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• EPA Upgrades ECHO Database to Add Water Quality Indicators Tool Enhancing Access to Water Quality Data Including Contributors to Pollution

  New mapping tool allows users to analyze water data and identify pollution problems in their communities including the potential polluters

  EPA News Release: EPA Upgrades ECHO Database to Add Water Quality Indicators Tool Enhancing Access to Water Quality Data Including Contributors to Pollution

  • Release Date: September 18, 2024

• United States Reaches Agreement with COBB Tuning Products for Clean Air Act Violations

  Company will stop selling defeat devices and pay $2.9M civil penalty

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Agreement with COBB Tuning Products for Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: September 16, 2024

• North Carolina Auto Parts Seller and its Owner to Pay $10M for Making, Selling and Installing Emissions Defeat Devices on Motor Vehicles

  EPA News Release: North Carolina Auto Parts Seller and its Owner to Pay $10M for Making, Selling and Installing Emissions Defeat Devices on Motor Vehicles

  • Release Date: September 10, 2024

• La EPA emite una alerta de acatamiento para abordar la importación ilegal de hidrofluorocarbonos a los Estados Unidos

  La EPA aumenta los esfuerzos de aplicación de la ley civil y penal debido a la eliminación global de los HFC, un súper contaminante climático

  EPA News Release: La EPA emite una alerta de acatamiento para abordar la importación ilegal de hidrofluorocarbonos a los Estados Unidos

  • Release Date: September 6, 2024

• EPA Issues Enforcement Alert to Address Illegal Import of Hydrofluorocarbons into the United States

  EPA increasing civil and criminal enforcement efforts due to the global phasedown of HFCs, a climate super pollutant

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Enforcement Alert to Address Illegal Import of Hydrofluorocarbons into the United States

  • Release Date: September 6, 2024

• Administrasyon biden-Harris la anonse 26 milyon dola sibvansyon pou pwoteje timoun kont plon nan dlo potab nan lekòl ak etablisman gadri yo

  EPA News Release: Administrasyon biden-Harris la anonse 26 milyon dola sibvansyon pou pwoteje timoun kont plon nan dlo potab nan lekòl ak etablisman gadri yo

  • Release Date: August 22, 2024

• Chính Quyền Biden-Harris Công Bố Khoản Tài Trợ $26 Triệu để Bảo Vệ Trẻ Em Khỏi Chất Chì Trong Nước Uống tại Trường Học và Cơ Sở Chăm Sóc Trẻ Em

  EPA News Release: Chính Quyền Biden-Harris Công Bố Khoản Tài Trợ $26 Triệu để Bảo Vệ Trẻ Em Khỏi Chất Chì Trong Nước Uống tại Trường Học và Cơ Sở Chăm Sóc Trẻ Em

  • Release Date: August 22, 2024

• EPA Issues Fuel Waiver for Four States Impacted by ExxonMobil Refinery Shutdown

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Fuel Waiver for Four States Impacted by ExxonMobil Refinery Shutdown

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA and U.S. Army Announce Joint Sampling Project to Identify PFAS Contamination Near Army Installations

  Joint effort to identify PFAS releases near Army installations builds on critical actions EPA is taking to protect public health from harmful “forever chemicals”

  EPA News Release: EPA and U.S. Army Announce Joint Sampling Project to Identify PFAS Contamination Near Army Installations

  • Release Date: July 26, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Fuel Refiner and Distributor Over Violations of the Clean Air Act’s Fuel Requirements

  Lupton Petroleum Products, Inc and Brad Hall Associates, Inc. fined $1M for failing to meet multiple requirements that protect air quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Fuel Refiner and Distributor Over Violations of the Clean Air Act’s Fuel Requirements

  • Release Date: July 18, 2024

• EPA and Justice Department Announce $241.5M Settlement with Marathon Oil to Reduce Climate- and Health-Harming Emissions in North Dakota

  Settlement includes largest ever Clean Air Act stationary source penalty and will result in over 2.3 million tons worth of pollution reduction

  EPA News Release: EPA and Justice Department Announce $241.5M Settlement with Marathon Oil to Reduce Climate- and Health-Harming Emissions in North Dakota

  • Release Date: July 11, 2024

• United States Announces Settlement with Westchester County Drinking Water Provider and Three Municipalities for Violating Safe Drinking Water Act

  Defendants to construct $138 million drinking water filtration plant, take steps to protect source water quality, and pay a total of $1.25 million in civil penalties

  EPA News Release: United States Announces Settlement with Westchester County Drinking Water Provider and Three Municipalities for Violating Safe Drinking Water Act

  • Release Date: June 24, 2024

• Animal Breeding and Testing Company Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare and Pollution Crimes and Will Pay More than $35M, Including Record Fine in an Animal Welfare Case

  In 2022, Justice Department Secured Surrender of Over 4,000 Beagles from Envigo’s Cumberland, Virginia Facility

  EPA News Release: Animal Breeding and Testing Company Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare and Pollution Crimes and Will Pay More than $35M, Including Record Fine in an Animal Welfare Case

  • Release Date: June 3, 2024

• United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  Settlement requires Norfolk Southern to pay for past and future cleanup costs, enhanced rail safety, civil penalty and health monitoring, among other provisions

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  November 2019 explosions prompted evacuations of thousands of area residents and released millions of pounds of extremely hazardous substances

  EPA News Release: Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024