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• EPA Reaches Settlement with S & W Atlas Iron & Metal of Los Angeles over Stormwater Pollution Claims

  Company agrees to series of steps to comply with Clean Water Act, protect nearby school.

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with S & W Atlas Iron & Metal of Los Angeles over Stormwater Pollution Claims

  • Release Date: February 28, 2024

• EPA and DOJ file complaint against Bruneau, Idaho, ranch alleging significant violations that threaten fisheries, wetlands and wildlife areas

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ file complaint against Bruneau, Idaho, ranch alleging significant violations that threaten fisheries, wetlands and wildlife areas

  • Release Date: February 27, 2024

• EPA Settles Safe Drinking Water Act Claims with California Resources Corporation and Elk Hills Power

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles Safe Drinking Water Act Claims with California Resources Corporation and Elk Hills Power

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  Massachusetts and Connecticut companies will pay penalties for reporting violations

  EPA News Release: EPA takes action against three New England companies for Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act violations 

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead

  Agreements solidify agencies’ dedication to a whole of government approach to preventing lead poisoning

  EPA News Release: EPA, HUD and HHS announce interagency commitments to more robust collaboration on addressing risks of exposures to lead

  • Release Date: February 26, 2024

• EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  EPA News Release: EPA Files Complaint for Rat Poison Sold in Plastic Baggies in St. Louis

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• EPA Finds Chiquita Canyon Landfill Presents Imminent and Substantial Endangerment to Nearby Communities

  Agency demands action to address ongoing noxious odors and other hazards.

  EPA News Release: EPA Finds Chiquita Canyon Landfill Presents Imminent and Substantial Endangerment to Nearby Communities

  • Release Date: February 22, 2024

• Corn milling company officials sentenced to federal prison for their role in deadly explosion that killed five workers

  Sentencings for willful conduct related to workplace safety, environmental offenses, and fraud follow investigation of company that operated facility

  EPA News Release: Corn milling company officials sentenced to federal prison for their role in deadly explosion that killed five workers

  • Release Date: February 16, 2024

• EPA Air Permit Advances New York Offshore Wind Farm Project

  EPA News Release: EPA Air Permit Advances New York Offshore Wind Farm Project

  • Release Date: February 15, 2024

• EPA Fines Clean Harbors for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kimball, Nebraska, Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Clean Harbors for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kimball, Nebraska, Facility

  • Release Date: February 14, 2024

• EPA and DOJ Settlement Will Address Problems at Toa Alta Landfill

  Landfill on Path to Closure

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ Settlement Will Address Problems at Toa Alta Landfill

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  Company will also spend $5.5 million for preventive measures and to help address environmental harm caused by its violations

  EPA News Release: Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• El acuerdo de la EPA y el Departamento de Justicia abordará los problemas en el Vertedero de Toa Alta

  Sistema de Relleno sanitario en camino al cierre

  EPA News Release: El acuerdo de la EPA y el Departamento de Justicia abordará los problemas en el Vertedero de Toa Alta

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• EPA Settles with Shipping Company over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Settles with Shipping Company over Claims of Clean Water Act Violations

  • Release Date: February 12, 2024

• EPA Fines Owens Corning for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kansas City, Kansas, Facility

  EPA News Release: EPA Fines Owens Corning for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at Kansas City, Kansas, Facility

  • Release Date: February 12, 2024