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2001 News Releases


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    December Releases

    01-12-18 EPA Recovered Cleanup Costs in Trial Judgment Against Polluters at the Sidney Landfill Superfund Site in Delaware County, New York
    01-12-13 United States Announces $11.2 Million Settlement of Hazardous Waste Case Against EXXONMOBILE
    01-12-12
    EPA to Modify Cleanup Plan for Arsenic-Contaminated Soil at Superfund Site in Vineland, New Jersey
    01-12-11 At Event Today, Administrator Whitman and Mayor Giuliani Formally Open EPA’s Winterized Indoor Wash Station for WTC Workers 31,000 Sq. Foot Facility Provides Worker and Equipment Washdowns, Food, Break Area
    01-12-04 EPA Releases Hudson River Record of Decision

    01-12-03 Whitman Puts Plan to Preserve Long Island’s Peconic Bay Into Effect
    01-12-03 EPA Region 2 Gets New Regional Administrator Official Swearing-In Today for Jane M. Kenny

    November Releases

    01-11-29 Rutgers is First University in Nation to Do Voluntary Audit Under Agreement with EPA
    01-11-28 EPA Charges PRASA and Compañia de Aguas with Thousands of Violations at Six Treatment Plants
    01-11-28 EPA Recovers $230 Thousand More in Cleanup Costs From Owner of Former Tronic Plating Superfund Site in Farmingdale, Long Island
    01-11-20 All Cleanup Measures In Place at Robintech, INC./National Pipe Company Federal Superfund Site
    01-11-19 Anchor Glass COntainrt Corporation Agrees to Pay $43,400 Penalty for Violatating PCB Rules at Plants in New Jersey and New York
    01-11-16 EPA Administrator Looks to Telecommunications Industry for Increased Energy Efficiency Opportunities

    01-11-16 EPA Administrator Praises Goals of New Children's Environmental Health Center at Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
    01-11-15 EPA Grants $48,000 for State Effort to Reduce Plumbers' Use of Mercury Equipment
    01-11-05 EPA O.K.’s New York's Plan To Ban Boat  Sewage in Port Jefferson Harbor Complex
    01-11-01 Resort Developer in Puerto Rico Pays $20,000 for Filling Wetlands to Build Tennis Court

    October Releases

    01-10-30 Environmental Monitoring Data Related to the World Trade Center Disaster Response Available to Public
    01-10-25 New Children's Environmental Health Centers Announced by EPA and NIEHS
    01-10-18 EPA Wash Stations in Lower Manhattan Suppress Dust, Protect Workers
    01-10-09  In Settlement with EPA, Syracuse Company Will Buy Emergency Response Equipment for Local Fire Department

    September Releases

    01-09-10 EPA Proposes Revised Permit for Caribbean Petroleum; Agency to Hold Public Information Session; Take Public Comment
    01-09-10 EPA Orders Territorial Court To Test For Nitrates In Building Water  Supply
    01-09-10 Ciba Signs Legal Agreement Committing to Clean Up Toms River Superfund Site
    09-21
    NYC Monitoring Efforts Continue to Show Safe Drinking Water & Air (September 21, 2001)
    09-21 Esfuerzos De Monitoreo En NYC Continuan Para Mostrar Que El Agua Y El Aire Estan Limpios [En Español]
    09-18 Whitman Details Ongoing Agency Efforts to Monitor Disaster Sites, Contribute to Cleanup Efforts (September 18, 2001)
    09-18 Administradora Whitman detalla los efuerzos en marcha para monitorear las áreas de desastre y la contribución a los efuerzos de limpieza
    09-18 Informacion Actualizada De La EPA Y OSHA Sobre Asbesto Continua Tranquilizando Al Publico General Con Respecto A Temores De Contaminacion [En Español]
    09-16 EPA, OSHA Update Asbestos Data, Continue to Reassure Public about Contamination Fears (September 16, 2001)
    09-16 Informacion Actualizada De La EPA Y OSHA Sobre Asbesto Continua Tranquilizando Al Publico General Con Respecto A Temores De Contaminacion [En Español]
    09-14 EPA Emergency Responses at World Trade Center and Pentagon (September 14, 2001)
    09-14 Agencia De Proteccion Ambiental Responde Al Ataque En El Centro Mundial De Comercio Y El Pentagono [En Español]
    09-13 EPA Initiates Emergency Response Activities, Reassures Public About Environmental Hazards (September 13, 2001)
    09-13 La EPA Inicio Actividades De Emergencia Y Aseguro Al Publico Con Respecto A Los Peligros Ambientales [En Español]

    August Releases

    01-08-30 2,300 Posters in Buses Statewide Warn about "Tres Pasitos" and Insecticide Chalk
    01-08-30 7,500 Posters in Subways and Buses Warn about "Tres Pasitos" and Insecticide Chalk
    01-08-30 EPA Settles Response Against Exxonmobile in Utical, New York
    01-08-29 EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan For Rustic Mall at Federal Creosote Superfund SIte in Maniville Borough
    01-08-29 EPA Plan to Address Contamination at Federal Superfund Site in Jobstown
    01-08-29 EPA Proposes to Put New York Portion of Metropolitan on List of Areas Attaining Carbon Monoxide Standard
    01-08-28 In Settlement with U.S., Puerto Rico Farm Pays Fine and Changes the Way it Applies Pesticides Agrees to Relief Measures to Protect Local Residents from Drift
    01-08-27 Company Settles with EPA on Charges it Incorrectly Stored PCBs
    01-08-22 Raceway Settles with EPA on Tank Charges; Will Spend $111,000 to Improve 12 N.J. Gas Stations 
    01-08-22 EPA Extends Public Period for the Liberty Industrial Finishing Superfund Site in Farmingdale, New York
    01-08-22 EPA Proposes Plan to Address Franklin Township Superfund Site; Seeks Comments from the Public on Proposed Plan
    01-08-20 District ( West Windsor) Gets High Praise for Cleaning Indoor Air
    01-08-20 Agency Seeks Public Input on Cleanup Plan (Paterson Plank Road in Carlstadt)
    01-08-17 Paterson Company Faces $186,000 EPA Penalty for Improperly Disposing of Lead-Contaminated Soil from Shooting Range
    01-08-15  EPA Seeks Public Comment on Deletion of Superfund Site in Farmingdale From National Priorities List
    01-08-15  Virgin Islands Signs EPA Order to Clean Up Anguilla Landfill
    01-08-15  EPA Seeks a $162K in First Cases Against Real Estate Companies That Violate Lead Pain Notification Requirements
    01-08-15  Samples From Barnegat Bay Will Help In  Restoration Efforts
    01-08-09 EPA to Demolish Building; Start Final  Steps to  Celan up Gloversville  Tannery
    01-08-08  EPA to Demolish Building in Gloversville
    01-08-08  EPA Awards $400,000 To NJDEP For  Coastal Water Monitoring Project in South Jersey
    01-08-01 Whitman Decides to  Dredge Hudson River
    01-08-01 EPA Proposes Plan that Would Complete Cleanup of Liberty Industrial Superfund Site in Farmingdale; Public Meeting Scheduled

    July Releases

    01-07-30 Xerox Settles With EPA On Charges it Failed to Monitor Equipment Air Emissions
    01-07-24 University of Virgin Islands Environmental Education Project Gets  Big Boost From EPA
    01-07-24 Colegio Universitarion Del  Este Environmental  Education Gets Big Boost  From EPA
    01-07-24 Environmental Education Projects in New Jersey Get Big Boost  From EPA
    01-07-24 Environmental Education Projects in New York Get Big Boost From EPA
    01-07-23 Richards Fuel Oil Pays $94,000 in Penalties for Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Violations; Will Pay for Necessary Cleanup at  Somerville Site
    01-07-23 As NYC Agrees to Increase Protection of Cat / Del Drinking Water, EPA Proposes Relief From Designing Filtration
    01-07-20 Two New Jersey Companies Charged with Making Improper Claims
    01-07-18 PRASA Ordered to Immediately Comply; Faces Penalties of up to $137,500
    01-07-17 PREPA Signs $1 Million Contract With UPR Graduate School of Public Health  To Monitor Compliance with EPA Consent Decree
    01-07-10 Will Pay $175,000 Penalty; Pledges to Follow Regs in Future
    01-07-03  EPA, Connecticut Sea Grant and New York Sea Grant to Support Research on Long Island Sound

    June Releases

    01-06-26  Equipment That Monitors Prepa's Plants is Up and Running at EPA Office In San Juan
    01-06-19 Dredging of Contaminated St. Lawrence River Sediments Near Reynolds metals Company Site in Massena, NY is Underway
    01-06-14 Challenges Remain as HEP Partners Recommit to Cleaning up New York and New Jersey Harbor
    01-06-14  EPA Proposes Hazardous Waste Site in Islip Linked to Ground Water Contamination for the Federal Superfund National Priorities List
    01-06-13 EPA Seeks Answers from Manufacturers about Mosquito Pesticides Samples from New York City, Long Island and New Jersey Show Deviations from Formulas, But No Additional Risks Posed
    01-06-11 EPA Places Sites in East Fishkill and Newburgh on the Federal List of Hazardous Waste Sites
    01-06-06 Owens Corning To Pay Fine For Clean Water Act Violations
    01-06-06 Workshops Kicks off EPA Brownfields Redevelopment in Gloucester City

    May Releases

    01-05-31 A Roundup of Recent News Items In NY, NJ, PR, and USVIA
    01-05-31 EPA Announces Proposed Waiver for Puerto Nuevo and Bayamon Wastewater Treatment Plants
    01-05-31  EPA to HOld  Free Workshops for Tank Owners and Others on Improving Environmental Compliance in the VI
    01-05-30 Federal Government Sues Prasa and Compania De Aguas for Clean Water Violations
    01-05-30 EPA’s Beach Surveillance Helicopter Takes Up Its Summer Vigil
    01-05-25 EPA  Administrator Releases Funds for Beaches
    01-05-18 EPA Seeks Public Input on NYC Drinking Water Decision
    01-05-17 EPA Finalizes Plan to Clean Up St.  Croix  Alumina Contamination
    01-05-17EPA Reaches  Agreement With IBM To Perform Cleanup Work
    01-05-17 EPA Approves NY and NJ Plans to Reduce Smog-Forming Chemicals
    01-05-14 EPA Cites Bacardi for Clean Water Violations
    01-05-03 EPA Settles Cases Against Two Puerto Rico Companies For Stormwater Violations
    01-05-03 Workshop To Highlight Need For Alternative Fuel  In New York City
    01-05-01 U.S. Reaches Settlement With Responsible Parties for $20 Million

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    April Releases

    01-04-20 EPA selects Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing  Authority for $100,000
    01-04-20 EPA selects Essex County For $1 Million Loan Fund for Brownfields Development
    01-04-20 Utica Will Get $150,000 to Boost Assessment Efforts
    01-04-17 EPA Offers PRESS/PUBLIC Tours of Ocean Research Ship
    01-04-16 EPA Administrator Whitman Honors Environmental Achievements in Puerto Rico
    01-04-16
    EPA Administrator Whitman Honors Environmental Achievements in Virgin Islands
    01-04-16 EPA Administrator Whitman Honors Environmental Achievements in New Jersey
    01-04-16 EPA Administrator Whitman Honors Environmental Achievements in New York
    01-04-12 Queens, N.Y. Dry Cleaner Faces $134,988 Penalty for Environmental Violations
    01-04-11 EPA Releases Most Recent Information on Toxic Releases into U.S. Virgin Islands’ Environment
    01-04-11 EPA Releases Most Recent Information on Toxic Releases into Puerto Rico’s Environment
    01-04-11 EPA Releases Most Recent Information on Toxic Releases into New York’s Environment
    01-04-11 EPA Releases Most Recent Information on Toxic Releases into New Jersey’s Environment
    01-04-09 EPA Charges Xerox with Violations of Regs Aimed at Preventing Air Releases
    01-04-05 EPA Takes Action to Control Nitrogen Pollution in Long Island Sound
    01-04-04 Owner of 200 Gas Stations in Central New York To Pay $400,000 for Tank Violations

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    March Releases

    01-03-15 EPA Paves the Way for Redevelopment of Bethlehem Steel Parcel
    01-03-12 EPA Announces Proposed Waiver for Carolina Wastewater Treatment Plant
    01-03-06 Long Island Sound Study Report Highlights Improvements in the Health of Long Island Sound
    01-03-01 EPA Proposes Permit That Will Benefit Onondaga Lake

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    February Releases

    01-02-13 EPA Brownfields Youth Job Training Program in Middlesex County and Phillipsburg Begins

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    January Releases

    01-01-23 U.S. to Settle With Marisol For Superfund Cleanup in Pemberton; Feds to Recover $10 Million And State $1.1 Million in Past Costs
    01-01-18 EPA Charges Manati Pharmaceutical Facility with Violating Air Emissions Regs; Seeks $82,500 in Penalties
    01-01-18 VI Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation Agrees to Pay $5000 for Drinking Water Violations
    01-01-18 16 Small Drinking Water Systems in New York Face Fines for Violations
    01-01-18 PRASA Agrees to Spend Nearly Three Quarters of a Million Dollars on Sludge Handling Improvements; Pay a Penalty for Past Clean Air Act Violations
    01-01-16 Plan to Protect and Enhance Barnegat Bay to Be Finalized
    01-01-11 EPA Invites Public to Meeting on St. Croix Alumina Cleanup Plan
    01-01-11 EPA Proposes Site in East Fishkill for the Federal List of Hazardous Waste Sites
    01-01-11 EPA Proposes Site in Edgewater, New Jersey for the Federal List of Hazardous Waste Sites
    01-01-05 EPA Continues to Clean Up the Dry Cleaning Industry

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