News this week sponsored by: Invensys/Foxboro

RSS: WQP News

NEWS CATEGORY - FINES

Arizona Water System Fined $1000 for Drinking Water Violations    May 5, 08   EPA American Realty & Mortgage Co. failed to monitor water for contaminants and did not notify customers of violations [Full Story] Lexington, Ky., Agrees to Major Sewer System Upgrades    Mar 26, 08   U.S. Department of Justice Upgrades aimed at eliminating unauthorized sewage overflows [Full Story] EPA Issues Fourth Enforcement Order for Greka Spills    Mar 25, 08   EPA Greka Oil and Gas must comply with Federal Water Pollution Control Act or face fines of up to $32,500 per day [Full Story] EPA Announces Settlement with Pennsylvania Sewer Authority for Clean Water Act Violoations    Mar 24, 08   EPA Upper Southampton Sewer Authority will pay $16,200 and conduct campaign to encourage proper disposal of pharmaceuticals [Full Story] Atlantic Richfield Co. to pay $187M for Montana Superfund Cleanup    Feb 8, 08   U.S. EPA Company will finance cleanup along 120 miles of the Clark Fork River and other areas in Montana [Full Story] Massey Energy to Pay $20M for Clean Water Act Violations    Jan 17, 08   EPA Company faces largest civil penalty in EPA's history [Full Story] Idaho City to Pay $10,000 for Clean Water Act Violations    Jan 7, 08   EPA Violations occurred between January 2002 and April 2006 [Full Story] Ala. DOT Fined for Polluting Mobile's Drinking Water    Jan 4, 08   Associated Press and the Press-Register Mobile County's health officer says fine too small [Full Story] Polluters to Spend $10.6 Billion on Environmental Controls and Cleanup    Nov 15, 07   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. EPA’s enforcement program has made industries, government agencies and other regulated entities spend a record $10.6 billion on pollution controls and environmental projects. [Full Story] Arsenic in Water Leads to $400 Million Lawsuit    Oct 16, 07   WQA/Modesto Bee A $400 million claim is now in place for alleged “failure to act” in response to arsenic levels in drinking water at the John Latorraca Correctional Facility. [Full Story] Dannon Plant Fined $71,350 for Water-Quality Violations    Oct 11, 07   Dayton Daily News; Dayton, OH An Ohio Dannon yogurt plant is paying fines for violating water-quality laws. [Full Story] Three Massachusetts Developers Face Fines for Clean Water Act Violations    Oct 5, 07   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Three Massachusettes developers have been illegally dumping storm water into Chaffins Brook. [Full Story] EPA Fines Ranor $100,000    Oct 1, 07   Worcester Telegram & Gazette News; Worcester, MA The EPA is fining Ranor Inc. over $100,000 for discharging storm water without a permit. [Full Story] Icicle Seafoods Agrees to Pay $900,000 to Settle EPA Clean Water Act Complaint    Sep 21, 07   EPA Icicle Seafoods, Inc. has agreed to spend nearly $2 million to resolve Clean Water Act violations. [Full Story] EPA Orders Allen Marine, Inc. to Restore Tidelands    Sep 20, 07   Environmental Protection Agency Allen Marine must completely restore tidelands in Sitka, Alaska, or face fines up to $32,500. [Full Story] EPA Issues Two Final Orders to Water Supply Systems in Louisiana    Sep 12, 07   EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued two final administrative orders to owners and operators of public water supply systems for violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. [Full Story] City in Kentucky Cited after 3 Million Gallon Sewage Release    Sep 12, 07   Lexington Herald Leader Lexington, Ky., has been cited for polluting area waters after 3.1 million gallons of partially treated sewage was released into Elkhorn Creek. [Full Story] Fujicolor Processing Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime    Sep 10, 07   EPA Fujicolor Processing agreed to pay a $200,000 criminal fine for discharging excessive amounts of silver-tainted photo processing waste to a Texas wastewater treatment plant. [Full Story] China Closes 400 Companies for Pollution    Sep 5, 07   The Kansas City Star/The Associated Press In an effort to reduce water pollution, China has closed down 400 factories and suspended projects or fined another 762. [Full Story] EPA Fines the Guam Waterworks Authority $40,000 for Failure to Improve Wastewater System    Sep 5, 07   US Environmental Protection Agency The Guam Waterworks Authority failed to fully comply with a 2003 court order to repair and improve its wastewater system. [Full Story] Texas Accuses City of 13 Water Violations    Sep 4, 07   Caller Times The state of Texas handed out a notification with 13 alleged violations to the Corpus Christi water treatment system. [Full Story] New Jersey Wastewater Plant Fined $30,000    Aug 27, 07   The Record The government agency that operates Bergen County's wastewater treatment system in New Jersey has been fined $30,000 for emitting too much sulfur, in addition to other permit violations. [Full Story] TEPPCO Agrees to $2.865 Million Settlement for Clean Water Violations    Aug 17, 07   Environmental Protection Agency TEPPCO promises to pay $2.865 million to resolve Clean Water Act violations while also modifying existing pipelines. [Full Story] Contractors for Submarine Base Face EPA Fine    Aug 6, 07   EPA Two contractors for a construction site at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., are liable for $17,000 in penalties for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. [Full Story] San Diego Settles On $1 Billion for Sewage Improvements, Maintenance    Aug 1, 07   EPA The City of San Diego has agreed to pay $1 billion to repair and replace aging, damaged sewage pipes. [Full Story] Washington Fines Company for Dumping Concrete over River Bank    Jul 31, 07   Washington State Department of Ecology The Washington Department of Ecology is fining a company $23,470 for water quality violations, including dumping concrete over the bank of the Cowlitz River. [Full Story] Two Charges Against Citgo Dropped, Three Remain    Jul 16, 07   Houtston Chronicle A federal judge dismissed two misdemeanor charges against Citgo, alleging that open tanks at the company’s Corpus Christi refinery killed migratory birds. [Full Story] US EPA Announces a Settlement Agreement for Investigation of the Olin Chemical Superfund Site    Jul 13, 07   EPA The EPA has reached a settlement agreement with Olin Corporation, American Biltrite Inc. and Stepan Company for the investigation of the Olin Chemical Superfund Site. [Full Story] Acuity Specialty Products Resolves Federal Environmental Investigation    Jul 2, 07   Acuity Brands Inc. Acuity Brands, Inc. announced that its Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc. (ASP) subsidiary finalized the resolution of a federal environmental investigation. [Full Story] Massachusetts Company Fined for Various EPA Violations    Jun 27, 07   EPA Ranor, Inc. and Techprecision Corporation are facing federal penalties under the Clean Water Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) for violations. [Full Story] N.H. Facility Faces Fines for Oil and Waste Violations    Jun 26, 07   EPA A New Hampshire facility faces a maximum penalty of $157,500 for allegedly failing to adequately plan for and guard against oil spills as required by the Clean Water Act. [Full Story] Idaho City to pay $3,500 to Resolve Federal Clean Water Act Violations    Jun 25, 07   EPA The City of Marsing, Idaho, has reached a $3,500 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged Clean Water Act violations. [Full Story] Idaho Man Found Guilty of Hazardous Waste Violations    Jun 21, 07   EPA A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against an Idaho man for violating the Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Act and illegally storing and disposing of hazardous waste. [Full Story] California Refinery Fined $1 Million for Breaking Drinking Water Laws    Jun 18, 07   EPA A California refinery was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay a criminal penalty for violating the Safe Drinking Water Act. [Full Story] Missouri Home Builder Found Guilty of Giving EPA False Document    Jun 11, 07   EPA Woodbury Homes of Grain Valley, Mo., has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of providing a false document to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [Full Story] San Francisco Bay Water Board and EPA Order Sanitary District to Comply With Clean Water Act    Jun 6, 07   EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has ordered the Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District to comply with the Clean Water Act at its wastewater treatment plant in Sausalito, Calif. [Full Story] Friendly’s Ice Cream Fined for Massachusetts Acid Spill    Jun 4, 07   The Republican Friendly Ice Cream Corp must pay a fine of $5,000 for a sulfuric acid spill last December. [Full Story] Billerica, Mass. to Pay $250,000 for Clean Water Act Violations    Jun 1, 07   EPA The Town of Billerica, Mass., will pay a $250,000 penalty and undertake additional projects for violating state and federal clean water laws and government-issued permits. [Full Story] Idaho Produce Company Settles Wastewater Case    May 17, 07   EPA Magic Valley Produce, Inc., in Paul, Idaho, has reached a $60,000 settlement with the EPA for violating its federal wastewater discharge permit. [Full Story] Kmart Admits to EPA Violations    May 10, 07   EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the Kmart Corp. will pay a $102,422 fine for self-disclosed violations of federal environmental rules. [Full Story] Brand New Massachusetts Water Treatment Plant Cited for Violations    May 7, 07   The Eagle-Tribune During the first two weeks of operation last month, the new $26 million wastewater treatment plant in Lawrence, Mass., was cited for violating state drinking water regulations. [Full Story] North Idaho Developers Settle Storm Water Violations With EPA    May 4, 07   EPA Two north Idaho developers recently settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for just over $9,000 for violating the storm water provisions of the federal Clean Water Act. [Full Story] Wal-Mart’s Clean Water Act Violation Results in Land Purchase and Fine    Apr 30, 07   EPA Wal-Mart will pay a fine of $24,000 for not taking steps to prevent rain water from washing sediments and pollution into waterways at its Supercenter construction site in Caguas, Puerto Rico as required under the Clean Water Act. [Full Story] Oklahoma Company Fined $5.5 Million for Wastewater Discharges    Apr 5, 07   PR Newswire Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company, a subsidiary of major oil and gasoline producer Sinclair Oil, and two company managers, were sentenced today for environmental crimes related to the operation of the Tulsa Refinery and violations of the Clean Water Act. [Full Story] Pittsburgh DEP Orders Company to Stop Dumping Contaminated Wastewater    Mar 28, 07   Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection DEP Inspections Reveal Blatant Violations of Solid Waste Management Act [Full Story] Massachusetts Metal Finisher Fined for EPA Violations    Mar 6, 07   EPA Bay State Galvanizing, Inc., of Everett, Mass., will pay a cash penalty of $40,000 to settle EPA claims that the metal finisher violated the terms of its permit to discharge storm water under the Clean Water Act. [Full Story] Philadelphia Borough Fails to Report Water Leak    Mar 1, 07   The Mercury he borough of Pottstown, Pa., could be fined for failure to notify state, county and school officials of a water main break in December. [Full Story] Rhode Island Ordered to Stop Harmful Sewage Overflows    Feb 21, 07   EPA The EPA's New England Regional Office ordered five Rhode Island municipalities and a wastewater utility to take steps to stop harmful raw sewage overflows from seeping out of city pipes and wastewater systems and into the State’s waterways [Full Story] Aerospace Company Fined $12 Million for Illegal Discharge    Feb 12, 07   Environmental News Service Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, a manufacturer of aerospace systems, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the federal Clean Water Act. [Full Story] EPA, HDOH Seek Penalties From Maui for December Wastewater Spill    Feb 12, 07   EPA The U.S. EPA and the HDOH are seeking penalties of $4,000 from the County of Maui for a spill of 1.4 million gallons of treated wastewater from the Kahului Wastewater Plant. [Full Story] Great Lakes Companies Fined $833 for Wastewater Violations    Feb 6, 07   DEP The Department of Environmental Protection today fined the Great Lakes Companies, Inc., of Madison, Wis., $833,349 for water quality and odor violations associated with the company’s Great Wolf Lodge wastewater treatment plant in Pennsylvania. [Full Story] Shell Pays $1.2 Million for Polluting New Jersey Water    Jan 31, 07   Environmental News Service Shell and its affiliated company Motiva have agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine for not following state orders to clean up pollution from leaking underground fuel tanks. [Full Story]