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December 2001

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• 27 December 2001
  EPA Accepting Applications for Environmental Justice Small Grants
  
  
• 19 December 2001
  EPA New England Announces Creation of Energy and Climate Change Team
  
  
• 19 December 2001
  Manchester Man Admits Guilt in Lead Poisoning Case; Plea to Forging Lead Hazard Disclosure Documents is Precedent Setting
  
  
• 18 December 2001
  EPA Proposes $22,000 Fine for Conn. Company Over Toxic Chemical Reporting Violations
  
  
• 17 December 2001
  EPA Seeks New Technologies for Tackling CSOs, Arsenic and Other Pollution Problems
  
  
• 13 December 2001
  EPA Orders Massachusetts Developer to Comply with Environmental Laws
  
  
• 13 December 2001
  EPA Clears Way to Little League Field for Former Cleanup Site in Gardner
  
  
• 13 December 2001
  EPA Approves Connecticut's Plan for Complying With Air Pollution Standards
  
  
• 11 December 2001
  EPA Recovering More of its Cleanup Costs at National Oil Services Superfund Site in West Haven, Conn.
  
  
• 10 December 2001
  New Bedford receives $352,000 grant to monitor and restore water quality on Acushnet River
  
  
• 10 December 2001
  EPA Seeks Nominations for Annual Environmental Merit Awards
  
  
• 10 December 2001
  US EPA and Massachusetts DEP Conclude Initial Phase of Cleanup at Site of Interstate 195 Gasoline Spill
  
  
• 5 December 2001
  Asthma Group Announces Plan to Reduce Childhood Asthma
  
  
• 5 December 2001
  One Maine business and two Maine water suppliers recognized for protection efforts
  
  
• 3 December 2001
  EPA Awards $363,257 Grant to Somerville for Mystic River Project

November 2001

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• 30 November 2001
  Belmont Electroplater Agrees to Establish Environmental Management Systems to Ensure Compliance with Environmental Requirements
  
  
• 29 November 2001
  Boston Lead Summit Draws Legislators, Policy Makers, and Community Leaders Boston's Goal: First City in the Nation to End Children Lead Poisoning
  
  
• 27 November 2001
  Brown University and EPA Settle Enforcement Case; Innovative Environmental Projects for Providence High Schools Part of Agreement
  
  
• 27 November 2001
  EPA Settles with Town of Natick over Environmental Violations
  
  
• 21 November 2001
  EPA and Mass DEP Propose Permit for Marlborough Wastewater Treatment Plant
  
  
• 21 November 2001
  Lebanon, NH Wastewater Treatment Facility receives National EPA O&M Award
  
  
• 16 November 2001
  ENERGY STAR® to Help Homeowners Seal Their Homes and Lower Winter Energy Bills - Massachusetts
  
  
• 16 November 2001
  ENERGY STAR® to Help Homeowners Seal Their Homes and Lower Winter Energy Bills - Rhode Island
  
  
• 15 November 2001
  EPA Announces Settlement with Nearly 500 Potentially Responsible Parties at Plaistow, N.H. Superfund Site
  
  
• 15 November 2001
  EPA Orders Haverhill to Revise Plan for Reducing Flow of Sewage into the Merrimack River
  
  
• 13 November 2001
  Water Quality Study and Public Outreach on Assabet River
  Kicks Off With $350,000 EPA Grant
  
  
• 8 November 2001
  EPA Closes Hazardous Waste Storage Case in Johnston, R.I.
  
  
• 8 November 2001
  National Semiconductor Agrees to $220,000 Settlement for Hazardous Waste Violations at South Portland, Maine Facility
  
  
• 8 November 2001
  EPA Proposes Fine for Clean Air Act Violations by Cumberland Farms
  
  
• 2 November 2001
  EPA Announces Environmental Justice Grants to Four Massachusetts Groups
  
  
• 2 November 2001
  EPA Announces Environmental Justice Grant to Maine Lead Program
  
  
• 2 November 2001
  EPA Announces Environmental Justice Grant to Groundwork Providence
  
  
• 2 November 2001
  EPA Awards Environmental Justice Grant to Reduce Diesel Emissions in CT
  
  
• 2 November 2001
  EPA Announces Environmental Justice Grant to The Way Home in Manchester
  
  
• 1 November 2001
  Clean up to Begin at Former Furniture Paints Stripping Facility

October 2001

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• 19 October 2001
  EPA, Maine Department of Environmental Protection to Hold Informational Meeting on HoltraChem
  
  
• 19 October 2001
  U.S. EPA Begins Surface Soil Excavation in Newhall Street Neighborhood
  
  
• 18 October 2001
  EPA Announces New Initiatives Aimed at Restoring the Charles River
  
  
• 17 October 2001
  EPA Completes PCB Cleanup at Green Hill Quarry in Meddybemps, Maine
  
  
• 16 October 2001
  EPA to Begin Clean Up at Chase Brass Site
  
  
• 16 October 2001
  EPA Proposes Penalty for Environmental Violations at UMass-Amherst
  
  
• 16 October 2001
  EPA Proposes Changes to Cleanup Plan for Ottati and Goss/Kingston Steel Drum Superfund Site:Significant Cost Savings Cited
  
  
• 15 October 2001
  EPA Proposes $200,000 in Penalties for Danbury, Conn. and two Massachusetts Companies for Clean Air Act Violations
  
  
• 15 October 2001
  EPA Files Complaint in Emergency Response Notification Case; Proposes Penalty of $20,000
  
  
• 15 October 2001
  Rhode Island company settles PCB complaint with EPA
  
  
• 15 October 2001
  EPA Settles Clean Air Act Violations in Connecticut; Agreement Includes $421,000 for Environmental Projects
  
  
• 15 October 2001
  EPA Orders Removal of Contaminated Soil from Sutton Brook
  Disposal Area Superfund Site in Tewksbury
  
  
• 12 October 2001
  EPA Puts Adams, Mass. Company on Notice for Violations of the Federal Clean Air Act
  
  
• 11 October 2001
  EPA Orders Rhode Island Electroplating Company to Come into Environmental Compliance
  
  
• 11 October 2001
  EPA Settles Right to Know Case With Naugatuck, Conn. Company; Agreement Includes $1.3 Million for Environmental Projects
  
  
• 10 October 2001
  US EPA Orders Meriden, Conn. Company to Comply with Environmental Laws; Proposes Fine for Violations
  
  
• 5 October 2001
  EPA Begins Cleanup of Abandoned Property in Prospect, Conn.
  
  
• 5 October 2001
  EPA Seeks Monetary Penalty Against Waterbury Conn. Company for Violations of Right to Know Act
  
  
• 5 October 2001
  EPA Seeks Monetary Penalty Against Durham, Conn. Company for Violations of Environmental Regulations
  
  
• 5 October 2001
  EPA Announces $380,000 in Grants for Long Island Sound Research and Pollution Prevention Programs in Connecticut
  
  
• 3 October 2001
  Children's Environmental Communication Encouraged by EPA: Whitman to Launch New Pen Pal Program
  
  
• 3 October 2001
  Applications Available for Environmental Education Grants
  
  
• 3 October 2001
  EPA to Hold Informational Meeting on Proposed Hatheway & Patterson Superfund site
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  Three Vermont Projects Receive Environmental Education Grants
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  Two Rhode Island Groups Receive Environmental Education Grants
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  Three New Hampshire Groups Receive Environmental Education Grants
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  Two Maine Groups Receive Environmental Education Grants
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  Ten Massachusetts Groups Receive Environmental Education Grants
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  EPA Announces $450,000 for Brownfield Site Assessments in New England; Four Massachusetts Communities Targeted for Assessment Work
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  EPA Announces $450,000 for Brownfield Site Assessments in New England;Middletown, Conn., Targeted for Assessment Work
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  EPA Announces $450,000 for Brownfield Site Assessments in New England; Providence Gets $75,000 Assessment Grant
  
  
• 1 October 2001
  EPA's End-of-Season Ozone Data Show Increase in Bad Air Days

September 2001

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• 27 September 2001
  EPA and Springfield, Mass. Company Settle Clean Air Act Case
  
  
• 26 September 2001
  EPA Recognize One NH and Two Vermont Municipal Wastewater Plants
  
  
• 25 September 2001
  EPA to Hold Public Information Meeting on Upper 1 ½ Mile Reach of Housatonic River
  
  
• 21 September 2001
  EPA Issues Environmental Violations Notice to Two Rhode Island Companies
  
  
• 21 September 2001
  U.S. Surgical Settles Case with EPA Over Hazardous Waste Violations
  
  
• 21 September 2001
  EPA, Army Corps of Engineers and Massachusetts DEP to Hold Public Information Meeting on Shpack Landfill
  
  
• 21 September 2001
  EPA Approves $400,000 to Help Rhode Island in Tackling MTBE Contamination in Pascoag
  
  
• 21 September 2001
  EPA, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, and Hamden Town Officials To Host a Newhall Street Neighborhood Open House
  
  
• 20 September 2001
  EPA Announces $125,000 for Pollution Prevention Grants in Rhode Island
  
  
• 19 September 2001
  EPA to Hold Open House and Informational Meeting Tonight to Discuss the Nuclear Metals Superfund Site
  
  
• 18 September 2001
  Whitman Details Ongoing Agency Efforts to Monitor Disaster Sites, Contribute to Cleanup Efforts
  
  
• 18 September 2001
  EPA Lodges Consent Decree for National Oil Services Site in CT
  
  
• 17 September 2001
  EPA Proposes Adding Hatheway Patterson Site in Mansfield, Mass. to Superfund List
  
  
• 17 September 2001
  EPA Proposes Adding Callahan Mine in Brooksville, Maine to Superfund List
  
  
• 17 September 2001
  EPA Adds Ely Mine in Vershire, Vt. to Superfund List
  
  
• 14 September 2001
  EPA New England Office Assists in Response to Terrorist Attack
  
  
• 12 September 2001
  EPA and DEM Sign Two-Year Agreement on Environmental Goals; EPA Also Announces $60,000 in grants for Smart Growth in Rhode Island
  
  
• 7 September 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for portions of Massachusetts and Connecticut for Saturday and Sunday
  
  
• 6 September 2001
  EPA Extends Public Comment Period for Central Landfill Superfund Decision
  
  
• 5 September 2001
  EPA Orders Lead Removal at Dance Studio in Fall River

August 2001

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• 29 August 2001
  EPA Announces $4 Million Pilot Project to Clean Up Underground Storage Tanks
  
  
• 29 August 2001
  Fitchburg Settles with EPA for Wastewater Discharge Violations
  
  
• 28 August 2001
  EPA New England Enforces Two 1998 Orders Issued in Illegal Wetlands Filling Case in Taunton
  
  
• 24 August 2001
  EPA to Seek Penalties from Mansfield, Mass. Pesticide Company
  
  
• 20 August 2001
  Raytheon Becomes First Corporate Sponsor of Industry-State-EPA Pollution Prevention Program for Metal Finishers
  
  
• 17 August 2001
  Two Companies Agree to Reimburse EPA and Pay for Environmental Studies of Large Contaminated Parcel in Cumberland and Lincoln, R.I.
  
  
• 16 August 2001
  EPA Files Complaint Against R.I. Electroplating Shop
  
  
• 15 August 2001
  EPA to Recover Cleanup Costs in Unique Proposed Settlement with the City of New Bedford
  
  
• 14 August 2001
  EPA, NH DES, US ACOE & ECC to Host Open House for Ottati & Goss / Kingston Steel Drum Superfund Site
  
  
• 14 August 2001
  EPA Determines Additional Groundwater Cleanup not Necessary for Central Landfill Superfund Site
  
  
• 13 August 2001
  EPA and DEP Settle Permit Appeal with Upper Blackstone Water Pollution District
  
  
• 10 August 2001
  EPA to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Groundwater Strategy for Central Landfill Superfund Site
  
  
• 10 August 2001
  EPA Completes Cleanup of G&B Lagoon Site in Redding, CT
  
  
• 10 August 2001
  EPA To Begin Cleanup at Former Metal Plating Facility in Worcester
  
  
• 09 August 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted in Three New England States for
  Friday, Aug. 10
  
  
• 09 August 2001
  EPA Presents Award to Connecticut Environmental Education Group for Helping Improve Indoor Air Quality at Schools
  
  
• 09 August 2001
  EPA Presents Award to Chicopee Public School System for Improving Indoor Air Quality
  
  
• 09 August 2001
  EPA Presents National Award to Vermont High School for Improving Indoor Air Quality
  
  
• 09 August 2001
  EPA Presents Awards to Nashua and Portsmouth Schools for Improving Indoor Air Quality
  
  
• 08 August 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted in New England States for Thursday, Aug. 9
  
  
• 08 August 2001
  EPA Orders Marlborough to Cut Copper Discharges to Assabet River
  
  
• 07 August 2001
  EPA to Start Cleanup at New London Pollution Site
  
  
• 07 August 2001
  EPA Seeks Monetary Penalty from Fiskeville, R. I. Manufacturer for Federal Clean Air Act Violations
  
  
• 06 August 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted in New England States for Monday, Aug. 6 and Tuesday, Aug. 7
  
  
• 02 August 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts on Friday, August 3
  
  
• 02 August 2001
  EPA Awards $38,000 to Summer Programs that Train Youth for Environmental Jobs
  
  
• 02 August 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Portions of New England on Thursday, August 2

July 2001

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• 31 July 2001
  EPA Administrator Whitman Meets With New England Performance Track Companies
  
  
• 31 July 2001
  Whitman Swears In Robert Varney as EPA New England's Regional Administrator
  
  
• 31 July 2001
  Connecticut Pesticide Company Pays EPA Fine for Reporting Violations
  
  
• 30 July 2001
  EPA Administrator Announces Expansion of Energy Star Program to Supermarkets
  
  
• 25 July 2001
  Three Additional Companies put on Notice for Nuclear Metals Cleanup
  
  
• 25 July 2001
  Public Information Meeting on Shpack Landfill to be Postponed
  
  
• 25 July 2001
  EPA to Host Centredale Manor Restoration Open House
  
  
• 23 July 2001
  EPA Begins Cleanup Work at Former Cranston Electroplating Company
  
  
• 23 July 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for All Six New England States for
  Monday, July 23 and Tuesday July 24
  
  
• 20 July 2001
  EPA Orders General Electric to Clean Milford, NH Superfund Site
  
  
• 20 July 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Southern Vermont for Sunday, July 22
  
  
• 18 July 2001
  EPA Designates Three Bays Area in Barnstable as a "No-Discharge Area"
  
  
• 17 July 2001- Event Press Advisory
  EPA To Designate Three Bays Area in Barnstable a "No-Discharge Zone"
  
  
• 16 July 2001
  Public Invited to Comment About Rules On Air Emissions from Power Plants and Industries
  
  
• 16 July 2001
  Experts Agree Northeast Can Achieve Air Quality Improvements While Meeting Growing Energy Demands
  
  
• 16 July 2001
  Bridgeport Petroleum Terminal Settles With EPA Over Clean Air Act Violations
  
  
• 16 July 2001
  EPA Administrator to Hold Energy Town Meeting in Eastern Connecticut
  
  
• 13 July 2001
  Over 200 State, Regional and National Officials, Environmental Advocates, Industry and Utility Representatives Participate In Forum To Address Balancing Northeast Energy Needs With Clean Air Goals
  
  
• 13 July 2001
  EPA, Army Corps of Engineers and Massachusetts DEP to Hold Public Information Meeting on Shpack Landfill
  
  
• 5 July 2001
  EPA and Maine DEP to Host Second Round of Office Hours on Holtrachem Site
  
  
• 3 July 2001
  EPA, Connecticut Sea Grant, and New York Sea Grant Partner to Support Research on Long Island Sound

June 2001

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• 29 June 2001
  Connecticut Water Suppliers Must Make Reports on Water Quality Public By July 1
  
  
• 29 June 2001
  Maine Water Suppliers Must Make Reports on Water Quality Public By July 1
  
  
• 29 June 2001
  Massachusetts Water Suppliers Must Make Reports on Water Quality Public By July 1
  
  
• 29 June 2001
  New Hampshire Water Suppliers Must Make Reports on Water Quality Public By July 1
  
  
• 29 June 2001
  Rhode Island Water Suppliers Must Make Reports on Water Quality Public By July 1
  
  
• 29 June 2001
  Vermont Water Suppliers Must Make Reports on Water Quality Public By July 1
  
  
• 28 June 2001
  Amtrak Agrees to Improve Company-Wide Environmental Compliance and Fund Environmental Projects Under Clean Water Act Settlement with EPA
  
  
• 28 June 2001
  EPA and MA DEP to Hold Informational Meeting for Sutton Brook Disposal Area Site
  
  
• 26 June 2001
  Whitman Appoints Three EPA Regional Administrators
  
  
• 26 June 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Connecticut, RI, and parts of Massachusetts for Wednesday
  
  
• 25 June 2001
  EPA Proposes $137,000 Fine for Connecticut Wetlands Oil Spill
  
  
• 19 June 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Connecticut, Rhode Island, and
  parts of Massachusetts for Wednesday, June 20
  
  
• 19 June 2001
  EPA Recovering Its Cleanup Costs at National Oil Services Site in CT
  
  
• 18 June 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts for Tuesday, June 19
  
  
• 18 June 2001
  City of New Bedford Gets $200,000 as an EPA Brownfields Showcase Community
  
  
• 18 June 2001
  EPA Starts Work at Polluted East Providence Factory Site
  
  
• 18 June 2001
  100 People Attend Conference on Tools for Managing Growth in N. H. and Maine
  
  
• 15 June 2001
  200 Expected for Conference in Portsmouth, NH, on Smart Growth in N.H. and Maine
  
  
• 15 June 2001
  EPA and DEP to Host Office Hours on Holtrachem Site
  
  
• 14 June 2001
  Cleaner Air for Today, and Tomorrow
  
  
• 14 June 2001
  EPA Adds Elizabeth Mine to Superfund List
  
  
• 14 June 2001
  EPA Adds Nuclear Metals, Inc. Site in Concord to Superfund List
  
  
• 14 June 2001
  EPA Adds Sutton Brook Disposal Area in Tewksbury to Superfund List
  
  
• 14 June 2001
  EPA Proposes Adding Ely Mine in Vershire, Vt. to Superfund List
  
  
• 14 June 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Southern New Hampshire and Maine for Friday, June 15
  
  
• 13 June 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Southern New England for Thursday, June 14, 2001
  
  
• 11 June 2001
  Mystic Valley Wins $200,000 with EPA Showcase Community Designation
  
  
• 8 June 2001
  EPA Announces Plan for Funding Cleanup of Beede Superfund Site in N.H.
  
  
• 7 June 2001
  200 Expected for Conference in Portsmouth, NH, on Smart Growth in N.H. and Maine
  
  
• 7 June 2001
  EPA Offers Grants for Better Management of Agricultural Pesticides
  
  
• 7 June 2001
  U.S. Reaches Water Pollution Settlement with Wal-mart Retailer to Pay $1 Million Fine, Establish Environmental Management Plan
  
  
• 5 June 2001
  More than 300 Connecticut Students Get Art and Poetry Awards from EPA
  
  
• 5 June 2001
  U.S. EPA, CT DEP, and Hamden Town Officials to Host Newhall Street Neighborhood Information Meeeting
  
  
• 4 June 2001
  About 1000 Massachusetts Students Get Art and Poetry Award from EPA
  

May 2001

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• 31 May 2001
  100 Students From Maine Get Art and Poetry Awards from EPA
  
  
• 30 May 2001
  More than 55 Vermont Students Get Art and Poetry Awards from EPA
  
  
• 30 May 2001
  More than 100 Rhode Island Students Get Art and Poetry Awards from EPA
  
  
• 29 May 2001
  EPA Begins Cleanup of PCB Contaminated Sand and Gravel in Meddybemps, ME
  
  
• 29 May 2001
  EPA Puts Army on Notice for Starmet Cleanup
  
  
• 29 May 2001
  Tackling CSOs is Key Component of Restoring the Connecticut River
  
  
• 25 May 2001
  With Summer Approaching, EPA Offers Massachusetts $57,000 to Monitor Coastal Beaches
  
  
• 25 May 2001
  With Summer Approaching, EPA Offers New Hampshire $57,000 to Monitor Coastal Beaches
  
  
• 25 May 2001
  With Summer Approaching, EPA Offers Rhode Island $57,000 to Monitor Coastal Beaches
  
  
• 23 May 2001
  EPA to Remove Salem Acres Site From Superfund List
  
  
• 23 May 2001
  Connecticut Businesses and Water Suppliers Recognized for Protecting Drinking Water
  
  
• 23 May 2001
  EPA Designates "No Discharge Area" Off Coast of Cape Cod
  
  
• 23 May 2001
  More than 100 New Hampshire Students Get Art and Poetry Awards from EPA
  
  
• 21 May 2001
  Renowned Author James Kunstler to Speak at Connecticut Meeting on Water Pollution
  
  
• 11 May 2001
  EPA Orders Belmont Firm to Follow Laws on Reporting & Monitoring Chromium and TCE
  
  
• 11 May 2001
  Windsor, Conn. Company to Pay EPA Fine for Violating TCE Requirements
  
  
• 11 May 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for Southern New England for Friday, May 11, 2001
  
  
• 10 May 2001
  Massachusetts Businesses and Water Suppliers Recognized for Conserving Drinking Water
  
  
• 10 May 2001
  Three Rhode Island Residents Win Environmental Educator Awards
  
  
• 10 May 2001
  Two Massachusetts Residents Win Environmental Educator Awards
  
  
• 03 May 2001
  Poor Air Quality Predicted for South Coastal Massachusetts and Much of Connecticut
  
  
• 03 May 2001
  Preliminary Results Indicate Isolated Areas of Elevated Lead and Arsenic Contamination in Newhall Street Neighborhood
  
  
• 02 May 2001
  Public is Invited to Tour EPA's Ocean Survey Vessel in Rhode Island
  
  
• 01 May 2001
  EPA Launches Home Checklist Web Site

April 2001

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• 30 April 2001
  Summer Smog Season Begins May 1
  
  
• 27 April 2001
  U.S. Court Approves Consent Decree for Shaffer Landfill Portion of Iron House Park Superfund Site in Billerica, MA
  
  
• 27 April 2001
  EPA Gives Charles River a "B" and Announces Initiative is Halfway to Cleanup Goal
  
  
• 26 April 2001
  New Hampshire Metal-Finishing Company Fined for Clean Air Act Violations; Settlement is Part of EPA Initiative Focused on Metal Finishing Industry
  
  
• 26 April 2001
  Vermont Metal-Finishing Company Fined for Clean Air Act Violations; Settlement is Part of EPA Initiative Focused on Metal Finishing Industry
  
  
• 24 April 2001
  EPA Staff To Help Clean the Boston Harbor Islands National Park area
  
  
• 24 April 2001
  EPA Announces Second Order Requiring Holyoke to Fix High-Priority CSO Discharges
  
  
• 20 April 2001
  EPA Gives Conn. Towns Seven Grants Worth $3.4 Million for Brownfield Sites
  
  
• 20 April 2001
  EPA Gives Mass. Towns $2 Million in Brownfields Grants To Develop Properties
  
  
• 20 April 2001
  EPA Gives Maine Two Grants Worth $635,000 for Brownfields Properties
  
  
• 20 April 2001
  EPA Gives New Hampshire $1 Million For Fund to Help Develop State's Brownfield Sites
  
  
• 20 April 2001
  EPA Gives Three Grants Worth $450,000 To Develop Brownfields in Vermont
  
  
• 19 April 2001
  Three Vermont Hospitals among 47 in New England Recognized by EPA For Mercury Reduction Efforts
  
  
• 19 April 2001
  EPA Recognizes 47 New England Hospitals For Mercury Reduction Efforts, including 6 in New Hampshire
  
  
• 19 April 2001
  Thirteen Maine Hospitals among 47 in New England Recognized by EPA For Mercury Reduction Efforts
  
  
• 19 April 2001
  EPA Recognizes 47 New England Hospitals For Mercury Reduction Efforts
  
  
• 19 April 2001
  Two Rhode Island Hospitals among 47 in New England Recognized by EPA For Mercury Reduction Efforts
  
  
• 19 April 2001
  EPA Recognizes 47 New England Hospitals For Mercury Reduction Efforts; Hartford Hospital Leads Way Among Connecticut Health-Care Facilities
  
  
• 18 April 2001
  MIT Commits to Three Environmental Projects and $150,000 Civil Penalty to Settle EPA Violations
  
  
• 18 April 2001
  EPA Presents Environmental Merit Awards to 6 in Connecticut
  
  
• 18 April 2001
  EPA Presents Environmental Merit Awards to 2 in Rhode Island
  
  
• 18 April 2001
  EPA Presents Environmental Merit Awards to 10 in Massachusetts
  
  
• 18 April 2001
  EPA Presents Environmental Merit Awards to three in Vermont
  
  
• 18 April 2001
  EPA Presents Environmental Merit Awards to 5 in Maine
  
  
• 18 April 2001
  EPA Presents Environmental Merit Awards to 6 in New Hampshire
  
  
• 17 April 2001
  EPA to Present Environmental Merit Awards to 33 in New England
  
  
• 17 April 2001
  U.S. EPA Begins Surface Soil Sampling in Newhall Street Neighborhood
  
  
• 13 April 2001
  EPA Completes Work at Site of Train Accident
  
  
• 13 April 2001
  EPA Recovering Its Cleanup Costs at National Oil Services Site, West Haven, CT
  
  
• 12 April 2001
  Rhode Island Companies Reduce Their 1999 Toxic Releases by 40 Percent; EPA Lists Ten Largest Pollution Emitters
  
  
• 12 April 2001
  EPA Lists Ten Largest Pollution Emitters in Vermont;
  Toxics Releases Jump 19% From 1998 to 1999
  
  
• 12 April 2001
  New Hampshire Companies Reduce Their 1999 Toxic Releases by 17 Percent; EPA Lists Ten Largest Pollution Emitters
  
  
• 12 April 2001
  Maine Companies Reduce Their 1999 Toxic Releases by 22 Percent; EPA Lists Ten Largest Pollution Emitters
  
  
• 12 April 2001
  Connecticut Companies Reduce Their 1999 Toxic Releases by 24 Percent; EPA Lists Ten Largest Pollution Emitters
  
  
• 12 April 2001
  Massachusetts Companies Reduce Their 1999 Toxic Releases by 9 Percent; EPA Lists Ten Largest Pollution Emitters
  
  
• 05 April 2001
  EPA & URI Agree to $800,000 Settlement in Environmental Enforcement Case
  
  
• 05 April 2001
  Federal Agencies Tackle Use and Management of Mercury at their Facilities
  
  
• 05 April 2001
  EPA Takes Action to Control Nitrogen Pollution in Long Island Sound
  
  
• 04 April 2001
  New England Environmental Challenges 2001 Report Released by EPA
  
  
• 03 April 2001
  EPA and DEP Allow Changes for Plan to Manage Discharge from Deer Island
  
  
• 03 April 2001
  EPA Seeks Fine From Fitchburg for Sewer Overflows; Orders Change in Pumping to West Side Wastewater Plant
  
  
• 02 April 2001
  Maine Semiconductor Plant Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations

March 2001

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• 30 March 2001
  USGS Studies Show Extent of Sediment Contamination and Saltwater Impacts on Charles River
  
  
• 29 March 2001
  Rhode Island Metal Plater Pays $20,000 Fine for Environmental Violations
  
  
• 27 March 2001
  School in Vermont and N.H. Company Agree to EPA Fine for Asbestos Violations
  
  
• 27 March 2001
  EPA Orders Five Parties at Superfund Site to Restore Allendale Dam and Excavate Contaminated Soils and Sediments Near Woonasquatucket River
  
  
• 26 March 2001
  EPA and DEP to Host Public Meeting on Holtrachem Site
  
  
• 23 March 2001
  Connecticut Hardware Stores Team Up On Health Campaign to Fight Lead Poisoning
  
  
• 22 March 2001
  U.S. EPA, CTDEP, AND Hamden Town Officials to Host Newhall Street Neighborhood Information Meeting
  
  
• 21 March 2001
  EPA and New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services to Begin Work at Ottati and Goss / Kingston Steel Drum Superfund Site
  
  
• 20 March 2001
  Relocating Submerged NSTAR Power Cables Clears Way for Dredging Contaminated Sediments in New Bedford Harbor
  
  
• 19 March 2001
  No Immediate Health Risk Found from Asbestos at W.R. Grace Site in Cambridge
  
  
• 19 March 2001
  EPA To Give Grants for Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention Applications Can Be Submitted Through April 20
  
  
• 16 March 2001
  EPA Announces Experts Selected to Review Computer Model to Study the Housatonic River
  
  
• 13 March 2001
  Rhode Island Hardware Stores Team Up on Health Campaign to Fight Lead Poisoning
  
  
• 12 March 2001
  Massachusetts Hardware Stores Team Up on Health Campaign to Fight Lead Poisoning
  
  
• 12 March 2001
  Connecticut Company Fined for PCB Violations
  
  
• 12 March 2001
  EPA Seeks $54,000 Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations at Connecticut Facility
  
  
• 08 March 2001
  EPA to Pay Most of Hazardous Waste Cleanup Costs at West Site/Hows Corner Superfund Site
  
  
• 05 March 2001
  Long Island Sound Study Report Highlights Improvements in the Health of Long Island Sound
  
  
• 02 March 2001
  Innovative Agreement Cuts Pollution and Saves New Hampshire Company $825,000
  
  
• 01 March 2001
  Navy Agrees to Reimburse EPA $1 Million for Hazardous Waste Cleanup in Maine
  
  
• 01 March 2001
  EPA New England orders Millbury to Comply with Laws Regulating Discharge of Sewage

February 2001

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• 21 February 2001
  EPA, Army Corps of Engineers and Massachusetts DEP to Hold Public Information Meeting on Shpack Landfill
  
  
• 21 February 2001
  EPA Begins Assessment of Sampling From W.R. Grace site in North Cambridge
  
  
• 15 February 2001
  EPA Gives Montpelier $75,000 in Brownfields Grants for Site Assessment
  
  
• 15 February 2001
  EPA Gives Hartford $75,000 in Brownfields Grants for Site Assessment
  
  
• 15 February 2001
  EPA Gives Lewiston $75,000 in Brownfields Grants for Site Assessment
  
  
• 15 February 2001
  EPA Gives Three Massachusetts Cities $225,000 in Brownfields Grants for Site Assessments
  
  
• 13 February 2001
  EPA Levies Fine for PCB Violation by NSTAR Company
  
  
• 12 February 2001
  Lebanon Wastewater Treatment Facility is EPA Award Winner
  
  
• 12 February 2001
  Lisbon Wastewater Treatment Facility Wins EPA Award
  
  
• 12 February 2001
  South Berwick, Maine Wastewater Treatment Facility is EPA Award Winner
  
  
• 12 February 2001
  Community Groups Can Apply For Environmental Justice Intern
  
  
• 08 February 2001
  Removal of PCB-Contaminated Shoreline Sediments Underway in New Bedford Harbor
  
  
• 07 February 2001
  EPA and NH DES to Hold Informational Meeting for Mohawk Tannery Site
  
  
• 01 February 2001
  EPA and Massachusetts DEP to Hold Public Information Meeting on Sutton Brook Disposal Area

January 2001

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• 31 January 2001
  EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Order at Mass. Military Reservation on Cape Cod
  
  
• 31 January 2001
  EPA Begins Study at Nuclear Metals Site in Concord, MA
  
  
• 31 January 2001
  EPA Accepting Applications for Environmental Justice Small Grants
  
  
• 30 January 2001
  EPA Awards $321,000 Grant to Ipswich for Water Quality Studies
  
  
• 25 January 2001
  EPA Issues Cleanup Decision for Floodplain Area Downstream from Centredale Manor
  
  
• 19 January 2001
  EPA-New England Announces Strong Enforcement Results for 2000
  
  
• 19 January 2001
  EPA Seeks Nominations for Annual Environmental Awards
  
  
• 19 January 2001
  NH Company Agrees to Pay $525,000 Fine for Water Pollution Violations
  
  
• 12 January 2001
  EPA to Hold Public Information Meeting on Shpack Landfill Site
  
  
• 10 January 2001
  Manchester, NH, Completes First Round to Eliminate Sewer Overflows
  
  
• 05 January 2001
  EPA Seeks $150,000 Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations by New Hampshire Company
  
  
• 04 January 2001
  EPA Awards $356,000 Grant to City of Springfield for Water & Fish Monitoring
  
  
• 02 January 2001
  Electroplating Shop In Hudson, Mass Pays $42,000 Fine For Wastewater Violations

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