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• DOJ and EPA Announce $9.5M Settlement with Stericycle, Inc. for Violations of Hazardous Waste Management Regulations

  Landmark Settlement is the First Judicial Action to Enforce EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act e-Manifest Requirements

  EPA News Release: DOJ and EPA Announce $9.5M Settlement with Stericycle, Inc. for Violations of Hazardous Waste Management Regulations

  • Release Date: January 17, 2025

• Fayat Group to Pay $11M For Violations of the Clean Air Act for Sale of Nonroad Equipment Containing Noncompliant Diesel Engines

  EPA News Release: Fayat Group to Pay $11M For Violations of the Clean Air Act for Sale of Nonroad Equipment Containing Noncompliant Diesel Engines

  • Release Date: January 16, 2025

• Hino Motors, a Toyota Subsidiary, Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $1.6B to Resolve Emissions Fraud Scheme

  EPA News Release: Hino Motors, a Toyota Subsidiary, Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $1.6B to Resolve Emissions Fraud Scheme

  • Release Date: January 15, 2025

• Indiana Auto Parts Distributor to Pay $7.4M for Selling Emissions Defeat Devices for Cars and Trucks

  Company agrees to $1.2M project for a new tugboat with updated emission controls to reduce the release of harmful air pollutants in the Gulf Coast region

  EPA News Release: Indiana Auto Parts Distributor to Pay $7.4M for Selling Emissions Defeat Devices for Cars and Trucks

  • Release Date: January 13, 2025

• New Report Celebrates EPA’s Unprecedented Successes Under Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda

  Agency has awarded nearly $69 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act funding to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create good-paying jobs, lower energy costs, save families money, and help communities overburdened by pollution

  EPA News Release: New Report Celebrates EPA’s Unprecedented Successes Under Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: January 13, 2025

• US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Builds on More Than 100 Cross-Government Actions That Are Sharply Reducing Methane Pollution in Support of Clean Air, Good Jobs, and Climate Action

  EPA News Release: US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Energy Announce $850M to Reduce Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• Crane Company Manitowoc to Pay $42.6M for Clean Air Act Violations for Sale of Noncompliant Diesel Engines in Heavy Duty Cranes

  Settlement requires company to retrofit a short-line locomotive engine to improve air quality along 70-mile-long pathway in the Sparrows Point area of Maryland

  EPA News Release: Crane Company Manitowoc to Pay $42.6M for Clean Air Act Violations for Sale of Noncompliant Diesel Engines in Heavy Duty Cranes

  • Release Date: December 19, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Boosts Workforce Training in Underserved and Overburdened Communities, Invests Nearly $7.7 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants under Investing in America Agenda

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Boosts Workforce Training in Underserved and Overburdened Communities, Invests Nearly $7.7 Million in Brownfields Job Training Grants under Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 12, 2024

• EPA and DOJ Announce Settlement with Cahokia Heights, Illinois, for Improper Operation of the City’s Sanitary Sewer System

  Settlement requires city to invest an estimated $30M in upgrades in response to unlawful release of sewage

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ Announce Settlement with Cahokia Heights, Illinois, for Improper Operation of the City’s Sanitary Sewer System

  • Release Date: December 10, 2024

• PennEnergy Resources Agrees to Settlement to Reduce Climate and Health Harming Emissions in Pennsylvania

  Settlement will result in annual reductions of over 8,350 tons of pollution

  EPA News Release: PennEnergy Resources Agrees to Settlement to Reduce Climate and Health Harming Emissions in Pennsylvania

  • Release Date: December 10, 2024

• EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  Revitalized enforcement and compliance efforts delivered public health benefits for people and communities, combatted climate change, and ensured cleaner air, water and land

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Annual Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Results Include Strongest Outcomes Since 2017

  • Release Date: December 5, 2024

• EPA, Justice Department and Pennsylvania Announce Settlements to Reduce Climate and Health Harming Emissions

  Settlements resolve Clean Air Act stationary source violations involving oil and natural gas production facilities and will result in reductions of methane and VOCs in Western Pennsylvania

  EPA News Release: EPA, Justice Department and Pennsylvania Announce Settlements to Reduce Climate and Health Harming Emissions

  • Release Date: November 21, 2024

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions and Drive Innovation in the Oil and Gas Sector

  As global leaders gather in Baku for COP29, EPA delivers latest action under President Biden’s Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Reduce Wasteful Methane Emissions and Drive Innovation in the Oil and Gas Sector

  • Release Date: November 12, 2024

• National Biosolids Land Applier to Pay $610,000 for Overapplication

  First Clean Water Act biosolids judicial settlement with Denali Water Solutions, LLC holds company accountable for biosolids violations

  EPA News Release: National Biosolids Land Applier to Pay $610,000 for Overapplication

  • Release Date: November 12, 2024

• EPA Completes Series of Enforcement Actions to Protect Communities from Exposure to Coal Ash Pollution

  Settlements advance EPA’s National Enforcement Priority of protecting communities from coal ash contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Series of Enforcement Actions to Protect Communities from Exposure to Coal Ash Pollution

  • Release Date: October 23, 2024