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• Hilcorp pays $223,000 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations

  EPA News Release: Hilcorp pays $223,000 EPA penalty for hazardous waste violations

  • Release Date: October 9, 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

• EPA Recognizes Children’s Health Month

  EPA News Release: EPA Recognizes Children’s Health Month

  • Release Date: October 1, 2024

• Ovintiv USA to Pay $5.5M Penalty and Upgrade Oil and Gas Facilities in Utah to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations

  Compliance measures address violations at 22 facilities in Utah including on Uintah and Ouray Reservation state lands within Uinta Basin

  EPA News Release: Ovintiv USA to Pay $5.5M Penalty and Upgrade Oil and Gas Facilities in Utah to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA and Justice Department Announce Settlement to Reduce Benzene and Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from Wastewater at Lima Refining Company’s Refinery in Ohio

  Lima Refining Company will implement injunctive relief valued at an estimated $150M to correct deficiencies and pay a penalty of $19M

  EPA News Release: EPA and Justice Department Announce Settlement to Reduce Benzene and Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from Wastewater at Lima Refining Company’s Refinery in Ohio

  • Release Date: September 27, 2024

• EPA Issues Two Enforcement Alerts to Highlight Compliance and Monitoring Obligations for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Two Enforcement Alerts to Highlight Compliance and Monitoring Obligations for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

  • Release Date: September 25, 2024

• EPA Announces 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Northwest

  Winners helped consumers access products with safer ingredients and showed leadership in green chemistry and sustainable packaging

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces 2024 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners in the Northwest

  • Release Date: September 24, 2024

• 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

• EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan Announces Members of Inaugural HBCU-MSI Federal Advisory Council

  EPA News Release: EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan Announces Members of Inaugural HBCU-MSI Federal Advisory Council

  • Release Date: September 17, 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

• EPA and SEMARNAT Reaffirm Shared Commitment to Improving Public Health and the Environment Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

  EPA News Release: EPA and SEMARNAT Reaffirm Shared Commitment to Improving Public Health and the Environment Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

  • Release Date: September 13, 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

• EPA Awards $15 Million for Research on PFAS Exposure and Reduction in Agriculture

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $15 Million for Research on PFAS Exposure and Reduction in Agriculture

  • Release Date: September 4, 2024