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• EPA Announces Settlement with Ameresco Palmetto, LLC of Wellford, South Carolina, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Ameresco Palmetto, LLC of Wellford, South Carolina, for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Announces New Round of Flyovers to Look for Emissions in the Permian Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting another round of helicopter flyovers to survey oil and gas facilities in the Permian Basin region.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA Reaches $584,000 Settlement with RBL Products in Detroit, Michigan, for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Pesticide Products

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches $584,000 Settlement with RBL Products in Detroit, Michigan, for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Pesticide Products

  • Release Date: August 5, 2024

• EPA Announces Texas Student Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award

  The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the 2024 winner of the President’s Environmental Youth Award, Daniel Thomas of Colleyville, Texas.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• EPA and NMED Inspections Identify Widespread Emissions at Oil and Gas Facilities in the Permian Basin Area

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) recently posted the reports for 124 facilities the two agencies inspected in the New Mexico Permian Basin area in April.

  • Release Date: July 5, 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

• D.R. Horton to pay civil penalties complete a Supplemental Environmental Project and implement Stormwater Compliance Measures across the Southeast for Clean Water Act Noncompliance

  EPA News Release: D.R. Horton to pay civil penalties complete a Supplemental Environmental Project and implement Stormwater Compliance Measures across the Southeast for Clean Water Act Noncompliance

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  Company will also spend $5.5 million for preventive measures and to help address environmental harm caused by its violations

  EPA News Release: Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• EPA Settlement Improves Safety at Cooper Heat Treating LLC Facility in Detroit

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Improves Safety at Cooper Heat Treating LLC Facility in Detroit

  • Release Date: January 11, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with R.J. Torching for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Flint, Michigan

  EPA to hold virtual public meeting January 18, 2024 to discuss the consent decree

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with R.J. Torching for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at Facility in Flint, Michigan

  • Release Date: December 5, 2023

• EPA Announces nearly $700,000 in Settlements for Clean Air Act Violations with Companies in the San Juan Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing administrative penalty settlements with three companies in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico: Logos Operating, LLC, DJR Operating, LLC, and Enduring Resources, LLC.

  • Release Date: October 3, 2023

• Judicial Settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. Resolves Clean Water Act Violations

  The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Settles with Michigan Company over Alleged Underground Injection Well Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Michigan Company over Alleged Underground Injection Well Violations

  • Release Date: July 25, 2023

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million Settlement for Permian Basin Company

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.

  • Release Date: July 13, 2023

• Benton Harbor, Michigan Meets Requirements of EPA Order to Improve Drinking Water Safety

  EPA News Release: Benton Harbor, Michigan Meets Requirements of EPA Order to Improve Drinking Water Safety

  • Release Date: June 8, 2023