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• Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  EPA News Release: Federal judge orders Lower Yakima Valley dairies to test wells and provide alternative drinking water to area residents at risk from nitrate-contaminated wells

  • Release Date: December 18, 2024

• EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  EPA News Release: EPA adds Upper Columbia River site to the Superfund National Priorities List to protect public health from metals contamination

  • Release Date: December 13, 2024

• Parker Hannifin pays $366,000 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Enumclaw facility

  EPA News Release: Parker Hannifin pays $366,000 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations at Enumclaw facility

  • Release Date: October 16, 2024

• EPA penalizes Anacortes, Washington used oil bulk storage and processing facility $57,800 for Clean Water Act violations

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Anacortes, Washington used oil bulk storage and processing facility $57,800 for Clean Water Act violations

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  EPA News Release: Gebbers Farms pays $17,000 penalty for failing to protect workers from pesticides

  • Release Date: August 14, 2024

• EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  EPA News Release: EPA penalizes Starbound, LLC $168,000 for Clean Water Act violations off Oregon, Washington, Alaska coasts 

  • Release Date: August 1, 2024

• EPA resolves Clean Water Act violations with Enumclaw company for $63,984

  EPA News Release: EPA resolves Clean Water Act violations with Enumclaw company for $63,984

  • Release Date: July 30, 2024

• EPA requires Safe Drinking Water Act compliance at Nooksack water systems

  EPA News Release: EPA requires Safe Drinking Water Act compliance at Nooksack water systems

  • Release Date: July 17, 2024

• La EPA y el Ministerio de Justicia demandan a vaquerías del Bajo Valle de Yakima por prácticas de abono que ponen en peligro a usuarios de pozos cercanos

  La Agencia insta a los miembros de las comunidades de la zona a que sometan sus pozos a pruebas

  EPA News Release: La EPA y el Ministerio de Justicia demandan a vaquerías del Bajo Valle de Yakima por prácticas de abono que ponen en peligro a usuarios de pozos cercanos

  • Release Date: July 2, 2024

• EPA, Department of Justice sue Lower Yakima Valley dairies for manure practices endangering neighboring well-users

  Agency urges area community members to get their wells tested

  EPA News Release: EPA, Department of Justice sue Lower Yakima Valley dairies for manure practices endangering neighboring well-users

  • Release Date: July 2, 2024

• Seattle & King County to expand wastewater treatment in new agreement with EPA, DOJ, Ecology

  EPA News Release: Seattle & King County to expand wastewater treatment in new agreement with EPA, DOJ, Ecology

  • Release Date: June 26, 2024

• EPA Region 10 enforcement actions in 2023 

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 10 enforcement actions in 2023 

  • Release Date: March 6, 2024

• Hood Canal property owners penalized $250,000 for illegal bulkhead replacement resulting in Chinook salmon deaths

  EPA News Release: Hood Canal property owners penalized $250,000 for illegal bulkhead replacement resulting in Chinook salmon deaths

  • Release Date: January 22, 2024

• 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

• EPA releases proposed plans for Quendall Terminals cleanup

  Public comment period runs September 9 to October 9

  EPA News Release: EPA releases proposed plans for Quendall Terminals cleanup

  • Release Date: September 9, 2019