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• EPA to Recover $1.95 Million for Cleanup Costs in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

  EPA News Release: EPA to Recover $1.95 Million for Cleanup Costs in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood

  • Release Date: December 20, 2021

• EPA Files Clean Air Act Complaint Against Company in Waterford, Michigan, for the Sale of Vehicle Emission “Defeat Devices”

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Clean Air Act Complaint Against Company in Waterford, Michigan, for the Sale of Vehicle Emission “Defeat Devices”

  • Release Date: December 16, 2021

• Monsanto Successor Companies Agree to Clean Up Remaining Surface Contamination at Sauget Superfund Sites under Federal Settlement

  Solutia and Pharmacia to Pay $700,000 in Past Response Costs and Implement Cleanup Estimated to Cost $17.9 Million

  EPA News Release: Monsanto Successor Companies Agree to Clean Up Remaining Surface Contamination at Sauget Superfund Sites under Federal Settlement

  • Release Date: December 14, 2021

• EPA Cites Republic Steel for Lead Air Pollution in Canton, Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA Cites Republic Steel for Lead Air Pollution in Canton, Ohio

  • Release Date: November 4, 2021

• EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  Lead paint safety training for contractors, community education workshops offered this fall

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: October 25, 2021

• EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  EPA News Release: EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  • Release Date: October 22, 2021

• EPA Announces Appointment of Debra Shore as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Appointment of Debra Shore as Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5

  • Release Date: October 12, 2021

• Idaho cities of Winchester, Craigmont pay Clean Water Act penalties for violations at wastewater treatment plants

  Each city agreed to pay $15,000 penalty

  EPA News Release: Idaho cities of Winchester, Craigmont pay Clean Water Act penalties for violations at wastewater treatment plants

  • Release Date: October 5, 2021

• EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  Waste Management, Inc., agrees to pay $104k penalty and make immediate improvements

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Riverbend Landfill in McMinnville over toxic air emissions

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Cornell Forge in Chicago Regarding Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Cornell Forge in Chicago Regarding Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act

  • Release Date: September 23, 2021

• EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  Owens-Brockway Glass failed to report chromium used in glassmaking

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Portland, Oregon glass company $39k for violating toxic chemical reporting rules

  • Release Date: September 16, 2021

• EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  Settlement resolves claims stemming from 2016 UPRR train derailment, spill, and fire

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act Violations in Oregon

  • Release Date: September 15, 2021

• EPA Settlement with Jeg’s Automotive Inc. of Delaware, Ohio, Resolves Clean Air Act Violations for Sales of Motor Vehicle Emission Control Defeat Devices

  Company will pay $300,000 penalty and perform supplemental environmental project valued at $275,000 to replace school buses in areas of environmental justice concern in Columbus, Ohio

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Jeg’s Automotive Inc. of Delaware, Ohio, Resolves Clean Air Act Violations for Sales of Motor Vehicle Emission Control Defeat Devices

  • Release Date: September 13, 2021

• Court Approves Consent Decree Requiring U. S. Steel to Improve Environmental Compliance at Portage, Indiana, Facility

  Company to Pay Penalty, Reimburse U.S. for Response Costs and Damages for Chromium Spill

  EPA News Release: Court Approves Consent Decree Requiring U. S. Steel to Improve Environmental Compliance at Portage, Indiana, Facility

  • Release Date: September 2, 2021

• EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  • Release Date: August 5, 2021