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Metal recycler required to invest in modern technology, other protections after fatal blast
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A West Virginia-based metal recycler has agreed to implement "extensive, company-wide safeguards" to prevent future accidental releases of hazardous chemicals from its facilities. -
Chesapeake subsidiary to pay $3.2 million civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act violations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- A subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, the nation's second largest natural gas producer, will spend an estimated $6.5 million to restore sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands. -
EPA: Oil company settles underground storage tank violations
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) -- Par Mar Oil Company has agreed to settle alleged violations of underground storage tank regulations at two of its facilities in Huntington, W.Va. -
Manufacturers, business groups join AGs in challenge to EPA ruling
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Manufacturers and business groups are joining more than 20 state attorneys general in challenging the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its decision to rescind parts of a Clean Water Act permit issued to a West Virginia coal mining company. -
Ohio AG recovers $50,000 from Marietta Industrial Enterprises
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the recovery of $50,000 from Marietta Industrial Enterprises Inc. after the company pleaded guilty to a felony charge of failing to report environmental violations. -
U.S. SC hears arguments in lawsuit over cross-state air pollution regulations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging air pollution standards Tuesday. -
Conn. AG praises decision to join anti-pollution petition
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen praised the decision Monday by Gov. Dannel Malloy to join a multi-state action that would require upwind states to reduce pollution carried in by prevailing winds. -
Illinois AG files lawsuit against coke site
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday announced a lawsuit against the owner and operator of a bulk materials storage facility, resolving allegations of air pollution violations. -
Ohio AG announces injunction against owners of Marion industrial site
MARION, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced an injunction Friday against the owners of a former Marion industrial site to order the proper removal of asbestos-containing materials. -
Okla. AG now seeking U.S. SC review of regional haze lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said Thursday he intends to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the state's regional haze lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency. -
Illinois AG announces interim agreement with Citgo
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow have announced an interim agreement ordering Citgo Petroleum Corp. to investigate an October refinery fire. -
W.Va. AG wants EPA to bring carbon emissions 'Listening Tour' to state
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to include the state on the agency's "Listening Tour" related to proposed carbon emissions. -
Report: U.S. SC orders petitioners in EPA greenhouse gas case to keep briefs short
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the petitioners in a case challenging the Obama administration's greenhouse gas regulations to keep their briefs short. -
DuPont agrees to settle with feds, W.Va. over alleged Clean Air Act violations
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) -- This week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency announced that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, otherwise known as DuPont, has agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations at the company's Washington Works Facility. -
W.Va. chicken farm defeats EPA in lawsuit over stormwater permit
ELKINS, W.Va. -- A federal judge has ruled for a West Virginia chicken farm in its fight against the Environmental Protection Agency.
