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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

• EPA Announces FY 2022 Enforcement and Compliance Accomplishments

  Agency Takes Significant Steps to Reduce Pollution and Help Overburdened Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces FY 2022 Enforcement and Compliance Accomplishments

  • 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

• EPA Announces Settlement with TForce to Correct Hazardous Waste Violations in 39 States

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with TForce to Correct Hazardous Waste Violations in 39 States

  • Release Date: December 13, 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

• 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

• EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution

  New EPA memo provides direction under NPDES permitting program to restrict PFAS at their source

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Guidance to States to Reduce Harmful PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: December 6, 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

• Settlement with Republic Steel Requires Reduction of Lead Emissions at Canton, Ohio Facility

  New controls will result in the reduction of over 1,000 pounds of lead emissions per year

  EPA News Release: Settlement with Republic Steel Requires Reduction of Lead Emissions at Canton, Ohio Facility

  • Release Date: December 2, 2022

• United States and State of Wisconsin Reach Settlement with Container Life Cycle Management on Air Emissions and Waste Management Violations

  Company will upgrade facilities, pay $1.6 million penalty

  EPA News Release: United States and State of Wisconsin Reach Settlement with Container Life Cycle Management on Air Emissions and Waste Management Violations

  • Release Date: December 1, 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