$2.6 million in penalties but no public wastewater plan yet
The company has agreed to give up a permit but has yet to tell regulators what it will do with industrial wastewater in the future. INDIANAPOLIS — Citizens Energy Group blocked sewer access to a plant on the southside of Indianapolis. The move comes after Metalworking Lubricants racked up numerous environmental violations. The company has […]
EPA and Massachusetts Officials Celebrate $19 Million of Public Health Protection Investments in Fall River
December 9, 2022 BOSTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator David W. Cash celebrated significant federal and state infrastructure investments in the City of Fall River which will directly improve public health for city residents. Cash was joined by U.S. Senators Markey and Warren, and by U.S. Congressmen Auchincloss, along with City […]
NEWS UPDATE #3: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas
EPA continues to provide response oversight to on-scene operations December 9, 2022 The area impacted by the pipeline rupture and subsequent oil discharge into Mill Creek near Washington, Kansas. (Photo credit: U.S. EPA) LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 9, 2022) – EPA Region 7 on-scene coordinators (OSCs) remain at the scene of the pipeline rupture and subsequent oil […]
SELC, GASP secure nearly $1 million penalty against Bluestone Coke plant
Press Release | December 9, 2022 Groups and Jefferson County Board of Health file consent decree to stop north Birmingham air pollution BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In an unprecedented step to improve air quality for Birmingham residents, GASP, the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the Jefferson County Department of Health filed a consent decree outlining penalties […]
NEWS UPDATE #2: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas
EPA is providing oversight and monitoring of containment and cleanup actions December 9, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 9, 2022) – EPA Region 7 on-scene coordinators have closed out the first on-site operational period of the TC Energy pipeline oil discharge response near Washington, Kansas. The discharge has been contained, and no drinking water has been impacted. […]
As Sadlowski Garza Steps Aside, 5 Candidates Are Vying For The Southeast Side’s City Council Seat
EAST SIDE — Five Southeast Siders are campaigning to replace the first woman to represent the 10th Ward in City Council as she prepares to step down next year after two terms. Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza was elected 10th Ward alderperson in 2015, when she forced longtime Ald. John Pope into a runoff and won by […]
Smoke Damage a Source of Friction for ‘Standing Home Survivors’ after Colo. Wildfire
The lingering impact of smoke and soot is complicating insurers’ efforts to resolve homeowners claims from the Marshall Fire, which destroyed 1,084 homes in Boulder County, Colorado last December. An in-depth report posted online this week by the nonprofit Boulder Reporting Lab told the story of “standing home survivors,” homeowners who did not suffer fire […]
EPA approves air quality rules for Northern Ute Tribe in Utah – The Journal
The EPA has initiated a new air quality program for the Northern Ute Tribe in northeast Utah. (Courtesy photo) New plan adds regulations to oil and gas producers; Uinta Basin has exceeded air quality standards The EPA has finalized an air quality plan for the Northern Ute Tribe in northeast Utah to regulate oil and […]
EPA finalizes plan to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas sources on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in northeast Utah
December 8, 2022 Vernal, Utah — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an air quality plan, called a Federal Implementation Plan, which will require enforceable controls on the emissions of air pollutants from new, modified, and existing oil and natural gas facilities on Indian country lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation […]
NEWS UPDATE: TC Energy Pipeline Oil Discharge Near Washington, Kansas
TC Energy pipeline is part of Keystone Pipeline system December 8, 2022 LENEXA, KAN. (DEC. 8, 2022) – Early on the morning of Dec. 8, TC Energy reported a discharge of crude oil from a TC Energy pipeline near Washington, Kansas. The TC Energy pipeline is part of the Keystone Pipeline system. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]