. The agreement requires ...
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WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL 2013: Stormwater Management Symposium focuses on sustainable rainwater management
Berlin, 25 October 2012 – For a long time rainwater was regarded as wastewater rather than a resource. Along with dirty water from households and industry it was fed into the sewage system and from there to water treatment plants. In many respects this had a detrimental effect on the environment and on natural water resources. On 25 and 26 April 2013, under the heading of “Stormwater ...
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