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| Respondent | Description | Order Type | Date |
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| Gary Sanitary District and City of Gary Clean Water Settlement | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice have reached an agreement with the city of Gary and the Gary Sanitary District that will resolve long-standing violations of the Clean Water Act, including the release of raw sewage. The city will pay a civil fine of $75,000 and take corrective steps starting immediately and continuing over the next 25 years to eliminate these problems. | Consent Decree | 12/12/2016 |
| Slawson Exploration Co. Inc. | The settlement with Slawson Exploration Company, Inc., resolves alleged Clean Air Act (CAA)violations stemming from the company's oil and gas production activities in North Dakota, including on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The settlement resolves claims that Slawson failed to adequately design, operate, and maintain vapor control systems on its storage tanks at its approximately 170 oil and natural gas well pads, resulting in emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). | Consent Decree | 12/01/2016 |
| $5.5 Million Settlement for PCB Cleanup at the Ward Transformer Superfund Site | A settlement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and multiple parties was approved, which requires potentially responsible parties (PRPs) to fund and perform a $5.5 million cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in areas surrounding the Ward Transformer Superfund site in Raleigh, NC. | Consent Decree | 11/22/2016 |
| CITGO Petroleum Corporation and PDV Midwest Refining, LLC Settlement | CITGO Petroleum Corporation and PDV Midwest Refining, LLC (collectively, CITGO) have agreed to pay a $1,955,000 civil penalty, perform environmental projects totaling more than $2 million, and spend an estimated $42 million in injunctive relief to resolve Clean Air Act violations and violations of CITGO’s global refinery consent decree at its refinery, located in Lemont, Illinois. | Consent Decree | 11/10/2016 |
| Suzuki Motor of America, Inc., and Suzuki Motor Corporation Clean Air Act Administrative Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an administrative settlement with motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. and Suzuki Motor Corporation that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations for manufacturing, importing and selling model year 2012 motorcycles that failed to meet the EPA average emission standard for the Suzuki on-highway motorcycle fleet, and for submitting falsified production reports based on incorrect motorcycle production volumes to demonstrate compliance with the emission standard. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 11/08/2016 |
| FY2016 Enforcement Actions for the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP) | EPA completed over 100 federal enforcement actions during fiscal year 2016 that require renovation contractors, landlords and others to protect communities and public health from exposure to lead. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 11/03/2016 |
| Detroit Diesel Corp. | The settlement with Detroit Diesel Corp. resolves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act for selling heavy-duty diesel engines that were not certified by EPA and did not meet applicable emission standards. Under the settlement, Detroit Diesel will spend $14.5 million on projects to reduce nitrogen oxide and other pollutants, including replacing high-polluting diesel school buses and locomotive engines with models that meet current emissions standards. Detroit Diesel will also pay a $14 million civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 10/06/2016 |
| Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC | Clean Air Act (CAA) Settlement with Iowa-based Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC that resolves allegations that the company entered into a series of transactions in 2011, that resulted in the generation of more than 36 million invalid renewable fuel credits. Western Dubuque will pay a civil penalty of $6 million. | Consent Decree | 10/04/2016 |
| $165 Million Settlement to Start Cleanup Work on the Passaic River in New Jersey | EPA entered into a settlement agreement with Occidental Chemical Corporation to perform engineering and design work needed to begin the cleanup of the lower 8.3 miles of the lower Passaic River at an estimated cost of $165 million. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/30/2016 |
| New York Racing Association (NYRA) | The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has violated Section 301 of the CWA by discharging pollutants into waters of the United States from Defendant’s Aqueduct Racetrack in violation of conditions of its New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”) State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“SPDES”) General Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (“CAFO General Permit”) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) | Consent Decree | 09/30/2016 |
| Southern Coal Corporation Global | The settlement with Southern Coal Corporation and 26 affiliated mining companies for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the companies to make comprehensive upgrades to their coal mining and processing operations to prevent discharges of polluted wastewater from their mines in Appalachia. The estimated cost of these measures is $5 million. | Consent Decree | 09/30/2016 |
| Total Environmental Solutions, Inc. (TESI) | A consent decree modification was filed on Sept. 30, 2016 for Total Environmental Solutions, Inc. (TESI) for violations of the Clean Water Act. (CWA) The first consent decree was issued on Dec. 21, 2000 for TESI. However, under the Dec. 21, 2000 consent decree, violations continued and the parties found that facility-specific problems existed.Total Environmental Solutions, Inc. (TESI) owns and operates 161 individual sewage treatment plants and the connection collection system in Louisiana. | Consent Decree | 09/30/2016 |
| Chemoil Corporation | This renewable fuel standard settlement with Chemoil Corporation requires the company to retire 65 million renewable fuel credits to resolve alleged violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The current market value of the credits -- along with an additional 7.7 million renewable identification numbers (RINs) already retired by Chemoil -- is more than $71 million. Chemoil will also pay a $27 million civil penalty under the settlement, the largest in the history of the EPA’s fuel programs. | Consent Decree | 09/29/2016 |
| Sears Home Improvement Products Inc | The settlement with Sears Home Improvement Products Inc. resolves alleged violations of the federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule for work performed by Sears’ contractors during home renovation projects across the country. This settlement will improve public health protections from lead pollution during home renovations. | Consent Decree | 09/28/2016 |
| Agreement results in $18.75 million for cleanup work and $500,000 for natural resources restoration at Ohio Superfund site | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the departments of Justice and Interior, and the state of Ohio announced that Rutgers Organics Corporation (Rutgers) agreed to complete the cleanup of the Nease Chemical Superfund Site (Site) near Salem, Ohio, estimated to cost $18.75 million. | Consent Decree | 09/09/2016 |
| Harley-Davidson Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with Harley-Davidson, Inc., Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, Inc., and Harley-Davidson Motor Company Operations, Inc. (collectively Harley-Davidson), that requires the companies to stop selling and to buy back and destroy illegal tuning devices that increase air pollution from their motorcycles, and to sell only tuning devices that are certified to meet Clean Air Act emissions standards. | Consent Decree | 08/18/2016 |
| $143 million Cleanup Settlement Reached at New Mexico Mine Site | EPA, DOJ, and the state of New Mexico announced a settlement with Chevron Mining, Inc. (CMI) requiring approximately $143 million in cleanup work at the Chevron Questa Mine Superfund Site. | Settlement Agreement | 08/09/2016 |
| Consol Energy Inc., CNX Coal Resources LP, and Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the state of Pennsylvania, announced today that Consol Energy Inc., CNX Coal Resources and Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co., LLC (“Consol”) have agreed to implement extensive water management and monitoring activities to prevent contaminated discharges of mining wastewater from the Bailey Mine Complex (Complex) in Greene and Washington Counties, Pa., to the Ohio River and its tributaries. | Consent Decree | 08/04/2016 |
| EPA Issues RCRA Corrective Action Order to Expedite Cleanup at the US Magnesium Facility | EPA) issued an administrative order on consent under section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to US Magnesium LLC for cleanup work at the US Magnesium facility in Toole County, Utah. | Administrative Order on Consent | 08/03/2016 |
| Lone Star Industries, Inc. (Buzzi), Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) announced today a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Lone Star Industries, Inc., d/b/a Buzzi Unicem USA (Buzzi), which covers Buzzi’s Portland cement manufacturing facility in Missouri. | Consent Decree | 08/01/2016 |
| $29 Million Cleanup Settlement at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site | Under a settlement announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Honeywell International Inc. and Georgia Power Company will spend almost $29 million to clean up a 760-acre saltwater marsh at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site in Brunswick, GA. | Consent Decree | 07/29/2016 |
| Nevada Department of Transportation Clean Water Settlement | The agreement requires NDOT to establish a stormwater management program to control pollutants entering waters, spend $200,000 on an environmental project that will provide real-time water quality data to the public and pay $60,000 each to EPA and NDEP. | Consent Decree | 07/28/2016 |
| Cemex, Inc., Global Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with Cemex, Inc., under which the company will invest approximately $10 million to cut emissions of harmful air pollution at five of its cement manufacturing plants in Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. | Consent Decree | 07/27/2016 |
| Enbridge Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership and several related Enbridge companies to resolve claims stemming from its 2010 oil spills in Marshall, Mich. and Romeoville, Ill. | Consent Decree | 07/20/2016 |
| Agreement Results in Innovate Cleanup Addressing Vapor Intrusion | EPA) and TRW Automotive U.S. LLC entered into a settlement agreement that requires the company to address trichloroethylene (TCE) vapor contamination within Meramec Caverns, a tourist cave within the La Jolla Spring Complex near Sullivan, Missouri. The estimated cost to cleanup the vapor contamination is $1.5 million. | Settlement Agreement | 07/19/2016 |
| Tesoro and Par Clean Air Act Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a $425 million settlement with subsidiaries of Tesoro Corp., and Par Hawaii Refining that will increase public health protections by reducing air pollution at six refineries and resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations at those same refineries. | Consent Decree | 07/18/2016 |
| Cleanup Settlement Reduces Threat of Contaminated Groundwater in Massachusetts | EPA announced a settlement agreement with several potentially responsible parties (PRPs) worth approximately $5.7 million to prevent contamination of the public water supply wellfield in Acton, Mass. | Settlement Agreement | 07/12/2016 |
| John Hubenka and LeClair Irrigation District Clean Water Act Settlement | The settlement agreement in this matter resolves a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) civil judicial action against John Hubenka and LeClair Irrigation District (“LID”) for unlawful discharges into the Wind River in Fremont County, Wyoming. | Settlement Agreement | 07/11/2016 |
| Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. Clean Water Act Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. (Sunoco) has agreed to pay a civil penalty and implement corrective measures for alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2009 crude oil spill from Sunoco’s Barbers Hill, Texas facility and a 2011 crude oil spill from Sunoco’s Cromwell, Oklahoma facility. | Consent Decree | 07/11/2016 |
| Volkswagen Clean Air Act Partial Settlement | On June 28, 2016, the United States lodged with the court a settlement with automakers Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., and Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC (collectively “Volkswagen”). The settlement partially resolves allegations that Volkswagen violated the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) by the sale of approximately 500,000 model year 2009 to 2015 motor vehicles containing 2.0 liter diesel engines equipped with “defeat devices” (“CAA 2.0 liter partial settlement”). | Consent Decree | 06/28/2016 |
| D.G. Yuengling and Son, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice today announced that D. G. Yuengling and Son Inc., has settled Clean Water Act (CWA) violations involving its two large-scale breweries near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. | Consent Decree | 06/23/2016 |
| Trader Joe’s Company Clean Air Act Settlement | The national grocery store chain Trader Joe’s Company has agreed to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases from refrigeration equipment at 453 of its stores under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. | Consent Decree | 06/21/2016 |
| Settlement Reached at Salt Creek Park Firing Range Site | In the consent decree, the PRPs agreed to reimburse EPA for over $800,000 of the costs the Agency incurred when it cleaned up lead and other contaminants at the Salt Creek Park Firing Range. | Consent Decree | 06/13/2016 |
| First Amendment to 2012 U.S. v. Marathon Petroleum Co. Clean Air Act Consent Decree | On June 9, 2016, EPA and DOJ announced that Marathon, under an amendment to the 2012 agreement, will spend $319 million to install state-of-the-art Flare Gas Recovery Systems (FGRSs) that will capture and recycle gases that would otherwise be sent to flares at facilities in Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan and Ohio. | Amended Consent Decree | 06/09/2016 |
| EPA Finalizes Agreement with New York City on Design Elements of Gowanus Canal Cleanup | EPA announced an agreement with the City of New York that secures the design elements for one of two retention tanks, which is a key component of the Gowanus Canal cleanup. | Settlement Agreement | 06/06/2016 |
| Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Clean Water Act Settlement | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency today announced a $6 million agreement with the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative to resolve Clean Water Act violations at its processing facility near Renville, Minn. The company manufactures refined sugar, liquid sugar and other products from sugar beets. | Consent Decree | 05/12/2016 |
| $6.8 Million Penalty for Violations at Rodale Manufacturing Superfund Site in Pennsylvania | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Schneider Electric USA agreed to pay a $6,868,975 penalty for allegedly violating the terms of a 2002 court-approved Superfund consent decree. | Agreement | 05/03/2016 |
| OXY USA Agrees to Settlements Valued at $50 Million for Work at Tennessee Superfund Site | EPA announced settlement agreements valued at approximately $50 million for cleanup work and reimbursement of past cleanup costs at the Copper Basin Mining District Superfund Site in Polk County, Tenn. | Consent Decree | 04/22/2016 |
| $78 Million Clean Up Settlement will address Groundwater Contamination at California Superfund Site | EPA and the Department of Justice announced that a group of 66 companies have agreed to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier, Calif. The settlement requires the companies to spend an estimated $70 million to install wells and operate a groundwater treatment system. | Consent Decree | 04/20/2016 |
| EPA Orders $25+ million Cleanup Along the Kalamazoo River | EPA issued a unilateral administrative order (UAO) to three companies requiring cleanup work valued at $25 – $30 million for removal of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated sediment and soil from a 1.7-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 04/15/2016 |
| EPA Recovers Over $10 million for Cleanup Costs at the Gilt Edge Mine Site | EPA) and the state of South Dakota reached agreement with Coca Mines, Inc., and Thomas Congdon to settle their respective liabilities at the Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site by making a payment of just over $10 million. | Consent Decree | 04/15/2016 |
| EPA Recovers $6 Million for Costs to Cleanup Colorado Abandoned Hard Rock Mine Site | EPA, Department of Justice (DOJ) and the state of Colorado reached an agreement with CoCa Mines, Inc. (CoCa), to settle its liabilities at the Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock Superfund Site (Site) by paying $6 million in past cleanup costs. | Settlement Agreement | 03/01/2016 |
| Salt Lake County, Utah Clean Water Act Settlement | Salt Lake County, Utah owns and operates a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). The County is authorized under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge stormwater through its MS4 to the Jordan River, its tributaries, and tributaries of the Great Salt Lake provided it complies with all provisions of the permit. | Consent Decree | 02/02/2016 |
| Greenville, Mississippi Clean Water Settlement | he City of Greenville, MS (City) owns and operates the Greenville Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTP), approximately 200 miles of sanitary sewer lines, and 100 sanitary sewer pump stations and associated appurtenances. | Consent Decree | 01/28/2016 |
| EPA and Navy Reach Multimillion Dollar Cleanup Agreement for Gorst Creek site | EPA) and the U.S. Navy reached a multimillion dollar agreement to remove a landfill located in Gorst Creek south of Bremerton, Wash. | Agreement | 01/20/2016 |
| $22 million cleanup settlement for Cooper Drum Superfund Site in California | EPA and the Department of Justice announced that a group of 40 parties agreed to conduct the cleanup of the Cooper Drum Superfund site in South Gate, 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Calif. | Consent Decree | 12/29/2015 |
| James C. Justice, II and James C. Justice Companies, Inc., and High Mountain Living, LLC Clean Water Act Settlement | Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection filed a settlement withJames C. Justice II, the James C. Justice Companies, Inc. and High Mountain Living LLC resolving violations of state and federal environmental laws designed to protect the health of wetlands and waterways. | Consent Decree | 12/10/2015 |
| Stop Sale, Use, or Removal Order issued to Earth Science Laboratories, Inc. | On December 4, 2015, EPA issued an order to Earth Science Laboratories, Inc. directing the company to immediately stop the sale, use, or removal of EarthTec (EPA Reg. No. 64962-1), PristineBlue (EPA Reg. No. 64962-1), and Cleanwater Blue (EPA. Reg. No. 64962-1-82043). These are registered pesticide products marketed as algicides and bactericides for lakes, ponds, reservoirs, canals, lagoons, pools, spas, hot tubs, and other water systems. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 12/04/2015 |
| J.R. Simplot Company Clean Air Act (CAA) Settlement | The J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) has agreed to upgrade and operate emissions controls, and implement improved emissions monitoring, at each of its five sulfuric acid plants across facilities in Lathrop, California (one plant), near Pocatello, Idaho (two plants), and in Rock Springs, Wyoming (two plants). | Consent Decree | 12/03/2015 |
| Settlement Provides for Aggressive Investigation at Site in Montana | EPA) announced an agreement with Columbia Falls Aluminum Company to investigate contamination at the Anaconda Aluminum Co Columbia Falls Reduction Plant, also known as the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) Plant, in Flathead County, Mont. | Settlement Agreement | 11/20/2015 |
| HollyFrontier Refining & Marketing Company LLC et al Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced a settlement with HollyFrontier Corporation subsidiaries (HollyFrontier Refining & Marketing LLC, Frontier El Dorado Refining, LLC, Holly Refining & Marketing Company-Woods Cross, LLC, and Navajo Refining Company, L.L.C.) that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations regarding fuel quality emissions standards and testing requirements at three HollyFrontier facilities. | Consent Decree | 11/19/2015 |
| ASARCO LLC Settlement | Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with ASARCO requiring the company to spend $150 million to install new equipment and pollution control technology to reduce emissions of toxic heavy metals at a large smelter located in Hayden, Ariz. | Consent Decree | 11/03/2015 |
| Rhode Island Department of Transportation Settlement | The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) operates a Phase II municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) that serves RIDOT roadways and facilities across the State of Rhode Island. | Consent Decree | 10/15/2015 |
| The City of Rockford, Illinois Clean Water Act Settlement | The City of Rockford, Illinois owns and operates a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). The city is authorized under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge stormwater to waters of the United States through its MS4 provided it complies with all provisions of the permit. | Consent Decree | 10/08/2015 |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC that will ensure the proper treatment, storage, and disposal of an estimated 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste at six Mosaic facilities in Florida and two in Louisiana. | Consent Decree | 10/01/2015 |
| $19 Million Cleanup Settlement for Blair Waterway in Tacoma, Washington | EPA announced that it had entered into an administrative settlement agreement and order on consent (ASAOC) with the Port of Tacoma for the performance of a time-critical removal action in connection with the Blair Waterway TBT Site Tacoma, Wash. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/30/2015 |
| $55 Million Settlement with Shell Oil and GSA for Del Amo Cleanup | EPA announced a settlement valued at $55 million with Shell Oil Company and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for the cleanup of contaminated soil at the Del Amo Superfund Site in Los Angeles, Calif | Consent Decree | 09/30/2015 |
| Agreement reached for past costs and clean up at Capitol City Plume Superfund Site | EPA, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), and the Downtown Environmental Alliance (Alliance) held a signing ceremony that included EPA’s agreement to defer listing of this Site on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/30/2015 |
| Tractor Supply Company Inc. Settlement | Tennessee-based Tractor Supply Company Inc. and Tractor Supply Company of Texas, L.P. (collectively, “Tractor Supply Company” or “TSC”) have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $775,000 to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations stemming from the illegal importation and sale of about 28,000 uncertified vehicles and engines. | Consent Decree | 09/30/2015 |
| $194 Million Settlement for Cleanup Work at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site | EPA and DOJ announced a remedial action consent decree valued at nearly $194 million with Wyeth Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the Pfizer Corporation. Wyeth Holdings will perform cleanup work at the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in Bridgewater Township, N.J. | Consent Decree | 09/29/2015 |
| Guardian Industries Corp. Clean Air Act Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Michigan-based Guardian Industries Corp., a manufacturer of flat glass used in automobiles and buildings, which is also known as float glass, has agreed to install pollution control equipment to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), sulfuric acid mist (H2SO4), and particulate matter (PM) by nearly 7,500 tons per year, implement a $150,000 mitigation project, and pay a $312,000 penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at the company’s glass manufacturing plants. | Consent Decree | 09/29/2015 |
| The Town of Swampscott, Massachusetts Clean Water Act Settlement | The Town of Swampscott entered into a Consent Decree today agreeing to pay a $65,000 civil penalty and to take critical remedial measures to address pollution the Town discharged into the ocean near local beaches. | Consent Decree | 09/18/2015 |
| Insurance Settlement and a Favorable Court Decision Positively Impact Cleanup at the Centredale Manor Superfund Site | In fiscal year 2015, an insurance settlement and a federal district court decision holding a company responsible for cleanup under the Superfund law provided significant progress at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site in Providence, R.I. | Consent Decree | 09/17/2015 |
| Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, et al. Clean Water Act Settlement | Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has agreed to make major upgrades, improve inspections and cleaning of existing facilities within the Puerto Nuevo system and continue improvements to its systems island-wide. | Consent Decree | 09/15/2015 |
| Stop Sale, Use, or Removal Order issued to sBioMed, LLC | The order was issued after sample products that were provided by a hospital were tested by EPA, and the results showed that the products were ineffective against C. diff. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 09/11/2015 |
| Duke Energy Corporation Clean Air Act (CAA) Settlement | EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announces a consent decree with Duke Energy Corporation involving coal-fired power plants in North Carolina for violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in North Carolina. The settlement includes $4.4 million for mitigation projects to benefit local communities. | Consent Decree | 09/10/2015 |
| Bangor, Maine Clean Water Act (CWA) Settlement | Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged today in federal court to address noncompliance with the Clean Water Act, the City of Bangor, Maine, will take action to prevent sewer overflows and contaminated stormwater from entering the Penobscot River and Kenduskeag Stream. | Consent Decree | 08/26/2015 |
| Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations involving combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Delaware River and its tributaries. | Consent Decree | 08/17/2015 |
| Teck Agrees to Clean Up Lead-contaminated Residential and Allotment Properties | Cleanup agreement with Teck Metals Limited and Teck American Inc. to begin removing lead and other contaminants from 15 properties in northeast Washington State. | Administrative Order on Consent | 08/13/2015 |
| Arch Coal, Inc. and International Coal Group Subsidiaries Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice the announced today that Arch Coal Inc., one of the nation’s largest coal companies, and 14 of its subsidiaries under the International Coal Group Inc. have agreed to conduct comprehensive upgrades to their operations to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 08/06/2015 |
| Interstate Power and Light Company Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) today announced a global Clean Air Act settlement with Interstate Power and Light Company, (IPL) that will cover seven coal-fired power plants located in Allamakee, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Linn, Marshall, and Wapello counties in Iowa. | Consent Decree | 07/15/2015 |
| Modifications to Settlement with Alabama Power Company Will Reduce Harmful Air Pollution | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice today lodged in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama a proposed modification of a prior 2006 consent decree with Alabama Power Company that will secure further reductions of harmful air pollutants, primarily sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx), from three of the company’s coal-fired power plants in Alabama. | Consent Decree | 06/25/2015 |
| Four Corners Power Plant Clean Air Act Settlement | EPA and the Department of Justice announced today a consent decree with Arizona Public Service Company (APS), Southern California Edison (SCE), El Paso Electric Company (El Paso Electric), Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (Salt River Project), and Tucson Electric Power Company (Tucson Electric Power), (collectively Defendants). | Consent Decree | 06/24/2015 |
| Millard Refrigerated Services, LLC Clean Air Act (CAA) Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Millard Refrigerated Services, LLC to address three accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia at its Mobile Marine Terminal located in Theodore, Alabama. | Complaint | 06/02/2015 |
| District of Columbia of Water and Sewer Authority, District of Columbia Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the District of Columbia (District) and DC Water today announced an agreement to modify a 2005 federal consent decree (CD) allowing DC Water to incorporate green infrastructure in its long-term strategy for curtailing combined sewer overflows (CSOs). | Consent Decree | 05/20/2015 |
| Marathon Petroleum Corporation Clean Air Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with Marathon Petroleum Corporation today that resolves various alleged Clean Air Act violations at 10 Marathon facilities and requires Marathon to take steps to reduce harmful air pollution emissions at facilities in three states. | Consent Decree | 05/19/2015 |
| Cleanup Order for Lockheed West Seattle/Shipyard 2 will help Puget Sound | EPA issued a unilateral administrative order (UAO) for remedial design/remedial action (RD/RA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation for the cleanup of their property on Seattle’s Elliott Bay. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 04/28/2015 |
| Exxonmobil Mayflower Clean Water Settlement | EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Arkansas announced that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipeline Company (ExxonMobil) have agreed to pay a civil penalty, fund an environmental project and implement corrective measures for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2013 crude oil spill from ExxonMobil’s “Pegasus” pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas. | Consent Decree | 04/22/2015 |
| Noble Energy, Inc. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, and the State of Colorado announced a settlement with Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble) that comprehensively identifies and addresses issues with vapor control systems at Noble’s condensate storage tank batteries in the Denver-area 8-hour ozone marginal nonattainment area (nonattainment area). | Consent Decree | 04/22/2015 |
| $11 Million Agreement for Cleanup of Uranium Contaminated Mine Waste in New Mexico | Under an April 2015 administrative order on consent (AOC) with EPA Regions 6 and 9, the United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) and the General Electric Company (GE) have agreed to design the remedy selected by EPA for removal of uranium contaminated mine waste. | Administrative Order on Consent | 04/15/2015 |
| Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | EPA and Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced today a settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., one of the nation’s largest egg producers, that resolves Clean Water Act violations at the company’s poultry egg production facility in Edwards, Miss. | Consent Decree | 04/13/2015 |
| Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Missouri Department of Transportation Settlement | The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has agreed to implement a statewide compliance program and to pay a $750,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at two road construction sites. The sites are Highway 54 in Osage Beach, and on Highway 67 between Coldwater and Silva. | Consent Decree | 04/08/2015 |
| Hammerhead Clean Air Act Settlement | Four interrelated Dallas, Texas-based recreational vehicle importers and their Shanghai, China-based manufacturer have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $560,000 to resolve Clean Air Act violations stemming from the illegal importation and sale of about 4,000 uncertified recreational vehicles under the brand name “Hammerhead.” | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 04/07/2015 |
| MTU America Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | MTU America Inc. (MTU), a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG, will implement an auditing program to ensure proper emissions testing and compliance with federal emission standards for its heavy-duty diesel non-road engines as part of a settlement to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice and announced today. | Consent Decree | 03/24/2015 |
| Continental Carbon Company Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Continental Carbon Company (Continental) that will significantly reduce air pollution from three carbon black manufacturing plants in Oklahoma, Alabama and Texas. | Consent Decree | 03/23/2015 |
| Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Utah-based Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC, that resolves allegations that the company generated more than 7.2 million invalid renewable fuel credits worth more than $2 million. Washakie will pay a civil penalty of $3 million. | Consent Decree | 03/19/2015 |
| Settlement Addresses Cleanup Work at Orlando Gasification Superfund Site | RD/RA consent decree was approved to address the cleanup of ground water and soil from coal tar and other contaminants at operable unit (OU) 1 of the Orlando Gasification Superfund Site in Orlando, Fla. | Consent Decree | 03/18/2015 |
| Western Operating Company | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Western Operating Company has agreed to pay $122,900 in penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) at its gas plant in Morgan County, Colorado. | Consent Decree | 03/05/2015 |
| Order to Navy for Gorst Creek Landfill Cleanup | EPA issued a RCRA 7003 order to the U.S. Department of the Navy to clean up contaminants at the Gorst Creek Landfill in Port Orchard, Wash. | Administrative Order on Consent | 03/03/2015 |
| City of Harrisburg Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposed partial settlement with co-plaintiff Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and the City of Harrisburg and Capital Region Water to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations involving sewer overflows and discharges of polluted stormwater to the Susquehanna River and Paxton Creek. | Consent Decree | 02/11/2015 |
| Newfield Production Company | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Denver, Colorado-based Newfield Production Company (Newfield) has agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations and complete wetlands restoration and creation projects at production sites in Uintah and Duchesne counties in Utah’s Uinta Basin. The company will also pay a penalty of $175,000. | Consent Decree | 02/02/2015 |
| Equilon Enterprises LLC, doing business as Shell Oil Products US, Motiva Enterprises LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Equilon Enterprises LLC, doing business as Shell Oil Products US, Motiva Enterprises LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership have agreed to pay a $900,000 civil penalty, in order to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at refining, distribution, and retail facilities around the country. | Administrative Agreement | 01/20/2015 |
| $92 Million Cleanup Agreement for Pohatcong Superfund Site | EPA and DOJ announced a settlement with several companies to address the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Warren County, N.J. | Consent Decree | 01/13/2015 |
| City of Fort Smith, Arkansas Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith, Ark. will spend more than $255 million plus the cost of routine operation and maintenance over the next 12 years on upgrades to its sewer collection and treatment system to reduce discharges of raw sewage and other pollutants into local waterways. | Consent Decree | 01/05/2015 |
| XTO Energy, Inc. Settlement - 2014 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that XTO Energy, Inc. (XTO), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and the nation’s largest holder of natural gas reserves, will spend an estimated $3 million to restore eight sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations. | Consent Decree | 12/22/2014 |
| Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule - December 2014 | In December 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 62 enforcement actions that require renovation contractors and training providers to protect people from harmful exposure to lead dust and debris, as required by EPA’s Lead-based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) standards. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 12/19/2014 |
| Corrective Action Order Spurs Redevelopment in Toledo Industrial Corridor | EPA entered into a RCRA 3008(h) administrative order on consent (AOC) with the city of Toledo to address corrective action at the former Textileather Corporation site in Toledo, Ohio. | Administrative Order on Consent | 12/08/2014 |
| City of Lima, Ohio Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the State of Ohio today announced a Clean Water Act settlement with the City of Lima, Ohio, to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into the Ottawa River during wet weather. | Consent Decree | 11/20/2014 |
| U.S. District Court Southern District New York Opinion & Order Issued for Anadarko Fraud Case | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) approves the historic settlement agreement that was announced by EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 3, 2014, resolving fraudulent conveyance claims against Kerr-McGee Corporation and related subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. | 11/10/2014 | |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer Settlement | The settlement requires PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, AA Sulfuric Inc., and White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc. to install, upgrade and operate state-of-the-art pollution reduction measures, as well as install emissions monitors at eight sulfuric acid plants across facilities in Geismar, Louisiana (one plant), White Springs, Florida (four plants), and Aurora, North Carolina (three plants). | Consent Decree | 11/06/2014 |
| Stone Energy Corporation | In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stone Energy Corporation will restore streams damaged by the company’s unauthorized discharge of dredged or fill material in Wetzel County, West Virginia. Stone Energy has also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $177,500. | Consent Decree | 11/04/2014 |
| Hyundai and Kia Settlement | Automakers Hyundai and Kia will pay a $100 million civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations based on their sale of more than 1 million vehicles that collectively will emit approximately 4.75 million metric tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) in excess of what the automakers certified to the EPA. | Consent Decree | 11/03/2014 |
| Cleanup Agreement addresses contaminated soil at the U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery Superfund Site | Consent decree valued a $21 million for cleaning up contaminated soil in the Calument neighborhood of East Chicago, Ind. | Consent Decree | 10/28/2014 |
| The ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP Clean Water Act Settlement | Under a settlement agreement with the United States, ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP (ATP-IP) will pay a $1 million civil penalty and perform corrective measures to resolve claims by the U.S. under the Clean Water Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of unauthorized discharges of oil and chemicals from an oil platform into the Gulf of Mexico, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Consent Decree | 10/16/2014 |
| Consent Decree provides for cleanup at Iron Horse Park Superfund Site in Massachusetts | EPA announces a $4.2 Million settlement with Boston and Maine Corp. (B&M) and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for partial reimbursement of EPA’s past costs, and for full payment and performance of future cleanup work at the Iron Horse Park Superfund Site, Operable Unit 4 (OU4), in Billerica, Mass. | Consent Decree | 10/07/2014 |
| GE Agrees to Further Investigate Upper Hudson River Floodplain in a $20.5 Million Comprehensive Study | EPA and General Electric Company entered into a settlement agreement under which the company will conduct a comprehensive study of the contamination in the shoreline areas of the upper Hudson River. The estimated value of this investigation work is $20.5 million. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/30/2014 |
| $1.1 Million Cost Recovery Settlement for Grasse River Superfund Site with Innovative Financial Assurance Requirements | EPA) and Alcoa Inc. reached a settlement for reimbursement of approximately $1.1 million for EPA's past cleanup costs associated with the Grasse River Superfund Site in New York. | Settlement Agreement | 09/29/2014 |
| RCRA Settlement will Result in Improvements to Moca, P.R. Landfill Operations | EPA reached a settlement agreement under section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act with the Municipality of Moca, P.R. and Moca ECO-Park Corporation that will result in improvements to the municipal solid waste landfill in Moca, P.R. The total project costs are expected to be around $10 million. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/26/2014 |
| EPA Receives $5.7 Million for Cleanup Costs at A.C. Lawrence Superfund Site | ConAgra Grocery Products Company, LLC, a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods, Inc., agreement to reimburse EPA $5.7 million for cleanup costs of the A.C. Lawrence Leather Company Sludge Lagoons Superfund Site in South Paris, Maine | Consent Decree | 09/25/2014 |
| EPA Requires Nevada Gold Mining Company to Correct Reporting Violations | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled with Veris Gold USA, Inc. for failing to correctly report toxic chemical releases and waste management activities as required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. The company agreed to a civil penalty of $182,000. | 09/25/2014 | |
| Consumers Energy Clean Air Act Settlement | In a settlement with the United States, Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, has agreed to install pollution control technology, continue operating existing pollution controls and comply with emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the company’s five coal-fired power plants located in West Olive, Essexville, Muskegon and Luna Pier, Michigan, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 09/16/2014 |
| E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company FIFRA Settlement | On September 15, 2014, EPA filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) which simultaneously commences and resolves an administrative proceeding against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 09/15/2014 |
| Residential Developers Agree to Liability Relief Settlements Worth $20 Million in Cleanup Work along the Gowanus Canal | EPA announced it entered into settlement agreements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund) with two subsidiaries of The Lightstone Group to conduct sampling, cleanup work, and other measures along the Gowanus Canal. | Settlement Agreement | 09/09/2014 |
| Prospective Purchaser Agreement Promotes Cleanup and Redevelopment at Former Steel Mill in Maryland | EPA entered into a prospective purchaser agreement (PPA) with Sparrows Point Terminal LLC (SPT), regarding cleanup and redevelopment of a former steel mill located in the Sparrows Point area of Baltimore, Md. The PPA will result in $3 million for EPA assessment and remediation work of any contamination of off-shore areas around Sparrows Point. | Agreement | 09/08/2014 |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation Clean Air Act Settlement | Costco Wholesale Corporation, the nation’s second largest retailer, has agreed to cut its emissions of ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas chemicals from refrigeration equipment at more than half of its stores nationwide. | Consent Decree | 09/03/2014 |
| Trans Energy Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | EPA, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Trans Energy Inc., requiring the oil and gas company to restore portions of streams and wetlands at 15 sites in West Virginia polluted by the company’s unauthorized discharge of dredge or fill material. | Consent Decree | 09/02/2014 |
| EPA Orders Mine Cleanup Work in Areas on the Navajo Nation | Settlement with Homestake Mining Company of California to assess contamination and address safety hazards at four abandoned uranium mines in the Mariano Lake and Smith Lake areas on the Navajo Nation. EPA and Navajo Nation will oversee the work totaling about $500,000. | Administrative Order on Consent | 08/27/2014 |
| $23 Million Settlement Reached at the Cedar Creek Superfund Alternative Site | EPA and the Mercury Marine Corporation entered into an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent (ASAOC) where Mercury Marine will produce an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for a Non-Time-Critical Removal Action at the Cedar Creek Superfund Alternative site for the Ponds Operable Unit in Cedarburg, Wis. | Administrative Order on Consent | 08/21/2014 |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Water Act settlement requiring the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and seven East Bay communities to conduct extensive system repairs aimed at eliminating millions of gallons of sewage discharges into San Francisco Bay. | Consent Decree | 07/28/2014 |
| Minnesota Power Settlement | In a settlement with the United States, Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company based in Duluth, has agreed to install pollution control technology and meet stringent emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from the company’s three coal-fired power plants located in Cohasset, Hoyt Lakes, and Schroeder, Minnesota, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 07/16/2014 |
| EPA Awarded $4.5 Million Judgment for Cleanup Work Conducted at Mine Sites in Idaho | EPA and the U.S. Forest Service entered into a settlement agreement with several parties to address payment for cleanup work conducted at mine sites in Idaho. When finalized, the parties will reimburse EPA and the USFS $3.6 million for cleanup work performed under CERCLA at the Minnie Moore Mine and the Conjecture Mine sites in Idaho. | Settlement Agreement | 07/14/2014 |
| Hercules Agrees to $1 Million Cleanup at its Hattiesburg, Miss. Facility | EPA and Hercules Incorporated (Hercules) agreed to an order on consent under section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regarding the Hercules facility in Hattiesburg, Miss. to conduct cleanup work valued at $1 million to address on and off-site contamination. | Administrative Order on Consent | 07/03/2014 |
| Ivory Home, Ltd. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Ivory Homes, Ltd. has agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at several locations in Utah and will invest in a company-wide compliance program to improve employee training and stormwater management at all current and future residential construction sites. | Consent Decree | 06/24/2014 |
| EPA issues $104 Million Order for Cleanup Work at Centredale Manor Superfund Site | EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) valued at $104 million to Emhart Industries, Inc. and Black & Decker, Inc. to perform cleanup work at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 06/10/2014 |
| EPA Receives $2.225 Million Settlement for Response Costs at the Valmont TCE Superfund Site | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania entered a settlement agreement for more than $2.2 million to resolve past costs associated with cleanup work at the Valmont TCE Superfund Site in Pennsylvania. The cleanup work included removal of contaminated soil and extraction of trichloroethylene (TCE) contaminated soil vapor. | Consent Decree | 06/05/2014 |
| TIMET Settlement | Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world’s largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines and other industrial applications, has agreed to perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential contamination stemming primarily from the unauthorized manufacture and disposal of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) at its Black Mountain Industrial Complex manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nev., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/14/2014 |
| Bankruptcy Settlements Reached with the Eastman Kodak Company worth $49 Million | U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved bankruptcy settlement agreements to resolve Kodak’s liabilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at the Eastman Business Park in Rochester, N.Y. and under Superfund at the Mercury Refining Superfund Site in Colonie and Guilderland, N.Y., and the Fair Lawn Well Field Superfund Site in Fair Lawn, N.J. | Settlement Agreement | 05/13/2014 |
| Duke Energy Agrees to $3 Million Cleanup for Coal Ash Release in the Dan River | EPA entered into a $3 million cleanup agreement with Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC to address the February 2014 coal ash spill into the Dan River at Eden, N.C. | Administrative Order on Consent | 05/02/2014 |
| Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC Settlement | Lowe’s Home Centers, one of the nation’s largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform work minimize lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the federal Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 04/17/2014 |
| Anadarko Fraud Case Results in Billions for Environmental Cleanups | EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an agreement to resolve fraudulent conveyance claims against Kerr-McGee Corporation and related subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Of the environmental-related recovery in this settlement, nearly $2 billion will be paid for cleanup work associated with numerous EPA-lead sites, resulting in the largest bankruptcy-related award that EPA has ever received for environmental claims and liabilities. | Consent Decree | 04/03/2014 |
| American Lifan Industry, Inc. | An Ontario, California-based vehicle and engine importer has agreed to ensure that future imports meet environmental standards after illegally importing and selling nearly 28,000 highway motorcycles, recreational vehicles, and engines manufactured in China that did not comply with emission limits for harmful pollution required by the Clean Air Act (CAA). | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 03/27/2014 |
| Phillips 66 Takes Steps Toward Reducing Pollution from Vehicles | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Houston, Texas-based Phillips 66 Company recently agreed to retire over 21 billion sulfur credits that could have been used in the production of gasoline, which could potentially lead to significantly less pollution from vehicles. The company will also pay a $500,000 penalty for violations of the Clean Air Act. | Administrative Agreement | 03/24/2014 |
| EPA Issues Two Orders for Remedial Design Work at the Gowanus Canal Site in N.Y. | In March and May of 2014, EPA issued unilateral administrative orders to potentially responsible parties to conduct remedial design work associated with cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, N.Y. The value of design work associated with these orders is $38 to $40 million. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 03/21/2014 |
| Flint Hills Resources, Port Arthur | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Flint Hills Resources of Port Arthur has agreed to implement innovative technologies to control harmful air pollution from industrial flares and leaking equipment at the company’s chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas. | Consent Decree | 03/20/2014 |
| El Dorado Chemical Co. et al. Clean Air Act Settlement | LSB Industries, Inc. (LSB), the largest merchant manufacturer of concentrated nitric acid in North America, and four of its subsidiaries have agreed to reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by meeting emission limits that are among the lowest for the industry in the nation at plants in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice announced today. | Consent Decree | 03/19/2014 |
| EPA Inspections Reveal Clean Water Act Violations by Former Dairy Owner near Rock Valley, Iowa | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) personnel conducted a series of inspections in March and May 2013 at the Double V Dairy, LLC, near Rock Valley, Iowa. As a result of the inspections, the former owner of the dairy has agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, according to a proposed consent agreement. | 03/10/2014 | |
| United Park City Mines agrees to clean up mine waste at Richardson Flat Superfund Site in Utah | United Park City Mines Inc. (UPCM entered an administrative order on consent (AOC) for engineering evaluation, cost analysis (EE/CA), removal, and restoration of more than 2,700 acres contaminated with historic mine waste at the Richardson Flat Superfund Site near Park City, Utah. | Administrative Order on Consent | 03/07/2014 |
| Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Settlement | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), one of the nation’s largest coal companies, Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million on installing and operating wastewater treatment systems and implementing comprehensive, system-wide upgrades to reduce discharges of pollution from coal mines in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 03/05/2014 |
| CFMOTO Powersports, Inc., CFMOTO America, Inc., Zhejiang CFMOTO Power Co., Ltd., and Chunfeng Holding Group Co., Ltd. (Collectively “CFMOTO”) Clean Air Settlement | A Chinese powersports company and its related U.S. distributor have agreed to recall and replace fuel tanks that will better control gasoline vapors in approximately 1,000 vehicles and take other steps to control pollution stemming from the illegal import of over 12,000 recreational vehicles and highway motorcycles. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 03/04/2014 |
| City of Great Falls, Montana and Malteurop North America, Inc. | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the City of Great Falls, Mont., and Malteurop North America, Inc. (Malteurop) have agreed to control wastewater discharges that generate high levels of toxic gas in the City’s sewer system. | Consent Decree | 03/03/2014 |
| EPA Recovers $1.776 Million for Cleanup Costs at the Strube, Inc. Superfund Site | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a cost recovery consent decree for more than $1.7 million that resolves the liability of Strube, Inc., Donald C. Dallmeyer, and the Estate of Craig E. Dallmeyer (Settling Defendants), in connection with the Strube, Inc. Superfund Site in Lancaster County, Penn. | Consent Decree | 02/26/2014 |
| Superfund Penalties and Punitive Damages Awarded for Noncompliance with Response Order | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa awarded EPA more than $1.6 million in penalties and more than $1.4 million in punitive damages for noncompliance with a cleanup order associated with the Dico, Inc. facility in Des Moines, Iowa. | 02/24/2014 | |
| Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule - February 2014 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced enforcement actions that will require 35 home renovation contractors and training providers to take additional steps to protect communities by minimizing harmful lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Standards. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 02/18/2014 |
| City of Mishawaka Settlement | United States Attorney David Capp and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the City of Mishawaka, Indiana has agreed to make an estimated $132.1 million worth of improvements to its combined sewer system to completely eliminate overflows of raw sewage to the St. Joseph River during a typical year of rainfall. | Consent Decree | 02/12/2014 |
| Settlement Reached for the North Alcoa Superfund Alternative Site in Illinois | The settlement requires the settling defendants to perform approximately $24.9 million worth of work to address 3 million cubic yards of contaminated soil at the North Alcoa Site, Operable Unit 1, in East St. Louis, Ill. | Consent Decree | 02/06/2014 |
| EPA Receives over $54 Million from W.R. Grace Bankruptcy | W.R. Grace & Co., under its bankruptcy plan of reorganization, paid over $63 million to the U.S. government to resolve claims for environmental cleanups at approximately 39 sites in 21 states, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. The payment includes approximately $54 million for the EPA. | Agreement | 02/05/2014 |
| Gasco Energy, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Gasco Energy, Inc., a Denver-based company, has agreed to permanently close a natural gas production well and fully restore approximately 2.3 acres of damaged wetlands in a floodplain adjacent to the Green River in Utah’s Uintah Basin. | Consent Decree | 02/04/2014 |
| $11 Million Cleanup Settlement Helps Protect Drinking Water in Rialto, Calif. | EPA reached an $11 million settlement for contamination at the Rockets, Fireworks, and Flares Superfund Site (formerly known as the B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site) in Rialto, Calif. The settlement is with the estate of Harry Hescox, the late president of a defunct company known as Pyrotronics, which manufactured fireworks at the site. | Consent Decree | 01/31/2014 |
| $79 Million Cleanup Will Remove Toxic Lead from New Jersey Beach and Public Park | EPA directed NL Industries to conduct a $79 million cleanup at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, N.J. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 01/30/2014 |
| Savoia, Inc., BMX Imports, L.P., BMX Trading, L.L.C., and Terry Zimmer | A Dallas-based group of companies and their owner must either stop importing vehicles or follow a comprehensive compliance plan to settle Clean Air Act (CAA) violations stemming from the alleged illegal import of over 24,167 highway motorcycles and recreational vehicles into the United States without proper documentation, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The four parties are also required to pay a $120,000 civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 01/06/2014 |
| Harrell’s, LLC Pesticide Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Harrell’s LLC, a pesticide producer based in Lakeland, Fla., has agreed to pay $1,736,560 in civil penalties for allegedly distributing and selling misbranded pesticides and other violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 12/20/2013 |
| AL Solutions, Inc. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that AL Solutions, a West Virginia-based metal recycler, has agreed to implement extensive, company-wide safeguards to prevent future accidental releases of hazardous chemicals from its facilities, resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations (CAA) stemming from an explosion at the company’s New Cumberland, W. Va. facility that killed three people. | Consent Decree | 12/19/2013 |
| Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced that Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second largest natural gas producer, will spend an EPA-estimated $6.5 million to restore 27 sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands and to implement a comprehensive plan to comply with federal and state water protection laws at the company’s natural gas extraction sites in West Virginia, many of which involve hydraulic fracturing operations. | Consent Decree | 12/19/2013 |
| City of West Haven, Connecticut Clean Water Settlement | A major settlement involving federal and state regulators and the City of West Haven, Conn. will significantly reduce illegal discharges of raw sewage into the environment throughout West Haven from the City’s wastewater collection system. The agreement is between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office, and the City of West Haven. | Consent Decree | 12/19/2013 |
| Oregon Companies Settle with EPA for Illegal Disposal of Millions of Pounds of Reactive Hazardous Waste | Oregon Metallurgical of Albany, Ore. and TDY Industries of Millersburg, Ore. have agreed to pay a combined total of $825,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations related to improper storage, transportation, and disposal of anhydrous magnesium chloride, a reactive hazardous waste that can pose serious fire and explosion threats. | 12/17/2013 | |
| Court Decision in Tronox Bankruptcy Fraudulent Conveyance Case Results in Largest Environmental Bankruptcy Award Ever | The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York decided against Kerr-McGee Corporation and related companies that are subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in a fraudulent conveyance case. The Court awarded damages between approximately $5.2 billion and $14.2 billion to the plaintiffs, which, even at the low end of the damages range, is the largest amount ever awarded in a bankruptcy proceeding for governmental environmental claims and liabilities. | 12/12/2013 | |
| EPA Issues $9 Million Order for Removal Work at the Columbia Nitrogen Superfund Site in S.C. | EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) to eight potentially responsible parties (PRPs) to perform cleanup work at the Columbia Nitrogen Site in Charleston, S.C. The non-time critical removal action UAO is estimated to cost $9 million. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 12/11/2013 |
| Delphi Corporation Bankruptcy Settlement Provides Funding for Cleanup Work at Michigan and Ohio Sites | U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved a settlement agreement between EPA, the states of Michigan and Ohio, and DPH Holdings Corporation and its affiliates. Under the settlement, DPH Holdings agreed to establish and fund an environmental response trust valued at $23.1 million | Consent Decree | 12/08/2013 |
| Cabot Corporation | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Cabot Corporation (Cabot) that will significantly reduce air pollution from three carbon black manufacturing plants in Louisiana and Texas. | Consent Decree | 11/19/2013 |
| City of Shreveport Settlement | WASHINGTON – The city of Shreveport, La., has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sanitary sewer system and pay a $650,000 civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from illegal discharges of raw sewage, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The state of Louisiana, a co-plaintiff in this case, will receive half of the civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2013 |
| Newfield Production Company | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that Newfield Production Company (Newfield) has settled violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act in the Monument Butte Well Field in Duchesne County, Utah on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. | Consent Decree | 11/05/2013 |
| EPA Receives $14 Million for Cleanup Costs at Oklahoma Refining Company Superfund Site | he U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved a settlement agreement for APCO Liquidating Trust to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $14 million in past and future response costs for cleanup activity at the Oklahoma Refining Company Superfund Site located in Cyril, Okla. | Consent Decree | 11/01/2013 |
| City of Starkville, Mississippi | This is the consent agreement and final order for City of Starkville, Mississippi | 10/29/2013 | |
| DuPont | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) has agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations at DuPont’s Washington Works Facility, located in Washington, Wood County, West Virginia. | Consent Decree | 10/28/2013 |
| County Edge Dairy Inc. | County Edge Dairy Inc. has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its Inwood, Iowa, facility, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | 10/25/2013 | |
| EPA Issues AOC to Implement Final Remedy at Occidental Chemical Company Facility in West Virginia | EPA issued a RCRA section 3008(h) Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) to Occidental Chemical Company (OxyChem) to implement the final remedy at its facility in Belle, West Virginia. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/26/2013 |
| Total Petrochemical USA, Inc. | Total Petrochemical USA, Inc. (Total) will pay an $8.75 million penalty for failing to comply with the terms of a 2007 settlement with the United States that resolved alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 09/20/2013 |
| CITGO Petroleum Corporation Clean Air Act Settlement | The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Houston-based CITGO Petroleum Corp. (CITGO) has agreed to pay a $737,000 civil penalty and to implement projects to reduce harmful air pollution, resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its petroleum refining facilities located in Lemont, Ill. and Lake Charles (Westlake), La. | Consent Decree | 09/19/2013 |
| EPA Issues RCRA Cleanup Order for North Field Properties Site in New Jersey | EPA Region 2 issued a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) section 7003 administrative consent order (AOC) to four corporations for appropriate site investigation and any necessary remediation of contamination of a 17.8 acre former industrial site in Woodbridge Township, N.J. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/19/2013 |
| AVX Agrees to Pay $366,250,000 Towards the Clean-up of New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Mass. | On September 18, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts approved the settlement agreement between the United States, the State of Massachusetts, and AVX Corporation (AVX). Under the terms of the settlement, AVX agrees to pay $366.25 million, plus interest, for cleanup of the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site. | Consent Decree | 09/18/2013 |
| Agrium U.S., INC. | Agrium U.S., INC. Consent Agreement and Final Order | 09/18/2013 | |
| Settlement reached at the Chemetco Superfund Site | Under the settlement reached between EPA, DOJ, the State of Illinois, the bankruptcy trustee for the estate of defendant Chemetco, Inc., and Paradigm, the trustee and potential purchaser of the site, will implement a Superfund removal action to address existing contamination at the Chemetco Superfund site at an estimated cost of $20 million and cleanup. | Consent Decree | 09/13/2013 |
| Atlantic Richfield to pay over $21 million for past costs at Anaconda Smelter Site in Montana | A past cost settlement with Atlantic Richfield to reimburse the EPA for over $21 million of it’s cleanup costs at the Anaconda Smelter Site and the Warm Springs Ponds Operable Units. | Consent Decree | 09/11/2013 |
| Columbia, South Carolina Clean Water Act Settlement | The Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced a proposed settlement today with the City of Columbia to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), including unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Columbia has agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of, and implement extensive improvements to, its sanitary sewer system at an estimated cost of $750 million. | Consent Decree | 09/10/2013 |
| Alcoa, Inc. to conduct $243 million cleanup at Grasse River Superfund Site in New York | Alcoa, Inc. confirmed its intent to design, implement, operate, and maintain EPA's selected remedy for cleaning up the Grasse River Superfund Site in Massena, N.Y., as required by an unilateral administrative order (UAO) issued in 1989. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 09/05/2013 |
| Safeway, Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | In a settlement agreement with the United States, Safeway, the nation’s second largest grocery store chain, has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and implement a corporate-wide plan to significantly reduce its emissions of ozone-depleting substances from refrigeration equipment at 659 of its stores nationwide, estimated to cost approximately $4.1 million. | Consent Decree | 09/04/2013 |
| MotorScience and Chi Zheng Clean Air Act Settlement | Two Los Angeles-based consulting firms, MotorScience Inc., and MotorScience Enterprise Inc., (MotorScience) and their owner, Chi Zheng, have agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations stemming from the illegal import of 24,478 all-terrain, recreational vehicles into the U.S. from China without testing to ensure emissions would meet applicable limits on harmful air pollution, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice, and the California Air Resources Board (ARB). | Consent Decree | 08/29/2013 |
| Big West Oil | Big West Oil LLC has agreed to pay a $175,000 penalty and to spend approximately $18 million to install emission controls at its refinery in North Salt Lake, Utah, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today. | Consent Decree | 08/23/2013 |
| AK Steel Corporation | The United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky have reached a settlement with the AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel) in Ashland, Ky., resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, AK Steel’s title V permit, and the Kentucky State Implementation Plan, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Consent Decree | 08/21/2013 |
| Agreements Clears Way for $30 Million Cleanup of the Carter Carburetor Site in Missouri | EPA reached settlement agreements with two corporations, ACF Industries, Inc. (ACF) and Carter Building, Inc. (CBI), for a $30 million environmental cleanup of the Carter Carburetor Superfund Site in St. Louis, Mo. | Administrative Agreement | 07/29/2013 |
| City of Vicksburg, Mississippi | This is th Consent Agreement and Final Order for City of Vicksburg, Mississippi | 07/23/2013 | |
| San Antonio Water System (SAWS) Settlement | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sewer system and pay a $2.6 million civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from illegal discharges of raw sewage. | Consent Decree | 07/23/2013 |
| Settlement Reached on Requiring Monitoring and Testing at Schott Metal Facility in Ohio | EPA and Schott Metal Products, Inc. agreed to a settlement resolving claims for alleged violations of section 3013 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which calls for completion of activities under and approved work plan for monitoring and testing of soil and groundwater contamination at the Schott Metal facility and for payment of a $375,000 civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 07/22/2013 |
| XTO Energy, Inc. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with XTO Energy Inc. to resolve an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) related to the discharge of stored wastewater from natural gas exploration and production activities, commonly known as fracking, in Penn Township, Pa. | Consent Decree | 07/18/2013 |
| Cape Fear/Wilmington, North Carolina Settlement | (ATLANTA, GA - July 11, 2013) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (Authority) in North Carolina. The proposed settlement set forth in a consent decree will resolve these parties’ liability for violations of the CWA, including unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. | Consent Decree | 07/11/2013 |
| Holcim (US) Inc. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Holcim (US) Inc. (Holcim) and former owner St. Lawrence Cement Company, LLC, that covers the Portland cement manufacturing facility in Hagerstown, Maryland. Holcim has agreed to invest approximately $20 million or more to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. | Consent Decree | 07/11/2013 |
| Shell Deer Park Settlement (Flaring) | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Shell Oil and affiliated partnerships (Shell) have agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at a large refinery and chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas by spending at least $115 million to control harmful air pollution from industrial flares and other processes, and by paying a $2.6 million civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 07/10/2013 |
| Settlement Approved to Complete Cleanup at Cabot/Koppers Site in Florida | A RD/RA consent decree between the United States and Beazer East, Inc. was approved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Gainesville Division, to complete cleanup work at the Cabot/Koppers Superfund site in Gainesville, Fla. at an estimated cost of $55 million. | Consent Decree | 07/09/2013 |
| $2 Million Stipulated Penalties Related to Violation of Cleanup Settlement at Resin Disposal Site in Pennsylvania | The United States and Hercules, Inc. entered into an agreement whereby Hercules, Inc. agreed to pay a stipulated penalty of $2 million dollars for alleged violations of a 1992 consent decree associated with the Resin Disposal Site in Pennsylvania. | Administrative Agreement | 07/08/2013 |
| Hercules Incorporated | On July 8, 2013, the United States and Hercules, Inc. entered into an agreement whereby Hercules, Inc. agreed to pay a stipulated penalty of $2 million dollars for alleged violations of a 1992 consent decree associated with the Resin Disposal Site in Pennsylvania. | 07/08/2013 | |
| Deseret Generation and Transmission Co-operative | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Utah-based Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative (Deseret) resolving alleged violations at the Bonanza Power Plant on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation near Vernal, Utah. According to a complaint filed with the settlement, Deseret allegedly violated provisions of the New Source Performance Standards under the Clean Air Act by emitting excess particulate pollution at the Bonanza plant. | 07/02/2013 | |
| Kansas Department of Transportation Clean Water Settlement | The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is the state agency that conducts the building, expansion, modernization and maintenance of public roads in the State of Kansas. | Consent Decree | 07/01/2013 |
| SunCoke Energy, Inc. (SunCoke) and Haverhill North Coke Co. (Haverhill) Settlement | SunCoke Energy Inc. and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay $1.995 million to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations of emission limits at the Gateway Energy and Coke plant in Granite City, Ill., and the Haverhill Coke plant in Franklin Furnace, Ohio, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department. | Consent Decree | 06/26/2013 |
| Settlement Reached at State Marine of Port Arthur Superfund Site in Texas | A consent decree for reimbursement of past response costs for cleanup work at the State Marine of Port Arthur Superfund Site was entered in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. The settlement provides for reimbursement from several parties in excess of $1 million for past response costs. | Consent Decree | 06/21/2013 |
| Ash Grove Cement Corporation | Ash Grove Cement Company has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty and invest approximately $30 million in pollution control technology at its nine Portland cement manufacturing plants to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice. | Consent Decree | 06/19/2013 |
| EPA Orders FMC to Perform $57 Million Cleanup Action at Former Phosphorus Processing Facility in Idaho | EPA issued a unilateral administrative order (UAO) for remedial design/remedial action (RD/RA) to FMC to implement an interim response action estimated to cost $57 million dollar to address contamination at its former phosphorus processing facility that is located within the boundaries of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 06/10/2013 |
| Miami-Dade County Clean Water Act Settlement | Miami-Dade County, Florida (Miami-Dade) agreed to resolve allegations by the United States and State of Florida that Miami-Dade violated federal and state water pollution control laws and regulations at its three wastewater treatment works. The proposed settlement resolves unpermitted discharges of sewage, NPDES permit effluent violations, and imminent and substantial endangerment claims due to sewer spills and the threat of a 54 inch sewer line under Biscayne Bay breaking. The injunctive relief required by the settlement is the substantial repair of three waste water treatment plants and sewer system at an estimated cost of $1.6 billion. | Consent Decree | 06/06/2013 |
| Tesoro Corporation | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Tesoro Corporation, Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC, and Tesoro Alaska Company have agreed to pay a $1.1 million penalty to resolve claims that Tesoro failed to comply with requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA) at four of its refining facilities that produce conventional gasoline. | Consent Decree | 05/30/2013 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Settlement | Walmart has resolved civil violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board has approved a Consent Agreement and Final Order between Walmart and EPA requiring the company to take significant actions to ensure future compliance and pay a civil penalty. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 05/28/2013 |
| PCS Geismar (Louisiana) Clean Air Act MACT Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced that PCS Nitrogen has agreed to reduce air emissions and hazardous waste generated from phosphoric acid production at its facility in Geismar, La. | Consent Decree | 05/23/2013 |
| Fluid Recovery Services | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Water Act settlement with Fluid Recovery Services, LLC (FRS), which operates three wastewater treatment plants in western Pennsylvania. The settlement resolves discharge permit violations associated with the treatment of wastewater generated from oil and gas extraction activities. | 05/22/2013 | |
| Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced 17 enforcement actions for violations of the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP). A priority for EPA’s enforcement program is to protect children, and others, from exposure to lead dust that can cause lead poisoning by ensuring that renovators follow the RRP and other lead rules. | Consent Agreement | 05/02/2013 |
| Coronet Industries | The 2,500-acre site is located east of Plant City, Florida, and includes a 980-acre parcel, a 1,365-acre parcel and a handful of smaller parcels occupied by operating businesses. The site also includes a former phosphate rock mine and chemical plant. | Consent Decree | 04/30/2013 |
| Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to improve the state’s stormwater management program as part of EPA’s national effort to reduce pollution of waterways by runoff from cities and statewide transportation agencies. ADOT manages 18,000 travel lane miles across the state, and stormwater runoff from its roads and maintenance facilities contain pollutants such as metals, sediment, oil, grease, pesticides and trash. | 04/22/2013 | |
| Wisconsin Power and Light, et al. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice, and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) that will significantly reduce air pollution from three coal-fired power plants located near Portage, Sheboygan, and Cassville, Wis. | Consent Decree | 04/22/2013 |
| CEMEX Lyons Plant Settlement | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that CEMEX, Inc., the owner and operator of a Portland cement manufacturing facility in Lyons, Colo., has agreed to operate advanced pollution controls on its kiln and pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA). | Consent Decree | 04/19/2013 |
| Case Summary: Settlement Reached For Past Response Costs at the LWD, Inc. Superfund Site in Kentucky | EPA entered into a settlement agreement between EPA, 125 Settling Parties, and 19 Settling Federal Agencies to recover past costs at the LWD, Inc. Superfund Site in Calvert City, Ky. Pursuant to the agreement, the parties paid $4,277,710.18, plus an additional sum for interest, to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. | Administrative Order on Consent | 04/18/2013 |
| Agreement to Complete Cleanup at OU3 at Anniston PCB Superfund Site in Alabama | Remedial design/remedial action (RD/RA) consent decree between the United States, Pharmacia Corp. and Solutia, Inc. was approved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Eastern Division, to complete cleanup work of operable unit (OU) 3 at the Anniston PCB Superfund Site in Anniston, Ala. for an estimated cost of $8.48 million. | Consent Decree | 04/17/2013 |
| Seattle, Washington and King County, Washington Settlement | King County and the City of Seattle have agreed to invest in a major upgrades of to local sewage and combined stormwater collection, piping and treatment under settlements with the Department of Justice and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The state of Washington was a co-plaintiff and partner in these settlements. | Consent Decree | 04/16/2013 |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Tyson Foods, Inc. and several of its affiliate corporations to address threats of accidental chemical releases after anhydrous ammonia was released during incidents at facilities in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska, resulting in multiple injuries, property damage, and one fatality. | Consent Decree | 04/05/2013 |
| Dominion Energy, Inc. | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Dominion Energy has agreed to pay a $3.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $9.8 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations. | Consent Decree | 04/01/2013 |
| Clariant LSM (America), INC. (Weylchem) (04-2013-C007) | COLUMBIA – U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that United States District Court Judge Cameron Currie approved a consent decree with Weylchem US, Inc. to resolve alleged violations of federal and state air, water, and solid waste pollution laws at Weylchem’s specialty chemical manufacturing facility in Elgin and its wastewater treatment plant in Lugoff. Under the consent decree, Weylchem agreed to perform corrective action measures and to pay a civil penalty of $500,000, of which $175,000 will be paid to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. | 03/26/2013 | |
| Settlement Agreements Reached with Goodrich Corp. and KTI, Inc. Regarding Cleanup at B. F. Goodrich Superfund Site | On March 26, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two settlements were filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California associated with clean up of contaminated soil and ground water at the B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site in Rialto, Calif. These settlements, along with previously filed settlement agreements, will result in a comprehensive cleanup of the site totaling as much as $100 million. | Consent Decree | 03/26/2013 |
| Unified Government (UG) of Kansas City, Kansas | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the Unified Government of Wyandotte Co. and Kansas City, Kan., has agreed to a settlement to address unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to reduce pollution levels in urban stormwater. | Consent Decree | 03/22/2013 |
| Agreement Reached for Cleaning up the American Cyanamid Superfund Site in New Jersey | EPA entered into a legal agreement with Wyeth Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of the Pfizer Corporation, to perform pre-construction design work, an initial step in the cleanup of the American Cyanamid Superfund site in Bridgewater Township, N.J. The remedial design project is expected to cost $14.5 million. | Consent Decree | 03/18/2013 |
| Bank of America Reimburses EPA for Emergency Response Costs at Rehrig-United International Site in Virginia | EPA reaches settlement agreement with Bank of America to reimburse the Agency $80,398 for its portion of the emergency response costs incurred by EPA at the Rehrig-United International Superfund Site in Chesterfield County, Va. | Administrative Agreement | 03/14/2013 |
| EPA Orders Enbridge Inc. to Perform Additional Dredging to Remove Oil from Kalamazoo River, Mich. | EPA issued an administrative order that requires Enbridge Inc. to do additional dredging in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from the company’s July 2010 pipeline spill. | Administrative Order on Consent | 03/14/2013 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the State of Missouri’s Air Conservation Law, Clean Water Law, and Hazardous Waste Management Law at the company’s facility in Mexico, Mo., the Justice Department, EPA and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today. | 03/14/2013 | |
| Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Countrymark Refining and Logistics, LLC has agreed to pay a $167,000 civil penalty, perform environmental projects totaling more than $180,000, and spend $18 million on new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act (CAA) violations at its refinery, located in Mount Vernon, Ind. | Consent Decree | 02/28/2013 |
| Barrick Cortez, Inc., Barrick Gold US, Inc. and Homestake Mining Company | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled with three gold mining companies, all subsidiaries of Barrick Gold Corporation, for failing to correctly report toxic chemical releases and waste management activities as required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). | 02/06/2013 | |
| EPCRA-FY11- Barrick Cortez, Inc. | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with three gold mining companies, all subsidiaries of Barrick Gold Corporation, for their failures to correctly report toxic chemical releases and waste management activities. The companies, Barrick Cortez, Inc., Barrick Gold US, Inc. and Homestake Mining Company, agreed to pay a total of $278,000 in fines and spend an additional $340,000 to conduct an environmentally beneficial project. | 02/06/2013 | |
| Homestake Mining Company | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with three gold mining companies, all subsidiaries of Barrick Gold Corporation, for their failures to correctly report toxic chemical releases and waste management activities. The companies, Barrick Cortez, Inc., Barrick Gold US, Inc. and Homestake Mining Company, agreed to pay a total of $278,000 in fines and spend an additional $340,000 to conduct an environmentally beneficial project. | 02/06/2013 | |
| H. Kramer Company Settlement | H. Kramer & Co. will invest approximately $3 million in pollution control equipment, pay a civil penalty of $35,000 and spend $40,000 on a supplemental environmental project to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, according to the terms of a settlement with the United States and the State of Illinois, announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Consent Decree | 01/31/2013 |
| Kemira Group Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it reached a settlement with two subsidiaries of the Kemira Group for violations of chemical and pesticide laws. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 01/24/2013 |
| Edge Products LLC Settlement | In a settlement with the United States on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, automotive electronics manufacturer Edge Products LLC (Edge) has agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty for manufacturing and selling electronic devices that allowed owners of model year 2007 and later diesel pickup trucks to remove emission controls from their vehicles. | Consent Decree | 01/17/2013 |
| AT&T Wireless Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and New Cingular Wireless (NCW) have reached an administrative settlement requiring the company to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 and spend $625,000 on environmental projects to resolve alleged reporting, planning and permitting violations at 332 legacy AT&T Wireless (AWS) sites now owned by NCW. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 01/07/2013 |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corporation | The Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS) will invest approximately $300 million in pollution control technology, pay a civil penalty of $1.2 million, and spend $6 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA), according to the terms of a settlement with the United States, announced today by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Consent Decree | 01/04/2013 |
| Transocean Settlement | According to the terms of the settlement, Transocean will pay a $1 billion civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from the discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from the loss of the Deepwater Horizon and the April 20, 2010 blowout of the Macondo Well, and will additionally perform substantial injunctive relief to improve the safety of Transocean’s oil drilling practices, as well as its oil spill response and preparedness. | Consent Decree | 01/03/2013 |
| EPA Reimbursed for Oversight Costs at Agrifos Phosphoric Acid Release Site | Pursuant to an Administrative Order on Consent, Agrifos Fertilizer, LLC paid approximately $385,000 in reimbursement for oversight costs of repairs at its facility in Pasadena, Texas, following an August 2007 failure of a retaining wall, and resulting release of process water into Cotton Patch Bayou and Houston Ship Channel. | Administrative Order on Consent | 01/02/2013 |
| Kentucky Utilities Company | (01/02/13- ATLANTA) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announce that Kentucky Utilities Company will spend $57 million to install a sulfuric acid mist emission control system, replace a coal-fired boiler, and pay a civil penalty of $300,000 to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations (CAA) at the Ghent Station facility in Ghent, Kentucky. | 01/02/2013 | |
| Solutia Incorporated | (Boston, Mass. – Dec. 20, 2012) – Two companies operating a chemical plant in Springfield, Mass. will pay a penalty of $970,000 and take other actions, under a settlement announced today between Solutia Inc. and INEOS Melamines LLC, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice. | 12/20/2012 | |
| EBV Explosives Environmental Company | EBV Explosives Environmental Company, doing business as General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Munitions Services, has agreed to pay a $580,135 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at its facility in Carthage, Mo. | 12/19/2012 | |
| Scranton Sewer Authority, Scranton, Pennsylvania Settlement | The United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced today a settlement with the Scranton Sewer Authority (SSA) resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations involving sewer overflows to the Lackawanna River and its tributaries. | Consent Decree | 12/13/2012 |
| Settlements Reached at B. F. Goodrich Superfund Site with Pyro Spectacular Industries and Emhart Industries | EPA and DOJ announced that two settlements have been filed, one in October and the other in December, 2012, with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. These settlements result in a combined total of nearly $50 million to clean up contamination at the B. F. Goodrich Superfund Site in San Bernardino County. | Consent Decree | 12/05/2012 |
| Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced that Ohio-based Owens-Brockway Glass Containers Inc., the nation’s largest glass container manufacturer, has agreed to install pollution control equipment to reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and particulate matter (PM) by nearly 2,500 tons per year and pay a $1.45 million penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at five of the company’s manufacturing plants. | Consent Decree | 12/03/2012 |
| City of Jackson, Mississippi Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice, and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced today a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the city of Jackson, Miss. Jackson has agreed to make improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and unauthorized bypasses of treatment at the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), the city’s largest wastewater treatment facility. | Consent Decree | 11/21/2012 |
| Louisiana Generating Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced today that Louisiana Generating, an electric generating company owned by NRG Energy, Inc., agreed to a settlement at its Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant in New Roads, Louisiana, which will result in the elimination of over 27,300 tons of harmful emissions per year. | Consent Decree | 11/21/2012 |
| Agreement Furthers Cleanup of the Quanta Resources Superfund Site in New Jersey | Consent decree with Honeywell International, Inc. and 23 other parties, was lodged in federal court. The agreement requires the performance of pre-construction project design work and requires Honeywell to carry out the actual cleanup work of the contaminated soil and groundwater at the Quanta Resources Superfund Site in Edgewater, N.J.. | Consent Decree | 11/19/2012 |
| Violations of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced 16 enforcement actions for violations of the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP). | Consent Decree | 11/14/2012 |
| Roquette America, Inc. Settlement | Roquette America, Inc. has agreed to pay a $4,100,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit at its grain processing facility in Keokuk, Iowa, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2012 |
| Past Cost Settlement Reached for Gulf State Utilities-North Ryan Street Superfund Site | An administrative order on consent (AOC) for recovery of past response costs between EPA and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC, and Entergy Texas, Inc., was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Under the agreement, Entergy will pay $275,000 in past response costs associated with cleanup work at the Gulf State Utilities-North Ryan Street Superfund Site in La. | Administrative Order on Consent | 10/26/2012 |
| Settlement Reached at the Ashland/NSP Lakefront Superfund Site in Wisconsin | Under a settlement agreement between the federal government, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Northern States Power Wisconsin (NSPW, d/b/a Xcel Energy) was approved by the U.S. District Court of Wisconsin, NSPW will perform soil and groundwater cleanup at the former NSPW gas plant and Kreher Park for an estimated cost of $40 million. | Consent Decree | 10/19/2012 |
| Atlas Resources | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Atlas Resources LLC will pay an $84,506 penalty to settle alleged air and hazardous chemical violations at its natural gas production facility in Avella, Washington County, Pa. | 10/18/2012 | |
| Atlas Resources | he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Atlas Resources LLC will pay an $84,506 penalty to settle alleged air and hazardous chemical violations at its natural gas production facility in Avella, Washington County, Pa. | Consent Decree | 10/18/2012 |
| Big John’s Salvage-Hoult Road Superfund Site Settlement | On October 10, 2012, three companies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent decree, whereby the three companies agreed to pay approximately $29.8 million in cleanup costs for the Big John’s Salvage-Hoult Road Superfund Site in Fairmont, W.Va. | Consent Decree | 10/10/2012 |
| EPA Recovers over $30 million for Past Costs at the Gilt Edge Superfund Site | EPA, the State of South Dakota, and several mining companies reached agreement for the payment of $30.2 million to settle their liabilities at the Gilt Edge Superund Site in South Dakota. | Consent Decree | 10/09/2012 |
| Falls Creek Farm, Sterling, Connecticut Settlement | The owners of Falls Creek Farm, a horse boarding and training facility and farm located in Sterling, Conn., have agreed to restore and create 11.3 acres of wetlands to settle claims by the United States that wetlands were illegally filled and altered during construction of a private golf course and other modifications to their property. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2012 |
| Golden Valley Electric Association and Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority Settlement | GVEA and AIDEA have agreed to invest approximately $40 million in pollution control technology that will protect public health and resolve potential violations of the CAA. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2012 |
| Durand Glass Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Durand Glass Manufacturing Company Inc. has agreed to install emissions controls on its three glass furnaces that will reduce more than 173 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and 23 tons of particulate matter (PM) per year. | Consent Decree | 10/01/2012 |
| Elm Ridge Exploration Company | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Texas-based Elm Ridge Exploration Company, LLC (Elm Ridge) resolving alleged violations at the Ignacio Gas Treating Plant located on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation near Ignacio, Colorado. | 10/01/2012 | |
| GSP Management Company | Frank Perano and a series of his corporations and related entities own, operate, and/or manage mobile home parks in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. After a joint multi-year investigation, EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) found evidence of more than 4,300 Clean Water Act violations at 15 mobile home parks in Pennsylvania where the defendants treat waste water, and more than 900 Safe Drinking Water Act violations at 30 mobile home parks also in Pennsylvania. | Consent Decree | 10/01/2012 |
| Frederick W. Hertrich, III, et al. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Frederick W. Hertrich III and his project manager, Charles Ernesto, will jointly pay a $100,000 penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at a site in Federalsburg, Caroline County, Md. | Consent Decree | 09/28/2012 |
| Agreement Secures $25 Million Cleanup for the Rio Tinto Mine in Nevada | EPA, the Department of Justice, and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection announced a $25 million agreement for the cleanup of the Rio Tinto Mine, an abandoned copper mine in Elko County, NV. Four companies agreed to pay for the environmental project. | Consent Decree | 09/27/2012 |
| BP Products North America, Inc. Curtis Bay Terminal Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP Products North America, Inc. will pay a $210,000 penalty and implement an enhanced oil spill response program at its oil terminals nationwide, as well as a comprehensive compliance audit to resolve alleged violations of oil spill response regulations at its Curtis Bay Terminal in Md. | Consent Decree | 09/27/2012 |
| Kinder Morgan | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced two Clean Air Act settlements with Kinder Morgan Upstream LLC in which the company has agreed to pay a total of $316,000 in penalties for violating Risk Management Plan provisions at natural gas plants in Casper and Douglas, Wyoming. | 09/20/2012 | |
| EPA Addresses Environmental Concerns at Walter Coke Facility in North Birmingham, Ala. | On September 17, 2012, EPA entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with Walter Coke, Inc., which became effective on September 24, 2012. The company owns and operates an industrial coke operation in North Birmingham, Ala. that produces foundry and furnace coke and coke by-products. The AOC requires Walter Coke to finalize RCRA Corrective Measures Studies and implement EPA approved remedies at the facility. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/17/2012 |
| EPA Issues Amended Order for $13.6 Million of Additional Cleanup Work at South Municipal Water Supply Well Superfund Site | On September 17, 2012, EPA issued a First Modification to Administrative Order and Statement of Work to New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc. (NHBB) and Minebea Co for cleanup work at the South Municipal Water Supply Well Superfund Site in Petersborough, New Hampshire. EPA initially issued a Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) to NHBB and Minebea Co. in June 1990 to conduct the cleanup work associated with the Record of Decision (ROD) issued on September 27, 1989. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 09/17/2012 |
| Cleanup Order Issued for the Peoples Gas Crawford Station Site in Chicago, Ill. | On September 11, 2012, EPA issued an administrative order on consent (AOC) to Peoples Gas to begin cleanup work at the Peoples Gas Crawford Station site in Chicago, Il. The clean up work is estimated to cost $15 million and result in the cleanup of over 100 million cubic yards of contaminated soil. The order was effective on October 11, 2011. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/11/2012 |
| Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Settlement | Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Scotts) will pay over $6 million penalty and spend $2 million on environmental projects under a settlement that resolves violations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Scotts distributed or sold unregistered, canceled, or misbranded pesticides, including products with inadequate warnings or cautions. This is the largest civil settlement under FIFRA to date. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 09/07/2012 |
| Suzuki Motor Corporation and American Suzuki Motor Corporation | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with recreational vehicle manufacturer, American Suzuki Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation, to pay an $885,000 penalty for allegedly importing and selling 25,458 uncertified all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and off-road motorcycles in the United States. | Settlement Agreement | 09/06/2012 |
| Kellwood Company Agrees to Conduct Cleanup at the Riverfront Superfund Site in New Haven, Mo. | On August 24, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved a settlement agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State of Missouri, and Kellwood Company to clean up contamination associated with the Riverfront Superfund Site, a former metal fabrication plant in New Haven, Mo. | Consent Decree | 08/24/2012 |
| Boston Water and Sewer Commission Settlement | Under the terms of a consent decree lodged in federal court today, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) will implement extensive remedial measures to minimize the discharge of sewage and other pollutants into the water bodies in and around Boston, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 08/23/2012 |
| Gloucester WWTP | (Boston, Mass. – Aug. 23, 2012) – Under the terms of a modified Consent Decree lodged in federal court today, the City of Gloucester will upgrade its sewage treatment plant and work to stem overflows from its sewer system. The modified Consent Decree stems from a federal enforcement action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, on behalf of the Department of Environmental Protection. | 08/23/2012 | |
| Sterling Suffolk Racecourse LLC Clean Water Act Settlement | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sterling Suffolk Racecourse LLC will pay a civil penalty of $1.25 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its Suffolk Downs racetrack facility in Revere and East Boston, Mass. The company is also spending more than $3 million to prevent polluted water from entering nearby waterways and will perform three environmental projects worth approximately $742,000 that will provide water quality monitoring and protection efforts for more than 123 square miles of watershed. The terms of the settlement are contained in a consent decree lodged in federal court in Boston today. | Consent Decree | 08/22/2012 |
| Ineos-Chlor Americas Settlement | (Washington, DC - August 21, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with INEOS Chlor Americas, Inc., based in Wilmington, Del., to resolve violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). INEOS allegedly imported various chain-length chlorinated paraffins into the United States without providing the required notice to EPA. Under this settlement INEOS has ended the importation of short-chained chlorinated paraffins into the United States. | Consent Decree | 08/21/2012 |
| Former and Current Owners of the Omo Manufacturing Superfund Site Agree to $2.8 Million Payment and Access Grants for Fund Lead Cleanup | On August 20, 2012, an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) settlement agreement under sections 122(h)(1) and 104(e)(6) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund) became effective between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the City of Middletown and RLO Properties. The settlement agreement addresses both EPA’s past costs as well as future estimated costs associated with the cleanup of the Omo Manufacturing Superfund Site (Site), located in Middletown, Conn. | Administrative Order on Consent | 08/20/2012 |
| Sinclair Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with two subsidiaries of Sinclair Oil Corporation to resolve alleged violations of air pollution limits established in a 2008 consent decree at refineries in Casper and Sinclair, Wyo. Sinclair Casper Refining Co. and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. will pay stipulated penalties totaling $3,844,000 and spend approximately $10.5 million on additional pollution control equipment and other projects to resolve the allegations. | Amended Consent Decree | 08/20/2012 |
| City of Fitchburg | Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged in federal court, the City of Fitchburg, Mass. will pay a civil penalty of $141,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act. The City will also perform a Supplemental Environmental Project worth at least $100,000 and is implementing significant remedial measures to minimize future discharges of pollutants into the environment. | Consent Decree | 08/15/2012 |
| EPA Finalizes Settlement with Companies for Cleanup at Mercury Refining Superfund Site in Albany County, N.Y. | Five companies considered responsible for contamination at the Mercury Refining Superfund site reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do the clean up work at the site, located within the Towns of Colonie and Guilderland, N.Y. Under the terms of the agreement, the work will address clean up of soil, sediment, and groundwater contaminated with mercury at an estimated cost of more than $9 million. | Consent Decree | 08/07/2012 |
| EPA enters into Prospective Purchaser Agreement with Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC. | In July 2012, EPA entered into a prospective purchaser agreement (PPA) with Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC and Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC that resolves potential claims by the federal government related to past pollution at the refinery and enables refinery operations to continue. | Agreement | 07/27/2012 |
| Talisman Energy | Talisman Energy USA Inc. will pay a $62,457 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous chemical reporting requirements at 52 hydraulic fracturing facilities throughout Pennsylvania that include natural gas well sites and compressor stations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Talisman discovered the violations and self-disclosed them to the EPA. | 07/25/2012 | |
| Talisman Energy | Talisman Energy USA Inc. will pay a $62,457 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous chemical reporting requirements at 52 hydraulic fracturing facilities throughout Pennsylvania that include natural gas well sites and compressor stations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Talisman discovered the violations and self-disclosed them to the EPA. | Consent Decree | 07/25/2012 |
| Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Inventory Reporting Rule Settlements | (Washington, DC - July 23, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued complaints seeking civil penalties against three companies for alleged violations of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 07/23/2012 |
| City of Chattanooga, Tennessee Clean Water Act Settlement | Chattanooga has agreed to pay a $476,400 civil penalty and make improvements to its sewer systems, estimated by the city at $250 million, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Chattanooga also has agreed to implement a green infrastructure plan and perform an $800,000 stream restoration project. | Consent Decree | 07/17/2012 |
| Hazardous Waste Generators Agree to $56.4 Million Cleanup of Former Texas City, Texas Waste Disposal Site | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached agreement with over three dozen companies and government agencies that will result in a $56.4 million cleanup of the Malone Services Company Superfund Site in Texas City, Texas, and recovery of an additional $900,000 in cleanup costs owed to EPA. | Consent Decree | 07/13/2012 |
| Adams Land and Cattle Company | Adams Land and Cattle Company, a beef feedlot near Broken Bow, Neb., has agreed to pay a $145,000 civil penalty to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violating the federal Clean Water Act and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit related to discharges of pollutants into Mud Creek. | 07/10/2012 | |
| EPA Reaches $14.6 Million Settlement for Groundwater Cleanup at Torrance Superfund Sites | On July 10, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a $14.6 million settlement with four companies for the construction of a groundwater treatment system at the Montrose and Del Amo Superfund sites in Torrance, Calif. | Consent Decree | 07/10/2012 |
| Dairyland Power Cooperative Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) that will cover the utility’s three power plants in Alma and Genoa, Wis. DPC has agreed to invest approximately $150 million in pollution control technology that will protect public health and resolve violations of the CAA. | Consent Decree | 06/29/2012 |
| EPA and Forest Service Issue Joint UAO at the Holden Mine Site | On June 26, 2012 the EPA and the United States Forest Service (FS) jointly issued a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly known as Superfund) Section 106 Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) to Intalco Aluminum Corporation for cleanup work at the Holden Mine Site, located in Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Wash. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 06/26/2012 |
| Toll Brothers, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | WASHINGTON – Toll Brothers, Inc., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will pay a civil penalty of $741,000 to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites, including sites located in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 06/20/2012 |
| Seventy Companies Agree to Remove Highly Contaminated Mud from Lyndhurst Section of the Passaic River | On June 18, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached agreement with 70 companies to remove approximately 16,000 cubic yards of highly contaminated sediment from a half-mile long area of the Passaic River in Lyndhurst, N.J. at their expense. | Administrative Order on Consent | 06/18/2012 |
| Settlement Reached with Formosa Plastics Corporation to Obtain Site-Wide Corrective Actions at Point Comfort, Texas Facility | On June 14, 2012, a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 3008(a) Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas (Formosa) was filed with the Regional Hearing Clerk for the EPA Region 6. This new Order complemented the existing 3008(h) AOC to obtain site-wide corrective measures for remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater and closed negotiations regarding a site-wide RCRA 3008(h) Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO). | Unilateral Administrative Order | 06/14/2012 |
| The City of Perth Amboy Settlement | The city of Perth Amboy, N.J., has agreed to make major improvements in its combined sewer system to protect people’s health and water quality under a legal agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Under the agreement, which was lodged by the Department of Justice in federal court today, the city will reduce the amount of sewage and other pollutants that flow out of 16 combined sewer points into the Raritan River and Arthur Kill. | Consent Decree | 06/06/2012 |
| Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Innovative Plastics, LLC Settlement | SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC, and its subsidiary, SABIC Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon, LLC, have agreed to pay a $1,012,873 civil penalty and to improve leak detection and repair practices to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at chemical manufacturing facilities in Mt. Vernon, Ind. and Burkville, Ala., the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/31/2012 |
| Settlement Reached for Groundwater Contamination Cleanup at Harcros Chemicals Site in Davenport, Iowa | On May 29, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entered into a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 7003 Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) for cleanup work at the Harcros Chemicals Inc. site in Davenport, Iowa. Groundwater contamination at levels above “unrestricted use” cleanup levels still exists in onsite and offsite groundwater. The cleanup work is expected to address over 1.2 million cubic yards of groundwater contamination. | Administrative Order on Consent | 05/29/2012 |
| BP Whiting Settlement (Flaring) | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install state-of-the-art pollution controls and cut emissions from BP's petroleum refinery in Whiting, Ind. | Consent Decree | 05/23/2012 |
| QEPFS Facilities Services | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with QEP Field Services Co. (QEPFS), formerly Questar Gas Management Co., to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at five natural gas compressor stations on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Northeastern Utah. | Consent Decree | 05/16/2012 |
| EPA, Precision National Plating reach cleanup agreement for further work at Precision National Corporation Site | On May 12, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with Precision National Plating Services, Inc. on a plan to clean up groundwater and surface water contamination at the Precision National Corporation site in Clarks Summit, Penn. where a chrome plating facility had been in operation from 1958 to 1999. | Administrative Order on Consent | 05/12/2012 |
| Hess Corporation Clean Air Act Settlement | Hess Corporation has agreed to pay an $850,000 civil penalty and spend more than $45 million in new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Port Reading, New Jersey refinery, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 04/25/2012 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee Sanitary Sewer Overflow Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General announced a comprehensive Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the City of Memphis, Tenn. Memphis has agreed to make improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Memphis estimates such work will cost approximately $250 million. | Consent Decree | 04/16/2012 |
| EPA Fines Violators of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced three enforcement actions for violations of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP) and other lead rules. | 04/05/2012 | |
| Marathon Petroleum Company, LP and Catlettsburg Refining, LLC Settlement (Flaring) | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced an innovative environmental agreement with Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Company that already has significantly reduced air pollution from all six of the company’s petroleum refineries. | Consent Decree | 04/05/2012 |
| Motors Liquidation Company (f/k/a General Motors (GM) Corporation) Bankruptcy Settlement: Overview of 2012 Settlement Agreements | On March, 29, 2012, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) approved an agreement between the United States and Motor Liquidation Corporation (MLC, also known as "Old GM", and formerly known as General Motors Corporation), to resolve environmental claims at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site, the Kane & Lombard Street Drum Superfund Site, and the Hayford Bridge Road Groundwater Superfund Site. On June 29, 2012, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved a settlement to resolve environmental claims at the Onondaga Lake Superfund Site and entered the tax offset stipulation associated with the bankruptcy settlement. | Consent Decree | 03/29/2012 |
| Coltec Industries Inc. and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Coltec Industries Inc., (Coltec) and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $280,000 and spend approximately $500,000 on an environmental project to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and EPA’s marine diesel engine air rules. | Consent Decree | 03/28/2012 |
| Dow AgroScience, LLC - Imports | A 17,000 kg shipment of 680-25 kg bags of “FORE 80 WP Rainshield Specialty Fungicide” was denied entry/refused delivery. Pesticide product was deemed misbranded. | Import Refusal | 03/28/2012 |
| Cheminova, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) to Cheminova, Inc. for distribution (importation) of a misbranded pesticide, “Zoro Miticide Insecticide” (EPA Reg. No. 67760-71). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-accepted label, specifically the Storage and Disposal section. The SSURO affected over 46,804 pounds of violative pesticide product. Cheminova, Inc. agreed to relabel the product and agreed to pay a $5,800 civil penalty to address the alleged distribution of a misbranded pesticide. | Administrative Penalty Order | 03/27/2012 |
| Alen USA - Imports | A shipment of “Pinalen” and “Xtra Pine” was denied entry/refused delivery. Pesticide products were deemed misbranded. | Import Refusal | 03/23/2012 |
| Dow AgroScience, LLC - Imports | A shipment of “Dithane F-45 Rainshield Fungicide” was denied entry/refused delivery. Product was deemed misbranded. Company will export product to Canada for relabeling. | Import Refusal | 03/23/2012 |
| ABF Labs - Imports | 42 drums of “Raw Material PMD Pure” (EPA Reg. No. 4822-499) were denied entry/refused delivery. Product was deemed misbranded. | Import Refusal | 03/21/2012 |
| World Factory, Inc. - Imports | 1,800 pieces of SunEnergy “Citronella Candle Sticks” were denied entry/refused delivery. Product was deemed an unregistered pesticide. | Import Refusal | 03/19/2012 |
| Blocean Imports | A Notice of Warning was issued for filing a Notice of Arrival that contained inaccurate information. | Notice of Warning | 03/15/2012 |
| MRI Global - Imports | A Notice of Warning was issued for failure to file a Notice of Arrival prior to the arrival of a research and development product into the United States. | Notice of Warning | 03/07/2012 |
| Cheminova, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) to Cheminova, Inc. for distribution (importation) of a misbranded pesticide, “Zoro Miticide Insecticide” (EPA Reg. No. 67760-71). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-accepted label, specifically the Storage and Disposal section. The SSURO affected over 46,804 pounds of violative pesticide product. Cheminova, Inc. agreed to relabel the product and agreed to pay a $5,800 civil penalty to address the alleged distribution of a misbranded pesticide. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 03/06/2012 |
| Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing (CRRM) has agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $970,000 and invest more than $4.25 million on new pollution controls and $6.5 million in operating costs to resolve alleged violations of air, superfund and community right-to-know laws at its Coffeyville, Kan. refinery. | Consent Decree | 03/06/2012 |
| Settlement Reached at Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman (MEW) Study Area to Address TCE Contamination in Residential and Commercial Buildings | On December 21, 2011, a consent decree amendment between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Justice (DOJ), Intel Corporation, and Raytheon Company was filed with U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California. Construction of the treatment system is the first step in the cleanup of groundwater contaminated by chemicals used to manufacture DDT and synthetic rubber over three decades. | Consent Decree | 03/06/2012 |
| Ag Specialties, LLC - Imports | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) to Ag Specialties, LLC for distribution (importation) of a misbranded pesticide, “StrikeOut Extra” (EPA Reg. No. 81142-3). The imported product was illegal because the full product label was not prominently placed or securely attached to the pesticide container. The SSURO affected over 475,470 pounds of violative pesticide product. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 03/05/2012 |
| BASF Corporation - Imports | EPA determined BASF Corporation illegally imported a misbranded product, “Poast Manufacturer Concentrate” (EPA Reg. No. 7969-56). The imported product was illegal because the label on this product contained information that conflicted with the EPA-accepted label. BASF agreed to relabel the violative product, prepare and implement a compliance monitoring plan to prevent or eliminate any future violations of FIFRA, and pay a $7,500 civil penalty. | Administrative Penalty Order | 03/01/2012 |
| Nufarm Americas, Inc. - Imports | EPA determined that Nufarm Americas, Inc. illegally imported five misbranded pesticide products; Bromoxynil Mixed Ester (EPA Reg. No. 264-533), Bromoxynil Octanote (EPA Reg. No. 264-442), Dichlorprop-P Technical Acid (EPA Reg. No. 15440-24), MCPA Technical Acid (EPA Reg. No. 70596-1), and Nufarm USA 2, 4-D Acid (EPA Reg. No. 61272-3). The imported products were illegal because the labels on the products either contained information that conflicted with the EPA-accepted label or had claims that substantially differed from the claims made as part of the product registration under FIFRA. Nufarm agreed to relabel the violative products, prepare and implement a compliance monitoring plan to prevent or eliminate any future violations of FIFRA, and pay a $105,000 civil penalty. | Administrative Penalty Order | 03/01/2012 |
| EPA Reaches Settlement on Groundwater Cleanup at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site in Smithfield R.I. | On February 17, 2012, a settlement agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Justice (DOJ), State of Rhode Island, and multiple settling defendants was approved by the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island regarding cleanup of the David Liquid Waste Superfund Site in Smithfield, R.I. | Consent Agreement | 02/17/2012 |
| MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC Settlement | MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC has agreed to settle its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in a settlement with the United States valued at $90 million, announced the Department of Justice, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today. Approximately $45 million of the $90 million settlement is going directly to the Gulf in the form of penalties or expedited environmental projects. | Consent Decree | 02/17/2012 |
| BASF - Imports | A Notice of Warning was issued for filing a Notice of Arrival that contained inaccurate information. | Notice of Warning | 02/10/2012 |
| Cingular Wireless and New Cingular Wireless Audit Policy Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced an agreement with New Cingular Wireless to resolve violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act (EPCRA). New Cingular Wireless voluntarily disclosed reporting violations to EPA, which related to the presence of sulfuric acid, diesel, and lead at 642 cellular facilities in 35 states and Puerto Rico, after performing a comprehensive audit of their operations. | Consent Agreement | 02/10/2012 |
| Settlement Approved to Complete Cleanup at Alternate Energy Resources Superfund Site in Ga. | On February 9, 2012, a consent decree between EPA, the State of Georgia, and Airgas Carbonic, Inc., et al., was approved by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Augusta Division, to complete cleanup work at the Alternate Energy Resources (AER) Superfund site in Augusta, Ga. Pursuant to the agreement, 73 parties, comprised of 68 private parties, four federal agencies and one state agency, will perform the cleanup work at the site at an approximate cost of $7.3 million. | Consent Decree | 02/09/2012 |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with Union Pacific Railroad Company regarding alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. | Consent Decree | 02/09/2012 |
| Dover Chemical Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Dover Chemical Corporation has agreed to pay $1.4 million in civil penalties for the unauthorized manufacture of chemical substances at facilities in Dover, Ohio and Hammond, Ind. | Consent Decree | 02/07/2012 |
| United Industries - Imports | A Notice of Warning was issued for failure to file a Notice of Arrival prior to the arrival of a pesticide device into the United States. | Notice of Warning | 02/01/2012 |
| Sharda USA, LLC - Imports | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) for the distribution (importation) of a misbranded product, “Sharda Fomesafen Technical Herbicide” (EPA Reg. No. 82633-5). The imported product was illegal because the correct EPA Registration Number was not on the product’s label. The SSURO was lifted in February 2012 after the importer provided verification that the product had been appropriately relabeled at an EPA registered establishment. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 01/27/2012 |
| ABF Lab Plant #2 - Imports | 42 drums (180 kgs.) of “Raw Material PMD Pure” (EPA Reg. No. 4822-499) were denied entry/refused delivery. Product was deemed misbranded. | Import Refusal | 01/26/2012 |
| Dow AgroScience, LLC - Imports | 40 400-kilogram bags of “4-amino-3, 5, 6-trichloropicolinic acid” were denied entry/refused delivery. Product was deemed an unregistered pesticide. | Import Refusal | 01/25/2012 |
| EPA Orders Albuquerque Racetrack to Stop Discharges to Protect Rio Grande | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an order to halt discharges of animal waste, industrial run-off and other pollutants into the Rio Grande. The action was taken against the Downs at Albuquerque Inc. and EXPO New Mexico, a 93-acre race track and casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that accommodates almost 1,400 horses during racing season. | 01/25/2012 | |
| Reinforcements Systems - Imports | A shipment of “Grotan OK Plus” was denied entry/refused delivery. Pesticide product was deemed unregistered. | Import Refusal | 01/25/2012 |
| Sussex IM - Imports | 72 cartons of “OFF! Repellant Pad” (EPA Reg. No. 4822-469) and 120 cartons of “OFF! Insecticide Pad” were denied entry/refused delivery. The “OFF! Repellant Pad was misbranded and “OFF! Insecticide Pad contained false and misleading statements. | Import Refusal | 01/25/2012 |
| Southern Wood Piedmont Financial Assurance Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Southern Wood Piedmont Company and its parent company, Rayonier Inc., have agreed to pay a $317,000 penalty to resolve violations of hazardous waste financial assurance requirements and have obtained more than $41.7 million in financial assurance. | Consent Agreement | 01/23/2012 |
| Haviland Products Company - Imports | One 1,000 kilogram container of “Durachlor Granular” (EPA Reg. No. 57787-6) was denied entry/refused delivery. Product was deemed misbranded. | Import Refusal | 01/19/2012 |
| Ariel Premium Supply, Inc. - Imports | 100 cartons of “Insect Repellant Wipes” and 100 cartons of “Anti-Bacterial Wipes” were denied entry. Products deemed to be unregistered pesticides. | Import Refusal | 01/17/2012 |
| Chongqing Longting Power Equipment Co., Ltd., Longting USA, LLC, Loncin (USA) Inc. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with recreational vehicle manufacturers, Loncin (USA), Inc., Longting USA LLC, and Chongqing Longting Power Equipment Co., Ltd., to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) related to the importation of 7,115 uncertified recreational vehicles into the United States. | Consent Agreement | 01/11/2012 |
| Agrium Advanced Technologies - Imports | 44,000 pounds of “Signature” (EPA Reg. No. 62719-504-34704) was denied entry/refused delivery. Product was deemed misbranded. | Import Refusal | 01/09/2012 |
| Triad Mining, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | Triad Mining Inc., the owner and operator of 31 surface mines in Appalachia and Indiana, has agreed to pay a penalty and to restore affected waterways for failing to obtain the required Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for stream impacts caused by its surface mining operation in Indiana, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Consent Decree | 01/09/2012 |
| EPA reaches settlement with companies to pay cleanup costs for Occidental Chemical Corp / Firestone Tire Superfund site | On January 5, 2012, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a settlement agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the current and former owners and operators of the Occidental Chemical Corp / Firestone Tire Superfund Site in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Penn. | Consent Decree | 01/05/2012 |
| United Phosphorus, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued two separate Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders (SSUROs) to United Phosphorus, Inc. for the distribution (importation) of five shipments of a misbranded pesticide, “Asulox” (EPA Reg. No. 70506-139). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-approved label. United Phosphorus, Inc. took steps to re-label the product and obtained a release from the SSUROs. United Phosphorus, Inc. agreed to pay a total of $14,600 civil penalty to address the distribution of a misbranded pesticide. | Administrative Penalty Order | 01/04/2012 |
| City of South Bend, Indiana Settlement | The City of South Bend, Indiana has agreed to make an estimated $509.5 million worth of improvements to its combined sewer system to significantly reduce overflows of raw sewage to the St. Joseph River, which is a tributary of Lake Michigan. One well-known stretch of the St. Joseph River in South Bend, the East Race, is the site of an annual international kayaking competition and also is where Olympic kayakers and rescue workers periodically train. | Consent Decree | 12/29/2011 |
| Essroc Cement Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Essroc Cement Company has agreed to pay a $1.7 million penalty and invest approximately $33 million in pollution control technology to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at six of its Portland Cement manufacturing plants. | Consent Decree | 12/29/2011 |
| Nissco America, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) to Nissco America, Inc. for failure to submit a Notice of Arrival form to EPA and for distribution (importation) of 44 drums of misbranded pesticide product (8,800lbs of violative product). | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 12/28/2011 |
| California Portland Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced that CalPortland Company (CPC), a major producer of Portland cement and building materials in the United States, has agreed to pay a $1.425 million dollar penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its cement plant in Mojave, California. | Consent Decree | 12/15/2011 |
| Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Settlement | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into Chicago area waterways during flood and wet weather events. | Consent Decree | 12/14/2011 |
| United Phosphorus, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued two separate Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders (SSUROs) to United Phosphorus, Inc. for the distribution (importation) of five shipments of a misbranded pesticide, “Asulox” (EPA Reg. No. 70506-139). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-approved label. United Phosphorus, Inc. took steps to re-label the product and obtained a release from the SSUROs. United Phosphorus, Inc. agreed to pay a total of $14,600 civil penalty to address the distribution of a misbranded pesticide. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 12/12/2011 |
| Wright Brothers Construction Company and Georgia Department of Transportation Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced Wright Brothers Construction Co. and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have agreed to pay a $1.5 million dollar penalty and spend more than $1.3 million to offset environmental damages to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). | Consent Decree | 12/12/2011 |
| United Phosphorus, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued two separate Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders (SSUROs) to United Phosphorus, Inc. for the distribution (importation) of five shipments of a misbranded pesticide, “Asulox” (EPA Reg. No. 70506-139). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-approved label. United Phosphorus, Inc. took steps to re-label the product and obtained a release from the SSUROs. United Phosphorus, Inc. agreed to pay a total of $14,600 civil penalty to address the distribution of a misbranded pesticide. | Administrative Penalty Order | 12/08/2011 |
| Agrifos Fertilizer Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Agrifos, a former phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizer producer, has agreed to pay a $1.8 million dollar penalty and conduct an environmental project to resolve alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Clean Air Act. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 12/07/2011 |
| BP Financial Assurance Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that several subsidiaries of BP America Inc. have agreed to pay a $426,500 penalty and ensure that more than $240 million in funds are secured to resolve violations of hazardous waste, drinking water and Superfund financial assurance requirements. | 11/29/2011 | |
| Lafarge North America Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | Lafarge North America Inc., one of the largest suppliers of construction materials in the United States and Canada, and four of its U.S. subsidiaries have agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations. | Consent Decree | 11/29/2011 |
| United Phosphorus, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued two separate Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders (SSUROs) to United Phosphorus, Inc. for the distribution (importation) of five shipments of a misbranded pesticide, “Asulox” (EPA Reg. No. 70506-139). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-approved label. United Phosphorus, Inc. took steps to re-label the product and obtained a release from the SSUROs. United Phosphorus, Inc. agreed to pay a total of $14,600 civil penalty to address the distribution of a misbranded pesticide. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 11/21/2011 |
| Douglas Products and Packaging, LLC - Imports | EPA determined that Douglas Products and Packaging, LLC failed to submit to EPA a Notice of Arrival prior to importing a shipment of 50,000 pounds of aluminum phosphide fumigant, a registered pesticide. The company agreed to pay a $6,237 civil penalty. | Administrative Penalty Order | 11/18/2011 |
| Virbac - Imports | A Notice of Warning was issued for failure to file a Notice of Arrival prior to the arrival of a shipment of EPA Reg. No. 2382-104 into the United States. | Notice of Warning | 11/13/2011 |
| Southern Ute Reservation Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced agreements with two gas production companies resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act on the Southern Ute Reservation in Colorado’s San Juan Basin. The agreements, outlined in separate consent decrees with Williams and ConocoPhillips, will reduce emissions of air pollutants from a gas plant and compressor stations. | 11/02/2011 | |
| Williams and ConocoPhillips | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced agreements with two gas production companies resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act on the Southern Ute Reservation in Colorado’s San Juan Basin. | Consent Decree | 11/02/2011 |
| City of Elkhart, Indiana, Combined Sewer Overflow Settlement Water Act Settlement | St. Joseph and Elkhart Rivers, and Christiana Creek. Under the 2011 settlement, the City is also required to pay civil penalties totaling $87,000 to be divided equally between the United States and the State. | Consent Decree | 10/24/2011 |
| Borate Plus, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) for the distribution (importation) of a misbranded pesticide, “Borate Supreme” (EPA Reg. No. 87445-1). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-approved label. Borate Plus Inc. took steps to re-label the product. In October 2011, they agreed to pay a $ 2,800 civil penalty to address the distribution of misbranded pesticides. | Administrative Penalty Order | 10/19/2011 |
| City of Euclid, Ohio Combined and Sanitary Sewer Overflow Clean Water Act Settlement | On October 14, 2011, a Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, put the City of Euclid (the City) on an enforceable schedule to complete remedial measures by 2026 to address its combined sewer and separate sanitary sewer overflows from its sewer system that have been contributing to the impairment of creeks or streams that flow into Lake Erie, as well as the Lake itself. | Consent Decree | 10/14/2011 |
| Ryland Group Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with the Ryland Group Inc., a national residential homebuilder, to resolve Clean Water Act violations at more than 275 construction sites in 14 states. As part of the settlement, Ryland will pay a civil penalty of $625,000 and implement a program to improve compliance with stormwater runoff requirements at its current and future construction sites. Contaminated stormwater puts people’s health and the nation’s rivers, lakes, and sources of drinking water at risk because it can carry pollutants, including sediment, debris, and pesticides that impact water quality. | Consent Decree | 10/07/2011 |
| Soco West, Inc. to cleanup portion of Lockwood Solvent Ground Water Plume Site in Billings, Mont. | On October 3, 2011, the United States District Court, District of Montana, Billings Division approved a remedial design/remedial action consent decree (RD/RA CD) between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State of Montana, and Soco West, Inc. The settlement addresses cleanup work and payment of past and future costs (totaling more than $7 million) at the lower half (operable unit 2) of the Lockwood Solvent Ground Water Plume Site, located in Billings, Mont. | Consent Decree | 10/03/2011 |
| Midnite Mine Superfund Site Settlement with Dawn Mining Company, Newmont USA Limited, and the Department of Interior | On September 13, 2011, a settlement agreement between EPA, Interior, Dawn Mining Company, LLC, and its corporate parent, Newmont USA Ltd. settling the mining companies’ and DOI’s liabilities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly known as Superfund) at the Midnite Mine Superfund Site. Under the settlement, the mining companies will design, construct and implement the cleanup plan selected by EPA in 2006 that is projected to cost approximately $193 million. | Consent Decree | 09/30/2011 |
| Merck & Co., Inc. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced that Merck & Co. has agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of federal environmental laws at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Riverside and West Point, Pa. | Complaint | 09/28/2011 |
| Trident Seafoods Corp. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced that Trident Seafoods Corp., one of the world’s largest seafood processors, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty and invest millions in fish waste controls to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Unauthorized discharges of seafood processing waste lead to large seafood waste piles on the seafloor, creating anoxic, or oxygen-depleted, conditions that result in unsuitable habitats for fish and other living organisms. | Consent Decree | 09/28/2011 |
| Newport Sand and Gravel Co., Inc., and Carroll Concrete Co. Inc., Settlement | Newport Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. and Carroll Concrete Co., Inc., of Newport N.H., will pay a $200,000 civil penalty and implement a compliance program to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act at five facilities in Vermont and New Hampshire. | Consent Decree | 09/26/2011 |
| Borate Plus, Inc. - Imports | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) for the distribution (importation) of a misbranded pesticide, “Borate Supreme” (EPA Reg. No. 87445-1). The imported product was illegal because the product label differed from the EPA-approved label. Borate Plus Inc. took steps to re-label the product. In October 2011, they agreed to pay a $ 2,800 civil penalty to address the distribution of misbranded pesticides. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 09/23/2011 |
| EPA issues Order for Aerojet General Corporation Superfund Site | On September 20, 2011, EPA issued an order to Aerojet Corporation requiring them to conduct a $60 million cleanup of rocket fuel-polluted groundwater at the Aerojet Superfund Site in Rancho Cordova, Calif. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 09/20/2011 |
| EPA issues Order for San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site Area 4 - Puente Valley | On September 13, 2011, EPA ordered Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation to spend an estimated $20 million to build a groundwater cleanup system to address contamination stemming primarily from the former Benchmark Technology facility in the City of Industry, CA, located within the San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites. | Unilateral Administrative Order | 09/13/2011 |
| Settlement Reached at Newtown Creek Superfund Site | On September 7, 2011, an agreement was reached to begin work at the Newtown Creek Superfund Site with the start of a remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS). The agreement also addresses the recovery of costs relating to liabilities under Superfund. | Administrative Order on Consent | 09/07/2011 |
| The Links at Columbia, LP and Lindsey Construction Company, Inc. Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 31, 2011) Lindsey Construction Company, Inc., of Fayetteville, Ark., and one of its associated limited partnerships have agreed to pay a $430,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of construction stormwater violations that occurred during development of The Links of Columbia, a nine-hole golf course and 64-building apartment project in Columbia, Mo | Consent Decree | 08/31/2011 |
| Department of the Interior Indian Affairs Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) have reached an agreement to address alleged violations at schools and public water systems (PWSs) owned, operated, or otherwise the legal responsibility of DOI, Indian Affairs (IA). IA is comprised of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). | Consent Agreement | 08/22/2011 |
| E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Imprelis Order | EPA issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) to the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) for potential violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and ordered DuPont to immediately cease the distribution, sale, use or removal of Imprelis Herbicide products under its ownership, control, or custody. Within ten days of receipt of the Order, DuPont must submit to EPA a product inventory, a listing of the distributors and direct-sales customers, and product distribution and sale information. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 08/11/2011 |
| St. Louis Clean Water Act Settlement | The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (“MSD”) in St. Louis, Missouri has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems and treatment plants, to eliminate illegal overflows of untreated raw sewage and reduce pollution levels in urban rivers and streams, the Justice Department, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, and the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation announced today. | Consent Decree | 08/04/2011 |
| Dow Chemical Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced that Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at its chemical manufacturing and research complex in Midland, Mich. | Consent Decree | 07/29/2011 |
| Caterpillar Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with Caterpillar Inc. to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations for shipping more than 590,000 highway and non-road diesel engines without the correct emissions controls. | Consent Decree | 07/28/2011 |
| Jersey City, NJ Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA) Settlement | JCMUA will invest more than $52 million in repairs and upgrades to its existing infrastructure and pay a civil penalty of $375,000. | Consent Decree | 07/19/2011 |
| Western Refining Clean Air Act Settlement Information Sheet | Western Refinery, owned by Western Refining L.P., is an 116,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery located in El Paso, Texas. Western Refining, with headquarters in El Paso, is an independent oil refiner and marketer operating primarily in the Southwestern and Mid-Atlantic parts of the United States. | Consent Decree | 06/30/2011 |
| City of Unalaska, Alaska Wastewater Treatment Plant | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a Clean Water Act complaint on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against the City of Unalaska, Alaska, and the State of Alaska for long-standing and repeated Clean Water Act violations. | Consent Decree | 06/23/2011 |
| Settlement Reached at Facemate Superfund Site Clears Way for Redevelopment | This settlement agreement concludes litigation between the City of Chicopee and EPA stemming from cleanup actions performed by EPA from 2003-2004. Most importantly, the settlement enables the City to move forward with clear title to redevelop the property into a safe, useful resource for the Chicopee community. | Consent Decree | 06/20/2011 |
| Hecla Mining Company Settlement for the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site | On June 13, 2011, a settlement agreement with the Hecla Mining Company to resolve its liabilities at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site in northern Idaho was filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Under the settlement, Hecla will pay $263.4 million plus interest to the United States, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, and the state of Idaho to resolve claims stemming from releases of wastes from its mining operations. | Consent Decree | 06/13/2011 |
| Cleanup Agreement Reached on the Terminal 117 Area of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site | On June 10, 2011, EPA reached an agreement with the Port of Seattle and the City of Seattle to conduct $33 million worth of cleanup at Terminal 117 of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site. | Administrative Order on Consent | 06/10/2011 |
| Union Pacific Railroad and Gould Electronics Inc. Consent Decrees for Omaha Lead Superfund Site | On June 1, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Justice Department, and the State of Nebraska lodged consent decrees with Union Pacific Railroad and Gould Electronics Inc., valued at $26.15 million, for cleanup at the Omaha Lead Superfund Site in Omaha, Nebraska. | Consent Decree | 06/02/2011 |
| Exide Technologies Bankruptcy Settlement | Under a consent decree and settlement agreement, approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Exide Technologies agreed to resolve its environmental liabilities with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) related to 21 sites across the country. | 05/25/2011 | |
| Mahard Egg Farm, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) today announced that Mahard Egg Farm, Inc., a Texas corporation, will pay a $1.9 million penalty to resolve claims that the company violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its egg production facilities in Texas and Oklahoma. The civil penalty is the largest amount to be paid in a federal enforcement action involving a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). The company will also spend approximately $3.5 million in pollution controls to ensure compliance with the law and protect the environment and people's health. | Consent Decree | 05/18/2011 |
| Rocky Mountain Pipeline Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced a settlement with Rocky Mountain Pipeline System, LLC, Western Convenience Stores, Inc., and Offen Petroleum, Inc. to resolve claims that they illegally mixed and distributed more than 1 million gallons of gasoline that did not meet Clean Air Act emissions and fuel quality requirements. | Consent Decree | 05/04/2011 |
| BP North Slope Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. will pay $25 million in civil penalties and implement a system-wide pipeline integrity management program for spilling more than 5,000 barrels of crude oil from the company’s pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska. The penalty is the largest per-barrel penalty to date for an oil spill. | Consent Decree | 05/03/2011 |
| Terra Industries Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced Terra Industries Inc., one of the nation’s largest producers of nitric acid and nitrogen fertilizers, has agreed to pay $625,000 in civil penalties to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act at nine of its plants in Iowa, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. As part of the settlement, Terra will also spend an estimated $17 million to install and implement new controls and technologies that are expected to reduce harmful nitrogen oxide emissions at its facilities by at least 1,200 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 04/19/2011 |
| Tennessee Valley Authority Clean Air Act Settlement | This agreement will save lives and prevent billions of dollars in health costs. Modernizing these plants and encouraging clean energy innovation means better health protections and greater economic opportunities for the people living near TVA facilities,†said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “Investments in pollution control equipment will keep hundreds of thousands of tons of harmful pollutants out of the air we breathe, and help create green job opportunities that will reduce pollution and improve energy efficiency. | Consent Decree | 04/14/2011 |
| Corrective Action Cleanup work to begin at Former Pharmacia and Upjohn Facility | On April 8, 2011, EPA announced a $150 million agreement with Pharmacia & Upjohn to begin design and construction of the cleanup remedy along the Quinnipiac River, a cleanup process that will result in new business opportunities and open-space for North Haven, Conn. | Administrative Order | 04/08/2011 |
| Settlement Reached at Plymouth Wood Treating Plant Site | On April 4, 2011, EPA and Domtar Paper Company LLC (Domtar) entered into a consent decree to address cleanup at the Plymouth Wood Treating Plant Site near Plymouth, North Carolina, at an expected cost of $1.959 million. | Consent Decree | 04/04/2011 |
| Consol Energy Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, and state of West Virginia announced today that Consol Energy Inc., the largest producer of coal from underground mines in the United States, has agreed to pay a $5.5 million civil penalty for Clean Water Act violations at six of its mines in West Virginia. In addition to the penalty, Consol will spend an estimated $200 million in pollution controls that will reduce discharges of harmful mining wastewater into Appalachian streams and rivers. | Consent Decree | 03/14/2011 |
| Washington State DOT Found Liable under CERCLA at the Commencement Bay Superfund Site Waterways | On March 10, 2011, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington issued a bench ruling finding that Washington State Department of Transportation is jointly and severally liable for $9.3 million for response costs incurred in responding to releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances at the Thea Foss and Wheeler Osgood Waterways within the Commencement Bay Superfund Site. | 03/10/2011 | |
| Motors Liquidation Company (f/k/a General Motors (GM) Corporation) Bankruptcy Settlement: Overview of 2011 Settlement Agreements | On March 3, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court approved an additional six settlements between the United States and Motors Liquidation Company (MLC, also known as "Old GM", and formerly known as General Motors Corporation), to settle certain environmental liabilities at six sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly known as Superfund) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). On March 7, 2011, the court approved a seventh settlement resolving environmental claims at 34 non-owned sites under CERCLA, RCRA, and the Clean Air Act (CAA). | Consent Decree | 03/03/2011 |
| Arch Coal Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that Arch Coal Inc., the second largest supplier of coal in the United States, has agreed to pay a $4 million dollar penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Under the settlement, Arch Coal will implement changes to its mining operations in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 03/01/2011 |
| PowerTrain, Inc., Wood Sales Company, Inc. and Toolmart, Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that PowerTrain, Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $2 million to resolve EPA’s claims that the company imported and sold nonroad engines and equipment that were not covered by a certificate of conformity, and in most cases could not be certified because they exceeded emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. PowerTrain will also implement projects to offset the excess emissions caused by the use of these engines and will ensure that future imports meet Clean Air Act requirements, under the terms of the settlement filed in federal court. | Consent Decree | 02/28/2011 |
| CEMEX Fairborn Plant | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that Cemex, Inc., one of the largest producers of Portland cement in the United States, has agreed to pay a $1.4 million penalty for Clean Air Act violations at its cement plant in Fairborn, Ohio. | Consent Decree | 02/10/2011 |
| Hovensa LLC Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that HOVENSA LLC, owner of the second largest petroleum refinery in the United States, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $5.375 million and spend more than $700 million in new pollution controls that will help protect public health and resolve Clean Air Act violations at its St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands refinery. The settlement requires new and upgraded pollution controls, more stringent emission limits, and aggressive monitoring, leak-detection and repair practices to reduce emissions from refinery equipment and process units. | Consent Decree | 01/26/2011 |
| Northern Indiana Public Service Company | Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) has signed a settlement agreement in which it has agreed to invest approximately $600 million in pollution control technology to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The proposed settlement covers all of NIPSCO’s coal-fired power plants, located in Chestertown, Michigan City, Wheatfield and Gary, Indiana. It will also require that NIPSCO spend $9.5 million on environmental mitigation projects and pay a civil penalty of $3.5 million. The state of Indiana has been involved with developing this settlement and is a signatory. | Consent Decree | 01/13/2011 |
| City of Evansville Clean Water Act Settlement | The City of Evansville (City) agreed to pay a civil penalty of $490,000 for violations that have already occurred. The City has agreed to resolve allegations by the United States and State of Indiana. The City also agreed to spend between $4 - 6.5 million to connect failing septic systems to the City sewer syste as a Supplemental Environmental Project. | Consent Decree | 01/06/2011 |
| City of Evansville Settlement | The city of Evansville, Indiana., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems that will significantly reduce the city's longstanding sewage overflows into the Ohio River in a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with federal and state governments, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of Indiana announced today. The agreement would resolve allegations made in a lawsuit filed by the United States and Indiana in September 2009 against Evansville for alleged violations of its Clean Water Act discharge permits. | Consent Decree | 01/06/2011 |
| Gasco Energy | Gasco Energy, Inc., the former operator of the Riverbend Compressor Station on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation near Vernal, Utah, has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the facility by paying a $350,000 penalty and providing for air pollution controls at its facilities in the Uinta Basin. | 01/03/2011 | |
| Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, DC - December 22, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District that will address the flow of untreated sewage into Cleveland area waterways and Lake Erie. The settlement will safeguard water quality and protect human health by capturing and treating more than 98 percent of wet weather flows entering the combined sewer system, which services the city of Cleveland and 59 adjoining communities. | Consent Decree | 12/22/2010 |
| DeKalb County Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, DC - December 13, 2010) DeKalb County, Ga. has agreed to make major improvements to its sanitary sewer systems in an effort to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated sewage, the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced today. | Consent Decree | 12/13/2010 |
| Beazer Homes USA, Inc., Settlement | (Washington, DC - December 02, 2010) Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a national residential homebuilder, has agreed today to pay a $925,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites in 21 states, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. As part of the settlement, Beazer will also implement a company-wide stormwater program to improve compliance with stormwater runoff requirements at current and future construction sites around the country. | Consent Decree | 12/02/2010 |
| Tronox Bankruptcy Settlement Agreement | Settlement Agreement to resolve Tronox Incorporated's environmental liabilities with EPA, other federal, state, and local agencies, and the Navajo Nation (collectively, the “Governments”) relating to numerous contaminated sites around the country. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the Governments will receive, among other consideration, $270 million and 88 percent of Tronox’s interest in a pending fraudulent conveyance litigation. | Settlement Agreement | 11/23/2010 |
| Settlement Reached at Sutton Brook Disposal Area Site in Massachusetts | The settlement in this case totals $30 million and includes forty-nine different parties, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). | Consent Decree | 11/09/2010 |
| City of Toledo, Ohio Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - Oct. 21, 2010) The city of Toledo, Ohio, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer system that will significantly reduce the city’s longstanding sewage overflows into Swan Creek and the Maumee and Ottawa Rivers, the city’s main waterways, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Ohio announced today. | Amended Consent Decree | 10/21/2010 |
| Motors Liquidation Company (f/k/a General Motors (GM) Corporation) Bankruptcy Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ), and the Unites States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with the states of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe announced that Motors Liquidation Corporation (MLC) has agreed to resolve its liabilities at 89 sites in the aforementioned 14 states across the U.S. for approximately $773 million. | Settlement Agreement | 10/20/2010 |
| EPA Settles with De Minimis Parties at Malone Service Company Superfund Site | In fiscal year 2011, Region 6 completed the last of several administrative de minimis settlements with over 200 de minimis parties for recovery of over $ 8.4 million in past costs, future costs, and premiums for future uncertainties dealing with the Malone Service Company Superfund Site. | Administrative Order | 10/19/2010 |
| Doe Run Resources Corporation Settlement | Doe Run Resources Corp. of St. Louis, North America’s largest lead producer, has agreed to spend approximately $65 million to correct violations of several environmental laws at 10 of its lead mining, milling and smelting facilities in southeast Missouri, the Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today. The settlement also requires the company to pay a $7 million civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 10/08/2010 |
| BP North America Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas petroleum refinery. The penalty is both the largest ever assessed for civil violations of the Clean Air Act’s chemical accident prevention regulations, also known as the risk management program regulations, and the largest civil penalty recovered for Clean Air Act violations at an individual facility. | Consent Decree | 09/30/2010 |
| Murphy Oil USA Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Justice Department announced that Murphy Oil USA has agreed to pay a $1.25 million civil penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act at its petroleum refineries in Meraux, La. and Superior, Wis. As part of the settlement, the company will spend more than $142 million to install new and upgraded pollution reduction equipment at the refineries and also spend an additional $1.5 million on a supplemental environmental project. | Consent Decree | 09/28/2010 |
| Bristol Township Clean Water Act Settlement | Bristol Township agreed to resolve allegations by the United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that the township violated federal and state water pollution control laws and regulations at its water treatment works in Bucks County, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. | Consent Decree | 09/27/2010 |
| Air Products LLC Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced that Air Products LLC has agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in civil penalties to resolve hazardous waste mismanagement violations at its Pasadena, Texas chemical manufacturing facility. The settlement resolves Air Products’ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in transferring spent acid to the neighboring Agrifos fertilizer manufacturing plant. | Consent Decree | 08/26/2010 |
| Chemtura Corporation Bankruptcy Settlement Agreement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Justice Department, and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced that Chemtura Corporation has agreed to resolve its liabilities at 17 sites across the U.S. for approximately $26 million. The agreement settles the government’s claims in Chemtura’s bankruptcy case relating to liabilities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly known as Superfund), and for violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). The bankruptcy settlement will fund past and future cleanup costs at Superfund sites across the country. | Settlement Agreement | 08/24/2010 |
| City of Revere, Massachusetts Clean Water Act Settlement | Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged in federal court, the City of Revere, Mass. will significantly reduce illegal discharges of raw sewage overflows into the environment from its wastewater collection system and separate storm sewer system. The City has estimated that it will spend approximately $50 million to address these illegal discharges. Revere will also pay a civil penalty of $130,000 for past violations of the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 08/15/2010 |
| American Vanguard Corporation Order | American Vanguard Corporation (AMVAC) and AMVAC Chemical Corporation have been issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order (SSURO) for potential violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA took enforcement action after EPA laboratory analysis of AMVAC’s registered pesticide product, Technical Grade PCNB 95%, revealed the presence of highly toxic impurities EPA considers to be of toxicological significance. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 08/12/2010 |
| City and County of Honolulu Settlement | A comprehensive settlement has been reached with the City and County of Honolulu that will address Clean Water Act compliance at Honolulu’s wastewater collection and treatment systems, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, Hawaii Department of Health, and three environmental groups announced today. | Consent Decree | 08/10/2010 |
| Plains All American Pipeline Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Justice Department announced that Plains All American Pipeline and several of its operating subsidiaries have agreed to spend approximately $41 million to upgrade 10,420 miles of crude oil pipeline operated in the United States. The settlement resolves Plains’ Clean Water Act violations for 10 crude oil spills in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and requires the company to pay a $3.25 million civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 08/10/2010 |
| CF Industries, Inc. Settlement | (Washington, DC - August 06, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department today announced that CF Industries, Inc. has agreed to spend approximately $12 million to implement a treatment system for hazardous wastes at its Plant City, Fla. phosphoric acid and ammoniated fertilizer manufacturing facility near Tampa. The settlement resolves CF Industries’ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations and requires the company to pay a civil penalty of more than $700,000 and provide $163.5 million in financial assurances to guarantee appropriate closure and long-term care of the closed facility. This is the first case concluded under EPA’s National Enforcement Initiative for Mining and Mineral Processing. | Consent Decree | 08/06/2010 |
| Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. Settlement | (Washington, DC - July 23, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $950,000 and install and upgrade pollution control technology at its two coal-fired power plants in Indiana to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. The settlement, filed in federal court today, will reduce harmful air pollution by more than 24,500 tons per year and requires Hoosier to spend $5 million on environmental projects. | Consent Decree | 07/23/2010 |
| McWane, Inc. Settlement | (Washington, DC - July 14, 2010) McWane Inc., a national cast iron pipe manufacturer headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., has agreed to resolve more than 400 violations of federal and state environmental law at 28 of its manufacturing facilities in 14 states as part of a settlement filed in federal court today, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the states of Alabama and Iowa announced. | Consent Decree | 07/14/2010 |
| Monsanto Company FIFRA Settlement Information Sheet | Washington, DC - July 8, 2010) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Monsanto Company Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to resolve misbranding violations related to the sale and distribution of cotton seed products containing genetically engineered pesticides. This is the largest civil administrative penalty settlement ever received under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 07/08/2010 |
| Williamsport Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – June 22, 2010) The Williamsport, Pa., Sanitary Authority (WSA) has agreed to make significant improvements to its combined sewer system at an estimated cost of approximately $10 million, in order to resolve long-standing problems with combined sewer overflows to the Susquehanna River, which flows to the Chesapeake Bay, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 06/22/2010 |
| Silgan Containers, LLC Settlement | Washington, D.C. – June 14, 2010) The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Silgan Containers that will resolve alleged Clean Air Act (CAA) violations of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration/New Source Review (PSD/NSR) programs at 18 Silgan can manufacturing facilities across the United States. In October 1999, Silgan commenced a national air audit ("NAA") of the company's compliance with the CAA under an audit agreement with EPA and conducted a review of each facility (originally, a total of 28) on a Region-by-Region basis. Silgan disclosed noncompliance with PSD/NSR and other CAA requirements and voluntarily corrected noncompliance. Silgan disclosed the potential violations to Regions 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10. | Consent Decree | 06/14/2010 |
| American Municipal Power | (WASHINGTON, DC - May 18, 2010) American Municipal Power (AMP), an Ohio non-profit utility, will permanently retire its Richard H. Gorsuch Station coal-fired power plant near Marietta under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, AMP will also spend $15 million on an environmental mitigation project and pay a civil penalty of $850,000. | Consent Decree | 05/18/2010 |
| Kansas City, Missouri Clean Water Act Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., - May 18, 2010) The City of Kansas City, Mo., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $2.5 billion over 25 years, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to reduce pollution levels in urban stormwater, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/18/2010 |
| City of Oswego Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington - 5/13/10) To resolve long-standing problems with unpermitted sewer overflows, the city of Oswego, NY, will invest an estimated $87 million in improvements to its west side sewer system, the Justice Depatment and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/13/2010 |
| The Pep Boys Manny, Moe and Jack and Baja, Inc. | (WASHINGTON, DC - May 10, 2010) The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack - have agreed to take corrective measures and pay $5 million in civil penalties to settle claims that it violated the Clean Air Act by importing and selling motorcycles, recreational vehicles and generators manufactured in China that do not comply with environmental requirements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. Baja, Inc., which supplied the non-compliant vehicles to Pep Boys, is also settling with the U.S. | Consent Decree | 05/10/2010 |
| Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Settlement | (WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 20, 2010) Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a builder of residential homes nationwide, has agreed today to pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at 591 construction sites in 18 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, the company will also implement a company-wide stormwater compliance program designed to improve compliance with storm water run-off requirements at existing and future construction sites around the country. | Consent Decree | 04/20/2010 |
| Shell Chemical LP/Shell Chemical Yabucoa, Inc. | (WASHINGTON, DC - March 31, 2010) Shell Chemical LP/Shell Chemical Yabucoa have agreed to install pollution reduction equipment on two petroleum refining facilities at an estimated cost of $6 million as part of two comprehensive Clean Air Act settlements, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department announced today. The two companies will also pay a combined $3.3 million civil penalty to the United States as well as to Alabama and Louisiana, and $200,000 to Louisiana organizations for environmental education and emergency operations. | Consent Decree | 03/31/2010 |
| Cummins Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON, DC - February 22, 2010) - Cummins Inc., a major motor vehicle engine company based in Columbus, Ind., will pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 engines under a settlement agreement resolving violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department announced today. According to a complaint filed simultaneously with the settlement in federal court in the District of Columbia, between 1998 and 2006, Cummins shipped more than 570,000 heavy duty diesel engines to vehicle equipment manufacturers nationwide without pollution control equipment included, in violation of the Clean Air Act. This equipment, known as exhaust after-treatment devices (ATDs), controls engine exhaust emissions once the emissions have exited the engine and entered the exhaust system. Typical ATDs include catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters. | Consent Decree | 02/22/2010 |
| Westar Energy, Inc. Settlement | (WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 25, 2010) Westar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. As part of the settlement, Westar will also spend $6 million on environmental mitigation projects. The agreement, filed in federal court in Kansas, resolves violations of the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review requirements at the company’s Jeffrey Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant near St. Marys, Kansas. | Consent Decree | 01/25/2010 |
| Lafarge North America, Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 21, 2010) The United States today filed two major Clean Air Act settlements to reduce air emissions from container glass and Portland cement plants throughout the country, announced Cynthia Giles, Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division. The settlements cover all 15 U.S. plants owned by Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., the nation’s second largest container glass manufacturer, and all 13 U.S. plants owned by the Lafarge Company and two subsidiaries, the nation’s second largest manufacturer of Portland cement. These settlements are the first system-wide settlements for these sectors under the Clean Air Act and require pollution control upgrades, acceptance of enforceable emission limits, and payment of civil penalties. | Consent Decree | 01/21/2010 |
| Saint-Gobain Containers | (WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 21, 2010) The United States today filed two major Clean Air Act settlements to reduce air emissions from container glass and Portland cement plants throughout the country, announced Cynthia Giles, Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division. The settlements cover all 15 U.S. plants owned by Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., the nation’s second largest container glass manufacturer, and all 13 U.S. plants owned by the Lafarge Company and two subsidiaries, the nation’s second largest manufacturer of Portland cement. These settlements are the first system-wide settlements for these sectors under the Clean Air Act and require pollution control upgrades, acceptance of enforceable emission limits, and payment of civil penalties. | Consent Decree | 01/21/2010 |
| Pacific Pipeline Systems, LLC Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - 01/20/10) Pacific Pipeline Systems LLP, a Long Beach, Calif.-based oil transport company, has agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil penalty and discontinue the use of a section of pipeline through an unstable section of mountains to resolve a Clean Water Act violation, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 01/20/2010 |
| Duke Energy Gallagher Plant Settlement | WASHINGTON – Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power companies in the nation, will spend approximately $85 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution at an Indiana power plant and pay a $1.75 million civil penalty, under a settlement to resolve violations of federal clean air laws, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The settlement also requires Duke to spend $6.25 million on environmental mitigation projects. | Consent Decree | 12/22/2009 |
| American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) Bankruptcy Settlement | Bankruptcy settlement with American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO). EPA, along with other federal and state agencies pursued and received $1.79 billion to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under the bankruptcy reorganization. | Settlement Agreement | 12/10/2009 |
| City of Akron Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 13, 2009) The city of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer system to reduce or eliminate sewage overflows that have long polluted the Cuyahoga River and its tributaries, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of Ohio announced today. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2009 |
| City and County of San Francisco Clean Water Act Settlement | SAN FRANCISCO (November 2, 2009) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action against the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency following federal violations of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. | Consent Decree | 11/02/2009 |
| Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC Clean Air Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - October 5, 2009) Mosaic Fertilizer will spend approximately $30 million on air pollution controls that are expected to eliminate harmful emissions from sulfuric acid production plants in Uncle Sam, La., and Mulberry, Fla., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. The company will also pay a civil penalty of $2.4 million to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations. | Consent Decree | 10/05/2009 |
| Hampton Roads Sanitiation Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - Sept. 29, 2009) Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), based in Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a $900,000 civil penalty and to take corrective actions to reduce alleged sanitary sewer overflows from its collection system and nine sewage treatment plants that have polluted the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Commonwealth of Virginia announced today. | Consent Decree | 09/29/2009 |
| Scranton Sewer Authority For Clean Water Act Settlement | (PHILADELPHIA – September 29, 2009) The U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint asking a federal court to order the Scranton Sewer Authority to stop discharges of untreated sewage into the Lackawanna River. | Complaint | 09/29/2009 |
| City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, Clean Water Act Settlement | The city of Jeffersonville, Ind., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems that will significantly reduce the city's longstanding sewage overflows into the Ohio River in a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with federal and state government, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Indiana announced today. | Consent Decree | 09/17/2009 |
| Magellan Ammonia Pipeline, Enterprise Products Operating, L.P., and Mid-America Pipeline, L.P. Clean Water Act Settlement | (Kansas City, Kansas - August 14, 2009) - A pipeline company and two of its former operating firms will jointly pay a civil penalty of $3.65 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from anhydrous ammonia spills in Nebraska and Kansas, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The spills which occurred in 2004 resulted in significant fish kills in surrounding waterways. | Consent Decree | 08/14/2009 |
| Ohio Edison Company, W.H. Sammis Power Station, | (WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 11, 2009) Ohio Edison Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has agreed in a consent decree to repower one of its coal-fired power plants using primarily renewable biomass fuels, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. In the agreement, filed in federal court in Columbus, Ohio and joined by the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Ohio Edison will repower the R.E. Burger Units 4 and 5 near Shadyside, Ohio with biomass fuel. The consent decree modifies a 2005 consent decree requiring Ohio Edison to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2 ) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) at several of its coal-fired plants. | Consent Decree | 08/11/2009 |
| Aggregate Industries Clean Water Act Settlement | (Boston, Mass. – August 6, 2009) – Aggregate Industries - Northeast Region Inc., will pay a $2.75 million civil penalty and implement a regional evaluation and compliance program to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act at 23 facilities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The penalty is the largest ever assessed to a nationwide ready-mix concrete company for storm water violations under the Clean Water Act. The settlement is the latest in a series of federal enforcement actions to address storm water violations from industrial facilities and construction sites around the country. | Consent Decree | 08/06/2009 |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Clean Water Act Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 6, 2009) Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Nevada by restoring 122 acres of mountain-desert streams and wetlands, implementing stormwater controls at its construction sites, and paying a civil penalty, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 08/06/2009 |
| Aleris International Clean Air Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 4, 2009) Aleris International Inc., one of the nation’s largest aluminum recyclers, and 13 of its subsidiaries have committed to implementing environmental improvements and controls projected to cost $4.2 million at 15 plants located in 11 states, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The company also agreed to a $4.6 million civil penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, which will be allowed as an unsecured claim in Aleris’s bankruptcy proceeding pending in Delaware. Aleris uses recycled beverage cans, scrap, and other materials to produce aluminum in liquid or ingot form. Part of the aluminum production process causes emissions of pollutants such as dioxins and furans, hydrogen chloride, and particulate matter. | Consent Decree | 08/04/2009 |
| Ineos ABS USA/Lanxess | (WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2009) The former and current owners and operators of a chemical facility in Addyston, Ohio, LANXESS Corp. and INEOS ABS USA Corp., have agreed to pay a $3.1 million civil penalty and INEOS will spend up to $2 million to install environmental controls and modify operating procedures to resolve violations of multiple environmental laws, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The settlement resolves a complaint filed by the United States and the state of Ohio alleging violations of the Clean Air Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. | Consent Decree | 07/31/2009 |
| Lebanon, New Hampshire Clean Water Act Settlement | (Boston, Mass. – May 28, 2009) – A settlement involving federal and state regulators and the City of Lebanon, N.H. will lead to improvements in the operation and maintenance of the City’s wastewater collection and transmission system – preventing discharges of untreated sewage to the Connecticut and Mascoma Rivers. The agreement is between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, and the City of Lebanon, New Hampshire. | Consent Decree | 05/28/2009 |
| Anadarko Petroleum Company Clean Water Act Settlement | (May 7, 2009 -- Denver, Colo.) Anadarko Petroleum Co., and two related oil production companies have agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $1 million and implement injunctive relief, develop facility response plans, and revise spill prevention as well as containment plans at a cost of more than $8 million during the term of the settlement in order to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/07/2009 |
| Burlington Northern v. United States | On May 4, 2009 the Supreme Court overturned the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and held that Shell Oil Company was not liable under Superfund. The decision, along with the transcript of the oral arguments before the Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit denial of rehearing en banc, and a speech by the Department of Justice's John Cruden are available. | 05/04/2009 | |
| DuPont/Lucite Clean Air Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - Apr. 20, 2009) DuPont and Lucite International Inc. have agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations at a sulfuric acid plant in Belle, W. Va., the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of West Virginia announced today. The sulfuric acid plant is located on a 100-acre chemical manufacturing complex along the Kanawha River. The plant is owned by Lucite and operated by DuPont. The companies will pay $1 million to the United States and $1 million to the state of West Virginia. Further, the companies chose on their own to shut down the sulfuric-acid manufacturing unit of a larger chemical facility at the site and the settlement confirms this agreement. Under the settlement, the sulfuric acid unit is scheduled to shut down by April 1, 2010. | Consent Decree | 04/20/2009 |
| INVISTA Audit Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – April 13, 2009) Invista will pay a $1.7 million civil penalty and spend up to an estimated $500 million to correct self-reported environmental violations discovered at facilities in seven states, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The company disclosed more than 680 violations of water, air, hazardous waste, emergency planning and preparedness, and pesticide regulations to EPA after auditing 12 facilities it acquired from DuPont in 2004. | Consent Decree | 04/13/2009 |
| Independence, Missouri Clean Water Act Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., March 31, 2009) - The City of Independence, Mo., has reached an agreement with EPA Region 7 and the U.S. Department of Justice to make a series of improvements to its sanitary sewer system aimed at keeping millions of gallons of untreated sewage from flowing into local urban streams, including Mill and Rock creeks, and the Missouri River watershed each year. Under terms of a consent decree lodged today in Kansas City, Mo., Independence will pay a settlement penalty of $255,000 to the United States. The city will spend an additional $450,000 on a Supplemental Environmental Project involving soil and bank stabilization and the use of native grasses and flowers to replace fescue grass at three of its water detention basins. | Consent Decree | 03/31/2009 |
| City of Ironton Clean Water Act Settlement | On March 17, 2009, the United States District Court entered the Consent Decree that resolves the federal government's claims under the Clean Water Act. The Consent Decree requires the City of Ironton to pay a total civil penalty of $98,000, divided equally between the United States and the State of Ohio. | Consent Decree | 03/17/2009 |
| BP Texas City Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – Feb. 19, 2009) BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to spend more than $161 million on pollution controls, enhanced maintenance and monitoring, and improved internal management practices to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas refinery, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. The company will also pay a $12 million civil penalty and spend $6 million on a supplemental project to reduce air pollution in Texas City. Today’s settlement addresses the company’s noncompliance with a 2001 consent decree and Clean Air Act regulations requiring strict controls on benzene and benzene-containing wastes generated during petroleum refining operations. The company is required to upgrade control equipment and processes used to handle these materials and conduct in-depth audits to ensure compliance and minimize the amount of benzene-containing wastes generated at the refinery. It is estimated that these actions will reduce emissions of benzene and other volatile organic compounds by approximately 6,000 pounds annually. | Consent Decree | 02/19/2009 |
| Frontier Refining Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – Feb. 10, 2009) Two petroleum refiners have agreed in separate settlements to spend a total of more than $141 million in new air pollution controls at three refineries in Kansas and Wyoming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department announced today. The settlements are expected to reduce harmful emissions by 7,000 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 02/10/2009 |
| Wyoming Refining Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – Feb. 10, 2009) Two petroleum refiners have agreed in separate settlements to spend a total of more than $141 million in new air pollution controls at three refineries in Kansas and Wyoming the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department announced today. The settlements are expected to reduce harmful emissions by 7,000 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 02/10/2009 |
| Patriot Coal Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – Feb. 5, 2009) - Patriot Coal Corporation, one of the largest coal mining companies in the United States, has agreed to pay a $6.5 million civil penalty to settle violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of West Virginia announced today. The settlement includes the third largest penalty ever paid in a federal Clean Water Act case for discharge permit violations. In addition, Patriot has agreed to extensive measures designed to ensure Clean Water Act compliance at its mines in West Virginia. The consent decree includes innovative and heightened operating standards which should serve as a model for the coal mining industry in Central Appalachia. | Consent Decree | 02/05/2009 |
| Kentucky Utilities Company Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – Feb. 3, 2009) Kentucky Utilities (KU), a coal-fired electric utility, has agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $135 million on pollution controls to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 02/03/2009 |
| Cemex California Cement Clean Air Act Settlement | (LOS ANGELES - Jan. 15, 2009) In the largest settlement yet in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ongoing cement kiln enforcement initiative, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the EPA, today lodged a consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, resolving Clean Air Act claims against CEMEX California Cement LLC with respect to the company’s Victorville, Calif., Portland cement plant. | Consent Decree | 01/15/2009 |
| Chemtrade/Marsulex Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – Jan. 12, 2009) Three manufacturers of sulfuric acid have agreed to spend at least $12 million on air pollution controls that are expected to eliminate more than 3,000 tons of harmful emissions annually from six production plants in Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. Chemtrade Logistics, Chemtrade Refinery Services, and Marsulex also will pay a civil penalty of $700,000 under the Clean Air Act settlement. | Consent Decree | 01/12/2009 |
| Citation Oil and Gas Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | (Denver, Colo. -- January 8, 2009) Citation Oil and Gas Corp. will invest approximately $580,000 on new and upgraded spill prevention controls at its Cellers Ranch production field in Johnson County, Wyo., and pay a $280,000 penalty to resolve the government’s claims for violations of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice announced the agreement on January 7 under a consent decree lodged in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. | Consent Decree | 01/08/2009 |
| Explorer Pipeline Company Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON— January 8, 2009) The Explorer Pipeline Company has agreed to pay a $3.3 million civil penalty in order to resolve an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a July 14, 2007, spill of over 6,500 barrels (approximately 275,000 gallons) of jet fuel from its interstate pipeline at a location near Huntsville, Texas, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 01/08/2009 |
| Savoy Senior Housing Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | Washington, D.C. - Jan. 7, 2009) Five defendants associated with the construction of the Liberty Village housing development in Lynchburg, Va., will pay a $300,000 penalty and fund more than $1 million in stream and wetlands restoration work for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and permit restrictions during construction, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. | Consent Decree | 01/07/2009 |
| Rapanos Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - Dec. 29, 2008) John A. Rapanos and related defendants have agreed to pay a civil penalty and recreate approximately 100 acres of wetlands and buffer areas to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act at three sites in Midland and Bay counties, Michigan, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 12/29/2008 |
| ExxonMobil Petroleum Refinery Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. (12/17/08) – ExxonMobil has agreed to pay nearly $6.1 million in civil penalties for violating the terms of a 2005 court-approved Clean Air Act agreement at four of its U.S. refineries, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Today’s legal agreement penalizes ExxonMobil for failing to comply with the 2005 settlement at refineries in Beaumont and Baytown, Texas; Torrance, Calif.; and Baton Rouge, La. In addition, EPA and DOJ are proposing amendments to the 2005 settlement that include new deadlines for some required activities and minor technical changes effecting at the Joliet, Ill., Beaumont and Baytown, Texas and Billings, Montana refineries. | 12/17/2008 | |
| Plantation Pipe Line Company Clean Water Act Settlement | WASHINGTON—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, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of North Carolina announced. | Consent Decree | 11/05/2008 |
| Biofriendly Corporation Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - Nov. 3, 2008) Biofriendly Corp., incorporated in Nevada with principal offices in Covina, Calif., has agreed to pay EPA $1.25 million for manufacturing and selling an unregistered fuel additive in Texas and California. | Consent Decree | 11/03/2008 |
| George H. Johnson Clean Water Act Settlement | An Arizona land developer and a contractor have agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act for bulldozing, filling, and diverting approximately five miles of the Santa Cruz River, a major waterway in Arizona, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 10/07/2008 |
| Merit Energy and Shell Exploration Clean Air Act Settlement | CHICAGO (Oct. 1, 2008) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced an agreement with Merit Energy Co. LLC and Shell Exploration & Production Co. on alleged Clean Air Act violations at a natural gas processing facility in Manistee, Mich. Merit is the present owner and Shell is the former owner of the plant. | Consent Decree | 10/01/2008 |
| St. Marys Cement Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON— Two companies that own and operate a Portland cement manufacturing facility near Dixon, Ill., have agreed to install state-of-the-art pollution controls to reduce harmful air emissions and pay an $800,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 09/08/2008 |
| Colorite Specialty Resins Settlement | WASHINGTON—Colorite Specialty Resins, headquartered in Somerville, N.J., has agreed to perform corrective measures at its Burlington, N.J., manufacturing facility that will reduce harmful emissions of vinyl chloride to resolve alleged violations of federal and state environmental laws, the Justice Department, the State of New Jersey, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 08/19/2008 |
| Salt River Project Agriculture Improvement and Power District Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON— As part of the fifteenth settlement secured by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice to control harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, the owner and operator of a plant in St. Johns, Ariz., has agreed to install pollution controls at an estimated cost of $400 million to reduce harmful emissions and pay a $950,000 civil penalty. Today's settlement resolves alleged violations of the New Source Review requirements of the Clean Air Act. | Consent Decree | 08/12/2008 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Clean Air Act Settlement | (New York, N.Y) Bristol-Myers Squibb, an international pharmaceutical manufacturer, has agreed to reduce the output of ozone-depleting refrigerants at multiple industrial facilities around the country at a combined cost of $3.65 million in order to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 07/08/2008 |
| Pfizer To Pay $975,000 For Alleged Clean Air Violations | (Boston, Mass. - June 23, 2008) - The pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its former manufacturing plant in Groton, Conn., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. Today’s settlement is the first of its type in federal court under regulations that are designed to control the emissions of hazardous air pollutants from pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. | Consent Decree | 06/23/2008 |
| Magellan Clean Water Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., June 16, 2008) - Magellan Midstream Partners has agreed to pay $5.3 million in civil penalties for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related to illegal spills or discharges of petroleum products from its pipeline network at 11 locations in six states over the past 10 years, officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. "Pipeline owners and operators must take steps to minimize the potential of fuel and oil spills," said Granta Y. Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. "Today's settlement will prevent spills that can pollute our waters and harm sensitive ecosystems." | Consent Decree | 06/16/2008 |
| Home Builders Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON—Four of the nation’s largest home builders have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $4.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The companies also have agreed to implement company-wide compliance programs that go beyond current regulatory requirements and put controls in place that will keep 1.2 billion pounds of sediment from polluting our nation’s waterways each ye | 06/11/2008 | |
| Valero Refining-Texas Agrees to Resolve Alleged Violations Over Corpus Christi, Texas Oil Spill | WASHINGTON — Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stemming from a spill of 3,400 barrels of oil into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel on June 1, 2006, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The Corpus Christi Ship Channel flows from Tule Lake into Corpus Christi Bay and then into the Gulf of Mexico. It is heavily utilized by barge and commercial ship traffic. | Consent Decree | 06/10/2008 |
| Colorado construction firm settles storm water violations | (Denver, Colo. -- June 6, 2008) Colorado Structures, Inc., (CSI) a construction management firm that specializes in building big-box commercial stores in the western United States, has agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty and implement a company-wide storm water compliance program to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 06/06/2008 |
| Michigan Sugar Clean Air Act Settlement | (Chicago, Ill. - May 15, 2008) Michigan Sugar, a grower-owned sugar cooperative located in Bay City, Mich., will use pollution reduction measures valued at more than $13 million at its processing facility to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department announced today. Along with the pollution reduction measures, Michigan Sugar will also pay a $210,000 civil penalty. | 05/15/2008 | |
| MTD and Jenn Feng Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON—A Taiwanese manufacturer and three American corporations will pay a $2 million civil penalty for allegedly importing and distributing approximately 200,000 chainsaws in the U.S. that failed to meet federal air pollution standards, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The companies also agreed to spend approximately $5 million on projects to reduce air pollution. | Consent Decree | 04/24/2008 |
| EPA orders Scotts to stop selling certain pesticides | (Chicago, Ill. - April 23, 2008) U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today issued a "stop sale, use or removal" order against Scotts Miracle Gro Co. and three affiliates, all of Marysville, Ohio, for illegal, unregistered and misbranded pesticides. EPA will also issue a stop sale order to Scotts Lawn Care Service. Scotts has agreed to recall these products from all retail locations across the United States and to set up a process for consumers to safely return any unregistered products they may have purchased. | Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order | 04/23/2008 |
| Holly Refining and Marketing Company Settlement | (Washington, D.C. -- April 21, 2008) Holly Refining & Marketing has agreed to spend more than $17 million in new and upgraded pollution controls at its refinery in Woods Cross, Utah, and pay a $120,000 civil penalty, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The settlement, which resolves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act by Holly, is expected to reduce air pollution by more than 420 tons of harmful emissions annually. | Consent Decree | 04/21/2008 |
| Agrifos Fertilizer, Inc. | Dallas, Texas – March 27, 2008) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an administrative order on consent to Agrifos Fertilizer, Inc. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp. to address long-term wastewater management and prevent future imminent and substantial endangerment to human health and the environment. | 03/28/2008 | |
| Lexington, Kentucky Clean Water Settlement | The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) in Kentucky has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $290 million, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage, and to reduce pollution levels in urban storm water. In addition, LFUCG will pay a civil penalty of $425,000 to the United States and implement two federal and two state environmental projects valued at $2.73 million that will provide additional environmental benefits to the Lexington community. | Consent Decree | 03/14/2008 |
| Home Depot Clean Water Settlement | Washington, D.C. – Feb. 26, 2008) Home Depot has agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty and implement a nationwide compliance program to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The settlement resolves alleged violations that were discovered at more than 30 construction sites in 28 states where new Home Depot stores were being built. | Consent Decree | 02/26/2008 |
| Massey Energy Company Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – January 17, 2008) Massey Energy Company, Inc. has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty in a corporate-wide settlement to resolve Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. This is the largest civil penalty in EPA’s history levied against a company for wastewater discharge permit violations. | Consent Decree | 01/17/2008 |
| American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. | American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company (AISLIC) bankruptcy settlement agreement for cleanup of former Fruit of the Loom properties. | Settlement Agreement | 01/03/2008 |
| W.R. Grace & Co. Agrees to Bankruptcy Settlement at 32 Superfund Sites | On December 20, 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced that W.R. Grace agreed to a $34 million bankruptcy settlement for cleanup costs at 32 Superfund sites across the country. | Settlement Agreement | 12/20/2007 |
| City of San Diego, California Clean Water Act Settlement (PDF) | The city of San Diego will spend approximately $1 billion over the next six years to make improvements to its sewer system under a comprehensive settlement filed today by the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. | Consent Decree | 11/28/2007 |
| Aspen Petroleum Clean Air Act Settlement | On November 14, 2007 the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a complaint and settlement in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Aspen Petroleum Products (“Aspen Petroleum”). Aspen Petroleum agreed to pay a $25,000 penalty and halt the illegal blending of “drip gas” with gasoline. The settlement resolves violations of the Clean Air Act and prevents the Colorado-based company from selling millions of gallons of drip gas, a byproduct of natural gas production, blended with gasoline to retail gas stations. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2007 |
| The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. Agree to Extensive Sewer System Upgrades | WASHINGTON – The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro), at a cost of between $300 million and $400 million, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to control overflows of combined sewage and storm water under a settlement announced today by the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). | Consent Decree | 10/24/2007 |
| American Electric Power Service Corporation | Washington, D.C. – Oct. 9, 2007) American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the adverse effects of its past excess emissions. The record settlement was announced today by the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency. | Consent Decree | 10/09/2007 |
| Hunt Refining Company and Hunt Southland Refining Company Settlements | The Hunt Refining Co. and Hunt Southland Refining Co. have agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty and spend more than $48.5 million for new and upgraded pollution controls at three refineries, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. | Consent Decree | 09/28/2007 |
| Texas Products Pipeline Company, LLC | (Dallas, Texas – August 16, 2007) TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC and TEPPCO Crude Pipeline, LLC (collectively “TEPPCO”) will pay a $2.865 million penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 08/16/2007 |
| Valero (Premcor) Refinery Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corp. that provides for a $4.25 million penalty and $232 million in new and upgraded pollution controls at refineries in Tennessee, Ohio and Texas that were formerly owned by Premcor Inc. The state of Ohio and Memphis-Shelby County, Tenn. have also joined in today's consent decree and will receive a portion of the civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 08/16/2007 |
| E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement today with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., which is expected to reduce more than 13,000 tons of harmful emissions annually from four sulfuric acid production plants in Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. | Consent Decree | 07/20/2007 |
| Equistar Chemicals Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - July 19, 2007) Equistar Chemicals LP, headquartered in Houston, Texas, will spend more than $125 million on pollution controls and cleanup to address a myriad of air, water and hazardous waste violations at seven petrochemical plants in Texas, Illinois, Iowa and Louisiana, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 07/18/2007 |
| J.H. Berra Construction Company | (Washington--July 12, 2007) Several St. Louis-area developers responsible for polluting streams and lakes with runoff from three construction sites will adhere to a strict compliance program at future construction projects, clean up past pollution, and pay one of the largest environmental penalties of its kind in state history under a consent decree reached with the United States, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, and the city of Wildwood, Mo. The consent decree, filed today in federal district court in St. Louis, requires J.H. Berra Construction Co. Inc. and several other defendants to pay a civil penalty of $590,000, the largest penalty for a land disturbance case in Missouri. The other defendants in the case include JHB Properties Inc., J.H. Berra Holding Co. Inc., JMB No. 2 LLC, and CMB Rhodes LLC. All are connected to J.H. Berra Construction, one of the largest developers in the St. Louis area. | Consent Decree | 07/12/2007 |
| Casper's Electronics Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today a landmark settlement requiring Casper's Electronics, of Mundelein, Ill., to pay a penalty and stop selling devices that allow cars to release excess levels of pollution into the environment, in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA). | Consent Decree | 07/10/2007 |
| East Kentucky Power Cooperative Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. – East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility based in Winchester, Ky., will spend approximately $650 million on pollution controls and pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act at its three plants, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 07/02/2007 |
| Nevada Power Company Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $60.7 million Clean Air Act settlement with Nevada Power Company (Nevada Power) that will improve air quality in the Clark County/Las Vegas area by requiring the company to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, a harmful air pollutant, from its Clark Generating Station by about 2,300 tons annually. | Consent Decree | 06/13/2007 |
| Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) Settlement | PITTSBURGH (May 31, 2007) -- In a landmark settlement with federal, state, and county authorities, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) has agreed to a comprehensive plan to greatly reduce the annual discharge of billions of gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways. | 05/31/2007 | |
| Kinder Morgan Clean Water Act Settlement | (05/21/07 -- San Francisco) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, and SFPP LP, have agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million to resolve liability under the Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, Endangered Species Act, and California’s Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, for three oil spills in 2004 and 2005. | Consent Decree | 05/21/2007 |
| Kerr-McGee Clean Air Act Settlement | WASHINGTON – Kerr-McGee Corp. will spend $18 million on pollution controls in the first comprehensive settlement under the Clean Air Act that will reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas at production facilities across Utah and Colorado . The control measures and operational improvements are expected to reduce annual emissions of air pollutants by more than 2,500 tons in Utah and more than 3,000 tons in Colorado, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/17/2007 |
| Kmart Consent Agreement and Final Order | (Washington, D.C. – May 9, 2007) Kmart will pay a $102,422 fine to settle self-disclosed violations of federal environmental regulations discovered at 17 distribution centers in 13 states. The company reported violations of clean water, hazardous waste, and emergency planning and preparedness regulations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If EPA had discovered Kmart’s violations through an inspection, the company would have faced a fine of more than $1.6 million. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 05/09/2007 |
| Kinder Morgan Consent Agreement and Final Order | (Washington, D.C. – May 2, 2007) Kinder Morgan Transmix Co. has agreed to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $600,000 to resolve numerous violations of federal air and hazardous waste regulations, including mixing hazardous waste with gasoline. | Consent Agreement and Final Order | 05/02/2007 |
| Total Petrochemicals U.S.A. Settlement | WASHINGTON – Total Petrochemical USA Inc. (Total) will pay a $2.9 million penalty and upgrade pollution controls at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery, to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 04/30/2007 |
| Rhodia Inc. Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - April 26, 2007) Acid manufacturer Rhodia Inc. will pay a $2 million penalty and spend approximately $50 million on air pollution controls at eight production plants in four states across the country, to resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Air Act. The pollution controls are expected to reduce harmful emissions from its production plants in Texas, Louisiana, California and Indiana by 19,000 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 04/26/2007 |
| Williams Refining Clean Air Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - March 14, 2007) Williams Refining Co., the former owner and operator of a Memphis, Tenn., petroleum refinery, has agreed to pay $2.2 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced. | Consent Decree | 03/14/2007 |
| Agrium/Royster Clark Clean Air Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - Feb. 6, 2007) -- A Cincinnati-area nitric acid production facility will pay $750,000 in civil penalties to settle violations of the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act uncovered by EPA. The parent companies also agreed to install state-of-the-art pollution control equipment at the facility that will reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions of by more than 200 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 02/06/2007 |
| Martex Farms Administrative Law Decision | (Washington, D.C. - Feb. 1, 2007) - EPA today applauds a legal victory against Martex Farms, a Puerto Rican company, for violating the worker protection provisions of U.S. pesticide laws. | Administrative Order | 02/01/2007 |
| M.G. Waldbaum Company WIll Pay $1 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations | WASHINGTON – M.G. Waldbaum Company, a subsidiary of Minnesota-based Michael Foods Inc., has agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Water Act. Today's settlement, which is a joint federal-state effort, involves a large egg processing facility and seven associated poultry farms near the City of Wakefield, Neb. The civil penalty will be divided equally between the state and the federal government. | Consent Decree | 01/10/2007 |
| Mercedes Clean Air Settlement | Washington, D.C. - Dec. 21, 2006) Mercedes-Benz will pay $1.2 million in civil penalties to resolve its failure to promptly notify EPA about air pollution control defects on numerous 1998 - 2006 model vehicles. Mercedes must also improve its emissions defect investigation and reporting system to ensure future compliance, at an estimated cost of approximately $1 million per year. | Consent Decree | 12/21/2006 |
| Syngenta Consent Agreement | (Washington, D.C. - Dec. 21, 2006) Syngenta Seeds, Inc. of Golden Valley, Minn., has agreed to pay a $1.5 million penalty to EPA for selling and distributing seed corn that contained an unregistered genetically engineered pesticide called Bt 10. | Consent Agreement | 12/21/2006 |
| PSEG Fossil L.L.C. Civil Judicial Settlement | (New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of New Jersey today announced that they have lodged with the court a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with PSEG Fossil LLC related to PSEG's failure to comply with a 2002 consent decree requiring installation of pollution controls at its coal-fired power plants in Jersey City and Hamilton, New Jersey. This new settlement, which is subject to court approval, secures additional air pollution reductions, tighter controls, valuable environmental projects and a significant penalty. | Consent Decree | 11/30/2006 |
| City of Indianapolis Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - November 8, 2010) The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of Indiana have reached an agreement with the city of Indianapolis on important modifications to a 2006 consent decree that will make Indianapolis’ sewer system more efficient, leading to major reductions in sewage contaminated water at a savings to the city of approximately $444 million. | Consent Decree | 10/05/2006 |
| Motiva and BP Settlement Agreements | (Washington, D.C. – October 5, 2006) As part of ongoing efforts to protect public health by improving compliance with the motor vehicle fuels provisions of the federal Clean Air Act, EPA reached settlements on Sept. 27 with BP Products North America Inc. and with Motiva Enterprises LLC and Equilon Enterprises LLC, d/b/a Shell Oil Products US. | 10/05/2006 | |
| Seaboard Settlement | Washington, D.C. - Under two related settlements, Seaboard Foods LP and PIC USA Inc., will take significant steps at many of their facilities to ensure future compliance with environmental laws and to resolve allegations that the companies contaminated groundwater and surface waters near several of their facilities, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | 09/15/2006 | |
| Confetti String Clean Air Orders | EPA has ordered five national retail chains to pull from their shelves cans of illegally imported confetti string products that contain banned hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). These substances deplete the earth''s protective stratospheric ozone layer and increase the risk of skin cancer. Millions of cans of these novelty items, all imported from China or Taiwan and known by various names such as Zany String, Crazy String, and Party Streamer, have been sold illegally in the United States. | 09/05/2006 | |
| Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Settlement | WASHINGTON – The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) entered into an agreement to plead guilty to an indictment charging 15 felony counts of violating the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) through the illegal discharge of pollutants from nine sanitary wastewater treatment plants and five drinking water treatment plants, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 06/22/2006 |
| Oxy Vinyls Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - June 8, 2006) Citizens in areas of Texas, Kentucky and New Jersey will experience reduced exposure to the known human carcinogen vinyl chloride under a settlement announced today between Oxy Vinyls, LP (Oxy Vinyls) and the United States, the Louisville Metropolitan Air Pollution Control District (LMAPCD), and the State of New Jersey. | Consent Decree | 06/08/2006 |
| Newly Weds Foods, Inc. Settlement | WASHINGTON-In a settlement to reduce the release of ozone-depleting refrigerants into the atmosphere, a Chicago-based national baking company has agreed to stop using ozone-depleting refrigerants, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/16/2006 |
| U.S. Seeks Court Approval on Dredging Agreement with GE | (Washington, DC) – In another significant step toward cleaning up polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Hudson River, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today asked the U.S. District Court in Albany, New York to approve the October 2005 consent decree with the General Electric Company (GE) for the river dredging called for in EPAs 2002 Record of Decision for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site. The government made its written request to the court after carefully considering the public comments submitted during the comment period, eventually concluding that the settlement reached last year by the government and GE remains appropriate. The submission to the court includes detailed and comprehensive responses to the public comments. “The settlement reached with GE was designed to meet the immediate and future needs of the people of New York—by removing a large amount of PCBs from the Upper Hudson River and expediting PCB cleanup to improve the health and safety of the environment and citizens,” said Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “We are pleased to seek the court’s approval of this settlement and we look forward to seeing the benefits of this landmark action.” | Consent Decree | 05/16/2006 |
| Hartford Clean Water Settlement | (Hartford, Conn. – May 11, 2006) – A major settlement involving federal and state regulators and the Hartford-based Metropolitan District (MDC) will significantly reduce illegal discharges of raw sewage into the environment throughout the Hartford, Conn. area from the MDC’s wastewater collection system. Reducing discharges of untreated sewage to local rivers and streams will enhance the fishing and contact recreation opportunities in the Connecticut River for area inhabitants, many of whom are historically disadvantaged. | Consent Decree | 05/11/2006 |
| City of Dallas Storm Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The City of Dallas, Texas has reached an agreement with the federal government requiring the City to spend in excess of $3.5 million in a comprehensive effort to decrease the amount of pollution entering the city's stormwater system, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/10/2006 |
| Mirant Clean Air Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a joint federal-state settlement, Mirant Mid-Atlantic (Mirant) has agreed to eliminate nearly 29,000 tons of harmful pollution each year generated by its four electricity generating plants in Maryland and Virginia. The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland worked jointly on this enforcement action, which will reduce significantly output of nitrogen oxides (NOx) throughout the region. | Consent Decree | 05/08/2006 |
| Idaho Transportation Department Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and contractor Scarsella Brothers, Inc. have agreed to pay $895,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act during the construction of the Bellgrove-Mica realignment of Highway 95 near Lake Coeur d''Alene in Northern Idaho, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 05/03/2006 |
| Cast Iron Pipe Manufacturer, Company Officials Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes and Worker Safety Violations | WASHINGTON, D.C. – A New Jersey cast iron pipe manufacturer, Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. (a division of McWane, Inc.) and four company officials were found guilty of committing flagrant abuses of environmental and worker safety laws, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The charges include, among others, the regular discharge of oil into the Delaware River, concealing serious worker injuries from health and safety inspectors, and maintaining a dangerous workplace that contributed to multiple severe injuries and the death of one employee at the Phillipsburg, New Jersey plant. | Criminal Case | 04/27/2006 |
| Alabama Power Company Clean Air Settlement | Washington, D.C. – The air quality in Alabama and downwind states will improve significantly because the federal government and the state of Alabama are requiring a utility to reduce emissions of two harmful pollutants by 28,000 tons per year. . | Consent Decree | 04/25/2006 |
| Minnkota Power Cooperative and Square Butte Electric Cooperative | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The air quality in North Dakota and surrounding regions will improve significantly because the federal government and the state of North Dakota are requiring two utilities to reduce emissions of two harmful pollutants by more than 33,000 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 04/24/2006 |
| Pflueger Clean Water Settlement | The EPA has reached a settlement of over $7.5 million with James Pflueger over Clean Water Act violations associated with construction activities on Pflueger's property in Hawaii. This is the largest storm water settlement in the United States for violations at a single site by a single landowner. | 03/09/2006 | |
| New York City Underground Storage Tank Settlement | The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the EPA announced a $1.3 million proposed consent decree with the City of New York involving violations of the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in connection with the city's underground storage tank systems. | 01/25/2006 | |
| City of Nashua, New Hampshire, Combined Sewer Overflow Clean Water Act Settlement | On December 26, 2005, the original Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, put the City of Nashua (the City) on an enforceable schedule to undertake a combined sewer overflow (CSO) program to address its CSOs. The Decree was subsequently amended by an order entered on February 5, 2009. Under the Amended Decree, the City is to complete its CSO program to mitigate overflows from six of the City's eight combined CSO outfalls, and to analyze alternatives for and design and construct CSO controls for the two remaining outfalls. | Consent Decree | 12/26/2005 |
| DaimlerChrysler Corporation Settlement | The U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA announced a $94 million settlement with DaimlerChrysler Corporation (Chrysler) regarding defective catalytic converters on nearly 1.5 million Jeep and Dodge vehicles from model years 1996 through 2001, and defective on-board diagnostic systems on some of those vehicles. | Consent Decree | 12/21/2005 |
| Airline Drinking Water Enforcement | EPA is responsible for ensuring the safety of drinking water in the United States under the Safe Drinking Water Act. This includes drinking water on aircraft. In 2004, EPA randomly tested the drinking water on 327 U.S. and foreign flag aircraft from different airlines at 19 airports around the country. | 12/14/2005 | |
| E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company PFOA Settlements | EPA settles PFOA case against DuPont for largest administrative civil penalty On December 14, 2005, EPA forwarded to the Environmental Appeals Board (Board) a settlement with E.I du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) for the largest civil administrative penalty EPA has ever obtained under any federal environmental statute. | Consent Agreement | 12/14/2005 |
| Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced they have reached a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky. | 10/07/2005 | |
| Hawaii Department of Transportation Clean Water Settlement | HONOLULU - The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Hawaii Department of Health have reached an agreement with the Hawaii Department of Transportation that requires the department to pay a $1 million penalty and spend an estimated $50 million to address Clean Water Act storm water violations at highways and airports in Hawaii. | 10/06/2005 | |
| Clean Harbors Clean Air Act Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services that is expected to enhance calculating and reporting on benzene emissions from North America's largest operator of hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities. | 09/13/2005 | |
| Cosmed Clean Air Enforcement Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice reached the first nationwide settlement of a Clean Air Act enforcement action for violations of the federal standards for ethylene oxide emissions from sterilization facilities. Cosmed Group, Inc., (Cosmed), headquartered in Jamestown, R.I., which sterilizes products for the food and medical industries, will pay a $500,000 civil penalty and spend an additional $1 million to perform supplemental environmental projects that will improve air quality in urban areas. | Consent Decree | 08/18/2005 |
| Giant Petroleum Refinery Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) announced on August 4, 2005 a settlement agreement regarding alleged violations at two Giant Industries facilities in northwestern New Mexico: the Bloomfield Refinery in Bloomfield and the Ciniza Refinery near Gallup. Giant will pay a $250,000 penalty and spend $600,000 on four approved supplemental environmental projects expected to reduce harmful air emissions by almost 3,000 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 08/04/2005 |
| Baltimore County Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Department of the Environment today announced two major Clean Water Act settlements with Baltimore County and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), that are anticipated to lead to more than $1 billion in sewer system improvements. | Consent Decree | 07/26/2005 |
| Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Department of the Environment today announced two major Clean Water Act settlements with Baltimore County and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), that are anticipated to lead to more than $1 billion in sewer system improvements. | Consent Decree | 07/26/2005 |
| Sunoco Petroleum Refinery Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement with petroleum refiner Sunoco that is expected to reduce harmful air emissions by more than 24,000 tons per year from four refineries in three states. The agreement will bring nearly 65 percent of domestic refining capacity into compliance with the law. | Consent Decree | 06/16/2005 |
| Valero Eagle Petroleum Refinery Settlement | The U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced comprehensive Clean Air Act settlements with petroleum refinery Valero that are expected to reduce harmful air emissions by more than 20,000 tons per year from 14 refineries in six states. | Consent Decree | 06/16/2005 |
| Volkswagen of America Clean Air Act Settlement | On June 15, 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a major Clean Air Act settlement with Volkswagen of America, Inc., to resolve Volkswagen's failure to promptly notify EPA and correct defective oxygen sensors on at least 329,000 of their 1999, 2000 and 2001 Golfs, Jettas and New Beetles. | Consent Decree | 06/15/2005 |
| Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District | WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2005) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet jointly announced a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District. | 04/25/2005 | |
| Illinois Power Settlement | (Washington, D.C.- March 7, 2005) The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Illinois announced the settlement of their major Clean Air Act case alleging that Illinois Power Company and its successor, Dynegy Midwest Generation, violated the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act at the Baldwin Power Station in Baldwin, Ill. | Consent Decree | 03/07/2005 |
| Conoco Phillips Global Refinery Settlement | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have completed a comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement with ConocoPhillips that is expected to reduce harmful air emissions by more than 47,000 tons per year from nine U.S. petroleum refineries in seven states that represent nearly 10 percent of total refining capacity in the United States. | Consent Decree | 01/27/2005 |
| Tennessee Announce Clean Water Act Agreement with Knoxville Utilities Board | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation jointly announced today a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB). The settlement will ensure the proper management, operation, and maintenance of KUB's sewer system including measures to prevent overflows of untreated sewage. | 12/01/2004 | |
| CITGO Global Refinery Settlement | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement with CITGO. The settlement is expected to reduce harmful air emissions by more than 30,000 tons per year from six petroleum refineries in five states that represent nearly 5 percent of total refining capacity in the United States. | Consent Decree | 10/06/2004 |
| Mirant Clean Air Act Settlement | On September 27, 2004, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, announced a major Clean Air Act settlement with Mirant Mid-Atlantic (Mirant) that will eliminate almost 29,000 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides (" NOx") pollution each year from Mirant''s coal-fired electricity generating plants in Maryland and Virginia. The settlement resolves federal and state claims that Mirant has violated the NOx emissions limitation set forth in the operating permit for its Potomac River plant in Alexandria, Va. | Consent Decree | 09/27/2004 |
| CWA Public Notice: Virginia Department of Corrections | EPA Region III proposes to assess a Class I administrative civil penalty of six thousand dollars ($6,000) against the Virginia Department of Corrections, 6900 Atmore Drive, Richmond, VA 23225, pursuant to Section 309(g) of the Act, 33 U.S.C.� 1319(g). | 07/27/2004 | |
| Wal-Mart II Storm Water Settlement | On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the U.S. Attorney''s office for the District of Delaware and the States of Tennessee, and Utah reached a Clean Water Act settlement for storm water violations at Wal-Mart store construction sites across the country. | 05/12/2004 | |
| South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) | Consent DecreeOn March 16, 2004, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency, along with the State of South Carolina, announced a major Clean Air Act settlement with the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper). | Consent Decree | 03/16/2004 |
| Chevron USA Settlement | The U.S. Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Attorney, San Francisco, announced a comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. The settlement is expected to reduce harmful air emissions by almost 10,000 tons per year from five U.S. petroleum refineries that represent more than five percent of the total refining capacity in the United States. | Consent Decree | 10/16/2003 |
| Cenex Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced comprehensive Clean Air Act settlements with Coastal Eagle Point Oil Company (CEPOC), CHS Inc. (Cenex), Ergon-West Virginia Inc. and Ergon Refining Inc. (Ergon). These companies have a collective production capacity of approximately 285,000 barrels per day and will reduce air emissions by more than 3,900 tons per year under the terms of settlements being filed with U.S. District Courts in New Jersey, Montana and Mississippi. | Consent Decree | 10/01/2003 |
| Coastal Eagle Point Refinery Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced comprehensive Clean Air Act settlements with Coastal Eagle Point Oil Company (CEPOC), CHS Inc. (Cenex), Ergon-West Virginia Inc. and Ergon Refining Inc. (Ergon). These companies have a collective production capacity of approximately 285,000 barrels per day and will reduce air emissions by more than 3,900 tons per year under the terms of settlements being filed with U.S. District Courts in New Jersey, Montana and Mississippi. | Consent Decree | 10/01/2003 |
| Ergon Refining Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement with Ergon Refining, Inc. Ergon Refining, Inc. will reduce air emissions under the terms of settlements being filed with U.S. District Courts in West Virginia. | Consent Decree | 10/01/2003 |
| Washington D.C. Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) Sewer Overflows Settlement | On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States and a coalition of citizen groups have reached a partial settlement of Clean Water Act litigation against the Washington DC Water and Sewer Authority (WASA), launching an extensive program to reduce illegal discharges of untreated sewage into the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek. | Consent Decree | 06/25/2003 |
| Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) F.B. Culley Plant Clean Air Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced on June 6, 2003 a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with the Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, Inc. (SIGECO) to resolve Clean Air Act violations at SIGECO's F.B. Culley coal-fired power plant (Culley Station). Under the settlement, SIGECO will spend approximately $30 million between now and 2007 to install state-of-the-art pollution controls to meet stringent pollution limits. | Consent Decree | 06/06/2003 |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice on April 29, 2003 announced the major Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO), also known as We Energies, to resolve CAA violations of the New Source Review requirements at several of the company's coal-fired power plants. Wisconsin Electric is a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation, which operates five coal-fired power plants in Wisconsin and Michigan. | 04/27/2003 | |
| Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) Clean Air Act Settlement | The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced on April 21, 2003 the largest Clean Air Act settlement of an enforcement matter against a utility. Virginia Electric and Power Co. (VEPCO) has agreed to spend $1.2 billion between now and 2013 to eliminate 237,000 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions each year from eight coal-fired electricity generating plants in Virginia and West Virginia. | Consent Decree | 04/17/2003 |
| Alcoa Inc. Settlement | On April 9, 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice announced a major Clean Air Act settlement with Alcoa, Inc., under which the company will likely spend over $330 million to install state-of-the-art pollution controls to eliminate the vast majority of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from the power plant at Alcoa's aluminum production facility in Rockdale, Texas. | Consent Decree | 04/09/2003 |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company Settlement | The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced on April 9, 2003 a landmark Clean Air Act settlement with grain industry giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM ), which will cover operations at 52 plants in 16 states. | Consent Decree | 04/09/2003 |
| Colonial Pipeline Company Clean Water Act Settlement | The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced on April 1, 2003, a settlement with Colonial Pipeline, resolving charges that the company violated the Clean Water Act on seven occasions by spilling 1.45 million gallons of oil from its 5,500 mile pipeline in five states. | 04/01/2003 | |
| Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Pollutant Discharge Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement on March 19, 2003, with the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) of charges the company unlawfully discharged untreated sewage into the environment of Puerto Rico and violated pollutant discharge permits issued by EPA under the Clean Water Act. The consent decree was lodged on Thursday, March 13 with the Federal District Court in San Juan. | Consent Decree | 03/13/2003 |
| Lion Oil Civil Judicial Settlement | The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency on March 11, 2003, agreed to a comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement with Lion Oil Company to reduce harmful air emissions from the company's El Dorado, Ark., refinery by 1,380 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 03/11/2003 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation Settlement | WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2003 --The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement of the government's lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation for Clean Air Act violations involving 2.2 million vehicles manufactured between 1996 and 1998. | Consent Decree | 03/07/2003 |
| Olympic Pipeline Company and Shell Pipeline Company fka Equilon Pipeline Company Oil Spill Settlement | The U.S. Justice Department, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a civil settlement on January 17, 2003, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in United States v. Shell Pipeline Co. LP fka Equilon Pipeline Co. LLC and Olympic Pipe Line Co., CV02-1178R. | Consent Decree | 01/17/2003 |
| Tanknology - NDE, International, Inc. Criminal Plea | On October 30, 2002, Tanknology - NDE, International, Inc. was sentenced in federal district court in Austin, Texas to pay a criminal fine of $1 million and pay restitution of $1.29 million to the United States for the costs of the potential retesting of underground storage tanks that the company had falsely tested. In addition, Tanknology will serve five years probation. Pursuant to the plea agreement, Tanknology will implement a quality management system to ensure that false and improper testing practices do not occur again. | 10/30/2002 | |
| Agra Resources Cooperative (Exol), Albert Lea, MN | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Agri-Energy, L.L.C., Luverne, MN | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry.The Clean Air Act's NSR program requires a source to install pollution controls and undertake other pre-construction obligations to control air pollution emissions. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative, Little Falls, MN | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry.The Clean Air Act's NSR program requires a source to install pollution controls and undertake other pre-construction obligations to control air pollution emissions. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company (CVEC), Benson, MN | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry.The Clean Air Act's NSR program requires a source to install pollution controls and undertake other pre-construction obligations to control air pollution emissions. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Diversified Energy Co., LLC Clean Air Act Ethanol Settlement | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Ethanol 2000 CAA Ethanol Settlement | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Gopher State Ethanol CAA Settlement | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Heartland Corn Products Ethanol CAA Settlement | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Minnesota Energy Ethanol CAA Settlement | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| Pro-Corn LLC Ethanol CAA Settlement | In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began investigating a suspected pattern of noncompliance with the Prevention of Serious Deterioration/ New Source Review (PSD/NSR) requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) within the ethanol industry. | Consent Decree | 10/02/2002 |
| ExxonMobil Oil Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | The EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Game announced a settlement under which Exxonmobil Oil Corporation will pay the U.S. and the State of California $4.7 million in compensation for a spill of crude oil from a pipeline operated by the former Mobil Oil Company. | Consent Decree | 09/24/2002 |
| Caterpillar Inc. Consent Decree Modification Request Court Decision | On October 22, 1998, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers, the largest civil penalty ever for violation of environmental law. Under this settlement, seven major manufacturers of diesel engines will spend more than one billion dollars to resolve claims that they installed computer devices in heavy duty diesel engines which resulted in illegal amounts of air pollution emissions. | 09/06/2002 | |
| Power Engineering Company - Favorable EPA RCRA Case Decision | On September 4, 2002, the 10th Circuit upheld EPA's authority to bring enforcement actions for violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in states with authorized hazardous waste management programs (U.S. v. Power Engineering Co., No. 01-1217 (Sept. 4, 2002)). The court also found that EPA' s enforcement action was not barred by res judicata, because EPA and a state with an authorized hazardous waste management program are not in privity unless EPA pulls a "laboring oar" in the state's enforcement action. | 09/04/2002 | |
| City of Baltimore, Maryland Sewer Overflow Settlement | The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Maryland on April 26, 2002, announced a joint settlement with the City of Baltimore that addresses continuning hazards posed by hundreds of illegal wastewater discharges of raw sewage from Baltimore's wastewater collection system. | 04/26/2002 | |
| Premcor Refining Group, Inc. (Clark Refining and Marking, Inc.) Multimedia Settlement | On April 1, 2002, the Justice Department, the EPA, and the State of Illinois announced a settlement with Premcor Refining Group, Inc. in which Premcor is to pay $6.25 million to resolve claims that it violated five environmental statutes at its Blue Island Refinery in Blue Island, Illinois. The complaint alleged violations of the Clean Air Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Recovery Act; and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, as well as State of Illinois environmental laws and regulations. | 04/01/2002 | |
| Ferro Corporation | On March 18, 2002, the Justice Department, the EPA, the State of Indiana and the City of Hamond, Indiana entered into a $3 million settlement of claims against Ferro Corporation for the company's violations of the federal and state "new source review" provisions of the Clean Air Act and of state and local ordinances. | Consent Decree | 03/18/2002 |
| Boise Cascade Corporation Wood Products Settlement | The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced on March 13, 2002 a comprehensive Clean Air Act (CAA) agreement with wood products industry giant Boise Cascade Corporation that will require reductions of up to 95 percent of the harmful emissions from the company's eight plywood and particle board plants. | Consent Decree | 03/13/2002 |
| City of Youngstown, Ohio Sewer Overflow Settlement | The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Ohio announced a settlement with the City of Youngstown on Tuesday, March 5, 2002, that will reduce and perhaps eliminate long-standing and significant raw sewage discharges from its combined sewer system. | Consent Decree | 03/05/2002 |
| Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation Judicial Settlement | A federal district court has ordered Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation to pay the second highest penalty that a judge has awarded to the United States after trial under the Clean Water Act (CWA) since the law was passed in 1972. | 02/19/2002 | |
| City of Anderson, Indiana, Combined Sewer Overflow Clean Water Act Settlement | On February 18, 2002, a Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, and subsequently modified on May 18, 2010. The original Decree put the City of Anderson (the City) on an enforceable schedule to: complete remedial measures by 2009, to address its combined sewer overflows from its sewer system; develop and implement an Emergency Response Plan; to undertake improvements to its Pretreatment Program | Consent Decree | 02/18/2002 |
| City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio Sewer Overflow Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency together with the State of Ohio Attorney General and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced a partial settlement with the Board of Commissioners of Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati that will set the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) on a course to eliminate long-standing and significant sewage discharges from the sanitary sewer system. | Consent Decree | 02/15/2002 |
| Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation (Transco) Multimedia Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a settlement with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), under which the company has agreed to test for and cleanup soil and groundwater contamination related to waste disposal at numerous compressor stations along its natural gas pipeline, which traverses 12 states from Texas to New York. In addition, the company will cleanup polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination, complete a storm water monitoring program, conduct storm water sampling at several compressor stations and pay a $1.4 million civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 02/01/2002 |
| City of Mobile, Alabama, Civil Judicial Settlement | The Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Alabama announced on January 24, 2002 a major Clean Water Act settlement involving the Water and Sewer Board of the City of Mobile, AL, for violations of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program. Mobile Bay Watch, Inc., a local citizens' group, is also a party in the settlement. | Consent Decree | 01/24/2002 |
| Murphy Oil Refining Company Settlement | The Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney's office in Madison, Wisconsin, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Wisconsin Department of Justice on January 24, 2002 announced a settlement with Murphy Oil USA, Inc., which will dramatically cut sulfur dioxide ("SO2") emissions from the company's Superior, WI refinery. | Consent Decree | 01/24/2002 |
| Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) Civil Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entered into the broadest lead disclosure settlement ever with one of the nation's largest property management firms, the Denver-based Apartment Investment and Management Co. (AIMCO). Residents living in more than 130,000 apartments in 47 states and Washington, DC, will live in lead-safe units as a result of this landmark settlement. | Consent Decree | 01/16/2002 |
| Conoco, Inc. Refinery Civil Judicial Settlement | The settlement announced on December 20, 2001 commits four refineries owned by Conoco Inc. ("Conoco") to an ambitious program to assure compliance with major provisions of the Clean Air Act. The Companies expect to spend more than $110 million over eight years to reduce emissions by nearly 8,000 tons per year. | 12/20/2001 | |
| Montana Refining Company Civil Judicial Settlement | The settlement announced on December 20, 2001 commits three refining properties owned by Navajo Refining Company, L.P. And Montana Refining Company ("The Companies") to an ambitious program to assure compliance with major provisions of the Clean Air Act. | Consent Decree | 12/20/2001 |
| ExxonMobil Corporation Hazardous Waste Settlement | U.S. EPA announced the settlement of one of the largest hazardous wastes cases in history with the filing of a consent decree on December 13, 2001 of a case filed against Mobil Oil Corporation. The case alleged mismanagement of benzene-contaminated waste at Port Mobil, a major petroleum storage and distribution terminal on Authur Kill at Staten Island, New York. Benzene, a known human carcinogen, became a regulated hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1990 | 12/13/2001 | |
| Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain Company Civil Settlement | On November 19, 2001, the U.S. EPA and the Justice Department announced a civil settlement with the nation's second largest pork producer, Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain Company, Inc. (Continental). | Consent Decree | 11/19/2001 |
| TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. Hazardous Waste Settlement | In agreements with the U.S. Government and the State of Arizona that were announced on January 18, 2001, TRW 's Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. resolved charges that it violated hazardous waste laws at its airbag manufacturing plant in Queen Creek, AZ under a civil settlement and criminal plea agreement. The Criminal Plea Agreement and Consent Decree call for payment of $17.6 million in fines for failure to manage hazardous wastes in accordance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulatory requirements. | Consent Decree | 11/18/2001 |
| City of Baton Rouge and Baton Rouge Parrish, Louisiana Sewer Overflow Settlement | On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, the United States and the State of Louisiana announced a civil settlement with the City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The settlement will end years of sewage overflows and long-standing violations of the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2001 |
| Monongahela Power Company (dba Allegheny Power Company) Civil Settlement | On November 13, 2001, the U.S. Government settled a federal lawsuit against Monongahela Power Company (doing business as Allegheny Power) for Clean Water Act violations related to a 19,000-gallon oil spill after a 1998 explosion at the company's Belmont substation in Williw Island, Pleasants County, West Virginia. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2001 |
| Iowa Beef Packers (IBP), Inc. Multimedia Settlement | Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. (IBP), the world's largest meatpacker, has agreed to pay the United States $4.1 million in penalties for violating the nation's environmental laws. | Consent Decree | 10/12/2001 |
| Lee Brass Company, Inc. Hazardous Waste Judicial Settlement | On September 26, 2001, a consent decree was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama for settlement of a judicial action against Lee Brass Company, Inc., Anniston, Alabama, for alleged violations of RCRA. The Complaint alleged illegal treatment of hazardous waste foundry sand in the sand reclamation unit without a permit, illegal storage of the sand, disposal in violation of Land Disposal Restriction lead standards, preparedness and prevention violations, training violations, and container management violations. | Consent Decree | 09/26/2001 |
| Premcor Refining Group, Inc. Refinery Settlement | The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Illinois on July 12, 2001 announced an agreement with The Premcor Refining Group Inc. that will significantly reduce harmful air pollution, including more than 4,700 tons of sulfur dioxide annually, from Premcor's petroleum refinery in Hartford, Ill. | Consent Decree | 07/12/2001 |
| Amtrak Water Pollution Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department on June 28, 2001 announced that Amtrak, the nation's largest passenger rail operator, has signed an agreement to carry out environmental audits at its facilities nationwide and undertake other environmental improvements, including projects to restore wetlands and reduce PCBs in locomotive transformers. The agreement settles claims that Amtrak violated numerous requirements of the Clean Water Act, including its storm water provisions, at nine Amtrak sites in New England. | Consent Decree | 06/28/2001 |
| Air Liquide America Corporations Settlement | The Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 21, 2001 announced a groundbreaking Clean Air Act settlement with Air Liquide America Corporation to replace refrigerant chemicals that destroy the earth's stratospheric ozone layer with environmentally friendly alternatives. | Consent Decree | 06/21/2001 |
| National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Settleme | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department on June 28, 2001 announced that Amtrak, the nation's largest passenger rail operator, has signed an agreement to carry out environmental audits at its facilities nationwide and undertake other environmental improvements, including projects to restore wetlands and reduce PCBs in locomotive transformers. The agreement settles claims that Amtrak violated numerous requirements of the Clean Water Act, including its storm water provisions, at nine Amtrak sites in New England. | Consent Decree | 06/18/2001 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Water Pollution Settlement | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is the first national company that the federal government has taken an enforcemnt action against for multi-state violations of the storm water regulations. Also included in the action are 10 of the store's contractors. | Consent Decree | 06/07/2001 |
| Fort Lewis, Washington, Underground Storage Tanks Settlement | In a settlement with the U.S. EPA announced on May 21, 2001 the U.S. Army has agreed to pay $60,000 in penalties and will perform at least $200,000 in Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs). This is part of a settlement involving violations of the underground storage tank (UST) requirements at Fort Lewis, Washington. The Army also agreed to remove a number of unregulated heating oil tanks and, if contamination is found during the removals, to clean up the contamination. EPA filed the complaint against the Army in September, 2000, after a 1999 UST inspection at the facility. | Consent Decree | 05/21/2001 |
| Marathon Ashland Refinery Settlement | On May 11, 2001, EPA and the Justice Department announced an environmental agreement with Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC that is expected to reduce air emissions from seven petroleum refineries by more than 23,000 tons per year and assure complliance with the Clean Air Act. | Consent Decree | 05/11/2001 |
| Deer Park Refining Settlement | On March 21, 2001, EPA and the Department of Justice announced a settlement that commits nine refineries owned by Motiva, Equilon, and the Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership (Shell Deer Park) to an ambitious program to assure compliance with major provisions of the Clean Air Act. The companies expect to spend a total of $400 million over eight years to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by an estimated 8,000 tons per year, sulfur dioxide (SO2) by more than 49,550 tons per year, and particulate matter (PM) by 1,300 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 03/21/2001 |
| Equilon Enterprises Settlement | On March 21, 2001, EPA and the Department of Justice announced a settlement that commits nine refineries owned by Motiva, Equilon, and the Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership (Shell Deer Park) to an ambitious program to assure compliance with major provisions of the Clean Air Act. The companies expect to spend a total of $400 million over eight years to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by an estimated 8,000 tons per year, sulfur dioxide (SO2) by more than 49,550 tons per year, and particulate matter (PM) by 1,300 tons per year. | Consent Decree | 03/21/2001 |
| Motiva Enterprises Refinery Settlement | On March 21, 2001, EPA and the Department of Justice announced a settlement that commits nine refineries owned by Motiva, Equilon, and the Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership (Shell Deer Park) to an ambitious program to assure compliance with major provisions of the Clean Air Act. | Consent Decree | 03/21/2001 |
| BP Amoco Civil Judicial Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized an agreement with BP Amoco, the nation's second largest petroleum refinery, to resolve Clean Air Act violations at eight refineries owned by BP, Amoco and Arco (recently acquired by BP). The settlement is the second in a federal enforcement strategy for achieving across-the-board compliance with U.S. refineries (the government settled with Koch Petroleum Group in December). | Consent Decree | 01/19/2001 |
| Koch Industries Petroleum Group, L.P. Refinery Settlement | Koch also will pay a $4.5 million penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations and other environmental claims at its Minnesota refinery. The State of Minnesota has joined in the settlement with the United States. The civil settlement calls for actions that will be undertaken by Koch over the next 8 years. | Consent Decree | 12/22/2000 |
| Nucor Corporation, Inc. Multimedia Settlement | Nucor Corporation, Inc. will spend nearly $100 million to settle an environmental suit alleging that it failed to control the amount of pollution released from its steel factories in seven states, under an agreement reached with the Justice Department and EPA. This is the largest and most comprehensive environmental settlement ever with a steel manufacturer. | Consent Decree | 12/19/2000 |
| Morton International, Inc. Multimedia Settlement | On October 26, 2000, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) entered into a settlement with Morton International Inc. that resolved charges that the chemical company violated several environmental laws at its Moss Point, Miss., facility under a civil settlement and criminal plea agreement. Morton, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rohm and Haas Company based in Philadelphia, agreed to pay a $20 million penalty to be divided equally between the United States and Mississippi under the civil settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Biloxi. This penalty marks the largest-ever civil fine for environmental violations at a single facility. | Consent Decree | 10/26/2000 |
| Meyer's Bakery Clean Air Act Settlement | SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a $3.5 million settlement with Meyer's Bakery, headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., resulting from violations under the Clean Air Act. The agreement represents the largest settlement in the history of the EPA's stratospheric ozone protection program. | 09/11/2000 | |
| Willamette Industries Wood Products Settlement | Willamette Industries will spend more than $90 million to settle a major environmental suit alleging that it failed to control the amount of air pollution released from its wood product factories in four states, under an agreement reached with the Justice Department and the EPA. | Consent Decree | 07/20/2000 |
| Tampa Electric Company (TECO) Clean Air Act Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to a settlement of a major Clean Air Act enforcement action against the Tampa Electric Company (TECO) that requires the company to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from its power plants. This agreement is the first to result from a national enforcement action aimed at cutting emissions from coal-fired power plants. | Consent Decree | 02/29/2000 |
| Koch Industries Petroleum Group, L.P. Refinery Leak and Oil Spill Settlement, December 22, 2000 | Koch Industries Inc., will pay the largest civil fine ever imposed on a company under any federal environmental law to resolve claims related to more than 300 oil spills from its pipelines and oil facilities in six states, the Justice Department and the U.S. EPA announced. A settlement filed on January 13, 2000 requires Koch, the second-largest privately held company in the United States, to pay a $30 million civil penalty, improve its leak-prevention programs and spend $5 million on environmental projects. | Consent Decree | 01/13/2000 |
| BP Exploration, Inc. (BPXA) Multimedia Settlement | BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has pleaded guilty to one felony count related to the illegal disposal of hazardous waste on Alaska's North Slope, and it agreed to spend $22 million to resolve the criminal case and related civil claims. | Complaint | 09/23/1999 |
| City of Atlanta Clean Water Act Settlement | (Thursday, July 29, 1999) The United States and the State of Georgia today reached a settlement with the City of Atlanta to resolve water pollution violations throughout the city’s sanitary sewer system. The agreement filed today in U.S. District Court in Atlanta requires the city to pay a civil penalty of $700,000 and take corrective action to bring its sewer system into compliance with the Clean Water Act and the Georgia Water Quality Control Act. | Consent Decree | 07/16/1999 |
| City of Hammond, Indiana, Combined Sewer Overflow Settlement Water Act Settlement | On June 17, 1999, the original Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, put the Hammond Sanitary District (HSD) on an enforceable schedule to, among other things, undertake remedial measures by 2010 to address to address its combined sewer overflows and dry weather overflows. | Consent Decree | 06/17/1999 |
| ASARCO, Inc. Mining Corporation Multimedia Settlement | On January 23, 1998, the U.S. EPA announced that it reached a settlement agreement with ASARCO, Inc. that requires the national mining and smelting company to invest over $50 million for environmental cleanup and to correct alleged hazardous waste and water pollution violations at two of it facilities in Montana and Arizona. This agreement also marks the first time that a company has agreed to establish a court-enforced environmental management system (EMS) that is applicable at all of its active facilities nationwide -- 38 operating facilities with over 6,000 employees in seven states. | Consent Decree | 04/15/1999 |
| Cummins Engine Company Diesel Engine Settlement | On October 22, 1998, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers, the largest civil penalty ever for violation of environmental law. Under this settlement, seven major manufacturers of diesel engines will spend more than one billion dollars to resolve claims that they installed computer devices in heavy duty diesel engines which resulted in illegal amounts of air pollution emissions. This settlement will prevent 75 million tons of harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions nationwide by the year 2025. The companies involved are Caterpillar, Inc., Cummins Engine Company, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Mack Trucks, Inc., Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Renault Vehicules Industriels, s.a., and Volvo Truck Corporation. | Consent Decree | 10/22/1998 |
| Detroit Diesel Corporation Diesel Engine Settlement | On October 22, 1998, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers, the largest civil penalty ever for violation of environmental law. | Consent Decree | 10/22/1998 |
| Mack Trucks, Inc. Diesel Engine Settlement | On October 22, 1998, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers, the largest civil penalty ever for violation of environmental law. Under this settlement, seven major manufacturers of diesel engines will spend more than one billion dollars to resolve claims that they installed computer devices in heavy duty diesel engines which resulted in illegal amounts of air pollution emissions. This settlement will prevent 75 million tons of harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions nationwide by the year 2025. The companies involved are Caterpillar, Inc., Cummins Engine Company, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Mack Trucks, Inc., Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Renault Vehicules Industriels, s.a., and Volvo Truck Corporation. | Consent Decree | 10/22/1998 |
| Navistar International Transportation Corporation | On October 22, 1998, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers, the largest civil penalty ever for violation of environmental law. Under this settlement, seven major manufacturers of diesel engines will spend more than one billion dollars to resolve claims that they installed computer devices in heavy duty diesel engines which resulted in illegal amounts of air pollution emissions. This settlement will prevent 75 million tons of harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions nationwide by the year 2025. The companies involved are Caterpillar, Inc., Cummins Engine Company, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Mack Trucks, Inc., Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Renault Vehicules Industriels, s.a., and Volvo Truck Corporation. | Consent Decree | 10/22/1998 |
| Renault Vehicules Industriels, s.a. Diesel Engines Settlement | On October 22, 1998, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers, the largest civil penalty ever for violation of environmental law. Under this settlement, seven major manufacturers of diesel engines will spend more than one billion dollars to resolve claims that they installed computer devices in heavy duty diesel engines which resulted in illegal amounts of air pollution emissions. This settlement will prevent 75 million tons of harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions nationwide by the year 2025. The companies involved are Caterpillar, Inc., Cummins Engine Company, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Mack Trucks, Inc., Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Renault Vehicules Industriels, s.a., and Volvo Truck Corporation. | Consent Decree | 10/22/1998 |
| Volvo Truck Corporation (Order and Consent Decree) Diesel Engine Settlement | On October 22, 1998, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced an $83.4 million total penalty against diesel manufacturers, the largest civil penalty ever for violation of environmental law. Under this settlement, seven major manufacturers of diesel engines will spend more than one billion dollars to resolve claims that they installed computer devices in heavy duty diesel engines which resulted in illegal amounts of air pollution emissions. This settlement will prevent 75 million tons of harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions nationwide by the year 2025. The companies involved are Caterpillar, Inc., Cummins Engine Company, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Mack Trucks, Inc., Navistar International Transportation Corporation, Renault Vehicules Industriels, s.a., and Volvo Truck Corporation. | Consent Decree | 10/22/1998 |
| FMC Corporation, Inc. Hazardous Waste Settlement | On October 16, 1998, settlement was reached with FMC Corporation, Inc. for numerous RCRA hazardous waste violations at its phosphorus production facility in Pocatello, Idaho. In the settlement, FMC has agreed to spend a total of approximately $170 million -- including the largest civil penalty ever obtained to date under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of $11,864,800. The most serious of violations involve mismanagement of ignitable and reactive phosphorus wastes in ponds. Storage of such hazardous wastes in ponds is prohibited by RCRA because of the potential threat to human health and the environment. The sediments in these ponds burn vigorously and persistently when exposed to the air, and a number of fires have been documented at these ponds in the past. The wastes in these ponds also generate phosphate and hydrogen cyanide, highly toxic gases that can cause serious health and environmental problems. FMC at times has reported elevated levels of phosphine around the ponds, and it is believed that migratory bird deaths in the area also may be attributable to phosphine poisoning. | Consent Decree | 10/16/1998 |
| American Honda Settlement | American Honda Motor Co., Inc. ("Honda") will spend $267 million to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act by selling vehicles with disabled emission control diagnostic systems, the Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") announced today. The settlement is the largest ever under the Clean Air Act. It includes $12.6 million in civil penalties the largest civil penalty in Clean Air Act history. | Consent Decree | 06/08/1998 |
| Ford Motor Company Settlement | EPA filed a settlement with Ford Motor Company, in the U.S.District Court for the District of Columbia, under the terms of which Ford will spend $7.8 million to settle allegations that it violated the CAA by illegally installing a device that defeats the emission control system in 60,000 1997 Ford Econoline vans. | Consent Decree | 06/04/1998 |