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US developer to pay NY`s biggest stormwater fine
The developer of the Greenport Commons retail project on Route 9 in the town of Greenport, New York has been slapped with the largest stormwater penalty in the history of New York state. Widewaters Greenport Co. LLC has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to resolve numerous stormwater violations at the development and must also temporarily stop work on the site until state officials approve ...
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Dominion settles clean water act violations at equestrian estates
Dominion will pay a $51,000 penalty for allegedly allowing storm water runoff from Equestrian Estates North in Chesapeake Va., to run off into a tributary of the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River. After an inspection by EPA on June 14, 2010, and another inspection by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation on December 14, 2010, EPA cited Dominion for failing to: Stabilize ...
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Dirty runoff from Massachusetts roads violates federal law
In a precedent-setting decision, a federal court judge ruled last Friday that the Massachusetts Highway Department violated federal clean water law by failing to develop an adequate stormwater cleanup plan for its 2,500 miles of urban roads and bridges. The decision, by Judge William Young, stems from a lawsuit filed by environmentalists charging MassHighway was not properly implementing a ...
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EPA Awards $860,000 to Communities to Reduce Water Pollution, Build Resilience to Climate Change
This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Pueblo de Cochiti is one of 14 communities nationwide receiving part of $860,000 to expand the use of green infrastructure to reduce water pollution and boost resilience to the impacts of climate change. The funding is in support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which directs federal agencies to identify ...
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WESTON EXPERTS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS AT ORLANDO STORMWATER CONFERENCE
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – June 27, 2005 –Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON ® ) announced today that five experts from its Carlsbad , CA office will present solutions at StormCon TM , The North American Surface Water Quality Conference and Exposition to be held July 18-21, 2005, at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes convention hotel in Orlando, FL. StormCon, the nation's largest stormwater ...
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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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New permit issued for industrial stormwater discharges offers improved features
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a new Stormwater Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for an estimated 4,100 industrial facilities in 29 different sectors to implement site-specific stormwater pollution prevention plans to protect water quality. Facilities are required to install control measures that meet established technology- and water quality-based effluent limits and ...
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Dewberry Announces Denver Acquisition
Dewberry, a privately held professional services company, has acquired the assets of Integra Engineering. Dewberry-Integra will continue to operate from Denver, Colorado, expanding Dewberry’s western geographic footprint. “Integra is well-known throughout Colorado for municipal water and wastewater facility engineering,” says Dewberry CEO Donald E. Stone, Jr., PE. “We are ...
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Alaska Gold settles with EPA for Clean Water Act violations at Nome Mine Site
The Alaska Gold Company has paid a penalty for alleged Clean Water Act violations at the Rock Creek mine near Nome, Alaska. According to a settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the company allegedly violated permit requirements for controlling storm water pollution during construction activities. In addition to paying a $177,500 penalty, the company has already ...
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Florida stormwater management inspectors flood Granite Environmental
Five more qualified and certified Florida Stormwater Management Inspectors beef up Granite Environmental, giving them a grand total seven certified in-house inspectors! For two full days the participants studied and tested to complete the Florida Stormwater Erosion and Sedimentation Control Inspector Program, held in Palm Bay, FL on February 2-3. Hal Lundsford, of the Department of Environmental ...
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Puerto Rico Developer to Pay $500,000 Penalty to Address Clean Water Act Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has reached an agreement with F&R Contractors Corp. and F&R Contractors LLC (F&R) to settle the companies’ alleged violations of requirements to control pollution from stormwater discharges. The agreement requires F&R to pay a $500,000 penalty, establish new staffing positions to oversee a stormwater compliance ...
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University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Win Top Prizes in EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman today awarded the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign first and second prizes in the EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge at an Earth Day “EcoJam” in Chicago. EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge is a national competition in which college students design green ...
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Local Leaders Applaud EPA For Continued Collaborative Partnership As Clean Water Act Turns 40
U.S. Conference of Mayors leadership today issued the following statements on mayoral partnerships with the Environmental Protection Agency: Philadelphia, PA Mayor Michael A. Nutter, USCM Vice President: "The Clean Water Act was a defining piece of American legislation that created a greener, more sustainable nation. Reflecting on the 40th Anniversary of this legislation, we are reminded how ...
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Community provided sewer line connections due to EPA settlement with ponce landfill owner
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a legal settlement with the owner and operator of the Ponce Municipal Landfill that will reduce water pollution from the landfill into a local stream. The management of stormwater at the landfill will also be improved. In addition to complying with the requirements of the agreement, Allied Waste of Ponce, Inc. will spend at least $200,000 to ...
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EPA re-issues permit for construction site stormwater
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is re-issuing a stormwater Construction General Permit (CGP), which expired July 1, 2008, for a two-year time period. The permit will apply only where EPA is the permitting authority, which is in five states (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Idaho and Alaska); Washington, D.C.; most territories; and most Indian country lands. The CGP ...
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EPA Settlement with Rochester Area Home Builder Protects Area Waterways; Developer Agrees to Construct Project to Reduce Polluted Stormwater Discharges
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with the Atlantic Funding and Real Estate home building company and its owner, Alfred Spaziano, to address violations of federal rules that reduce pollution from contaminated stormwater runoff at its Gateway Landing construction site in Green and Gates, New York. Under the agreement, Atlantic Funding is required to comply with all ...
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Springfield, Mo., to Receive $67,000 from EPA for Technical Assistance in Planning Stormwater and Wastewater Projects
Springfield, Mo., was named today as one of five communities nationwide to receive a $67,000 technical assistance award from EPA to help develop components of integrated plans for wastewater and stormwater management. “EPA is committed to helping communities meet their requirements and goals for water projects that benefit public health, the environment, and the local economy,” said ...
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How to digitize your wastewater network with a smart water solution?
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that at least 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflow events occur in the United States each year. These overflows are mainly caused by inadequate maintenance and aging sewer infrastructure.2 Next, to managing these overflows, municipalities across the USA are also facing challenging obligations to manage these systems at a time of ...
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EPA orders village of Port Chester, N.Y. to fix the way it handles stormwater; Comply with clean water act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the village of Port Chester, N.Y. to improve the way it handles run-off from rainwater and correct violations of the federal Clean Water Act after EPA sampling revealed high levels of two types of bacteria in village stormwater. Stormwater, which is from rainfall or melting snow, can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt and other pollutants ...
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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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