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EPA cites Alliant Techsystems Operations for environmental violations at Navy facility in Keyser, W. Va.

EPA cites Alliant Techsystems Operations for en...

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC faces a $350,000 penalty to settle environmental violations at US Navy-owned Laboratory

EPA Announces $10 Million Available for States, Tribes and Territories to Address Environmental Challenges

EPA Announces $10 Million Available for States,...

$8.5 million available for D.C., states, and territories, and $1.5 million available for Tribes

EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Supply Inc. for selling misbranded pesticide

EPA settles with Sutter County’s Bear River Sup...

Bear River Supply Inc., has agreed to pay a $50,578 penalty to resolve EPA's findings that the company produced pesticides.

EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir

EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No ...

The US EPA has completed its evaluation of to compensate for more than 6 million pounds of Chesapeake Bay pollutants

EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inventory to Advance Environmental Justice

EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inv...

Plan includes expanding reporting requirements for certain chemicals and facilities, including ethylene oxide and PFAS, and providing new tools

EPA recognizes University of Pittsburgh with RainWorks award for green infrastructure project

EPA recognizes University of Pittsburgh with Ra...

University of Pittsburgh has received a Campus RainWorks Challenge award in a national competition

EPA Issues Record of Decision Related to Combined Sewer Overflow Impacts on the Newtown Creek Superfund Site in New York City

EPA Issues Record of Decision Related to Combin...

The EPA has issued a Record of Decision that evaluates impacts of the current and expected future volume of combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges.

EPA Fines Swain Construction Inc. in Omaha $150K for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

EPA Fines Swain Construction Inc. in Omaha $150...

The US EPA has reached a settlement with Swain Construction Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska, for alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

New agreement marks critical step forward in delivering reliable drinking water to hundreds of thousands

New agreement marks critical step forward in de...

A $1 billion project to provide a safe and reliable source of drinking water throughout northwestern New Mexico and tribal nations.

EPA proposes settlement with BNSF to resolve North Platte River oil spill in Wyoming

EPA proposes settlement with BNSF to resolve No...

Clean Water Act violations associated with 2019 train derailment near Guernsey

Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violations of oil pollution prevention regulations in Wyoming

Settlement with Merit Energy resolves violation...

Agreement with Texas-based company resolves findings of non-compliance at Hot Springs County oil production facility

U.S., Pennsylvania Resolve Wetlands, Water Violations by Chesapeake Appalachia

U.S., Pennsylvania Resolve Wetlands, Water Viol...

In a settlement agreement with the US and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Chesapeake Appalachia LLC (CALLC) has resolved a federal-state lawsuit

Under Agreement with EPA, US Forest Service Closes 77 Pollution Causing Cesspools

Under Agreement with EPA, US Forest Service Clo...

Cesspool Closures in Arizona and California to Increase Healthy Watersheds Across Landscapes

Three Construction Companies Settle with EPA After Allegedly Polluting Mill Creek in Johnson County, Kansas

Three Construction Companies Settle with EPA Af...

Mill Creek is on the state’s Impaired Waters List

EPA requires seven Kauai cesspools to be closed to protect groundwater, fines Hawai‘i DLNR again

EPA requires seven Kauai cesspools to be closed...

Four EPA enforcement actions against Hawai‘i DLNR have closed 74 cesspools, collected $407,400 in fines

Newport Bay boat yards to pay penalties over violations of Clean Water Act

Newport Bay boat yards to pay penalties over vi...

Under the settlements, Basin Marine and Balboa Boatyard will pay a combined $202,132 in penalties

EPA approves revisions to Louisiana Water Quality Standards

EPA approves revisions to Louisiana Water Quali...

The EPA recently completed its review of provisions of the new and revised Louisiana water quality standards submitted to EPA by the state.

EPA settlement with Fleur de Lis resolves oil spills affecting surface waters in Wyoming

EPA settlement with Fleur de Lis resolves oil s...

Agreement resolves spills and lack of adequate spill prevention and response plans at facilities in Natrona and Johnson Counties