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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

• EPA Finalizes Protections for Workers and Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Pollution

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Protections for Workers and Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Pollution

  • Release Date: January 14, 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

• EPA Adds Nine Additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Adds Nine Additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: January 3, 2025

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Rule to Protect Workers from Exposure to C.I. Pigment Violet 29

  • Release Date: December 20, 2024

• 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

• EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Begins Five Chemical Risk Evaluations Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Starts Process for the Next Five Chemicals

  • Release Date: December 18, 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

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Rule for Carbon Tetrachloride to Protect Workers

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $735M in Selections for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  70 applicants tentatively selected to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, along with infrastructure and workforce development projects, to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $735M in Selections for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 11, 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