U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. Government: Agencies/Departments/Divisions | Federal Agencies
Recent News About U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
-
Hercules settles EPA's emissions allegations
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Manufacturer Hercules Incorporated will pay $175,000 to settle environmental law violation allegations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. -
Judge rules against EPA
Tomblin WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority by issuing a guidance document about Clean Water Act compliance. -
Ill. village must provide clean drinking water
Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan obtained a court order on Friday to make sure that residents of Sauk Village will continue to have access to safe drinking water. -
Ill. man gets 10-year sentence over asbestos removal
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Illinois federal judge Michael McCuskey has sentenced Duane "Butch" O'Malley, to 10 years in prison over asbestos cleanup violations. -
Shenango to pay $1.75M in civil penalties
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Shenango Inc. must pay $1.75 million in civil penalties and make significant upgrades to its plant as part of a settlement reached with the Environmental Protection Agency. -
Energy company to pay $62K penalty over self-reported violations
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that Talisman Energy will pay a $62,457 penalty to settle allegations of hazardous chemical reporting violations at 52 hydraulic fracturing facilities throughout Pennsylvania. -
EPA says no fracking pollution to water in Pa. town
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday the completion of its testing of Dimock, Pa., private drinking water wells. -
Ill. AG announces court order over drinking water
Madigan CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan obtained a court order on Friday to make sure that residents in Sauk Village have immediate access to drinking water that is safe. -
Ship scrapping company cited for environmental violations
NORFOLK, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Two Virginia scrap company owners were sentenced for violation of environmental laws July 12. -
GAO: Green groups get millions of taxpayers dollars from 'citizen lawsuits'
Inhofe WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - "Big Green" groups and their "Big Green" lawyers have raked in millions by virtue of the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts - but that wasn't the original intent of the laws. -
Ten states will intervene in lawsuit against EPA
McDaniel LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has granted the motions to intervene filed by Attorneys General from 10 states in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency. -
Chevron settles air pollution allegations
Chiesa TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced on Wednesday that Chevron USA Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $231,875 following a joint state-federal settlement over alleged air pollution control law violations. -
Environmental 'citizen lawsuits' are equivalent to ambulance chasing, critic says
Budd-Falen WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A little known provision contained in federal environmental laws known as the "citizen lawsuit" is funding political special interest groups, critics say. -
Battle heats up over coal-fired energy permit in Tennessee
Brooks NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Legal Newsline) - A coalition of environmental activist groups filed an appeal Monday of a pollution permit issued for the Tennessee Valley Authority's Gallatin coal-fired power plant. -
Former EPA official takes job with environmentalist group
Armendariz DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - The former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator who resigned in April after a video was made public in which he said he wanted to "crucify" the energy industry may get his chance. -
Dairyland agrees to pollution control upgrades
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday a settlement with Dairyland Power Cooperative over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. -
Senators/doctors say EPA rules could cause unemployment, illness
Barrasso WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Four U.S. Senators who are also physicians wrote President Barack Obama Monday urging him to halt the regulatory zeal of his Environmental Protection Agency. -
EPA to update soot pollution rules
Schneiderman WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - An 11-state coalition announced a settlement on Friday with the federal Environmental Protection Agency requiring it to update its air standards for harmful particulate matter. -
EPA reversed again in federal court
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has vacated the issuance of an interim regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency permitting Navistar to sell diesel engines not in compliance with clean air standards. -
Committee votes to curb Obama environmental regulatory expansion
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved proposed legislation to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from what it termed "dramatically and illegally" increasing their regulatory power of water and land using the Clean Water Act.