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• EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  Lead paint safety training for contractors, community education workshops offered this fall

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlements with 41 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington home renovators for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: October 25, 2021

• EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  EPA News Release: EcoLab pays $214K penalty for hazardous waste, pesticides violations and 2019 Tacoma Tideflats fire

  • Release Date: October 22, 2021

• EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with City of Wapato for wastewater treatment discharge violations

  • Release Date: August 5, 2021

• EPA settles chemical accident prevention planning violations at eight Yakima Valley cold storage facilities

  EPA: “Zillah and Yakima families deserve better protection from chemical hazards.”

  EPA News Release: EPA settles chemical accident prevention planning violations at eight Yakima Valley cold storage facilities

  • Release Date: July 22, 2021

• EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with heavy steel fabricator Fought & Company Inc. for federal stormwater violations at Tigard, Oregon, facility

  • Release Date: July 20, 2021

• EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  3rd case against Airway Heights, WA company

  EPA News Release: EPA levies $66k penalty against DDM Imports for illegal truck imports

  • Release Date: June 30, 2021

• EPA cites Bellevue, WA-based Kaliber for illegal pesticides sales

  Company sold misbranded Chinese-made pesticides on Amazon

  EPA News Release: EPA cites Bellevue, WA-based Kaliber for illegal pesticides sales

  • Release Date: June 4, 2021

• Benton-Franklin Council of Governments is selected for $600,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding

  Funds will be used to conduct assessments and cleanup planning in support of rejuvenating formerly contaminated properties in Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland

  EPA News Release: Benton-Franklin Council of Governments is selected for $600,000 in EPA Brownfields redevelopment funding

  • Release Date: May 11, 2021

• EPA reaches settlements with eight Washington renovators for lead-based paint violations

  EPA News Release: EPA reaches settlements with eight Washington renovators for lead-based paint violations

  • Release Date: May 4, 2021

• Multistar pays $135,000 EPA penalty for violations of ammonia storage and risk management rules

  EPA News Release: Multistar pays $135,000 EPA penalty for violations of ammonia storage and risk management rules

  • Release Date: April 1, 2021

• EPA settles Clean Water Act case with South Bend Products LLC for wastewater discharge violations at SW Washington facility

  EPA News Release: EPA settles Clean Water Act case with South Bend Products LLC for wastewater discharge violations at SW Washington facility

  • Release Date: March 1, 2021

• EPA settles stormwater case with KAG West of Tacoma

  Company paid $133,225 for failures leading to pollution in Commencement Bay

  EPA News Release: EPA settles stormwater case with KAG West of Tacoma

  • Release Date: February 11, 2021

• EPA penalizes Shell for Anacortes refinery release

  Company pays $191,000 penalty for 2015 event that sickened locals

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Shell for Anacortes refinery release

  • Release Date: February 10, 2021

• EPA settles with Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC over hazardous waste handling, storage violations

  Facility agrees to modify practice and pay penalty to settle alleged violations

  EPA News Release: EPA settles with Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC over hazardous waste handling, storage violations

  • Release Date: February 8, 2021

• Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the Pacific Northwest

  Actions finalized in July and August

  EPA News Release: Recent EPA enforcement cases throughout the Pacific Northwest

  • Release Date: December 3, 2019