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• FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES A CEASE AND DESIST ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO TWO LOUISIANA CHICKEN BROILER FACILITIES
  Posted February 14, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Region 6 (Dallas) office of the federal Environmental Protection Agency stated in a February 10 news release that it had issued cease and desist administrative orders to two chicken broiler facilities in Lincoln Parish, …

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• ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT ADDRESSES WHETHER SAVINGS FROM DELAYED INSTALLATION OF AIR POLLUTION EQUIPMENT CAN BE OFFSET BY REDUCTION IN COSTS DUE TO SUCH INSTALLATION IN CALCULATING PENALTIES
  Posted February 14, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  An Illinois Appellate court in Toyal America, Inc. vs. Illinois Pollution Control Board, 2012 Ill. App. LEXIS 81 (Feb. 3, 2012) addressed the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s (“Board”) calculation of a penalty for a facility’s non-compliance …

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• ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ADDRESS FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REPORT ON DIOXIN REASSESSMENTS
  Posted February 13, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has been considering whether to finalize a scientific reanalysis of the toxicity of dioxin.  Dioxin can result as a byproduct of some industrial processes and activities.  The federal …

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• TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT: COMPANY AGREES TO $1.4 MILLION IN CIVIL PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
  Posted February 13, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a news release stating that Dover Chemical Company has agreed to pay $1.4 million in civil penalties for the alleged …

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• VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE: CINGULAR WIRELESS RECEIVES PENALTY CREDIT FROM EPA FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAW
  Posted February 13, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has had a policy on leniency for companies that conduct voluntary audits and report and correct civil violations found by a voluntary audit for a number of years.  …

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• ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (NORFORK NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY) SETTLE CLEAN WATER ACT NPDES PERMIT APPEAL
  Posted February 10, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Fish and Wildlife”) entered into a Permit Appeal Resolution (“PAL”) on February 7, 2012.  The PAL addresses an appeal Fish …

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• OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION LISTS TOP TEN MOST FREQUENTLY CITED STANDARDS FOR 2011
  Posted February 10, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a list of the ten standards most frequently cited for violations following inspections of work sites by the agency.  The agency lists the following:

                  (1)   1926.451 – …

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• CHALLENGE TO STATE OF NEW YORK’S CLEAN WATER ACT 2010 MS4 PERMIT
  Posted February 10, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) and other environmental groups (“NRDC”) filed an action in the Supreme Court of New York challenging the State of New York 2010 MS4 permit.  The Clean Water Act provides …

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• ASBESTOS: KANSAS CITY DEVELOPER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL ASBESTOS VIOLATIONS
  Posted February 9, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued a news release stating that a Kansas City, Missouri developer pleaded guilty in federal court on February 1, 2012 to improperly removing and disposing …

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• ARKANSAS FACILITIES ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN EPA/USGS STUDY OF NEWLY-EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN TREATED AND UNTREATED DRINKING WATER
  Posted February 9, 2012
  

  Author: Walter G. Wright

  The federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the United States Geological Survey (“USGS”) are collaborating on a research study to determine the presence of contaminants of emerging concern in treated and untreated drinking water.  The …

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