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• EPA Finalizes Consent Order for Safe Defueling and Closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  Final order addresses public concerns over defueling deadline, public participation, and other requirements

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Consent Order for Safe Defueling and Closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  • Release Date: June 2, 2023

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Two Metro Detroit Companies to Halt Sales of Illegal Vehicle Emission Defeat Devices

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Two Metro Detroit Companies to Halt Sales of Illegal Vehicle Emission Defeat Devices

  • Release Date: June 2, 2023

• EPA Fines Heritage Environmental Services LLC in KCMO for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Heritage Environmental Services LLC in KCMO for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: June 1, 2023

• EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Stronger Standards to Improve Oil Spill Responses

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Environmental Compliance History Database Continues Upgrades Through Introduction of Clean Air Tracking Tool

  Search tool allows communities to quantify local air pollution and identify source

  EPA News Release: Environmental Compliance History Database Continues Upgrades Through Introduction of Clean Air Tracking Tool

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  EPA News Release: St. Louis Chemical Company Agrees to Pay Penalty for Failure to Report Toxic Chemical Releases

  • Release Date: May 31, 2023

• Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. to pay $2.4 million penalty for multiple environmental violations at West Elizabeth Pa. facility

  EPA News Release: Eastman Chemical Resins Inc. to pay $2.4 million penalty for multiple environmental violations at West Elizabeth Pa. facility

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA awards $800,000 to Silverton, Colorado, for property cleanup and revitalization 

  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will address mining-related contamination at downtown properties and along the Animas River and Cement Creek corridors 

  EPA News Release: EPA awards $800,000 to Silverton, Colorado, for property cleanup and revitalization 

  • Release Date: May 25, 2023

• EPA Takes Action to Protect Sandberg Creek and Fines Newburg Egg Processing Corp. for Violating Clean Water Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Protect Sandberg Creek and Fines Newburg Egg Processing Corp. for Violating Clean Water Act

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• Watts Regulator Company pays penalty under settlement with EPA for alleged violations of product safety law

  EPA News Release: Watts Regulator Company pays penalty under settlement with EPA for alleged violations of product safety law

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• Federal and State Agencies Prepare for Hurricane Season in Corpus Christi

  Natural Disaster Operational Workgroup conducts annual preparedness exercises

  This week, agencies from the federal government and the state of Texas will participate in a hurricane-preparedness exercise in and around Corpus Christi, Texas, from May 22-26.

  • Release Date: May 23, 2023

• Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  The restoration of Mill Creek – overseen by EPA, KDHE, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – has begun

  EPA News Release: Cleanup Operations at Oil Discharge Scene Near Washington, Kansas, Shift to Restoration

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA and Justice Department Announce Settlement to Reduce Hazardous Air Emissions at BP Products’ Whiting Refinery in Indiana

  BP Products Will Implement Injunctive Relief Valued at more than $197 Million to Correct Deficiencies and Pay a Record-Setting Penalty of $40 Million

  EPA News Release: EPA and Justice Department Announce Settlement to Reduce Hazardous Air Emissions at BP Products’ Whiting Refinery in Indiana

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA penalizes Anchorage renovation company $25,609 for lead-based paint violations

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Anchorage renovation company $25,609 for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: May 17, 2023

• EPA Fines California Company $602,000 for Sale of Unregistered Antimicrobial Wipes that Illegally Made “Sterilizer” Claims

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines California Company $602,000 for Sale of Unregistered Antimicrobial Wipes that Illegally Made “Sterilizer” Claims

  • Release Date: May 16, 2023