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PRESS ROOM 2004



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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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