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| September 2004 Press Releases |
| (09/30/2004) EPA seeking $341,000 from Hawai''i company for selling illegal pet products - SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking penalties of up to $341,000 from Pang & Son, a company in Honolulu, HI, for allegedly selling and distributing unregistered and misbranded pet products, a violation of federal pesticide law. |
| (09/30/2004) Riverton WY man convicted of CWA violations for building three earthen dikes without permit - Denver -- Twelve jurors returned a guilty verdict Sept. 28 against John Hubenka of Riverton, Wyo. for felony violations of the Clean Water Act. The verdict followed a five-day trial. The conviction stemmed from the illegal construction of three earthen dikes, without permits or authorization, in the Wind River, in violation of the CWA. |
| (09/30/2004) U.S. EPA fines two Ontario, Calif. companies for pesticide violations - SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined two Ontario, Calif. companies a combined total of $58,481 for violations of federal pesticide regulations. |
| (09/30/2004) U.S. EPA seeking $357,000 from Arizona company for selling illegal pet products - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a penalty of up to $357,000 from Rizing Sun of Peoria, Ariz. for allegedly selling and distributing unregistered and misbranded pet products, a violation of federal pesticide law. |
| (09/30/2004) U.S. EPA seeking $357,000 from Arizona company for selling illegal pet products - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a penalty of up to $357,000 from Rizing Sun of Peoria, Ariz. for allegedly selling and distributing unregistered and misbranded pet products, a violation of federal pesticide law. |
| (09/30/2004) U.S. EPA settles with So. Calif. company for $50,000 for selling illegal pet products - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently settled for $50,000 with Tidalwave Distribution, Inc., of Torrance, Calif. for allegedly selling and distributing unregistered and misbranded pet products, a violation of federal pesticide law. As part of settlement, Tidalwave Distribution neither admits nor denies any wrongdoing. |
| (09/30/2004) U.S. EPA settles with Stockton company for chemical release reporting violations - SAN FRANCISCO This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a $7,700 settlement with California Cedar Products Company for allegedly failing to report the amount of copper compounds the company processed at its Stockton, Calif. facility in 2001 and 2002 to the toxics release inventory, a violation of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. |
| (09/29/2004) EPA reaches settlement with KB Home over Clean Water Act violations - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has reached a settlement with KB Home two weeks after the EPA ordered the company to cease work at the Huntington subdivision construction site. |
| (09/29/2004) EPA waives fine after Arizona company discloses chemical release reporting violations - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently waived a $48,674 fine against the Arizona Public Service Company of Joseph City, Ariz. after the company voluntarily reported that it had failed to submit previous reports and corrected its chemical release reporting violations. |
| (09/29/2004) NH Real Estate Developer and Contractor to Settle Clean Water Act Case - BOSTON Two New Hampshire companies involved in building a subdivision have agreed to pay a $60,000 penalty to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they violated the Clean Water Act. |
| (09/29/2004) Taunton Heating Oil Company to Pay $5,000 for Violations of Oil Regulations - BOSTON A heating oil company in Taunton has agreed to pay a $5,000 penalty to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it discharged oil into nearby rivers, and failed to comply with regulations related to the storage of oil, in violation of the Clean Water Act. |
| (09/29/2004) U.S. EPA seeks $154,000 from Oakland, Novato, Calif. facilities for selling unregistered, misbranded pesticides - SAN FRANCISCO -- This week U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is seeking $154,000 in penalties from an Oakland company and a Novato group for distributing unregistered and misbranded pesticides. |
| (09/29/2004) U.S. EPA settles with Lodi company for chemical release reporting violations - SAN FRANCISCO -This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a $31,403 settlement with Cottage Bakery, Inc. for allegedly failing to report the amount of ammonia the company released from its Lodi, Calif. facility in 2000, 2001 and 2003 to the toxics release inventory report, a violation of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. |
| (09/28/2004) EPA files complaint against vegetable farmer for failing to protect field workers from pesticides - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today filed a complaint against a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based lettuce farmer for allegedly failing to provide worker protection from potentially harmful pesticidal exposure for its employees working in fields in Olathe, Colo. |
| (09/27/2004) EPA orders Perma-Fix to comply with hazardous air-pollutant standards - CHICAGO (Sept. 27, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has ordered Perma-Fix of Dayton Inc. to comply with national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants and to apply for a Clean Air Act operating permit for its waste and recovery operation at 300 S. W. End Ave., Dayton, Ohio. |
| (09/27/2004) Mirant CAA Settlement - On September 27, 2004, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, announced a major Clean Air Act settlement with Mirant Mid-Atlantic (Mirant) that will eliminate almost 29,000 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides (" NOx") pollution each year from Mirant''s coal-fired electricity generating plants in Maryland and Virginia. The settlement resolves federal and state claims that Mirant has violated the NOx emissions limitation set forth in the operating permit for its Potomac River plant in Alexandria, Va. |
| (09/24/2004) EPA settles with natural gas company for $57,750 for Clean Air Act violations on Navajo Land - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that a natural gas company has agreed to pay a $57,750 penalty to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations stemming from one of its New Mexico facilities. |
| (09/24/2004) Skowhegan, Maine Paper Company to Pay $78,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations - BOSTON A paper company in Skowhegan, Maine, has agreed to pay a $78,000 penalty to settle claims by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it violated the Clean Air Act. |
| (09/24/2004) U.S. EPA fines Long Beach fiberglass firm $29,317 for hazardous waste violations - LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined Custom Fiberglass Manufacturing Co., of Long Beach, Calif., $29, 317 for multiple hazardous waste violations, including storing hazardous waste without a permit and failure to have a personnel training program, all violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. |
| (09/23/2004) EPA cites Cognis for clean-air violations - CHICAGO (Sept. 23, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has cited Cognis Corp. for alleged violations of EPA regulations to protect stratospheric ozone at the company''s specialty chemical plant at 4900 Estes Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| (09/23/2004) EPA cites Trialco for clean-air violations - CHICAGO (Sept. 23, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has cited Trialco Inc. for alleged clean-air violations at the company''s aluminum-recovery plant at 900 E. 14th St., Chicago Heights, Ill. |
| (09/23/2004) EPA fines Alameda water district $46,000 over chemical release reporting violations - SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled a case today with the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone 7 that requires the district to pay $10,912 in fines and $35,376 in new equipment for the county fire department for chemical release reporting violations at the Del Valle Water Treatment Plant. |
| (09/23/2004) Pennsylvania settles air complaints at Torrance State Hospital - PHILADELPHIA Two Pennsylvania state agencies have settled alleged Clean Air Act violations at Torrance State Hospital, located in Torrance, Westmoreland County, Pa., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. |
| (09/22/2004) EPA settles wetlands enforcement case in Tulare County - SAN FRANCISCO -- As part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over wetlands violations along Cottonwood Creek north of Visalia, the Leyendekker family will convey a nearby 300-acre parcel of land to a regional land trust for permanent protection and management. |
| (09/21/2004) EPA Reaches agreement with Superior Aluminum Alloys - CHICAGO (Sept. 21, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with Superior Aluminum Alloys LLC on alleged violations of hazardous air pollutant regulations at the company''''s secondary aluminum production plant at 14214 Edgerton Road, New Haven, Ind. EPA assessed a $65,000 penalty, and the company agreed to complete a $34,000 environmental project. |
| (09/20/2004) EPA Cites J & J Cores for clean-air violations - CHICAGO (Sept. 20, 2004) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has cited J & J Cores for alleged clean-air violations at the company''s aluminum recovery plant at 22375 Oxford Township Road 105, Newcomerstown, Ohio. |
| (09/20/2004) EPA cites J. L. French for clean-air violations - CHICAGO (Sept. 20, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has cited J. L. French Corp. for alleged clean-air violations at the company''s aluminum recovery plant at 4243 Gateway Drive, Sheboygan, Wis. |
| (09/20/2004) EPA settles with Gas City for hazardous chemical reporting violations at 30 Illinois gas stations - CHICAGO (Sept. 20, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced a $45,000 settlement with Gas City Ltd., headquartered in Frankfort, Ill., to address the company''s failure to comply with hazardous chemical reporting requirements for 30 gas stations in Illinois. |
| (09/20/2004) MA and NH Developers Agree to Pay Penalties for Storm Water Violations; - BOSTON Three New England companies have agreed to pay more than $15,000 in penalties for storm water-related violations that took place at construction projects this year in Middleton, MA, Leominster, MA and Salem, NH. The settlements were negotiated under the agencys new Expedited Settlement Offer (ESO) program for storm water violations at New England construction sites. |
| (09/15/2004) EPA Penalizes Twin Falls Pesticides Company $9,960 - The Seattle office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has reached an agreement with WaterTech, a Twin Falls-based pesticide manufacturer, to resolve EPA complaints that the company violated federal pesticide labeling laws. |
| (09/15/2004) EPA Proposes Penalty Against Bridgeport, CT Company for Clean Air Act Violations - BOSTON - The US Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is seeking a proposed $65,750 penalty against Peerless Foundry LLC in Bridgeport, CT for violating federal air pollution regulations at its aluminum foundry and die casting facility in Bridgeport, CT from March 2003 to June 2004. |
| (09/15/2004) EPA cites company for improper sale and distribution of pesticide to Nevada business - SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week cited a pesticide dealer $3,850 for improperly distributing and selling a restricted use pesticide to a non-certified applicator, a violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. |
| (09/15/2004) NH Company Agrees to Pay $190,000 Penalty to Settle Clean Water Act Violations - BOSTON The US Environmental Protection Agency announced today that a Greenville, NH food company has agreed to pay a $190,000 penalty stemming from Clean Water Act violations that caused substantial harm to a brook. |
| (09/14/2004) EPA orders KB Home to cease work at Huntington subdivision - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week ordered KB Home to cease unauthorized work in waterways regulated by the federal government. |
| (09/13/2004) Chemical company fined by EPA for 14-day ammonia leak - The Seattle office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that El Paso Merchant Energy - Petroleum Company (former owner of Coastal St. Helens Chemical Company) has agreed to pay $50, 345.20 in penalties for failure to notify authorities immediately after an ammonia leak was discovered at its Coastal St. Helens facility in St. Helens, Oregon (now owned by Dyno Nobel). |
| (09/13/2004) EPA Stormwater Inspections in Fairbanks Result in Numerous Fines - In early August, EPA Region 10 conducted 9 storm water inspections at construction sites in Fairbanks, Alaska. |
| (09/12/2004) EPA reaches agreement with Aquascape Designs; includes $36,650 fine and sale stoppage - CHICAGO (Sept.16, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently reached agreement with Aquascape Designs Inc., Batavia, Ill. Under the agreement, the company will pay a $36,650 penalty for illegally selling and distributing seven unregistered pesticides. |
| (09/10/2004) United States files lawsuits against two Phoenix sand and gravel companies for ongoing dust violations - SAN FRANCISCO -- On behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Attorney''''s Office for Arizona today filed lawsuits seeking penalties from two Phoenix sand and gravel companies over alleged Clean Air Act violations. |
| (09/09/2004) EPA cites unlawful filling of wetlands at Chesapeake, Va. housing site - PHILADELPHIA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited the owner of a housing development site in Chesapeake, Va, for unlawfully filling protected wetlands. |
| (09/09/2004) Stone Container Corp. Settles Air Pollution Violations at Pulp and Paper Plant in West Point, Va. - In Second Clean Air Act Settlement with U.S. and Virginia, Company Pledges to Pay $950,000 Penalty and Improve Air Pollution Controls - PHILADELPHIA The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department today announced that the U.S. has settled alleged violations of federal and state air pollution control laws at the companys pulp and paper plant in West Point, Va. |
| (09/08/2004) American Furniture Co. Settles Clean Air Act Violations at Martinsville, Va. Plant - PHILADELPHIA American Furniture Company Inc. has settled alleged Clean Air Act violations at the companys manufacturing plant in Martinsville, Va., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. |
| (09/08/2004) EPA completes three weeks of petroleum tank inspections aimed at increasing enforcement presence on Guam - HONOLULU -- A recent round of underground storage tank inspections on Guam by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Guam Environmental Protection Agency found the majority of gas stations, including SPPC, ExxonMobil, and Shell, meeting federal underground storage tank requirements. |
| (09/08/2004) EPA fines Arizona fertilizer company $40,000 for Clean Air Act violations - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined an Arizona fertilizer company $40,000 for Clean Air Act violations at its nitric acid facility near Benson, Ariz. |
| (09/08/2004) Hazardous chemical reporting roundup: EPA settles Avon, Ind., case; issues 4 new complaints - CHICAGO (September 8, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently settled an administrative case involving hazardous chemical reporting violations with Harlan Bakeries, Avon, Ind. |
| (09/01/2004) U.S. EPA settles with Los Angeles real estate firm for $25,000 for diesel fuel spill - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached a $25,000 settlement with Arden Realty Limited Partnerships, of Los Angeles for failing to notify the proper authorities of a diesel fuel spill that reached the Los Angeles County Storm Drain System and Centinela Creek last October. |
