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• EPA and DOJ Announce Settlement with Logan Square Aluminium Supply Over Lead Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ Announce Settlement with Logan Square Aluminium Supply Over Lead Violations

  • Release Date: January 30, 2023

• Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc. to Address Clean Air Act Violations in Settlement with United States

  The Company Estimates it will Spend $42 Million to Correct Violations and Offset Associated Environmental Harm

  EPA News Release: Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc. to Address Clean Air Act Violations in Settlement with United States

  • Release Date: January 24, 2023

• EPA Proposes to Add Environmental Justice, Climate Change, and PFAS to National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for FY 2024-2027

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes to Add Environmental Justice, Climate Change, and PFAS to National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for FY 2024-2027

  • Release Date: January 19, 2023

• EPA Settlement with Univar Solutions USA Inc. Improves Safety at Five Chemical Distribution Facilities

  General Duty Clause and Recordkeeping Violations Placed Five Communities at Risk, including those with Environmental Justice Concerns

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Univar Solutions USA Inc. Improves Safety at Five Chemical Distribution Facilities

  • Release Date: January 5, 2023

• EPA Publishes IRIS Handbook and Final IRIS Assessment of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) and Related Salts

  EPA News Release: EPA Publishes IRIS Handbook and Final IRIS Assessment of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) and Related Salts

  • Release Date: December 22, 2022

• EPA Awards Research Funding to 25 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Research Funding to 25 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies

  • Release Date: December 21, 2022

• EPA Announces FY 2022 Enforcement and Compliance Accomplishments

  Agency Takes Significant Steps to Reduce Pollution and Help Overburdened Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces FY 2022 Enforcement and Compliance Accomplishments

  • Release Date: December 16, 2022

• EPA Announces Settlement with TForce to Correct Hazardous Waste Violations in 39 States

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with TForce to Correct Hazardous Waste Violations in 39 States

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• Settlement with Republic Steel Requires Reduction of Lead Emissions at Canton, Ohio Facility

  New controls will result in the reduction of over 1,000 pounds of lead emissions per year

  EPA News Release: Settlement with Republic Steel Requires Reduction of Lead Emissions at Canton, Ohio Facility

  • Release Date: December 2, 2022

• United States and State of Wisconsin Reach Settlement with Container Life Cycle Management on Air Emissions and Waste Management Violations

  Company will upgrade facilities, pay $1.6 million penalty

  EPA News Release: United States and State of Wisconsin Reach Settlement with Container Life Cycle Management on Air Emissions and Waste Management Violations

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022

• EPA and State Partners Announce Major Improvement in Clean Water Act Permit Compliance

  50 percent reduction in noncompliance advances EPA mission to ensure clean, safe water for all

  EPA News Release: EPA and State Partners Announce Major Improvement in Clean Water Act Permit Compliance

  • Release Date: November 22, 2022

• EPA Announces Settlements to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations at Four Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  Agreements Reflect Importance of Solar Farm Owners’ Compliance Responsibilities During Construction

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlements to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations at Four Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  • Release Date: November 14, 2022

• City of Elyria, Ohio Agrees to Federal/State Plan to Eliminate Sewage Discharges into the Black River

  Investments In Municipal Wastewater System Will Improve Water Quality

  EPA News Release: City of Elyria, Ohio Agrees to Federal/State Plan to Eliminate Sewage Discharges into the Black River

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• Utica Resource Operating Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty and Mitigate Past Excess Air Pollution at Oil and Gas Production Wells

  Settlement Will Reduce Climate Harming Methane by 940 tons and CO2 by 4,429 tons Annually

  EPA News Release: Utica Resource Operating Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty and Mitigate Past Excess Air Pollution at Oil and Gas Production Wells

  • Release Date: November 7, 2022