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• EPA Announces New Round of Flyovers to Look for Emissions in the Permian Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting another round of helicopter flyovers to survey oil and gas facilities in the Permian Basin region.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA and NMED Inspections Identify Widespread Emissions at Oil and Gas Facilities in the Permian Basin Area

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April.

  • Release Date: July 5, 2024

• EPA fines Gloucester, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Gloucester, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act

  • Release Date: June 25, 2024

• EPA fines Newburyport, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  EPA News Release: EPA fines Newburyport, Mass. company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

  • Release Date: June 17, 2024

• EPA settles with Massachusetts solar company for Construction General Permit violations

  Company agrees to pay penalties for stormwater discharges from construction activities

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Massachusetts solar company for Construction General Permit violations

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• EPA settles "Clean Air Act" case in Taunton, Mass

  EPA News Release: EPA settles "Clean Air Act" case in Taunton, Mass

  • Release Date: May 9, 2024

• EPA Settles Chemical Accident Prevention Case in New Bedford

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles Chemical Accident Prevention Case in New Bedford

  • Release Date: March 15, 2024

• EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  Company will also spend $5.5 million for preventive measures and to help address environmental harm caused by its violations

  EPA News Release: Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Lowell to Address Pollution in Merrimack River

  City to Invest Approximately $195 Million in Total to Upgrade Sewage Systems and Protect Drinking Water for Downstream Communities

  EPA News Release: United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Announce Settlement with City of Lowell to Address Pollution in Merrimack River

  • Release Date: February 5, 2024

• EPA to Review Cleanups at 14 Massachusetts Superfund Sites this Year

  EPA News Release: EPA to Review Cleanups at 14 Massachusetts Superfund Sites this Year

  • Release Date: February 1, 2024

• EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes a Massachusetts chemical company for allegedly violating chemical safety law

  • Release Date: January 30, 2024