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• United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  Settlement requires Norfolk Southern to pay for past and future cleanup costs, enhanced rail safety, civil penalty and health monitoring, among other provisions

  EPA News Release: United States Reaches Over $310 Million Settlement with Norfolk Southern to Address Harms Caused by East Palestine Train Derailment

  • Release Date: May 23, 2024

• Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  November 2019 explosions prompted evacuations of thousands of area residents and released millions of pounds of extremely hazardous substances

  EPA News Release: Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• EPA and State Partners Announce Major Improvement in Clean Water Act Permit Compliance

  50 percent reduction in noncompliance advances EPA mission to ensure clean, safe water for all

  EPA News Release: EPA and State Partners Announce Major Improvement in Clean Water Act Permit Compliance

  • Release Date: November 22, 2022

• EPA Announces Settlements to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations at Four Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  Agreements Reflect Importance of Solar Farm Owners’ Compliance Responsibilities During Construction

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlements to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations at Four Solar Farm Construction Sites in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois

  • Release Date: November 14, 2022

• City of Elyria, Ohio Agrees to Federal/State Plan to Eliminate Sewage Discharges into the Black River

  Investments In Municipal Wastewater System Will Improve Water Quality

  EPA News Release: City of Elyria, Ohio Agrees to Federal/State Plan to Eliminate Sewage Discharges into the Black River

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. on Actions to Address Compliance with Coal Combustion Residuals Regulations

  • Release Date: November 9, 2022

• Utica Resource Operating Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty and Mitigate Past Excess Air Pollution at Oil and Gas Production Wells

  Settlement Will Reduce Climate Harming Methane by 940 tons and CO2 by 4,429 tons Annually

  EPA News Release: Utica Resource Operating Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty and Mitigate Past Excess Air Pollution at Oil and Gas Production Wells

  • Release Date: November 7, 2022

• 3M Agrees to EPA Order to Sample and Provide Treatment for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water near Cordova, IL Facility

  EPA Enforcement Part of Agency Strategy to Characterize and Address PFAS Releases from Major Manufacturers

  EPA News Release: 3M Agrees to EPA Order to Sample and Provide Treatment for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water near Cordova, IL Facility

  • Release Date: November 3, 2022

• City of Lakewood, Ohio, Agrees to Improve Sewer Systems to Reduce Discharges of Raw Sewage

  EPA News Release: City of Lakewood, Ohio, Agrees to Improve Sewer Systems to Reduce Discharges of Raw Sewage

  • Release Date: November 1, 2022