Laws & Regulations

Newly Weds Foods, Inc. Settlement

Clean Air Act settlement with Newly Weds Foods, Inc. to resolve alleged CAA violations of federal regulations that protect the stratospheric ozone.

Supplemental Enforcement Project for Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

This is the Supplemental Enforcement Project for Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

Appendix XI of the CAA Stationary Source Civil Penalty Policy - Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP Requirements

This policy provides guidance on how to calculate penalties for violations of the Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP (40 C.F.R. Part 61, Subpart FF).

Consent Decree for Trader Joe’s Company Clean Air Act Settlement

The national grocery store chain Trader Joe’s Company has agreed to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases from refrigeration equipment at 453 of its stores under a proposed settlement.

American Honda Motor Company Clean Air Act Settlement

Honda will spend $267 million to settle allegations that it violated the CAA by selling vehicles with disabled emission control diagnostic systems.

The Links at Columbia, LP and Lindsey Construction Company, Inc. Settlement

Lindsey Construction Company and partnerships have agreed to pay a $430,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of construction stormwater violations.

City of San Diego, California Clean Water Act Settlement

San Diego Agrees to Estimated $1 Billion for Sewage System Improvements and Maintenance.

Idaho Transportation Department Settlement

ITD and contractor Scarsella Brothers, Inc. have agreed to pay $895,000 for violations of the CWA during the construction of the Bellgrove-Mica realignment of Highway 95.

Invista Audit Settlement

Invista will pay a $1.7 million civil penalty and spend up to an estimated $500 million to correct self-reported environmental violations discovered at facilities in seven states.

Frontier Refining Co. Clean Air Act (CAA) Settlement

Two petroleum refiners have agreed in separate settlements to spend a total of more than $141 million in new air pollution controls at three refineries in Kansas and Wyoming.

Holly Refining and Marketing Company Settlement

Holly Refining & Marketing has agreed to spend more than $17 million in new and upgraded pollution controls at its refinery in Woods Cross, Utah.

Wyoming Refining Co. Clean Air Act Settlement

Wyoming Refining Co. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $150,000 and spend approximately $14 million in similar upgrades for alleged violations.

City and County of San Francisco Clean Water Act Settlement

Overview of actions taken in response to federal violations of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Home Builders Clean Water Settlement

Four of the nation's largest home builders have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $4.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the CWA.

Notice of Violation for Global E Marketing, LLC

This is the Notice of Violation for Global E Marketing, LLC for the Renewable Fuels Standard Program

Tennessee Valley Authority Clean Air Act Settlement

A settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Mahard Egg Farm, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement

Mahard Egg Farm, Inc. will pay a $1.9 million penalty to resolve claims that the company violated the CWA at its egg production facilities in Texas and Oklahoma.

DeKalb County Clean Water Act Settlement

DeKalb County has agreed to make major improvements to its sanitary sewer systems in an effort to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated sewage

Lexington, Kentucky Clean Water Settlement

LFUCG in Kentucky has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $290 million.

Magellan Ammonia Pipeline, Enterprise Products Operating, L.P., and Mid-America Pipeline, L.P. Clean Water Act Settlement

A pipeline company and two of its former operating firms will jointly pay a civil penalty of $3.65 million to resolve violations of the CWA resulting from anhydrous ammonia spills in NE, KS.