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SMBSC to pay $6 million to resolve Clean Water Act allegations
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) — The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) will resolve allegations of Clean Water Act violations through the signing of a $6 million agreement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has announced. -
Waters Technologies to pay $199,500 to resolve hazardous waste allegations
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — The Environmental Protection Agency has announced Waters Technologies Corp., a Taunton-based company that manufactures materials for laboratory analysis, will pay $199,500 to settle allegations it violated state and federal hazardous waste laws. -
EPA, following Obama's lead, releases methane rules for oil and gas industry
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Obama Administration's Environmental Protection Agency has released the first-ever standards designed to reduce methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry. -
Attorney: EPA abuses privileges to avoid FOIA
An opinion piece published by Forbes recently accused the Environmental Protection Agency of continuing to operate under a veil of secrecy, evading Freedom of Information Act requests. -
OXY USA to pay $40 million for water treatment system in deal with DOJ and EPA
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) – OXY USA Inc., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Co., will work to clean up a contaminated water site at the Ocoee River in Tennessee, The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. -
ORB to pay more than $700,000 for alleged oil spills
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – ORB Exploration LLC (ORB) will pay more than $700,000 in penalties and costs to settle allegations it violated the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws due to three crude oil spills. -
EPA settles with LHP over allegations of violating lead rules
LENEXA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a settlement with LHP LLC, a company that owns and rents numerous housing units, after allegations of violating the Lead Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule. -
66 companies to contribute to Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund site cleanup
WHITTIER, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — Sixty-six companies will work to help clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund site in Whittier, California, the Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced. -
EPA, Advanced Coatings reach deal on water decontamination allegations
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that Advanced Coatings Co., a Massachusetts resins manufacturer, will pay $38,860 to resolve allegations of violating federal clean water laws. -
West Virginia AG asks EPA to retract proposal that could hurt racing industry
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined six other states in drafting a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, asking the agency to withdraw a proposal that could significantly hurt stock car and drag racing in West Virginia. -
Terminix charged over allegations of federal violations in the U.S. Virgin Islands
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced that Terminix International Company LP (TERMINIX LP) and its U.S. Virgin Islands operation Terminix International USVI LLC (TERMINIX, USVI) have been charged with violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. -
EPA settles with two companies that allegedly violated PCB laws
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached agreements with G&S and Connecticut Oil Recycling Services after allegations each that company violated federal laws regarding toxic substances in the handling of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). -
Texas attorney general requests stay to prevent EPA's new regional haze rule
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested a stay that would prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from imposing new regional haze rules until after Paxton’s lawsuit gets a ruling in court. -
Ocean Gold Seafoods, Ocean Cold to cut alleged ozone-depleting, greenhouse gases
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) — Ocean Gold Seafoods Inc. and Ocean Cold LLC will make efforts to cut their releases of ozone-depleting and greenhouses gases from allegedly leaking refrigeration equipment, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced. -
Va. attorney general comments on Supreme Court's rejection of Chesapeake Bay cleanup case
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) — Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s office announced that the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to hear an appeal of the American Farm Bureau vs. EPA case, which sought to end work to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. -
Texas attorney general claims EPA's regional haze ruling is expensive and unnecessary
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a case about the state’s regional haze issues. -
States file opening briefs against EPA’s Clean Power Plan in D.C. Circuit
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed enforcement of the agency’s new rule until arguments in the case conclude. Arguments on the plan’s legality are scheduled for June before the federal appeals court. -
U.S. SC sides with states, halts EPA’s Clean Power Plan
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed the high court’s decision to stay the agency’s new rule, calling it a “major victory” for Americans. The White House disagreed with the court’s order, but said it is confident the agency will prevail in the court challenge. -
W.Va. AG, 30-state coalition file reply with U.S. SC over Clean Power Plan stay request
The states contend that if left unstayed, the EPA’s new rule will force “massive and irreversible changes” in terms of state policies and resources, power plant shutdowns, and investments in wind and solar power. -
Maryland retains law firms consortium to help case against petroleum manufacturers
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) — A consortium of law firms will join the Maryland office of the attorney general in taking action against petroleum manufacturers that allegedly used a chemical additive that contaminated groundwater throughout Maryland, Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced.