EPA New England Press Releases

Press Releases: 1998

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• 29 December 1998
  EPA SETTLEMENT WITH BOSTON EDISON PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS FOR TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
  
  
• 22 December 1998
  EPA ISSUES DRAFT PERMITS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES ON BLACKSTONE RIVER
  
  
• 22 December 1998
  STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS REGARDING DEC. 22 UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK DEADLINE
  
  
• 08 December 1998
  EPA TO HOLD MIDDLETOWN OFFICE HOURS TO TALK WITH CONCERNED PARENTS
  
  
• 08 December 1998
  EPA FINDS PUMP & TREAT SYSTEM NECESSARY FOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT MMR
  
  
• 07 December 1998
  EPA EXAMINES PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS, CLEANUP OPTIONS AT ROSE HILL SUPERFUND SITE
  
  
• 30 November 1998
  EPA, DEP TO FOCUS ON MYSTIC RIVER CLEANUP
  
  
• 23 November 1998
  EPA CHANGES MAILING ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, EFFECTIVE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23
  
  
• 17 November 1998
  STATEMENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF RHODE ISLAND DEM DIRECTOR ANDY McLEOD
  
  
• 16 November 1998
  EPA PROPOSES $60,000 IN FINES FOR CITY OF BOSTON
  
  
• 13 November 1998
  STATEMENT FROM EPA SPOKESMAN PEYTON FLEMING REGARDING MA-DEP DECISION
  
  
• 12 November 1998
  EPA OFFERS ASSISTANCE IN REDEVELOPING CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
  
  
• 09 November 1998
  EPA ANNOUNCES $275,000 GRANT TO BOOST WATER MONITORING IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
  
  
• 09 November 1998
  EPA WELCOMES WEYMOUTH ‘PARTNER'
  
  
• 30 October 1998
  EPA ISSUES LETTER ON MTBE ISSUE
  
  
• 29 October 1998
  EPA TO SAMPLE INDOOR AIR FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION
  
  
• 29 October 1998
  EPA ISSUES FINAL CLEANUP DECISION FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE PLATING COMPANY SUPERFUND SITE
  
  
• 29 October 1998
  EPA ISSUES INTERIM CLEANUP DECISION FOR BEEDE WASTE OIL SUPERFUND SITE
  
  
• 23 October 1998
  STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS REGARDING RI-DEM/AMERICAN SHIPYARD CASE
  
  
• 22 October 1998
  EPA CALLS FOR AIR FORCE TO PROCEED WITH GW PUMP AND TREAT SYSTEM FOR LANDFILL-1; URGES NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE NEGOTIATIONS
  


• 22 October 1998
  EPA AWARDS BURLINGTON $500,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
  
  
• 21 October 1998
  EPA PROPOSES $170,000 FINE FOR HARTFORD DPW
  
  
• 20 October 1998
  EPA OKs $3.6 MILLION CLEANUP OF BURGESS BROTHERS LANDFILL: CAP ALMOST DONE AT BENNINGTON LANDFILL
  
  
• 20 October 1998
  EPA WELCOMES NORWOOD ‘PARTNER'
  
  
• 20 October 1998
  EPA PROPOSES $20,000 FINE FOR PORTLAND, CT FUEL DISTRIBUTOR
  
  
• 19 October 1998
  EPA FINES STOUGHTON ORGANIZATION FOR WETLANDS VIOLATIONS, ISSUES ORDER FOR RESTORATION PROJECT
  
  
• 19 October 1998
  EPA WELCOMES HUDSON ‘PARTNER'
  
  
• 19 October 1998
  EPA WELCOMES PORTLAND ‘PARTNER'
  
  
• 16 October 1998
  GOOD NEWS FOR CHARLES RIVER ROWERS: THE RIVER IS GETTING CLEANER
  
  
• 15 October 1998
  EPA TO ANNOUNCE SERIES OF ACTIONS REGARDING CHARLES RIVER CLEANUP
  
  
• 08 October 1998
  EPA AND GE FINALIZE DETAILS OF CLEANUP AGREEMENT
  
  
• 07 October 1998
  EPA LAUNCHES MERCURY REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN NEW ENGLAND
  
  
• 06 October 1998
  EPA, COMMONWEALTH LAUNCH NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
  
  
• 02 October 1998
  EPA SEEKS $84,200 PENALTY FROM WOBURN STEEL DRUM FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS
  
  
• 02 October 1998
  MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA, STATE TO ANNOUNCE FAR-REACHING ENVIRONMENTAL PACT
  
  
• 01 October 1998
  EPA ISSUES CLEANUP DECISION FOR UPPER AND LOWER NEW BEDFORD HARBOR
  
  
• 01 October 1998
  EPA APPROVES CLEANUP PLAN AS WORK MOVES FORWARD ON THE PINE STREET SITE
  
  
• 01 October 1998
  EPA SETTLEMENT WITH GENZYME REQUIRES WATER QUALITY STUDIES IN CHARLES RIVER
  
  
• 01 October 1998
  EPA FORMALLY PROPOSES POWNAL TANNERY TO THE SUPERFUND LIST
  
  
• 30 September 1998
  EPA PROPOSES MORE THAN $115,000 IN FINES FOR R.I. POWER COMPANY
  
  
• 29 September 1998
  EPA PROVIDES VERMONT $100,000 TO ADDRESS ‘ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE' ISSUES
  
  
• 28 September 1998
  EPA APPROVES UNIQUE DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR DEVELOPER IN WAYLAND
  
  
• 28 September 1998
  EPA PROPOSES $26,000 FINE FOR HARTFORD MDC
  
  
• 28 September 1998
  EPA PROPOSES FINE FOR AMMONIA SPILL AT CONCORD DAIRY FACILITY
  
  
• 25 September 1998
  STATEMENT OF JOHN P. DeVILLARS CONCERNING EPA/GE NEGOTIATIONS
  
  
• 24 September 1998
  STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS REGARDING NEW EPA RULES FOR REDUCING OZONE
  
  
• 23 September 1998
  EPA UNDERTAKES LEAD SAMPLING AT VACANT LOTS IN PROVIDENCE
  
  
• 23 September 1998
  NEW TREATMENT PLANT MARKS CLEANUP PROGRESS AT RE-SOLVE SUPERFUND SITE
  
  
• 16 September 1998
  EPA REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH COVENTRY MANUFACTURER OVER WASTE HANDLING VIOLATIONS
  
  
• 11 September 1998
  EPA SAMPLING EFFORTS GATHERING STEAM IN PITTSFIELD
  
  
• 09 September 1998
  AFCEE AGREES TO FUND WATER SUPPLY STUDIES
  
  
• 09 September 1998
  EPA LAUNCHES NEW ROUND OF SAMPLING TODAY ON WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
  
  
• 03 September 1998
  APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS
  
  
• 02 September 1998
  MANCHESTER NAMED CHILD HEALTH CHAMPION IN NATIONAL PILOT TO RECEIVE GRANT
  
  
• 02 September 1998
  EPA PROPOSES FINE FOR STOUGHTON ORGANIZATION FOR WETLANDS VIOLATIONS, ISSUES ORDER FOR RESTORATION PROJECT
  
  
• 26 August 1998
  SETTLEMENT PROTECTS SETTLING STRATFORD HOMEOWNERS FROM SUPERFUND COSTS
  
  
• 25 August 1998
  STATEMENT FROM JOHN P. DeVILLARS ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC
  
  
• 25 August 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR MAJOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
  
  
• 20 August 1998
  EPA SCHEDULES MEETINGS TO DISCUSS CLEANUP OF PCB SEDIMENTS
  
  
• 19 August 1998
  EPA, STATE DESIGNATE HARWICH COASTLINE A "NO DISCHARGE AREA
  
  
• 14 August 1998
  EPA PROVIDES NEW BEDFORD $200,000 FOR BROWNFIELDS JOB TRAINING
  
  
• 13 August 1998
  CLEARING THE AIR
  
  
• 11 August 1998
  EPA APPROVES ‘NO-DISCHARGE DESIGNATION' FOR ALL RI MARINE WATERS
  
  
• 10 August 1998
  CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURING FACILITY TO PAY LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
  
  
• 07 August 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
  
  
• 07 August 1998
  EPA BEGINS SECOND ROUND OF RESIDENTIAL SAMPLING IN PITTSFIELD NEXT WEEK
  
  
• 06 August 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR MAJOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND
  
  
• 05 August 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR THURSDAY IN PARTS OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS
  
  
• 04 August 1998
  EPA BEGINS CLEANUP OF LAGOONS ALONG THE TAUNTON RIVER
  
  
• 27 July 1998
  EPA ANNOUNCES FUNDING, SERVICES FOR UPPER CONNECTICUT RIVER
  
  
• 27 July 1998
  EPA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR JOHN P. DEVILLARS TOURS THE UPPER CT RIVER JULY 28 AND 29
  
  
• 24 July 1998
  CELEBRATION SIGNALS CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AT BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE
  
  
• 22 July 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR WEDNESDAY
  
  
• 15 July 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND ON THRUSDAY
  
  
• 15 July 1998
  EPA AWARDS $200,000 IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS FOR USE IN CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND
  
  
• 15 July 1998
  EPA AWARDS $200,000 IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS FOR USE IN COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE
  
  
• 15 July 1998
  EPA AWARDS NEARLY $1 MILLION IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS TO MASSACHUSETTS
  
  
• 15 July 1998
  EPA AWARDS $400,000 IN BROWNFIELDS FUNDS TO MIDDLETOWN, STAMFORD
  
  
• 14 July 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY
  
  
• 10 July 1998
  EPA WILL PROVIDE $10 MILLION FOR NYANZA CLEANUP
  
  
• 09 July 1998
  EPA AWARDS BERKSHIRE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP GRANT AWARD OF $50,000 TO ENHANCE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN GE - PITTSFIELD SITE CLEANUP
  
  
• 02 July 1998
  EPA, R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUE WARNING ABOUT FISH AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS FROM WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER
  
  
• 02 July 1998
  EPA FINES TWO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS



• 01 July 1998
  EPA OVERHAULS RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM IN NEW ENGLAND
  
  
• 01 July 1998
  TOWN OF HARWICH APPLIES WITH EPA FOR NO-DISCHARGE DESIGNATION
  
  
• 26 June 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR TODAY IN CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND
  
  
• 22 June 1998
  EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON REVISED CLEANUP PLAN FOR TIBBETTS ROAD SUPERFUND SITE
  
  
• 18 June 1998
  VERMONT COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 22.7% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
  
  
• 18 June 1998
  RHODE ISLAND COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 16% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
  
  
• 18 June 1998
  NEW HAMPSHIRE COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 11% IN ONE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
  
  
• 18 June 1998
  MAINE COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 14.2% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
  
  
• 18 June 1998
  MASSACHUSETTS COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 19.3% IN ONE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
  
  
• 18 June 1998
  CONNECTICUT COMPANIES REDUCE TOXIC RELEASES BY 22% IN SINGLE YEAR, EPA NAMES TEN LARGEST POLLUTION EMITTERS
  
  
• 16 June 1998
  EPA TELLS ARMY CORPS TO SAY 'NO' TO CTDOT's ROUTE 6 PROPOSAL
  
  
• 15 June 1998
  MASSACHUSETTS MANUFACTURER MAKES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE POLLUTION: PAYS ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
  
  
• 15 June 1998
  EPA SETTLES CASE WITH WOBURN MANUFACTURER
  
  
• 08 June 1998
  HOYTS CINEMA TO PAY PENALTY FOR STORM WATER VIOLATIONS AT STOUGHTON SITE
  
  
• 09 June 1998
  LOCAL DEVELOPER RECEIVES AWARD FOR DRINKING WATER PROTECTION EFFORTS
  
  
• 09 June 1998
  EPA SETTLES ASBESTOS CASE AGAINST CONDOMINIUM OWNER IN HARTFORD, CONN.
  
  
• 04 June 1998
  EPA DENIES AIR FORCE EXTENSION REQUEST, ASSESSES SUBSTANTIAL PENALTIES FOR DELAY
  
  
• 04 June 1998
  EPA ANNOUNCES ENFORCEMENT ORDER AND OTHER STEPS FOR PCB CLEANUP OF HOUSATONIC RIVER IN PITTSFIELD
  
  
• 03 June 1998
  EPA FINES BROOKFIELD COMPANY
  
  
• 28 May 1998
  POOR AIR QUALITY PREDICTED FOR TOMORROW IN PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT
  
  
• 26 May 1998
  SOUTH ATTLEBORO WIRE MAKER TO PAY $2.4 MILLION, TO SETTLE FEDERAL POLLUTION SUIT
  
  
• 21 May 1998
  EPA REACHES $ 8 MILLION SETTLEMENT AT NYANZA SUPERFUND SITE
  
  
• 21 May 1998
  EPA'S NEW AIR POLLUTION STANDARD WILL MEAN MORE ‘UNHEALTHFUL' OZONE DAYS
  
  
• 1 April 1998
  EPA ISSUES 1,700 LETTERS TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
  
  
• 31 March 1998
  N. ANDOVER, MA, WASTE HANDLER TO PAY ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
  
  
• 30 March 1998
  EPA ISSUES ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINTS TO R.I. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  
  
• 26 March 1998
  EPA TO HOLD PROVIDENCE GRANT CONFERENCE
  
  
• 25 March 1998
  EPA ISSUES ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT TO WARWICK, R.I. GAS STATION
  
  
• 24 March 1998
  EPA TO HOLD BOSTON GRANT CONFERENCE
  
  
• 23 March 1998
  TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
  
  
• 23 March 1998
  EPA, DEP ENFORCE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK DEADLINE
  
  
• 23 March 1998
  HARTFORD DPW TO STUDY/CLEAN VACANT LOT, PAY FINE FOR REFRIGERANT MAINTENANCE FAILINGS
  
  
• 20 March 1998
  EPA REJECTS PROPOSED SCHEDULE EXTENSIONS FOR GROUNDWATER CLEANUP AT THE OTIS/ MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION (MMR)
  
  
• 20 March 1998
  EPA CITES WOBURN MANUFACTURER FOR MISSING DATA
  
  
• 20 March 1998
  WALLINGFORD CONSTRUCTION CO. COMES CLEAN
  
  
• 20 March 1998
  TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
  
  
• 20 March 1998
  TURNING STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
  
  
• 17 March 1998
  EPA, DEM REMIND RHODE ISLAND TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
  
  
• 16 March 1998
  EPA RELEASES 1997: COMPLIANCE ASSURANCES RESULTS: CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION EFFORTS SET RECORDS
  
  
• 11 March 1998
  EPA ISSUES DECISION PROHIBITING OPEN DETONATION OF MUNITIONS ON CAPE COD
  
  
• 11 March 1998
  EPA PLANS $500,000 CLEANUP AT QUEEN STREET DUMP
  
  
• 09 March 1998
  STATEMENT OF JOHN P. DeVILLARS, REGARDING STRATFORD, CT WASTE SITE HEALTH STUDY
  
  
• 03 March 1998
  EPA SETTLES WITH HOOKSETT, LONDONDERRY COMPANIES
  
  
• 02 March 1998
  EPA DETAILS AGGRESSIVE POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE CHARLES RIVER
  
  
• 26 February 1998
  EPA UNVEILS FINDINGS OF SOMERVILLE RECYCLING STUDY
  
  
• 23 February 1998
  COMTAMINATED SOIL AND PCBs REMOVED FROM STOUGHTON YARD
  
  
• 23 February 1998
  EPA, DEP REMIND CONNECTICUT TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
  
  
• 18 February 1998
  GRANITEVILLE RECEIVES EPA FUNDING
  
  
• 10 February 1998
  EPA, DFS AND DEP REMIND MASSACHUSETTS TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
  
  
• 5 February 1998
  EPA FINES QUINCY OIL COMPANY FOR SELLING HIGH POLLUTING FUEL
  
  
• 4 February 1998
  STRINGENT PERMIT ISSUED FOR DEER ISLAND TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGES
  
  
• 4 February 1998
  EPA - NEW ENGLAND KICKS-OFF 1998 POEM AND POSTER CONTEST
  
  
• 3 February 1998
  EXTENSION OF NEGOTIATION PERIOD WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC
  
  
• 29 January 1998
  GENZYME FACES FEDERAL FINE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PROBLEMS AT CAMBRIDGE FACILITIES
  
  
• 29 January 1998
  EPA ANNOUNCES WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AWARDS
  
  
• 29 January 1998
  EPA ISSUES ENFORCEMENT ORDER AGAINST CRANSTON METAL PLATING COMPANY
  
  
• 29 January 1998
  BLOCK ISLAND POWER CO. TO UPGRADE PLANT AND PAY FINE IN SETTLEMENT WITH EPA
  
  
• 29 January 1998
  EPA SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT PROPOSALS, ANNOUNCES GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP IN WORCESTER
  
  
• 23 January 1998
  EPA COMPLETES SOIL CLEANUP AT SUPERFUND SITE IN SOMERS
  
  
• 14 January 1998
  EPA, DEC REMIND VERMONT TANK OWNERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINE
  
  
• 12 January 1998
  NEW BEDFORD COMPANY FACES STATE AND FEDERAL FINES
  
  
• 08 January 1998
  EPA OFFERS ASSISTANCE IN REDEVELOPING CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
  
  
• 06 January 1998
  EPA PROPOSES FINE FOR DOVER COMPANY
  
  
• 06 January 1998
  CONNECTICUT COMPANY FACES ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
  
  
• 06 January 1998
  N. ANDOVER, MA, WASTE HANDLER FACES ENVIRONMENTAL FINE
  
  
• 01 January 1998
  EPA SETTLES SAFE DRINKING WATER CASE IN ANDOVER, MAINE