The settlements are expected to reduce harmful emissions by 7,000 tons per year. an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC or order) under Section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to Exide Technologies, Inc. for its facility in Frankfort, Indiana. - Proportion of state's population: 0.5% (#28 highest among all states). 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United Phosphorus, Inc. took steps to re-label the product and obtained a release from the SSUROs. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is the first national company that the federal government has taken an enforcemnt action against for multi-state violations of the storm water regulations. Cleveland-Cliffs is undertaking substantial measures to improve its wastewater system at its steel manufacturing and finishing facility in Burns Harbor, Indiana. [146] In 1984, EPA declared a 200-mile (320km) stretch of the river, from Hudson Falls to New York City, to be a Superfund site requiring cleanup. Further, the companies chose on their own to shut down the sulfuric-acid manufacturing unit of a larger chemical facility at the site and the settlement confirms this agreement. Both groups were nearly gone by the mid-1700s, having died or been enslaved, displaced, or married into non-native families. [33], As the pressure of ocean water increases with depth, PCBs become heavier than water and sink to the deepest ocean trenches where they are concentrated. The City of Greenville, MS (City) owns and operates the Greenville Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTP), approximately 200 miles of sanitary sewer lines, and 100 sanitary sewer pump stations and associated appurtenances. [173][174] To implement the law, EPA banned new manufacturing of PCBs, but issued regulations that allowed for their continued use in electrical equipment for economic reasons. These settlements result in a combined total of nearly $50 million to clean up contamination at the B. F. Goodrich Superfund Site in San Bernardino County. [68] Settlement, Case Summary: Settlement Reached For Past Response Costs at the LWD, Inc. Superfund Site in Kentucky, Agreement to Complete Cleanup at OU3 at Anniston PCB Superfund Site in Alabama, Seattle, Washington and King County, Washington Settlement, Clariant LSM (America), INC. (Weylchem) (04-2013-C007), Settlement Agreements Reached with Goodrich Corp. and KTI, Inc. (May 7, 2009 -- Denver, Colo.) Anadarko Petroleum Co., and two related oil production companies have agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $1 million and implement injunctive relief, develop facility response plans, and revise spill prevention as well as containment plans at a cost of more than $8 million during the term of the settlement in order to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. An agreement to clean up lead and arsenic contaminated soil and sediment at the Route 561 Dump site in Gibbsboro, N.J. Sherwin-Williams will pay an estimated $14 million to clean up the site, and pay EPAs expenses in overseeing the work. At Sokolove Law, were proud of those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces and equally proud to be of service to our countrys veterans. 4822-469) and 120 cartons of OFF! ), A History Bursting With Telling: Asian Americans in Washington State. U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved bankruptcy settlement agreements to resolve Kodaks liabilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at the Eastman Business Park in Rochester, N.Y. and under Superfund at the Mercury Refining Superfund Site in Colonie and Guilderland, N.Y., and the Fair Lawn Well Field Superfund Site in Fair Lawn, N.J. EPA entered into a $3 million cleanup agreement with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC to address the February 2014 coal ash spill into the Dan River at Eden, N.C. Lowes Home Centers, one of the nations largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform work minimize lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the federal Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Millard Refrigerated Services, LLC to address three accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia at its Mobile Marine Terminal located in Theodore, Alabama. EPA) and the state of South Dakota reached agreement with Coca Mines, Inc., and Thomas Congdon to settle their respective liabilities at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site by making a payment of just over $10 million. 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WASHINGTON, D.C. The City of Dallas, Texas has reached an agreement with the federal government requiring the City to spend in excess of $3.5 million in a comprehensive effort to decrease the amount of pollution entering the city's stormwater system, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. Doe Run Resources Corp. of St. Louis, North Americas largest lead producer, has agreed to spend approximately $65 million to correct violations of several environmental laws at 10 of its lead mining, milling and smelting facilities in southeast Missouri, the Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the State of Missouris Air Conservation Law, Clean Water Law, and Hazardous Waste Management Law at the companys facility in Mexico, Mo., the Justice Department, EPA and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today. Tennessee-based Tractor Supply Company Inc. and Tractor Supply Company of Texas, L.P. (collectively, Tractor Supply Company or TSC) have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $775,000 to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations stemming from the illegal importation and sale of about 28,000 uncertified vehicles and engines. It has two state-recognized reservations for the Pamunkey and Mattaponi tribes dating back to the 17th century, while several other lands designated for Indigenous people were encroached upon by colonists and disappeared. However, multiple cold-water periods mixed with toxic PCBs with coplanar chlorine molecules can be detrimental to perch health. Typical ATDs include catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters. No. The Navajo Nation extends into Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, covering more than 27,000 square miles. (178,572lbs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced Terra Industries Inc., one of the nations largest producers of nitric acid and nitrogen fertilizers, has agreed to pay $625,000 in civil penalties to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act at nine of its plants in Iowa, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. The group famously occupied the Wounded Knee battle site at the Pine Ridge Reservation for more than two months in 1973. To publish, simply grab the HTML code or text to the left and paste into The sole federally recognized tribe, the Catawba, has a reservation near Rock Hill. The major tribes are the Washoe, Northern Paiute, Southern Paiute, and Western Shoshone. Boston Water and Sewer Commission Settlement, Sterling Suffolk Racecourse LLC Clean Water Act Settlement, Former and Current Owners of the Omo Manufacturing Superfund Site Agree to $2.8 Million Payment and Access Grants for Fund Lead Cleanup. Many have been hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus and may have pre-existing health conditions or live in remote areas with limited access to medical care. On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the United States Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Mississippi, acting through the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced a national settlement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (Chevron), that requires safety improvements at all its domestic refineries. By listing groups together by nation, it often masked the complexity of immigrants. EPA and the Department of Justice announced that a group of 66 companies have agreed to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier, Calif. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Durand Glass Manufacturing Company Inc. has agreed to install emissions controls on its three glass furnaces that will reduce more than 173 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and 23 tons of particulate matter (PM) per year. Because PCBs are almost invariably found in complex mixtures, the concept of toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) has been developed to facilitate risk assessment and regulation, where more toxic PCB congeners are assigned higher TEF values on a scale from 0 to 1. George Simpson made the first visit to the area, 1824-25, and reoriented fur trade to make it more efficient and extensive, and to keep American competitors at bay. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced a settlement with Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation, that will eliminate thousands of tons of air pollution from four of Dows petrochemical manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana. Should your case not result in a settlement, were prepared to fight on your behalf in court before a judge and jury, who will render a trial verdict at the end of the trial. Traces of PCBs were found in food (eggs, cow milk, walnuts) and Krupa is still the most PCB-polluted river in the world. 7969-56). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Water Act settlement requiring the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and seven East Bay communities to conduct extensive system repairs aimed at eliminating millions of gallons of sewage discharges into San Francisco Bay. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Bandit Industries, Inc., for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act for selling non-road diesel engines and equipment used to process wood and waste that do not meet federal standards. EPA and Navajo Nation will oversee the work totaling about $500,000. EPA and Schott Metal Products, Inc. agreed to a settlement resolving claims for alleged violations of section 3013 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which calls for completion of activities under and approved work plan for monitoring and testing of soil and groundwater contamination at the Schott Metal facility and for payment of a $375,000 civil penalty. EPA issued a RCRA section 3008(h) Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) to Occidental Chemical Company (OxyChem) to implement the final remedy at its facility in Belle, West Virginia. The Delawareor Lenapetribe is based in Oklahoma, where members were forcibly removed from their ancestral home along the Delaware River. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice have reached an agreement with the city of Gary and the Gary Sanitary District that will resolve long-standing violations of the Clean Water Act, including the release of raw sewage. WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corp. that provides for a $4.25 million penalty and $232 million in new and upgraded pollution controls at refineries in Tennessee, Ohio and Texas that were formerly owned by Premcor Inc. Stacker distribution partners receive a license to all Stacker stories, The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is the state agency that conducts the building, expansion, modernization and maintenance of public roads in the State of Kansas. The illegal dumping is believed to have been motivated by the passing of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which became effective on August 2, 1978, and increased the expense of chemical waste disposal. Chemical structure of PCBs. [12][pageneeded]. Mineral Resource Overlay. Under an April 2015 administrative order on consent (AOC) with EPA Regions 6 and 9, the United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) and the General Electric Company (GE) have agreed to design the remedy selected by EPA for removal of uranium contaminated mine waste. [163][164], In 2013, the state environmental regulators issued a rare emergency order, banning all sewage sludge from being land applied or deposited on landfills, as it contained very high levels of PCBs. - Native American population: 19,164 The Criminal Plea Agreement and Consent Decree call for payment of $17.6 million in fines for failure to manage hazardous wastes in accordance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulatory requirements. Researchers today continue to study the land and water pathways that carried some 60,000 displaced people through the state. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced an agreement with New Cingular Wireless to resolve violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act (EPCRA). An early definition, from 2011, required that they contain at least one perfluoroalkyl moiety, C n F 2n+1 . The company will also spend approximately $3.5 million in pollution controls to ensure compliance with the law and protect the environment and people's health. EPA and the Department of Justice announced today a consent decree with Arizona Public Service Company (APS), Southern California Edison (SCE), El Paso Electric Company (El Paso Electric), Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (Salt River Project), and Tucson Electric Power Company (Tucson Electric Power), (collectively Defendants). Under a settlement agreement between the federal government, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Northern States Power Wisconsin (NSPW, d/b/a Xcel Energy) was approved by the U.S. District Court of Wisconsin, NSPW will perform soil and groundwater cleanup at the former NSPW gas plant and Kreher Park for an estimated cost of $40 million. Under a consent decree and settlement agreement, approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Exide Technologies agreed to resolve its environmental liabilities with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) related to 21 sites across the country. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced that Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at its chemical manufacturing and research complex in Midland, Mich. Within a couple of weeks of the crime, Robert Burns and his sons, Timothy and Randall, were arrested for dumping the PCBs along the roadsides. NGL will pay a civil penalty of $25 million and retire 36 million valid renewable fuel credits. Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem. The PRPs will provide financial assurance to ensure funding for the cleanup should IDA not be able to satisfactorily complete the work, reimburse the Agency $18 million for its past cleanup costs at the site, and pay for future state and EPA oversight costs at the site. On August 24, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved a settlement agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State of Missouri, and Kellwood Company to clean up contamination associated with the Riverfront Superfund Site, a former metal fabrication plant in New Haven, Mo. On May 4, 2009 the Supreme Court overturned the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and held that Shell Oil Company was not liable under Superfund. - Proportion of state's population: 4.6% (#7 highest among all states). Product was deemed misbranded. Compared with other U.S. races, American Indians have a life expectancy that is shorter by more than five years. EPA issued a RCRA 7003 order to the U.S. Department of the Navy to clean up contaminants at the Gorst Creek Landfill in Port Orchard, Wash. Hazardous Waste Settlement. (Washington, D.C. Feb. 3, 2009) Kentucky Utilities (KU), a coal-fired electric utility, has agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $135 million on pollution controls to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Utah-based Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC, that resolves allegations that the company generated more than 7.2 million invalid renewable fuel credits worth more than $2 million. They have low vapor pressures at room temperature. It was often used to line, cover, or pad equipment on the ship to prevent fires aboard vessels and reduce any potential damage from enemy gunfire. [Pictured: The Seminole Hard Rock Casino Hotel Resort in Hollywood, Florida. The grave desecration attracted public and media attention and prompted Congress to pass legislation for the protection and repatriation of Indigenous remains and sacred objects. ], - Native American population: 57,785 The agreement is valued at over $80 million and involves a mixed funding arrangement where the Agency would pay for approximately 40% of specific response costs incurred by Doe Run. [115] While the contamination was limited to just 9 pig farms, the Irish government requested the immediate withdrawal and disposal of all pork-containing products produced in Ireland and purchased since September 1, 2008. A consent decree for reimbursement of past response costs for cleanup work at the State Marine of Port Arthur Superfund Site was entered in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. Kentucky was once home to an array of tribes including the Shawnee, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw, and many Native Americans there today are descendants of those who intermarried or otherwise eluded forced displacement. PA and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Orion Engineered Carbons, LLC that will significantly reduce air pollution from four carbon black manufacturing plants in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas. Asbestos during the Prince Kuhio Celebration Commemorative Parade, March 13 with the treatment of wastewater generated from and. $ 490,000 for violations of the settlement, Westar will also pay a $ 4.5 million penalty address Like capacitors, ballasts, X-ray machine, and Tunica-Biloxi are federally registered trademarks of Sokolove Law logo are recognized. Problems in those exposed as neonates 1016 '' was given to this product during Monsanto 's stage. 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