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OCTOBER 6, 2004
JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES FY 2004 RECORD YEAR IN OBTAINING OVER $4
BILLION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT OCTOBER 6, 2004
U.S. ANNOUNCES CLEAN AIR AGREEMENT WITH CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.
OCTOBER 1, 2004
EXPLORER PIPELINE PAYS $3 MILLION CIVIL PENALTY
FOR DISCHARGE FROM ITS PIPELINE IN TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
CHEVRON PHILLIPS TO PAY $1.8 MILLION CIVIL PENALTY
FOR EXPLOSIONS AT PASADENA, TEXAS CHEMICAL PLANT
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
DIRECTOR OF PUERTO RICAN ISUZU DISTRIBUTOR
AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A FELONY VIOLATION OF CLEAN WATER ACT
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
COMPANY TO PAY $1.5 MILLION FOR NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES STEMMING
FROM OIL SPILL INTO DELAWARE BAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
U.S. REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE
RAILWAY COMPANY TO CLEAN UP ALBUQUERQUE SUPERFUND SITE SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
TWO SHIP ENGINEERS PLEAD GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO
CONCEAL THE DUMPING OF WASTE OIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2004
STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. SANSONETTI, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION, REGARDING THE NOTICE OF APPEAL IN THE OHIO VALLEY
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION V. BULEN
AUGUST 20, 2004
HISTORIC $56 MILLION SETTLEMENT PAVES WAY FOR
RESTORING FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT IN INDIANA
AUGUST 19, 2004
MOBILE, ALABAMA MAN SENTENCED FOR DUMPING HAZARDOUS WASTE
AUGUST 15, 2004
MISSISSIPPI POTASH, INC. PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATING
THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT
AUGUST 10, 2004
IOWA-BASED SHIP OPERATOR SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL OCEAN DUMPING AUGUST 9, 2004
PHELPS DODGE MORENCI, INC. PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATING THE MIGRATORY
BIRD TREATY ACT AUGUST 6, 2004
TANKER FIRM SENTENCED FOR CONCEALING DUMPING OF WASTE OIL
AUGUST 6, 2004
U.S.
ANNOUNCES $2 BILLION SEWAGE SPILL AGREEMENT
FOR CITY OF LOS ANGELES AUGUST 5, 2004
PROPOSED AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WAUKEGAN AND OTHERS RESOLVES
SUPERFUND SITE ISSUES AUGUST 3, 2004
DOJ, EPA SETTLE WITH MOBIL FOR OVER $5.5 MILLION
FOR CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATION ON NAVAJO LANDS JULY 27, 2004
PERUVIAN ORCHID DEALER SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN MIAMI FOR SMUGGLING
PROTECTED PERUVIAN ORCHIDS JULY 22, 2004
WEYERHAEUSER CO. SETTLES AIR POLLUTION VIOLATIONS AT PULP AND PAPER
PLANT JULY 12, 2004
U.S.
ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH UNITED AIRLINES TO RESOLVE HAZARDOUS WASTE
VIOLATIONS JUNE 29, 2004
U.S
ANNOUNCES AGREEMENTS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND TARGET CORPORATION TO
ASSIST ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP AND REDEVELOPMENT OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA
PROPERTY JUNE 24, 2004
U.S.
ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WORTH OVER $3 MILLION FOR LEAF RIVER OIL SPILL
IN MISSISSIPPI FROM GENESIS PIPELINE JUNE 23, 2004
U.S.
AND PREPA REACH AGREEMENT FOR MORE POLLUTION REDUCTIONS AT FOUR
POWER PLANTS
JUNE 21, 2004
PHELPS DODGE SIERRITA TO PAY $1.4 MILLION TO SETTLE AIR POLLUTION
VIOLATIONS JUNE 16, 2004
CHIEF ENGINEER OF OIL TANKER PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE
STATEMENTS TO CONCEAL IMPROPER DISCHARGES JUNE 16, 2004
U.S.
ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT WITH FIVE RUBBER COMPANIES AT THE INDUSTRIAL
EXCESS LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE IN OHIO JUNE 10, 2004
VIRGINIA ORCHID DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATING THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT JUNE 10, 2004
GRAND JURY IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, CHARGES THREE INDIVIDUALS AND
TWO CORPORATIONS WITH WETLANDS VIOLATIONS JUNE 2, 2004
GOVERNMENT REACHES AGREEMENT ON HYLEBOS CLEAN-UP MAY 26, 2004
MCWANE INC. AND EXECUTIVES CHARGED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
MAY 25, 2004
U.S.
ANNOUNCES LARGEST PENALTY EVER AWARDED AGAINST A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
IN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA MAY 18, 2004
MAN
SENTENCED FOR KILLING A SEA TURTLE
MAY 12, 2004
U.S.
ANNOUNCES MAJOR CLEAN WATER ACT SETTLEMENT WITH RETAIL GIANT
WAL-MART MAY 12, 2004
*****MEDIA ADVISORY***** DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND EPA SENIOR
OFFICIALS TO HOLD ‘PEN AND PAD’ BRIEFING REGARDING MAJOR CLEAN
WATER ACT SETTLEMENT APRIL 28, 2004
TRUE MANUFACTURING CO. TO CUT AIR EMISSIONS AND PAY PENALTY TO
SETTLE CLEAN AIR ACT CLAIMS APRIL 21, 2004
GLENCOE MAN SENTENCED FOR SELLING COUNTERFEIT & MISBRANDED
PESTICIDES TO CITIES MARCH 16, 2004
U.S. ANNOUNCES MAJOR CLEAN AIR ACT SETTLEMENT WITH SANTEE COOPER
MARCH 11, 2004
TWO
INDIVIDUALS INDICTED IN MIAMI FOR SMUGGLING
PROTECTED PERUVIAN ORCHIDS
MARCH 5, 2004
LOS
ANGELES MAN GUILTY IN ENVIRONMENTAL CASE
INVOLVING MISHANDLING OF DRY CLEANING SOLVENT
MARCH 4, 2004
KANSAS REFINERY AGREES TO BRING TWO FACILITIES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL AND STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
MARCH 2, 2004
TWO
MEN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING AT SEA LIONS IN WASHINGTON
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
OHIO’S LARGEST EGG PRODUCER AGREES TO DRAMATIC AIR POLLUTION
REDUCTIONS FROM THREE GIANT FACILITIES
FEBRUARY 17, 2004
U.S. FILES MOTION TO LIFT STAY IN ALABAMA POWER LITIGATION
FEBRUARY 4, 2004
FORMER COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FALSIFYING
DATA ON MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF REFORMULATED GASOLINE
FEBRUARY 3, 2004
CARGO COMPANY INDIVIDUALS INDICTED FOR DUMPING OIL CONTAMINATED
GRAIN AND CONSPIRING TO CONCEAL THEIR ACTIVITIES
JANUARY 30, 2004
U.S. ENFORCEMENT CASE BRINGS CLEAN AIR BENEFITS TO BOSTON
JANUARY 28, 2004
UNITED STATES FILES SUIT AGAINST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE
FOR VIOLATION OF CLEAN AIR ACT NEW SOURCE REVIEW PROVISIONS
JANUARY 22, 2004
WAL-MART TO PAY $400,000 PENALTY AND
CEASE SALES OF OZONE-DEPLETING REFRIGERANTS
JANUARY 21, 2004
U.S. REACHES AGREEMENT WITH DOMINICK’S FINER FOODS
JANUARY 21, 2004
SHIPPING COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSIFYING RECORDS REGARDING THE
DUMPING OF WASTE OIL AT SEA; AGREES TO PAY $4.2 MILLION FINE
JANUARY 14, 2004
PHOSPHORUS MANUFACTURER PLEADS GUILTY TO TWO FELONIES, WILL PAY $18
MILLION IN CRIMINAL FINE AND RESTITUTION AND CLEAN UP SITE
JANUARY 14, 2004
FORMER CORPORATE EXECUTIVE SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR LYING TO
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
JANUARY 5, 2004
GLENCOE, ALABAMA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SELLING
COUNTERFEIT AND ADULTERATED PESTICIDES
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