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• 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 Approves Expanded Cleanup Plan for the NIPSCO Bailly Generating Facility in Chesterton, Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Expanded Cleanup Plan for the NIPSCO Bailly Generating Facility in Chesterton, Indiana

  • Release Date: July 29, 2021

• EPA Begins Contaminated Soil Cleanup at Former Scrapyard in Hancock, Michigan

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Contaminated Soil Cleanup at Former Scrapyard in Hancock, Michigan

  • Release Date: July 20, 2021

• EPA Approves Cleanup Plan for GM Delco Plant 5 in Kokomo, Indiana

  EPA News Release: EPA Approves Cleanup Plan for GM Delco Plant 5 in Kokomo, Indiana

  • Release Date: June 28, 2021

• Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  EPA News Release: Kawerak earns federal grant for hazardous waste ‘backhaul’ efforts in rural Alaska

  • Release Date: June 16, 2021

• EPA to take comments on proposed cleanup plan for Olin Corp. facility in East Alton, Illinois

  60-day public comment period begins May 26

  EPA News Release: EPA to take comments on proposed cleanup plan for Olin Corp. facility in East Alton, Illinois

  • Release Date: May 26, 2021

• Nez Perce Tribe, Region IV Development Association of Idaho are selected for $600k in EPA “Brownfields” redevelopment funding

  EPA: Funds will be used to assess, plan cleanups to rejuvenate formerly contaminated properties

  EPA News Release: Nez Perce Tribe, Region IV Development Association of Idaho are selected for $600k in EPA “Brownfields” redevelopment funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• EPA settles Boise asbestos case with “Wright Brothers, the Building Company” and “First Team Restoration”

  Companies will pay $36,300 penalty for renovation violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles Boise asbestos case with “Wright Brothers, the Building Company” and “First Team Restoration”

  • Release Date: February 12, 2021

• EPA settles with Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC over hazardous waste handling, storage violations

  Facility agrees to modify practice and pay penalty to settle alleged violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC over hazardous waste handling, storage violations

  • Release Date: February 8, 2021

• EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Former GM Delco Plant 5 in Kokomo, Indiana

  Comment period runs February 1 to March 17

  EPA News Release: EPA seeks public comment on proposed cleanup plan for Former GM Delco Plant 5 in Kokomo, Indiana

  • Release Date: February 3, 2021

• EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  Action prompts resumption of recycling “mountains” of expended small arms brass cartridges

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Anchorage military base for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: January 19, 2021

• EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  Virtual Public Hearings Scheduled for Jan. 12, Jan. 14; Public Comment Period Ends Jan. 20

  EPA News Release: EPA to hold public hearings on proposed hazardous waste permit for Heritage Thermal Services Inc. in East Liverpool, Ohio

  • Release Date: January 7, 2021