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Media advisory: EPA public hearing on dayton power and light J.M. stuart power plant wastewater permit
WHAT: Public hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s objection to a wastewater discharge permit for Dayton Power & Light J.M. Stuart Station. WHEN: Wednesday, March 23. Informational meeting and availability session will be at 6:30 p.m. Public hearing will follow at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Reading Room, Southern Hills Career & Technical Center, 9193 Hamer Road, Georgetown, ...
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Wastewater/Stormwater Permitting in Texas
Join us as we cover wastewater and storm water permitting mechanisms in Texas. We will discuss individual as well as general permit options, and provide general guidance on applicability. We will also briefly discuss recent regulatory changes and proposed changes to the definition of “waters of the US” and implications on the permitting programs. Course Topics Wastewater Permits ...
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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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Yakima fuel distributor violated oil spill prevention and response safety rules
Wondrack Distributing, Inc. violated federal oil spill prevention and response rules at its Yakima, Washington fuel distribution facility, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA found multiple violations of Clean Water Act spill prevention rules and spill response requirements at the facility. “Companies that store large amounts of fuel must be ...
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Tetra Tech Awarded U.S. Department of Energy blanket purchase agreement for environmental support services
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement to provide National Environmental Policy Act support services to the U.S. Department of Energy. Tetra Tech is one of six contractors that will share in the blanket purchase agreements with a ceiling of $91 million over a 5-year period. Tetra Tech will provide support services for a wide range of ...
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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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Cheese manufacturer Sorrento Lactalis to pay U.S. $315,000 for exceeding discharge levels into Idaho’s Mason Creek
Cheese manufacturer Sorrento Lactalis Inc. will pay the United States a $315,000 penalty for excess discharges in violation of its wastewater permit levels, according to an agreement between the company, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The company discharged the excess pollutants into Mason Creek from its factory operations in Nampa, Idaho, in violation of ...
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New video on the InfraCal TOG/TPH Analyzers for measuring fats, oil and grease in wastewater
We have just completed a new video on our InfraCal TOG/TPH Analyzers for measuring fats, oil and grease levels in water and wastewater, as well as TPH in soil. We hope you will take a few minutes to view this video and share it with others in your organization who may have a need for easy, on-site measurements of this type. The following are links to access the video: On our website On ...
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North Slope fuel distributor violated oil spill prevention and response safety rules
NANA Oilfield Services, Inc. violated federal oil spill prevention and response rules at its Deadhorse, Alaska, fuel storage and distribution facility, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA found multiple violations of Clean Water Act spill prevention rules and spill response requirements at the facility. "Companies that store large amounts of fuel must be ...
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BP Vows No Increase in Lake Michigan Discharges
WARRENVILLE, Illinois, August 23, 2007 (ENS) - BP America today promised to operate its Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana to meet the lower discharge limits contained in the refinery's previous wastewater treatment permit, even though the state has issued the refinery with a new permit that allows higher discharge limits. The company is taking notice of regional opposition to any increase ...
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Updated Municipal Wastewater Discharge Permits Proposed for Three North Idaho Cities
Newly-proposed municipal wastewater discharge permits for three cities in Northern Idaho will reduce the flow of phosphorous and other pollutants into the Spokane River. Today’s action is part of a larger effort being undertaken by Idaho and Washington to protect Spokane River water quality on both sides of the border. The proposed permits establish strict new discharge limits for total ...
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Irwindale wire manufacturer pleads guilty to criminal wastewater discharge (CA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Davis Wire Corporation of Irwindale, Calif. pleaded guilty to one count of negligent discharge of acidic pollutants into a publically owned treatment works, following an October 26 court decision in which Davis Wire was sentenced to pay $1.5 million in restitution to the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) for damage done to ...
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Oregon fuel companies fined for federal oil spill prevention and response violations
Tyree Oil Inc., Carson Oil Co., and Ferrell’s Fuel Network will pay fines and invest in facility upgrades for violating federal oil spill prevention and response rules at their Oregon facilities, according to separate settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA inspections of each facility from 2007 and 2011 found multiple violations of federal spill prevention rules and ...
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EPA settles with four Alaska seafood processors for Clean Water Act violations
Four seafood processing vessels operating in federal waters off the coast of Alaska failed to comply with federal Clean Water Act permits regulating their seafood waste discharges, according to settlement agreements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Inc., United States Seafoods, LLC and Ocean Peace Inc. agreed to settle the violations with the EPA in ...
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WESTON AWARDED U.S. AIR FORCE AETC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CONTRACT
SAN ANTONIO – September 5, 2007 –Weston ) announced today the award of a second consecutiveÒSolutions, Inc. (WESTON Architect-Engineer (A&E) Environmental Services Contract from the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) to be administered out of AETC Headquarters at Randolph AFB, Texas. WESTON is one of four companies awarded this indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity ...
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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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NC sides with Duke in appeal of coal ash ruling
North Carolina regulators are joining with Duke Energy in appealing a judge's ruling on cleaning up groundwater pollution leeching from the company's coal ash dumps. The state Environmental Management Commission filed notice Monday that it intends to appeal a March 6 ruling by Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway. The commission and Duke contend North Carolina law does not give the state the ...
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Ohio`s US$2.5bn plan to reduce overflows
The Ohio EPA is seeking public comments on its draft approval of the city of Columbus' wet weather management plan. The sewer system in Ohio's capital city currently discharges some 1.65 billion gallons of sewer overflow in a typical year. Under the new plan, by the year 2025, these overflows will be reduced to a total of about 250 million gallons. 'When the plan is implemented, there will be a ...
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Massey Energy to pay largest civil penalty ever for water permit violations
Massey Energy Company, Inc. has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty in a corporate-wide settlement to resolve Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. This is the largest civil penalty in EPA’s history levied against a company for wastewater discharge permit violations. 'This is a ...
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Three Beef Feedlots in Iowa face civil enforcement actions as EPA continues emphasis on compliance with clean water act (IA)
EPA Region 7 has taken a series of civil enforcement actions against three beef feedlot operations in Iowa for violations of the Clean Water Act, as part of a continuing enforcement emphasis aimed at ending harmful discharges of pollutants from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) into the region’s rivers and streams. “In some instances, we are finding harmful bacteria such ...
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