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• EPA Announces $473,685 Penalty for Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD for Alleged RCRA Violations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD will pay a civil penalty amounting to $473,685 for failing to notify EPA of alleged waste handling and management activities.

  • Release Date: October 10, 2024

• EPA Announces New Round of Flyovers to Look for Emissions in the Permian Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting another round of helicopter flyovers to survey oil and gas facilities in the Permian Basin region.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA Announces Texas Student Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award

  The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the 2024 winner of the President’s Environmental Youth Award, Daniel Thomas of Colleyville, Texas.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• Judicial Settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. Resolves Clean Water Act Violations

  The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million Settlement for Permian Basin Company

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.

  • Release Date: July 13, 2023

• EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement

  • Release Date: March 3, 2023

• EPA Orders Union Pacific to Assess Contamination in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward Neighborhood

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Union Pacific to Assess Contamination in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward Neighborhood

  • Release Date: February 27, 2023

• EPA Announces Agreement with TPC Group LLC to Correct Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at its Houston, Texas Facility

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with TPC Group LLC to correct Clean Air Act violations at its Houston, Texas facility.

  • Release Date: September 12, 2022

• EPA Announces Flyovers in the Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting helicopter flyovers of the Permian Basin region in New Mexico and Texas.

  • Release Date: August 1, 2022

• EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA Settles with “Texas Flip N Move” TV Show for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with “Texas Flip N Move” TV Show for Alleged Lead-Based Paint Violations

  • Release Date: February 16, 2021