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November 2008 Press Releases
(11/06/2008) Ten California water systems facing fines for failing to monitor E.coli in drinking water - EPA has ordered ten California public drinking water systems to monitor for Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the source water of their drinking water systems, or face penalties of up to $32,500 per day for each violation.
(11/05/2008) Plantation Pipe Line will pay penalty for fuel spills in Va., N.C., Ga. - Plantation Pipe Line Company, Alpharetta, Ga., has agreed to pay a civil penalty and implement safeguards in order to resolve a Clean Water Act lawsuit over fuel pipeline spills in three states, EPA, the Justice Department and the state of North Carolina announced. The company has agreed to pay a $725,000 penalty for discharges of jet fuel and gasoline in Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina, and for inadequate spill prevention safeguards at a Virginia facility. It also has agreed to implement $1.3 million in new spill prevention safeguards.
(11/03/2008) Bacardi agrees to purchase and protect sensitive land and pay fine to settle EPA water pollution case - EPA and the Bacardi Corporation have reached an agreement that spells out the resolution of Clean Water Act violations at Bacardi’s rum manufacturing facility in Cataño, Puerto Rico. Under the agreement, a consent decree approved by the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico, Bacardi has paid a $550,000 penalty, and will donate and preserve land valued at $1 million.
(11/03/2008) Hershey Creamery Co. pleads guilty and is fined $100,000 for clean air violations - Hershey Creamery Company, an ice cream manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., pled guilty on Nov. 3 to a Clean Air Act felony involving its failure to develop and implement a risk management program at two of its facilities in Pennsylvania. The company was sentenced to pay a $100,000 fine and was placed on one year of probation. The company had twice certified to EPA that it had developed a risk management plan. It is the first CAA prosecution involving RMPs in the country.
