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• 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

• La EPA llega a acuerdos con 41 renovadores de hogares de Idaho, Oregon y Washington por infracciones de pintura a base de plomo

  Capacitaciones sobre seguridad de pintura con plomo para contratistas y capacitaciones de educación comunitaria se ofrecen este otoño.

  EPA News Release: La EPA llega a acuerdos con 41 renovadores de hogares de Idaho, Oregon y Washington por infracciones de pintura a base de plomo

  • Release Date: October 26, 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

• 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 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

• 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

• EPA proposes $24k penalty for illegal mining in South Fork Clearwater

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes $24k penalty for illegal mining in South Fork Clearwater

  • Release Date: July 26, 2021

• EPA settles chemical accident prevention planning violations at eight Yakima Valley cold storage facilities

  EPA: “Zillah and Yakima families deserve better protection from chemical hazards.”

  EPA News Release: EPA settles chemical accident prevention planning violations at eight Yakima Valley cold storage facilities

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  • Release Date: July 20, 2021

• EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  3rd case against Airway Heights, WA company

  EPA News Release: EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  • Release Date: June 30, 2021

• EPA cites Bellevue, WA-based Kaliber for illegal pesticides sales

  Company sold misbranded Chinese-made pesticides on Amazon

  EPA News Release: EPA cites Bellevue, WA-based Kaliber for illegal pesticides sales

  • Release Date: June 4, 2021