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List of federal EPA non-compliance
headlines from 2002 to 2007
2005
Compliance information from EPA Newsroom
2004 Compliance
information from EPA Newsroom
EPA Settles Oil Spill Prevention Law Violations with Four Maine
Lobstering Facilities in Spruce Head
(Boston, Mass. – Jan. 16, 2007) – Four lobstering facilities in
Spruce Head, Maine have reached a settlement with EPA resolving
violations of the federal Clean Water Act (SPCC plans).
Specifically, EPA alleged that the facilities did not have proper
plans to prevent oil spills as required by the Oil Pollution
Prevention Regulations and fined each facility $3,000. The
facilities subject to EPA’s actions are Maine Coast Seafood,
McLoon’s Wharf, LLC, Spruce Head Fisherman’s Co-op and William
Atwood Lobster Co.
Yarn Company Pleads Guilty to Clean
Water Act Charges. Dutton Yarn company, L.P., a yarn processing
facility in Lowell, Mass., was ordered to pay a $300,000 fine. The
company was charged with negligently discharging pollution in
receiving water, which depleted oxygen levels harmed fish and
aquatic life. 10/14/04
Men from Illinois and Missouri Charged in Arkansas Waste Case -
On July 13, Wally El-Beck, of Springfield, Ill., and Moumen Kuziez
of St. Louis, Mo., were charged in U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock with mail fraud and wire
fraud charges 07/27/2005
Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO)
with Bill Collins Oil Company, Inc. to Resolve Alleged Violations of
Emergency Planning Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) - Region 4
06/15/2005
Claremont, N.H. agrees to $6,000 fine for oil spill control
violations 12/12/2003
New
Bedford Settles Oil Spill Prevention Case With EPA
City Will Pay $5,000; Undertake $20,000 Environmental Management
Project 11/10/03
Braintree Company Gets Reduced Penalty After Self Audit 10/14/03
EPA
Issues Complaint Against City of Bangor for Violating Hazardous
Waste Laws 10/10/03
U.S. REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH ALLTEL CORPORATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
VIOLATIONS 10/2/03
Portland Co. agrees to pay $48,000 penalty for oil spill violations
10/1/03
EPA Proposes Major Penalty Against R.I. Company for
Hazardous Waste Violations 9/23/03
EPA
Settles with Kellogg for Hazardous Chemical Release Reporting
Violations; $20,110 Fine 6/10/2003
Haynes
International Agrees to $54,622 Fine and Environmental Projects to
Correct Hazardous Waste Violations 6/4/2003
EPA
Settles with Fleming Companies for Chemical Release Violations;
Includes $90,000 Fine 5/27/2003
Company fined for
failing to report on toxic chemicals methanol and
diethanolamine under
EPCRA
U.S. EPA, Norman Fox and Co. Settle Case for $29,707 4/25/03
OMG Apex, Inc. a Utah metal recycler agrees to
pay $110,000, as settlement with
EPA for discharging approximately 44,000 gallons of hazardous waste
wastewater containing high levels of chromium into two of its lined
wastewater evaporation ponds over a four-day period last August.
EPA, OMG Settle Hazardous Waste Case 4/22/03
EPA
Cites Ventura Foods for Chemical Reporting Violations; Proposes
$51,568 Fine 4/16/2003
U.S. REACHES LANDMARK SETTLEMENT WITH COLONIAL PIPELINE FOR OIL
SPILLS IN FIVE STATES for $34 million civil penalty 4/1/03
GEORGIA MAN SENTENCED IN PLATING WASTE CASE
3/29/2002
EPA
Settles with Chem-Plate on Hazardous Waste Violations
News Release #03-OPA034, released 3/14/2003
EPA
Settles with Chemtron on Hazardous Waste Violations
News Release #03-OPA028, released 3/5/2003
EPA,
Ford Agree to Resolve Hazardous Waste Violations at 14 Assembly
Plants News Release #03-OPA022, released 2/18/2003
EPA
Settles with Schroeder Milk for Chemical Reporting Violations;
Includes $59,597 Fine, Projects 1/9/2003
Premcor to pay $6.25 million for violating five
federal environmental statutes
$20 Million Penalty is Largest-Ever Civil Fine
for Environmental Violations at One Factory (click
for news release)
Plain N' Fancy Kitchens Settles EPA Complaint
Alleging Toxic Chemical Reporting Violations 11/19/01
Parker Oil Co. Settles EPA Complaint Over
Inadequate Oil Spill Precautions at Plant 11/6/01
Colonial Millwork Ltd. Settles Hazardous Waste
Violations at Wood Products Plant 11/6/01
Dunwoody man ordered to pay $60,000 for chemical
dumping 3/16/02
United States Secures Pleas To 10 Felony Counts
In Underground Storage Tank Case 7/24/02
Georgia man convicted of violating state solid waste laws
11/14/2002
Three
California men indicted for illegal handling of perchloroethylene
commonly called PERCor PCE - DRY CLEANING WASTES
10/17/2002
EPA
Cites Chicago Plating Company for Violating Hazardous Waste Storage
Regulations 10/08/2002
DaimlerChrysler Agrees to $144,000 Fine, Resolves Hazardous Waste
Violation Complaint 10/08/2002
The University of Hawaii paid $1.8 million in civil
penalties for violating federal law by not managing laboratory waste
properly (fall of 2000) pdf file
EPA
Settles with Safety-Kleen on Hazardous Waste Violations; Includes
$945,018 Fine 9/25/2002
EPA
Cites Sausser Steel for PCB Violations 9/23/2002
(09/11/2002) COLORADO
PLATING COMPANY EXECUTIVE SENTENCED
(09/11/2002) W.
VA. COAL COMPANY SUBSIDIARIES CHARGED WITH WATER VIOLATIONS
(08/13/2002) EPA
Proposes Fine for Sandblasting Company over Lead Contamination at
Fall River Dance Studio - BOSTON
EPA
Settles with Crystal Cabinet on Hazardous Waste Violations News
Release #02-OPA109, 8/29/2002
EPA
Sends Notice of Potential Liability Letters to Downers Grove
Businesses News Release #02-OPA098, 8/08/2002
(08/02/2002) EPA
SETTLES PENDING ACTION AGAINST KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL LLC IN HAMILTON,
MS
(08/02/2002) Waterbury
Company Settles Chemical Reporting Case With EPA - BOSTON
(08/01/2002) KANSAS
COMPANY CO-OWNER, MANAGER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS
EPA
Reaches Agreement with Joyner's Die Casting & Plating on Hazardous
Waste Violations News Release #02-OPA097, 7/31/2002
(07/30/2002) EPA
SETTLES ACTION AGAINST OAKWOOD HOMES CORPORATION FOR ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
(07/19/2002) U.S.
EPA FILES $111,199 COMPLAINT AGAINST MANHATTAN COLLEGE FOR HAZARDOUS
WASTE VIOLATIONS
EPA
Cites Transtechnology Components for Hazardous Waste Export
Violations News Release #02-OPA087, 7/16/2002
(06/14/2002) FLORIDA
MAN, VIRGINIA REAL ESTATE FIRM PLEAD GUILTY
(06/05/2002) EPA
CITES Norquick Distributing for Chemical Release Reporting
Violations; Proposes $341,265 Fine - CHICAGO
EPA
Settles with Elco Corp. For Chemical Release Violations; Includes
Fine and Projects 5/23/2002
EPA
Reaches Agreement with Pole Zero 3/28/2002
EPA
Settles with Union Electric Company for Chemical Release Violations,
Includes Fine and Project 2/01/2002
EPA
Settles with John Morrell And Company for Chemical Release
Violation, Includes Fine and Projects 2/01/2002
EPA
Cites Milsolv for Hazardous Waste Violation 1/10/2002
EPA
Settles with VTC for Chemical Reporting Violations, Includes $36,800
Fine Plus Projects 1/3/02
(11/9/01)
SPRINT VOLUNTARILY AUDITS l,100 FACILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
VIOLATIONS - SPCC and EPCRA violations
U.S. REACHES CLEAN WATER AGREEMENT WITH AMTRAK - to fix
SPCC, storm water and pollution prevention problems
EPA CITES DEARBORN REFINING FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS
10/12/2001
EPA
FINES ATHENS $111,937 FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATIONS 7/23/01
Other information
links National
Business News - good links from the Iowa Waste Reduction Center with
many enforcement articles
EPA
releases the Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures 1999 data -
the only comprehensive source of information on pollution abatement
expenditures for US manufacturing, mining and electric utility
industries in pdf file
U.S.
Justice Department official explains prosecution of law-breakers
(Photograph of sloppy and non-compliant used
oil management.) Used oil drainage to underground storage tank
(UST) must comply with the Used Oil standards and the UST
requirements.
Parking lot stormwater runoff, if contaminated,
may impact adjacent ditch. |
