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2000 News Releases

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12/31/2000Exit EPA Icon
12/31/2000Testing actualities
12/31/2000Testing embedded media
12/29/2000EPA SETS FIRST-EVER WATER QUALITY
CRITERIA FOR NUTRIENTS, METHYLMERCURY
12/29/2000ALASKAN SUPERINTENDENT OF WASTEWATER UTILITY
CHARGED WITH CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS
12/29/2000TWO NEW YORK MEN AND COMPANY
SENTENCED FOR ASBESTOS CRIMES
12/29/2000TEXAS WASTE TRANSPORTER CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL
MANIFEST IN HAZARDOUS WASTE DIVERSION TO MEXICO
12/29/2000TWO COMPANIES AND TWO SHIP CAPTAINS
PLEAD GUILTY TO OIL POLLUTION CHARGES
12/29/2000LIBRARIANS PRAISE INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICE
12/29/2000MERCURY RESEARCH STRATEGY UNVEILED
12/29/2000BROADEST GUIDANCE EVER FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND POLICIES
12/28/2000EPA AT 30: TOP ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES, 1970-2000
12/28/2000EPA FINES SAN DIEGO DEVELOPER $60,000 FOR STORM WATER VIOLATIONS
12/26/2000BIA agrees to fine and cleanup for underground storage tank violations
12/26/2000EPA ANNOUNCES TOUGH NEW STANDARDS FOR LEAD
12/22/2000EPA workshop to help minorities, low-income apply for grants
12/22/2000EPA AWARDS BROWNFIELDS JOB TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT GRANT TO WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
12/22/2000EPA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO BEGIN DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER FLETCHER'S PAINT WORKS BUILDING NEXT WEDNESDAY
12/22/2000EPA Gives $200,000 Brownfields Grant to Bridgeport for Job Training
12/22/2000EPA Gives $200,000 Brownfields Grant to Boston for Job Training
12/22/2000U.S. FILES CLEAN AIR LAWSUIT AGAINST DUKE ENERGY
12/22/2000U.S. ANNOUNCES CLEAN AIR SETTLEMENT WITH KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP
12/21/2000U.S ANNOUNCES CLEAN AIR SETTLEMENT WITH CINERGY
12/21/2000EPA FINES HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC $200,000 FOR WATER VIOLATIONS
12/21/2000Brownfields Communities get $1.8 Million for Job
Training
12/21/2000EPA TO DEMOLISH BALTIC MILLS BUILDING
12/21/2000BROWNFIELDS COMMUNITIES GET
$1.8 MILLION FOR JOB TRAINING
12/21/2000VOLUNTARY HEALTH, SAFETY TESTING
FOR CHEMICALS TO BE EXPANDED
12/21/2000CALIFORNIA INDICTMENT FOR HAZARDOUS
WASTE DUMPING IN SEWERS
12/21/2000WEST VIRGINIAN INDICTED ON HAZARDOUS
WASTE AND DRUG CHARGES
12/21/2000LOUISIANA LABORATORY AND ITS PRESIDENT SENTENCED
12/21/2000EUROPEANS AGREE TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM
MODELED ON EPA ENERGY STAR PROGRAM
12/21/2000NEW TOXICS EMISSION STANDARDS SET FOR GASOLINE
12/21/2000EPA DRAMATICALLY REDUCES POLLUTION FROM HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS AND BUSES; CUTS SULFUR LEVELS IN DIESEL FUEL
12/20/2000WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN PODESTA AND
EPA ADMINISTRATOR CAROL BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR ACTION TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE AIR QUALITY
12/20/2000EPA FILES FAILURE NOTICE AGAINST CLARK COUNTY; DISTRICT AIR PLAN PULLED OFF EPA REVIEW TABLE
12/20/2000Exxon Will Pay $2,500 and Make Environmental Improvements Worth $70,000 in Everett
12/19/2000Astaris, Idaho Ordered to Reduce & Closely Monitor Emissions
12/19/2000Seafood Processors Charged With Polluting Alaska Waters
12/19/2000EPA Proposes to Approve Beaumont/Port Arthur Area Clean Air Plan
12/19/2000Partnership to Help Communities Tackle Natural Disasters
12/19/2000EPA Puts Marjol Cleanup on Hold - Agency Grants Time Extension to Ombudsman
12/19/2000EPA Region 8's Position On the Nucor Settlement
12/19/2000EPA Announces Order Requiring Holyoke to Fix High-Priority CSO Discharges
12/19/2000U.S. REACHES ENVIRONMENTAL SETTLEMENT
WITH STEEL MANUFACTURER NUCOR
12/18/2000Reynolds School District Cited For PCBs Violations
12/18/2000Comments Sought on Clean Up Plans for Two Major W.Va. Watersheds
12/18/2000Comments Sought on Clean Up Plans for Two Major W.Va. Watersheds
12/18/2000EPA AND HAWAII DOH ANNOUNCE $1.7 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY UH VIOLATED HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS
12/18/2000Corco to Correct Its Spill Plans and Pay a $42,000 Penalty for Past Violations
12/18/2000Clean Harbors Agrees to Pay $16,000 To Settle Charges of Violating PCB Laws
12/18/2000EPA Orders City of Fitchburg to Eliminate Dry Weather Discharges into North Nashua River
12/15/2000EPA COMPLETES CONSTRUCTION OF CLEANUP TECHNOLOGIES AT THE SULLIVAN'S LEDGE SUPERFUND SITE
12/15/2000EPA PROPOSES STRICT NEW CONTROLS TO REDUCE WATER POLLUTION FROM LARGE INDUSTRIAL FEEDLOT OPERATIONS
12/15/2000COLORADO FEDERAL COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE TO
EPA’S HAZARDOUS WASTE ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY
12/15/2000CONNECTICUT DRY CLEANER CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL DISPOSAL
12/15/2000PROSECUTIONS IN TENNESSEE, COLORADO, LOUISIANA FOR HIRING UNTRAINED IMMIGRANTS TO STRIP ASBESTOS
12/15/2000TEN CHEESE COMPANIES CORRECT
264 ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
12/15/2000WEB SITE SHOWS DIESEL TRUCK, BUS FLEETS RUN CLEANER
12/15/2000VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY AT 20-YEAR LOW
12/14/2000Department of Justice Rules in Favor of EPA to Issue Penalties Against Federal Facilities
12/14/2000EPA DECIDES MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM
POWER PLANTS MUST BE REDUCED
12/13/2000EPA FINES ORANGE COUNTY, CONTRACTOR $735,000 FOR OCEAN DUMPING VIOLATIONS
12/13/2000Sampling Work Resumes This Week at Centredale Manor Site in Rhode Island
12/13/2000Thirty New England Facilities Accepted as Charter Members of EPA's New National Performance Track
12/13/2000EPA SELECTS 225 CHARTER MEMBERS
OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT TRACK
12/12/2000Former Colorado Springs apartment owner fined for lead disclosure violation
12/11/2000Utuado Allowed Spills of Used Oil at Municipal Motorpool Facility; EPA seeking $63,000 Penalty
12/11/2000Federal Government Settles Lawsuit Against PRASA; PRASA to Pay $550,000 Penalty; Undertake an Additional $490,600 in Environmental Projects
12/08/2000Statement by EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner on the Death of Congressman Julian C. Dixon
12/08/2000US EPA TESTING LAND CRABS FOR PCB CONTAMINATION
12/08/2000EPA REACHES MAJOR MILESTONE IN REGULATORY INNOVATION
12/08/2000THREE PLEAD GUILTY IN MISSOURI ILLEGAL DRUG LAB CASE
12/08/2000MINNESOTA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATION
12/08/2000FOUR SENTENCED IN LOUISIANA RCRA CONVICTIONS
12/08/2000DATABASE MAKES IT EASIER TO BUY
GREEN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
12/08/2000ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY
COUNCIL TO MEET DEC. 11-14
12/08/2000ACHIEVEMENT TRACK CHARTER MEMBERS
TO BE ANNOUNCED ON DEC. 13
12/08/2000EPA ISSUES FINAL DRINKING WATER
STANDARD FOR RADIONUCLIDES
12/08/2000ACID RAIN CUT SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 1980'S,
SAYS NEW U.S.-CANADA REPORT
12/07/2000In Precedent-Setting Case, Company Settles with EPA on Charges that "Mildew-Proof" Paint is Unregistered Pesticide; Agrees to Pay $46,000 Penalty and Change Labels and Promo Material
12/07/2000COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE CLEARINGHOUSE WEB SITE
12/06/2000EPA Proposes Comprehensive Plan to Clean Up Hudson River PCBs; Proposal Based on Extensive Scientific Study of PCB Risks to People and Wildlife
12/06/2000NEW BEDFORD FORUM MEETS DECEMBER 11 PUBLIC INVITED
12/06/2000EPA PROPOSES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO
CLEAN UP HUDSON RIVER PCBS
12/06/2000EPA RECOGNIZES GM FACILITY FOR ACHIEVING
ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN PONTIAC, MICH.
12/05/2000Colorado federal court rejects challenge to EPA's hazardous waste enforcement authority
12/05/2000EPA ADMINISTRATOR CAROL M. BROWNER TO ANNOUNCE
PROPOSED CLEANUP OF HUDSON RIVER PCB’s
12/05/2000EPA, GENERAL MOTORS CELEBRATE ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN PONTIAC
12/05/2000EPA ANNOUNCES ELIMINATION OF ALL INDOOR USES OF WIDELY-USEDPESTICIDE DIAZINON; BEGINS PHASE-OUT
OF LAWN AND GARDEN USES
12/05/2000ADVISORY PANEL REPORT ASSESSES SCIENTIFIC
INFORMATION CONCERNING STARLINK CORN
12/04/2000EPA and Major Railroads Reach Agreement to Reduce Air Pollution Around Houston
12/04/2000EPA Selects Final Cleanup Decision for Marjol Battery Site
12/04/2000EPA FINES REDDING DEVELOPERS $60,000 FOR STORMWATER VIOLATIONS
12/04/2000SHOPPING CENTER TO BE BUILT WITH CLEAN-UP OF SUPERFUND SITE
12/04/2000CASCO BAY PROJECT RECEIVES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT FROM EPA
12/04/2000BOSTON and HOLYOKE GROUPS RECEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANTS FROM EPA
12/04/2000EPA ANNOUNCES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT TO THE WAY HOME OF MANCHESTER
12/04/2000EPA ANNOUNCES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT AWARDS TO PADDLE PROVIDENCE AND YOUTH IN ACTION OF PROVIDENCE
12/04/2000EPA Orders Newport, NH Company to Comply With Clean Water Laws

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