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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

• Limitless Vistas Inc to receive $500,000 to Fund Environmental Job Training Programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Louisiana based company, Limitless Vistas Inc (LVI) will receive $500,000 in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs.

  • Release Date: December 15, 2022

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M from EPA's Brownfields Grants to Train Connecticut Environmental Workers

  EPA selects two Connecticut organizations to receive first Brownfields Job Training grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, boosting workforce training in underserved, overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1M from EPA's Brownfields Grants to Train Connecticut Environmental Workers

  • Release Date: December 14, 2022

• Federal settlement paves way for continued work at former Chlor-Alkali Facility Superfund Site

  EPA News Release: Federal settlement paves way for continued work at former Chlor-Alkali Facility Superfund Site

  • Release Date: December 7, 2022

• EPA Takes Action to Hold School Bus Idling Violators Accountable in Four Massachusetts Communities

  Companies Will Implement Anti-Idling Programs and Pay Penalties under the Clean Air Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Hold School Bus Idling Violators Accountable in Four Massachusetts Communities

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• EPA Settlement with Salem, Mass. Facility Achieves Better Protection from Risk of Chemical Accident

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Salem, Mass. Facility Achieves Better Protection from Risk of Chemical Accident

  • Release Date: November 17, 2022

• Construction Begins for Southern Impoundment Cleanup at San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site

  Construction for the final remedy has begun for part of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund site in Harris County, Texas, just east of Houston.

  • Release Date: November 14, 2022

• EPA Clean Air Act Settlements Address Illegal Tampering with Diesel Truck Emission Controls, Making Way for Cleaner Air in New England

  EPA News Release: EPA Clean Air Act Settlements Address Illegal Tampering with Diesel Truck Emission Controls, Making Way for Cleaner Air in New England

  • Release Date: November 10, 2022

• EPA Announces Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund Site in N. Smithfield, Rhode Island

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Landfill and Resource Recovery, Inc. Superfund Site in N. Smithfield, Rhode Island

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• Oklahoma City Used Oil Recyclers Pay Nearly $2 Million for Processing, Transportation, and Storage Violations

  January Environmental Services, Inc., January Transport, Inc., and company-owner Cris January will pay civil penalties of $1.9 million and perform comprehensive corrective measures to resolve allegations that they violated the RCRA in Oklahoma.

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• EPA Announces Removal Action at the Lane Plating Superfund Site in Dallas, Texas

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a removal action at the Lane Plating Works, Inc., Superfund site that includes demolishing the former electroplating facility and excavating contaminated soil.

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• EPA Penalizes Property Management and Development Firm in Waterbury for Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA's Connecticut Geographic Initiative on Lead continues to help reduce chemical exposure in overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Penalizes Property Management and Development Firm in Waterbury for Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022

• EPA Completes Reviews of 14 Superfund Site Cleanups in New England During 2022

  EPA News Release: EPA Completes Reviews of 14 Superfund Site Cleanups in New England During 2022

  • Release Date: October 25, 2022

• EPA Settlement Holds Tanker Truck Company Accountable for Two 2021 Oil Spills in Athol and Revere, Mass.

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Holds Tanker Truck Company Accountable for Two 2021 Oil Spills in Athol and Revere, Mass.

  • Release Date: October 20, 2022

• EPA Highlights $650,000 Brownfields Investment in Vernon

  President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help revitalize the Daniels Mill in Vernon and Build a Better America

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights $650,000 Brownfields Investment in Vernon

  • Release Date: October 13, 2022