Laws & Regulations

Agra Resources Cooperative (EXOL) Ethanol CAA Settlement

This agreement, one of twelve agreements with ethanol producers, will ensure Agra's Albert Lea plant will utilize air pollution control equipment to greatly reduce air emissions.

BP North Slope Clean Water Act Settlement

BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. will pay $25 million in civil penalties and implement a system-wide pipeline integrity management program for spilling more than 5,000 barrels of crude oil.

Agri-Energy, L.L.C. Ethanol CAA Settlement

This agreement, announced on October 2, 2002, will ensure Agri-Energy's Luverne plant will utilize air pollution control equipment to greatly reduce air emissions.

Gopher State Ethanol CAA Settlement

Agreement, announced on 10/2/02, will ensure Gopher State Ethanol's St. Paul plant will utilize air pollution control equipment to greatly reduce air emissions.

Essroc Cement Company Settlement

Essroc Cement Company has agreed to pay a $1.7 million penalty and invest approximately $33 million in pollution control technology to resolve alleged violations of the CAA.

City of Jeffersonville, Ind., Clean Water Act Settlement

The city of Jeffersonville has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems that will significantly reduce the city's longstanding sewage overflows.

Clean Harbors Clean Air Act Settlement

This settlement involves ten facilities in eight states. It confirms the proper industry standard for compliance with the Clean Air Act regulation that limits benzene emissions.

Cemex California Cement Clean Air Act Settlement

Consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of CA, resolving CAA claims against CEMEX with respect to the company's Victorville, CA, Portland cement plant

Chemtrade/Marsulex Clean Air Act Settlement

Three manufacturers of sulfuric acid have agreed to spend at least $12 million on air pollution controls that are expected to eliminate more than 3,000 tons of harmful emissions annually.

Nevada Power Company Clean Air Act (CAA) Settlement

Clean Air Act New Source Review Program settlement with Nevada Power Company (Nevada Power) to resolve CAA violations in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Citation Oil and Gas Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement

Citation Oil and Gas Corp. will invest approximately $580,000 on new and upgraded spill prevention controls at its Cellers Ranch production field in Johnson County, WY.

Biofriendly Corporation Clean Air Act Settlement

Biofriendly Corp has agreed to pay EPA $1.25 million for manufacturing and selling an unregistered fuel additive in Texas and California.

City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, Sewer Overflow Settlement

Settlement with the Board of Commissioners of Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati to eliminate long-standing and significant sewage discharges

Minnkota Power Cooperative and Square Butte Electric Cooperative Settlement

This agreement requires Minnkota to install or upgrade existing state-of-the-art air pollution controls on both existing units.

Caterpillar, Inc. Diesel Engines Settlement

The DOJ and the EPA announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers.

Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative CAA Settlement

Overview of the agreement in which Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative's Little Falls plant will utilize air pollution control equipment to greatly reduce air emissions.

City of Baltimore, Maryland, Sewer Overflows Settlement

A joint settlement with the City of Baltimore that addresses continuing hazards posed by hundreds of illegal wastewater discharges of raw sewage from Baltimore's wastewater collection system.

Agrium/Royster-Clark Clean Air Settlement

A Cincinnati-area nitric acid production facility will pay $750,000 in civil penalties to settle violations of the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act.

Colonial Pipeline Company Clean Water Act Settlement

Settlement with Colonial Pipeline, resolving charges that the company violated the CWA on seven occasions by spilling 1.45 million gallons of oil from its 5,500 mile pipeline in five states.

City of Dallas Storm Water Settlement

The City of Dallas has reached an agreement with the federal government requiring the City to spend in excess of $3.5 million in a comprehensive effort to decrease the amount of pollution.