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• EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent agreement with Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC and issued a final order to address certain waste management practices at the company’s facility in LaPlace, Louisiana.

  • Release Date: December 28, 2022

• Koloa Zipline and Kauai ATV to Pay $45k to Resolve Safe Drinking Water Act Violation Claim

  EPA News Release: Koloa Zipline and Kauai ATV to Pay $45k to Resolve Safe Drinking Water Act Violation Claim

  • Release Date: December 22, 2022

• EPA proposes consent order on safe closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes consent order on safe closure of Navy’s Red Hill Fuel Facility

  • Release Date: December 21, 2022

• Partes concordam em pagar US$ 150 milhões para limpar o rio Lower Passaic em Nova Jersey

  Parte do Diamond Alkali Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: Partes concordam em pagar US$ 150 milhões para limpar o rio Lower Passaic em Nova Jersey

  • Release Date: December 16, 2022

• Parties Agree to Pay $150 Million Toward Clean Up of the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey

  Part of the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: Parties Agree to Pay $150 Million Toward Clean Up of the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey

  • Release Date: December 16, 2022

• EPA takes action to address pollution violations at Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action to address pollution violations at Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant

  • Release Date: December 15, 2022

• EPA Fines Knouse Foods of Central PA $230,000 for 120 Violations of Pollution Laws

  Settlement protects waters leading into Chesapeake Bay

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Knouse Foods of Central PA $230,000 for 120 Violations of Pollution Laws

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5M from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Missouri Environmental Workers

  EPA selects three Missouri organizations to receive first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5M from EPA’s Brownfields Grants to Train Missouri Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  Company fined for failing to meet hazardous chemical reporting requirements 

  EPA News Release: Sunnyside Zero Storage, LLC of Sunnyside, WA penalized $61,500 for Hazardous Chemical Violations 

  • Release Date: December 13, 2022

• $10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  EPA News Release: $10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 12, 2022

• EPA and Massachusetts Officials Celebrate Nearly $15 Million of Public Health Protection Investments in Fall River

  EPA News Release: EPA and Massachusetts Officials Celebrate Nearly $15 Million of Public Health Protection Investments in Fall River

  • Release Date: December 9, 2022

• Valley Agronomics pays $144,400 EPA penalty for unsafe storage of pesticides

  Company cited for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations

  EPA News Release: Valley Agronomics pays $144,400 EPA penalty for unsafe storage of pesticides

  • Release Date: December 6, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $266K Grant to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska for Air Monitoring Project

  Largest investment for community air monitoring in EPA history funded by President Biden’s Climate and Economic Plans

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $266K Grant to Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska for Air Monitoring Project

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022

• Legally Binding Agreement Requires Owners of Refinery on St. Croix to Remove Dangerous Chemicals

  EPA will Oversee Work Onsite and Approve All Workplans to Ensure That Chemicals Are Handled Correctly

  EPA News Release: Legally Binding Agreement Requires Owners of Refinery on St. Croix to Remove Dangerous Chemicals

  • Release Date: December 5, 2022

• EPA Settlement Results in Closure of Four Big Island Cesspools

  American Savings Bank will close illegal former Kealakekua Branch cesspool, undertake supplemental environmental project to close three additional cesspools

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Results in Closure of Four Big Island Cesspools

  • Release Date: December 1, 2022