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Hazardous Substances Civil Monetary Penalty Clean Air Act

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Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Taunton, Massachusetts, Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facility Enter into...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and Professional Contract Sterilization, Inc. ("PCSI") entered into a February 6th Consent Agreement ("CA") addressing alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. See...more

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112(r)(7)/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Portage, Indiana, Water Company Enter into Consent Agreement...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Indiana- American Water Company, Inc. (“IAWC”) entered into an August 16th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean...more

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112(r)/Clean Air Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Middlesboro, Kentucky, Food Manufacturing Facility...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation (“Smithfield”) entered into an August 30th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations...more

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112(r)(7)/Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Utica, New York, Brewing Facility Enter into Consent Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Matt Brewing, Co., Inc. (“MBCI”) entered into a September 21st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations...more

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Ashland City, Tennessee Water...

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TACB”) issued a March 4th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) addressing an alleged air permit violation by State Industries, LLC (“State”). See...more

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112(r)/Clean Air Act Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Westfield, New York Facility Enter into Consent...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Welch Foods, Inc. (“Welch”) entered into a September 28th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations regarding the Clean Air Act...more

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Air Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Winchester, Kentucky Dairy Enter into Expedited Settlement Agreement

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Kroger Limited Partnership II d/b/a Winchester Farms Dairy (“Winchester”) entered into an August 14th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged...more

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112(r) Clean Air Act/Enforcement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Operator of Winchester, Kentucky Cold Food Storage...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Save-A-Lot, Ltd. (“SAL”) entered into a May 8th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act and the regulations...more

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Strange But True: Recent EPA and State Actions Show Breadth of Environmental Enforcement

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A trilogy of recent federal and state enforcement actions show just how far agencies will go to enforce environmental regulations. Now may be a good time for a compliance audit....more

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Environmental Notes - August 2016

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Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties - Remember the days when the maximum civil penalty EPA could assess for a violation of environmental law was $25,000 per day? Those days disappeared 26 years ago...more

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EPA Poised to Elevate Clean Air Act 112(r) Enforcement

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Overview - In the wake of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent $5.6 million settlement with Bayer CropScience under Clean Air Act Section 112(r), companies should expect more from EPA in the...more

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RMP and General Duty Clause Enforcement Continues at EPA Region 1

As we reported last year, the U.S. EPA has stepped up its enforcement activity under the risk management provisions of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), Section 112(r), focusing on both the Risk Management Plan (“RMP”) program rules...more

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