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• EPA Enforcement Actions Help Protect Vulnerable Communities from Lead-Based Paint Health Hazards

  Significant cases include a criminal case on Long Island in New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Enforcement Actions Help Protect Vulnerable Communities from Lead-Based Paint Health Hazards

  • Release Date: October 28, 2021

• EPA Takes Actions to Protect Children from Lead Exposure in Hartford and Fairfield Counties

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Actions to Protect Children from Lead Exposure in Hartford and Fairfield Counties

  • Release Date: October 28, 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

• U.S. EPA fines Clean Harbors treatment facility over hazardous waste violations in San Jose

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA fines Clean Harbors treatment facility over hazardous waste violations in San Jose

  • Release Date: October 20, 2021

• LyondellBasell Companies Agree to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Six U.S. Chemical Plants

  Settlement Will Cut Flaring at Plants in Texas and Iowa

  EPA News Release: LyondellBasell Companies Agree to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution at Six U.S. Chemical Plants

  • Release Date: October 15, 2021

• Buckeye and West Shore Pipelines to Pay $8.7 Million in Civil Penalties and Damages for Injuries to Natural Resources Resulting from 2010 Crude Oil Spill near Lockport, Illinois

  EPA News Release: Buckeye and West Shore Pipelines to Pay $8.7 Million in Civil Penalties and Damages for Injuries to Natural Resources Resulting from 2010 Crude Oil Spill near Lockport, Illinois

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• U.S. EPA Announces Drinking Water System of Arvin, California Has Returned to Compliance with Arsenic Safety Standard

  EPA News Release: U.S. EPA Announces Drinking Water System of Arvin, California Has Returned to Compliance with Arsenic Safety Standard

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• Three New England Facilities Provide Public with Chemical Information under EPA Settlements

  EPA News Release: Three New England Facilities Provide Public with Chemical Information under EPA Settlements

  • Release Date: October 13, 2021

• EPA Fines Salinas-Based Facilities $178,000 for Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Salinas-Based Facilities $178,000 for Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• EPA Levies Penalties Against Three Companies for Illegal Antimicrobial Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Levies Penalties Against Three Companies for Illegal Antimicrobial Products

  • Release Date: October 7, 2021

• SoCal chemical distributors settle Toxic Substances Control Act violations with U.S. EPA, pay $117,000 in fines

  EPA News Release: SoCal chemical distributors settle Toxic Substances Control Act violations with U.S. EPA, pay $117,000 in fines

  • Release Date: October 6, 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