Region 9: Compliance and Enforcement

Nearly $14.2 million in Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) are being spent by companies in the Pacific Southwest Region in addition to complying with environmental laws. As part of an enforcement settlement, a violator may voluntarily agree to do a SEP which benefits public health or environment. SEPs offer a unique opportunity to further our Nation’s goals of ensuring clean air and water, safe food, better water management, and expanding the public’s right to know about their environment.

Pollution Reduction

Chevron over Clean Air Act and hazard release reporting violations at regional refineries

Chevron will spend a total of $1.3 million to reduce diesel emissions from fleet vehicles at its refineries in California and Hawaii. In addition, Chevron will spend $200,000 to reduce odor and air emissions at its El Segundo and Kapolei refineries, $100,000 for emergency response equipment for the city of El Segundo Fire Department, and provide a 29-year, rent-free lease of five acres to the city of Richmond, Calif., for emergency training purposes.

Glass company agrees to reduce air pollution in San Joaquin Valley

Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. of Muncie, Indiana, agreed to spend an estimated $2.2 million annually to operate and maintain the new equipment, reducing air emissions by 400 tons per year at its Madera, Calif., facility.

Alternative fuel vehicles for Sacramento, Calif., Seven-Up plant, prevent air pollution, stormwater pollution

Seven-Up bottling Co. will spend $135,700 for alternative fuel vehicles to replace the existing fleet of gasoline vehicles and propane forklifts used at it Sacramento, Calif., plant.

Lead hazard abatement work at rental housing

A San Jose landlord agreed to perform lead abatement work, an environmental project valued at $138.500. The owner, Allen Wong, will conduct lead inspections and risk assessments as well as the lead abatement work where hazards are found in 21 rental units in San Jose.

Restoration

City of Los Angeles to restore streams, wetlands

As part of a $2 billion settlement in one of the largest sewage cases in U.S. history, Los Angeles will spend $8.5 million on environmental projects to restore streams and wetlands and to capture and treat polluted storm drain flows.

Vernal pool habitat for protection

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will spend $250,000 to purchase a vernal pool habitat for protection.

Superfund’s first environmental Brownfields project – San Gabriel Valley

The San Gabriel Valley Superfund site’s Puente Valley agreement calls for a $26 million groundwater treatment system and an innovative environmental project to convert a former duck farm to open space to benefit the community.

Public Health

Mobil to buy medical equipment for health center

Mobil will buy $100,000 worth of medical equipment for a local health center on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners area in Montezuma Creek, Utah.

Manufacturer will purchase emergency response equipment for the City of Industry in southern California

Anvil Cases, Inc. donated $11,355 in emergency response equipment to the Santa Fe Springs Fire Department.

Fire emergency response equipment for Truckee River area

Kinder Morgan will spend nearly $43,000 purchase emergency response equipment for the Truckee Fire Protection District

Emergency response equipment for Kings County

Chemical Waste Management will spend $37,500 to purchase emergency response equipment for the Kings County Environmental Health Services.

Company will buy life-saving equipment, pay penalty on Arizona tribal lands

Romic Environmental Technologies will spend $100,800 on life-saving equipment for the Gila River Indian community fire department and air monitoring and meterological equipment for the Gila River Indian community Department of Environmental Quality.

Training

Asbestos regulatory compliance training seminars offered in Arizona

The Arizona Department of Transportation agreed to pay the Environmental Information Association (EIA) $45,000, to conduct the seminars on asbestos regulatory compliance training to contractors, charter schools, and building owners.

college to present waste management seminars as part of hazardous waste violation settlement with EPA

Long Beach City college will perform an environmental project that will improve hazardous waste handling by other area colleges. The college will present seminars to 11 area school districts to get the word out about proper ways to handle hazardous waste.

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