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| June 2004 Press Releases |
| (06/30/2004) EPA Cites Snow & Snow Inc. for Violating Safe Drinking Water Act - PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited Snow & Snow Inc. of Duke Corner, McKean County, Pa., and company owner Kerry Snow for violating Safe Drinking Water Act regulations designed to avoid contamination of drinking water supplies by underground injection wells. |
| (06/30/2004) EPA Cites Snow & Snow Inc. for Violating Safe Drinking Water Act - PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited Snow & Snow Inc. of Duke Corner, McKean County, Pa., and company owner Kerry Snow for violating Safe Drinking Water Act regulations designed to avoid contamination of drinking water supplies by underground injection wells. |
| (06/30/2004) EPA fines Arizona propane distribution company $15,649 for failing to report hazardous chemical inventory - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined a Globe, Ariz. company $15,679 for failing to report to the appropriate local, state and federal authorities the amount of propane its facility was storing from 2000 through 2003. |
| (06/30/2004) Oregon Metallurgical Corp to Spend $750,000 to Settle EPA Enforcement Action - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Oregon Metallurgical Corporation, an Albany, Oregon-based mineral processor, will pay a $250,000 penalty and will also spend almost $500, 000 on "Supplemental Environmental Projects" (SEPs) as part of a compliance agreement signed today. |
| (06/29/2004) NORWEGIAN SHIPPING COMPANY PAYS $3.5 MILLION FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATING TO DUMPING OF WASTE OIL INTO OCEAN - HÖEGH FLEET SERVICES A/S, a Norwegian operator of a fleet of ocean going cargo ships, was sentenced today to pay a fine of $3.5 million for seven felony charges relating to the falsification of records concealing the intentional dumping of waste oil into the ocean. |
| (06/26/2004) EPA fines Vallejo company for violating hazardous waste regulations - SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday fined a Vallejo company, Jeffco Painting & Coating, Inc., $8,852 for violating federal and state hazardous waste regulations. |
| (06/25/2004) EPA Signs Consent Agreement and Final Order With Westchester County - NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to a settlement of an administrative complaint against Westchester County, New York for violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The settlement requires Westchester County, which owns and runs the Westchester County Department of Laboratories and Research , to pay a civil penalty of $11,500 and to spend a minimum of $110,000 to implement a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP). |
| (06/24/2004) EPA Reaches Settlement To Protect Critical Wetlands In Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Continuing its work to ensure the protection of Puerto Rico''''s wetlands, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has reached a settlement with Suchville Development, Inc. of a complaint involving violations of wetlands regulations established under the federal Clean Water Act. |
| (06/24/2004) Hazardous chemical reporting roundup: EPA settles cases in Milwaukee and Indiana; issues new complaints in St. Paul, Ashtabula - CHICAGO (June 24, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently settled administrative cases involving hazardous chemical reporting violations with Kohl''''s Foods, Milwaukee, Wis., and Steel Dynamics, Butler, Ind. Separately, complaints were recently filed against Sewall Gear Manufacturing, St. Paul, Minn., and U.S. Aluminate Co., Ashtabula, Ohio. |
| (06/24/2004) Hazardous chemical reporting roundup: EPA settles cases in Milwaukee and Indiana; issues new complaints in St. Paul, Ashtabula - CHICAGO (June 24, 2004) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently settled administrative cases involving hazardous chemical reporting violations with Kohl''''s Foods, Milwaukee, Wis., and Steel Dynamics, Butler, Ind. Separately, complaints were recently filed against Sewall Gear Manufacturing, St. Paul, Minn., and U.S. Aluminate Co., Ashtabula, Ohio. |
| (06/24/2004) U.S. Announces Settlement Worth Over $3 Million for Leaf River Oil Spill in Mississippi from Genesis Pipeline - (Washington, D.C. June 24, 2004) The Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Mississippi today announced a settlement with Genesis Energy, Inc., Genesis Crude Oil, L.P., and Genesis Pipeline USA, L.P. (Genesis) for penalties and natural resource restoration and damages. |
| (06/22/2004) EPA cites Jupiter Aluminum for clean-air violations - CHICAGO -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has cited Jupiter Aluminum Corp. for alleged violations of federal clean-air regulations at the company''''s secondary aluminum production plant at 1745 165th St., Hammond, Ind. |
| (06/21/2004) Phelps Dodge Sierrita to pay $1.4 million to settle air pollution violations - SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced that Phelps Dodge Sierrita, Inc. has agreed to pay $1.4 million for allegedly violating the federal Clean Air Act. |
| (06/21/2004) U.S. EPA settles case against Richmond facility for toxic releases - SAN FRANCISCO -- Today the BOC Group, Inc. agreed to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $6,514 for allegedly failing to accurately report the amount of ammonia released from its Richmond facility, in violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. |
| (06/18/2004) EPA cites Tower Industries for clean-air violations - CHICAGO -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has cited Tower Industries LLC for alleged violations of federal and state clean-air regulations at two company plastics plants in Massillon, Ohio. |
| (06/18/2004) EPA settles with American Progressive Circuits on hazardous waste violations - CHICAGO -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has settled a complaint against American Progressive Circuits Inc. of Addison, Ill., for violations of the federal law governing hazardous waste and used oil. The company admitted to all of the violations and agreed to pay a $22,000 penalty and to comply with all hazardous waste storage rules. |
| (06/17/2004) California PVC firm pays $4.3 million fine for multiple environmental violations - LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles County company that made PVC has agreed to plead guilty to a series of federal felony charges and to pay more than $4 million in civil and criminal penalties and restitution for polluting from its Saugus manufacturing facility, as well as lying about its employee''''s over-exposure to toxic chemicals. |
| (06/17/2004) Fitchburg State College Agrees To $205,000 Settlement for Hazardous Waste Violations - BOSTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has settled an enforcement action against Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg for hazardous waste handling and storage violations. The college agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and undertake two environmental projects valued at $155,000. |
| (06/16/2004) EPA cites pesticide producer for failing to register Oakland facility - SAN FRANCISCO -- Last Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined Nalco Company $4,400 for allegedly failing to register its Oakland, Calif. facility with the EPA prior to producing pesticides, in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. |
| (06/16/2004) Maine Landlord Agrees to $25,000 Settlement for Lead Disclosure Violations - BOSTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the 94 Cleaves Street Corp. in Biddeford, Maine has agreed to a $24,547 settlement regarding lead disclosure violations at a rental property it owns and manages. |
| (06/16/2004) Memorandum to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) - On June 7, 2004, the Acting Deputy Administrator issued a Memorandum to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in response to the report: EPA''s Response to the Inspector General''s Report on Environmental Justice; Attachment A - Responses to the OIG''s Evaluation Report (included); and Attachment B - Environmental Justice Program Comprehensive Management Study - Achieving environmental protection for all communities is a fundamental part of EPA''s mission. The Agency has demonstrated its commitment to ensure that minority and/or low-income communities do not bear a disproportionate burden of environmental risks and harms. This statement is an affirmation of that commitment to the Agency''s "bias for action" in minority and/or low-income communities as derived from the authorities in existing environmental laws and their implementing regulations, and the guidance reflected in Executive Order 12898, "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations" (February 11, 1994). |
| (06/15/2004) EPA orders closure of medical waste incinerators at Guam Memorial Hospital - HONOLULU -- In response to an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority has shut down one of its medical waste incinerators and will soon shut down a second in order to meet federal Clean Air Act standards. |
| (06/14/2004) EPA Files $10,000 Complaint Against Fairbanks Man for Wetlands Violation - The Seattle office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint proposing a $10,000 penalty against Stanley Pieniazek of Fairbanks for illegally destroying wetlands on the Ballaine Lake subdivision property he owns near the Fairbanks campus of the University of Alaska. |
| (06/14/2004) Harrison Heights Subdivision & Contractor Receive Storm Water Complaint & Proposed $99,000 Penalty - Harrison Heights, LLC, and their contractor, Iron Triangle, LLC, were named in an Administrative Complaint for alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The Complaint includes a proposed penalty of $99,000. |
| (06/14/2004) Storm Water Inspections Find Construction Sites with Clean Water Violations - EPA Storm Water Inspections at 12 Boise Area Construction Sites Find 14 Operators in Violation of the CWA - So Far, Proposed Penalties Range from $500 to $13,000. |
| (06/09/2004) EPA reaches agreement with City of Detroit - CHICAGO -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with the city of Detroit public lighting department on alleged violations of acid rain regulations at the departments Mistersky power station, 5425 W. Jefferson St., Detroit, Mich. |
| (06/09/2004) Two Massachusetts Municipalities Face Fines For Oil Spills From Schools - Belmont and West Springfield Part of EPA Compliance Effort - BOSTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced two enforcement actions against Massachusetts municipalities for oil spills at school buildings. |
| (06/08/2004) CleanupNews supplemental issue - CleanupNews," Issue #17 (Summer 2004) National Award recipients honored, EPA releases ability to pay and de minimis guidance, "Smart Enforcement" strategy announced, Performance track rule increases participant incentives. |
| (06/08/2004) EPA orders landowner to restore filled wetland area along the Hanalei River on Kauai - HONOLULU -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a Kauai landowner to restore sensitive wetlands adjacent to the Hanalei River he had illegally filled in 2002 and 2003. |
| (06/07/2004) EPA initiates penalty actions against 21 facilities in MT and on two Indian reservations under the Clean Water Act - Denver -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency''''s (EPA) Denver office is seeking penalties against 21 facilities in Montana, the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation for violations of the federal Clean Water Act''''s Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan regulations. |
| (06/04/2004) EPA Cites Elmhurst Hospital for Hazardous Waste Violations - NEW YORK, N.Y. -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspection of Elmhurst Hospital Center on Broadway in Queens found violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery (RCRA) related to the improper handling and disposal of hazardous wastes. |
| (06/03/2004) The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations - New York, N.Y. -- The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Catholic University), faces $280,619 in penalties for alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its main campus in Ponce, Puerto Rico. |
| (06/02/2004) EPA cites M & M Drying for clean-air violations - CHICAGO -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has cited M & M Drying for alleged clean-air violations at the company''''s aluminum production plant at 4125 Mahoning Rd., Canton, Ohio. |
| (06/02/2004) Government reaches agreement on Hylebos Clean-up - WASHINGTON , D.C. -- The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced they have reached a settlement with Atofina Chemicals, Inc. and General Metals of Tacoma, Inc., for the clean-up of the Head of the Hylebos Waterway Problem Area of the Commencement Bay Nearshore/Tideflats Superfund Site in Tacoma, Washington. |
| (06/01/2004) Adminstrative Law Judge Penalizes Contractor $45,040 for Asbestos Removal at Wheeling, W. Va. Church - PHILADELPHIA -- An administrative law judge has ruled that Chippewa Hazardous Waste Remediation & Energy, Inc. ("Chippewa") violated federal asbestos regulations during a May 2001 renovation at the Ohio Valley Christian Center of the Assemblies of God in Wheeling, W.Va. |
| (06/01/2004) EPA reaches agreement with BP Chemicals - CHICAGO -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with BP Chemicals Inc. now BP Amoco Chemical Co. on alleged clean-air violations at the company''''s chemical manufacturing complex at 1900 Ft. Amanda Road, Lima, Ohio. EPA assessed a $30,000 penalty. |
